Remember those days ....?
Close your eyes.....And go back in time....
Before the Internet or the Apple Mac....
Before semi-automatics and crack cocaine ....
Before SEGA or Super Nintendo...
Before Playstation............
Way back....
I'm talking about:
-Hide and seek in the park
-The cafe down the road,
-Hopscotch, Donkey, skipping, handstands,
-Backyard cricket with a tomato box, Dandy & Beano annuals,
-Twinkle and Roly Poly, Hula Hoops,
-Jumping the stream
-Building a swing from a piece of rope tied to a tree,
-Tennis on the street,
-The smell of the sun and fresh cut grass
-Wicks bubble gum for a cent,
-An ice cream cone from the kombi that plays a tune
-Chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe Neaopolitan
Wait.....
-When around the corner seemed far away
-And going into town seemed like going somewhere
-A million mosquito bites
-Sticky fingers and mud all over you
-Cops and Robbers, Rounders, King Stinger, Foefie slides & Climbing trees
-Walking to school, no matter what the weather
-Running till you were out of breath
-Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt
-Jumping on the bed. Pillow fights
-Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles
-Being tired from playing...
Remember that?
-The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team
-Paper Water Bombs were the ultimate weapon
-A piece of card in the spokes held by a clothes peg transformed any bike into a motorcycle.
I'm not finished just yet...
-Eating raw jelly, ice pops made from cold drink
-Making sherbet from sugar and ENO
Remember when...
-There were two types of takkies - white, girls and boys and the only time you wore them at school, was for "P.T"
-It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends
-When nobody owned a pedigree dog
-When 25 cents was decent pocket money
-When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a cent
-When nearly everyone's mum was at home when the kids got there
-It was magic when dad would "remove" his thumb, or make 10 cents appear from behind your ear
-When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant or a roadhouse with your parents
-When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him, or use him to carry groceries and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it
-When being sent to the head master's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home
Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because of muggings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat!
Didn't that feel good. just to go back and say,
Yeah, I remember that!
Remember when....
-Decisions were made by going "eeny- meeny- miney-mo."
-Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "Nix!"
-A "race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest
-Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "Monopoly"
-The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was germs
-Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a BIC pen pea shooter
-Nobody was prettier than your Mom
-Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better
-Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable vitamin C
-Ice cream was considered a basic food group
-Abilities were discovered because of a dare
-Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors
If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!!
Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their "grown up"
life...
(Anonymous)
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