Nostalgia
My friend sent me this. I love it.
Close your eyes and go back in time................
>
>Before the Internet or the Apple Mac.
>Before semi-automatics, joy riders and crack....
>Before SEGA or Super Nintendo...
>Way back............
>I'm talking about Hide and Seek in the park.
>The corner shop.
>Hopscotch.
>Butterscotch.
>Skipping.
>Handstands.
>Football with an old can.
>Fingerbobs.
>Beano, Twinkle.
>Roly Poly.
>Hula Hoops, jumping the stream, building dams.
>The smell of the sun and fresh cut grass.
>Bazooka Joe bubble gum.
>An ice cream cone on a warm summer night from the van that plays a
tune:
>Chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe Neapolitan or perhaps a
>screwball.
>Wait.....
>Watching Saturday morning cartoons....short commercials, The Double
>Deckers, Road Runner, He-Man, Tiswas or Swapshop?, and Why Don't You
>or staying up for Star Trek.
>When around the corner seemed far away and going into town seemed
>like going somewhere.
>Earwigs, wasps and bee stings.
>Sticky fingers.
>Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, and Zorro.
>Climbing trees.
>Building igloos out of snow banks.
>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.
>Water balloons were the ultimate weapon
>Football cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.
>Choppers and Grifters
>I'm not finished just yet.....
>Eating raw jelly. Orange squash ice pops.
>Remember when...
>There were two types of trainers - girls and boys, and Dunlop Green
>Flash - and the only time you wore them at school was for P.E.
>You knew everyone in your street - and so did your parents.
>It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.
>You didn't sleep a wink on Christmas eve.
>When nobody owned a pure-bred dog.
>When 25p was decent pocket money
>When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.
>When nearly everyone's mum was at home when the kids got there.
>It was magic when dad would "remove" his thumb.
>When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at
>a real restaurant 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's office was nothing compared to the fate
>that awaited a misbehaving student at home.
>Didn't that feel good?
>Just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that!
>Remember when....
>Decisions were made by going " Ip Dip Dog Ship ." (yeah I know)
>"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.
>And the worst thing in your day was having to sit next to one.
>It was unbelievable that British Bulldog wasn't an Olympic event.
>Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a catapult.
>Nobody was prettier than Mum.
>Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.
>Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable aspirin.
>Ice cream was considered a basic food group
>Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true
>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...
>I DOUBLE-DARE YOU
>
Close your eyes and go back in time................
>
>Before the Internet or the Apple Mac.
>Before semi-automatics, joy riders and crack....
>Before SEGA or Super Nintendo...
>Way back............
>I'm talking about Hide and Seek in the park.
>The corner shop.
>Hopscotch.
>Butterscotch.
>Skipping.
>Handstands.
>Football with an old can.
>Fingerbobs.
>Beano, Twinkle.
>Roly Poly.
>Hula Hoops, jumping the stream, building dams.
>The smell of the sun and fresh cut grass.
>Bazooka Joe bubble gum.
>An ice cream cone on a warm summer night from the van that plays a
tune:
>Chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe Neapolitan or perhaps a
>screwball.
>Wait.....
>Watching Saturday morning cartoons....short commercials, The Double
>Deckers, Road Runner, He-Man, Tiswas or Swapshop?, and Why Don't You
>or staying up for Star Trek.
>When around the corner seemed far away and going into town seemed
>like going somewhere.
>Earwigs, wasps and bee stings.
>Sticky fingers.
>Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, and Zorro.
>Climbing trees.
>Building igloos out of snow banks.
>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.
>Water balloons were the ultimate weapon
>Football cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.
>Choppers and Grifters
>I'm not finished just yet.....
>Eating raw jelly. Orange squash ice pops.
>Remember when...
>There were two types of trainers - girls and boys, and Dunlop Green
>Flash - and the only time you wore them at school was for P.E.
>You knew everyone in your street - and so did your parents.
>It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.
>You didn't sleep a wink on Christmas eve.
>When nobody owned a pure-bred dog.
>When 25p was decent pocket money
>When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.
>When nearly everyone's mum was at home when the kids got there.
>It was magic when dad would "remove" his thumb.
>When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at
>a real restaurant 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's office was nothing compared to the fate
>that awaited a misbehaving student at home.
>Didn't that feel good?
>Just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that!
>Remember when....
>Decisions were made by going " Ip Dip Dog Ship ." (yeah I know)
>"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.
>And the worst thing in your day was having to sit next to one.
>It was unbelievable that British Bulldog wasn't an Olympic event.
>Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a catapult.
>Nobody was prettier than Mum.
>Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.
>Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable aspirin.
>Ice cream was considered a basic food group
>Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true
>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...
>I DOUBLE-DARE YOU
>