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.

Let's not mention the extreme risks we took hitchhiking.
As children, we would ride in cars without 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, not from a bottle.

We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank soda 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 street lights came on.

No one was able to reach us all day. NO CELL PHONES!!!!!

We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no video games at all,
no 99 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. No emailing or instant
messages!
We were fit and trim because we exercised outside all the time!
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.

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.

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!

People under 30 are WIMPS!

Ain't that the truth!!

That is the truth

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Posted by wc0143

'I'm comin' to join you Elizabeth'

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LMAO!

ok fred!

I love it!

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Posted by Kate

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Posted by wc0143

'I'm comin' to join you Elizabeth'

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LMAO!

ok fred!

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I knew us lucky to be alive old farts would get it!!

this brought back such good memories!

This post is AWESOME!! And soooo true!!

And you know what? It's true about all the video games and stuff that kids have today. I used to have the BEST TIME playing with my friends outside!!

Hey! I was a kid in the 80's and I played outside for hours!

I also tried out for a soccer team and didn't make it :P

Oh, and according to my mom - the teacher was always right

Maybe it's just people under 20 who are wimps

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Posted by wc0143

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Posted by Kate

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Posted by wc0143

'I'm comin' to join you Elizabeth'

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LMAO!

ok fred!

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I knew us lucky to be alive old farts would get it!!

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'Ooooh here comes the big one!'

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Posted by Anniegrl

'Ooooh here comes the big one!'

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Lucky girl!!!!

That is so funny! I am always telling my dad how it's amazing how my brother and I survived considering all the terrible things they did to us as kids - esp the 'death trap' we were put in the car in as babies - basically a basinett with retractable legs so you could rest it on the back seat. Complete with a net cover. Very safe

i often ponder how and why things are so different now. growing up in the 70' early 80's was so carefree and laid back. parents didn't worry as much and children did not have many restrictions or 'unachievable' expectations. i really do feel sad for those growing up today. i wish things were the way the used to be. i understand that society has placed a huge burden on our youth, but for god's sake (IMO) things need to calm down and children NEED to be children.

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Posted by skew

i often ponder how and why things are so different now. growing up in the 70' early 80's was so carefree and laid back. parents didn't worry as much and children did not have many restrictions or 'unachievable' expectations. i really do feel sad for those growing up today. i wish things were the way the used to be. i understand that society has placed a huge burden on our youth, but for god's sake (IMO) things need to calm down and children NEED to be children.

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AMEN Christine!!!!!!!!