mickyw1 Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1930's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !! First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking . As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. We ate cakes, white bread and real butter and drank pop with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because...... WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!! We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K ... We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem . We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them! Football teams had trials and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever! The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL! And YOU are one of them! CONGRATULATIONS! You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good. and while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were. Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!
craigo Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 (edited) err.... our generation is good isnt it lol BUT... this will cause a fight here lol havent we damaged the the world baddly...... err can it be saved ??? Edited January 28, 2008 by craigo
kebab nemesis Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Well said, although there is hope for the younger generation, they can now gain a higher education qualification for McDonalds, the world is not so bad after all.
baser999 Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 kebab nemisis said: Well said, although there is hope for the younger generation, they can now gain a higher education qualification for McDonalds, the world is not so bad after all. I've just seen the course module Lesson 1 1030 - 1115 Making chips Coffee, fag and text message break 15 mins Lesson 2 1130 - 1215 Making 'burgers' Lunch - all nip off to Burger King Lesson 3 1315 - 1400 Making shakes Lesson 4 1400 - 1405 Assembling food, stuffing it in a bag, taking money Lesson 5 1405 - 1500 Trying to calculate customers change Tea, fag and another text message break 15 mins Lesson 6 1515 - 1545 Finish calculating customers change and force a smile, hoping customers not noticed they've been short-changed Assuming less than 5 customers have been killed following your endeavours there will now follow the passing out ceremony - certificate, free hat, apron, badge etc You are now 'qualified'
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