People over 35 should be dead.
> > >
> > > Here's why .
> > >
> > > According to today's regulators
> > > and bureaucrats, those of us
> > > who were kids in the 40's,
> > > 50's, 60's, or even maybe
> > > the early 70's probably
> > > shouldn't have survived.
> > >
> > > Our baby cribs were covered
> > > with bright colored lead-based
> > > paint.
> > >
> > > 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 seatbelts
> > > or air bags.
> > >
> > > Riding in the back of a pickup
> > > truck on a warm day was
> > > always a special treat.
> > >
> > > We drank water from the
> > > garden hose and not from
> > > a bottle.
> > >
> > > Horrors!
> > >
> > > We ate cupcakes, bread and
> > > butter, and drank soda pop
> > > with sugar in it, but we were
> > > never overweight because
> > > we were always outside
> > > playing.
> > >
> > > We shared one soft drink
> > > with four friends, from one
> > > bottle, and no one actually
> > > died from this.
> > >
> > > We would spend hours building
> > > our go-carts out of scraps
> > > and then rode 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 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.
> > >
> > > NO CELL PHONES!!!!!
> > >
> > > Unthinkable!
> > >
> > > We did not have Playstations,
> > > Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no
> > > video games at all, no 299
> > > channels on cable, video
> > > tape movies, surround
> > > sound, personal cell phones,
> > > personal computers, or Internet
> > > chat rooms.
> > >
> > > We had friends!
> > >
> > > We went outside and found
> > > them.
> > >
> > > We played dodge ball, and
> > > sometimes, the ball would
> > > really hurt.
> > >
> > > We fell out of trees, got
> > > cut and broke bones and
> > > teeth, and there were no
> > > lawsuits from these accidents.
> > >
> > > They were accidents.
> > >
> > > No one was to blame but us.
> > >
> > > Remember accidents?
> > >
> > > We had fights and punched
> > > each other and got black
> > > and blue and learned to get
> > > over it.
> > >
> > > We made up games with
> > > sticks and tennis balls and
> > > ate worms, and although we
> > > were told it would happen,
> > > we did not put out very many
> > > eyes, nor did the worms
> > > live inside us forever.
> > >
> > > We rode bikes or walked to
> > > a friend's home and knocked
> > > on the door, or rang the
> > > bell or just walked in and
> > > talked to them.
> > >
> > > Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team.
> > >
> > > Those who didn't had to
> > > learn to deal with disappointment.
> > > Some students weren't as
> > > smart as others, so they
> > > failed a grade and were
> > > held back to repeat the
> > > same grade.
> > >
> > > Horrors!
> > >
> > > Tests were not adjusted
> > > for any reason.
> > >
> > > Our actions were our own.
> > >
> > > Consequences were expected.
> > >
> > > The idea of a parent bailing
> > > us out if we broke a law
> > > was unheard of.
> > >
> > > They actually sided
> > > with the law.
> > >
> > > Imagine that!
> > >
> > > This generation has produced
> > > some of the best risk-takers
> > > and 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're one of them!
> > >
> > > Congratulations!
> > >
> > > Please pass this on to others
> > > who have had the luck to grow
> > > up as kids, before lawyers
> > > and government regulated our
> > > lives, for our own good !!!!!
> > >
> > >
> > > People under 30 are WIMPS
>
>
>
> > >
> > > Here's why .
> > >
> > > According to today's regulators
> > > and bureaucrats, those of us
> > > who were kids in the 40's,
> > > 50's, 60's, or even maybe
> > > the early 70's probably
> > > shouldn't have survived.
> > >
> > > Our baby cribs were covered
> > > with bright colored lead-based
> > > paint.
> > >
> > > 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 seatbelts
> > > or air bags.
> > >
> > > Riding in the back of a pickup
> > > truck on a warm day was
> > > always a special treat.
> > >
> > > We drank water from the
> > > garden hose and not from
> > > a bottle.
> > >
> > > Horrors!
> > >
> > > We ate cupcakes, bread and
> > > butter, and drank soda pop
> > > with sugar in it, but we were
> > > never overweight because
> > > we were always outside
> > > playing.
> > >
> > > We shared one soft drink
> > > with four friends, from one
> > > bottle, and no one actually
> > > died from this.
> > >
> > > We would spend hours building
> > > our go-carts out of scraps
> > > and then rode 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 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.
> > >
> > > NO CELL PHONES!!!!!
> > >
> > > Unthinkable!
> > >
> > > We did not have Playstations,
> > > Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no
> > > video games at all, no 299
> > > channels on cable, video
> > > tape movies, surround
> > > sound, personal cell phones,
> > > personal computers, or Internet
> > > chat rooms.
> > >
> > > We had friends!
> > >
> > > We went outside and found
> > > them.
> > >
> > > We played dodge ball, and
> > > sometimes, the ball would
> > > really hurt.
> > >
> > > We fell out of trees, got
> > > cut and broke bones and
> > > teeth, and there were no
> > > lawsuits from these accidents.
> > >
> > > They were accidents.
> > >
> > > No one was to blame but us.
> > >
> > > Remember accidents?
> > >
> > > We had fights and punched
> > > each other and got black
> > > and blue and learned to get
> > > over it.
> > >
> > > We made up games with
> > > sticks and tennis balls and
> > > ate worms, and although we
> > > were told it would happen,
> > > we did not put out very many
> > > eyes, nor did the worms
> > > live inside us forever.
> > >
> > > We rode bikes or walked to
> > > a friend's home and knocked
> > > on the door, or rang the
> > > bell or just walked in and
> > > talked to them.
> > >
> > > Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team.
> > >
> > > Those who didn't had to
> > > learn to deal with disappointment.
> > > Some students weren't as
> > > smart as others, so they
> > > failed a grade and were
> > > held back to repeat the
> > > same grade.
> > >
> > > Horrors!
> > >
> > > Tests were not adjusted
> > > for any reason.
> > >
> > > Our actions were our own.
> > >
> > > Consequences were expected.
> > >
> > > The idea of a parent bailing
> > > us out if we broke a law
> > > was unheard of.
> > >
> > > They actually sided
> > > with the law.
> > >
> > > Imagine that!
> > >
> > > This generation has produced
> > > some of the best risk-takers
> > > and 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're one of them!
> > >
> > > Congratulations!
> > >
> > > Please pass this on to others
> > > who have had the luck to grow
> > > up as kids, before lawyers
> > > and government regulated our
> > > lives, for our own good !!!!!
> > >
> > >
> > > People under 30 are WIMPS
>
>
>
how many of us stuck a paper clip in an outlet after being told not to? how many have taken a wizz on an electric fence & live to tell about it? all of us did. I read this & look back & just laugh my butt off @ the STUPID stuff we did as kids.
