Those over 25 should be dead....(Funny e-mail)
My dad sent it to me!!
All people over 25 should have been dead by now !
To the survivors: According to today's regulators and bureaucrats,
those of us who were kids in the 40's, 50's, 60's, 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 seat
belts 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 shared one soft drink with
four friends, from one bottle, and no one
actually died from this.
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 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. Unthinkable.
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 did not have Playstation, Nintendo 64,
X-Boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on
cable, DVD movies, surround sound,
personal cell phones, personal computers, or
Internet chat rooms.
We had friends! We went outside and found them.
We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and
teeth, and there were no lawsuits from these
accidents.
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.
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 have been blessed enough to grow
up as kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for
our own good.
Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, huh?
All people over 25 should have been dead by now !
To the survivors: According to today's regulators and bureaucrats,
those of us who were kids in the 40's, 50's, 60's, 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 seat
belts 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 shared one soft drink with
four friends, from one bottle, and no one
actually died from this.
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 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. Unthinkable.
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 did not have Playstation, Nintendo 64,
X-Boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on
cable, DVD movies, surround sound,
personal cell phones, personal computers, or
Internet chat rooms.
We had friends! We went outside and found them.
We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and
teeth, and there were no lawsuits from these
accidents.
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.
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 have been blessed enough to grow
up as kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for
our own good.
Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, huh?
