Back To A Time When

[davidbhs6]

I found this while using stumbleupon the other day and just thought I had to share it with everyone.

I want to go back to a time when....

a.. Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo."

b.. Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!"

c.. "Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.

d.. Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "Monopoly."

e.. Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening.

f.. It wasn't odd to have two or three "best friends."

g.. Being old referred to anyone over 20.

h.. The net on a tennis court was the perfect height to play volleyball

and rules didn't matter.

i.. The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.

j.. It was magic when dad would "remove" his thumb.

k.. It was unbelievable that dodgeball wasn't an Olympic event

l.. Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot.

m.. Nobody was prettier than Mom.

n.. Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.

o.. It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the "big people"

rides at the amusement park.

p.. Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.

q.. Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare."

r.. Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute ads for action figures.

s.. No shopping trip was complete unless a new toy was brought home.

t.. "Oly-oly-oxen-free" made perfect sense.

u.. Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.

v.. The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.

w.. War was a card game.

x.. Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.

y.. Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.

z.. Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin.

aa.. Ice cream was considered a basic food group.

ab.. Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest

protectors.

[ForbiddenFruit]

Funny that it should end in 'AB'!

[:dlb]

reposted this on my fb

[pins]

Finding the toy in the Cracker Jack Box .

[wetatnight]

a fresh diaper or eating in a high chair

[Little BabyDoll Christine]

When "space cadet" meant a fan of some very popular television shows and was not a term of derision

When referring to a "coonskin cap" would not get you called a racist

When "long gun" had only one meanng

Whin "I lost my rubbers" was not a feeble excuse you used in the back seat of your car

[Yvhuce]

I found this while using stumbleupon the other day and just thought I had to share it with everyone.

I want to go back to a time when....

a.. Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo."

b.. Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!"

c.. "Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.

d.. Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "Monopoly."

e.. Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening.

f.. It wasn't odd to have two or three "best friends."

g.. Being old referred to anyone over 20.

h.. The net on a tennis court was the perfect height to play volleyball

and rules didn't matter.

i.. The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.

j.. It was magic when dad would "remove" his thumb.

k.. It was unbelievable that dodgeball wasn't an Olympic event

l.. Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot.

m.. Nobody was prettier than Mom.

n.. Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.

o.. It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the "big people"

rides at the amusement park.

p.. Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.

q.. Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare."

r.. Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute ads for action figures.

s.. No shopping trip was complete unless a new toy was brought home.

t.. "Oly-oly-oxen-free" made perfect sense.

u.. Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.

v.. The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.

w.. War was a card game.

x.. Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.

y.. Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.

z.. Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin.

aa.. Ice cream was considered a basic food group.

ab.. Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest

protectors.

f: It still isn't.

g: I don't miss that. It sucked being under 20, for me.

m: That one is just creepy and gross.

o: As a short person, I particularly hate this one... Stupid tall people rides... It's one of the reasons I hate amusement parks.

r: Hey... Some of those were the most fun cartoons to watch. And Transformers Prime rocks.

t: That never made sense. No one here in Kansas ever used when I was a kid. It was "come out, come out, wherever you are" here.

aa: That one was never true. Rather, Ice cream was a lot less accessible and more valuable than gold, because we needed the folks to buy it and they never would...

ab: Or, if you're the older sibling, like I am: "Our younger siblings weren't born yet".

1 When "space cadet" meant a fan of some very popular television shows and was not a term of derision

2 When referring to a "coonskin cap" would not get you called a racist

3 When "long gun" had only one meanng

4 Whin "I lost my rubbers" was not a feeble excuse you used in the back seat of your car

1: A: Was that ever a real time? B: Even then, wouldn't that be like calling them a nerd? Nowadays, it means "airhead" or "filthy hippie".

2: Come to Kansas. Practically no one here will think of anything but the ring-tailed varment when you say "coon" here.

3: Y'know what... I don't even wanna know the "modern" meaning on this one...

4: Again, was that even a real time? If so, what in the world were you referring to as "rubbers" back then?

[rusty pins]

When Flip-Flops used to be called "Thongs"

[Little BabyDoll Christine]

1: A: Was that ever a real time? B: Even then, wouldn't that be like calling them a nerd? Nowadays, it means "airhead" or "filthy hippie".

4: Again, was that even a real time? If so, what in the world were you referring to as "rubbers" back then?

Where were you in fifty-two? The world did not begin when you were born, in fact, the human component had been deteriorationg for some dozen years. The era in which I grew up is now considered a magical and wondrous time and the subject of much of the "retro" interest

Actually, the term used was not "space cadet" as that applied to really one TV show and was a tiny part of the another. It was "Sapceman" but both terms were synonymous with adveture

[Honu]

When Flip-Flops used to be called "Thongs"

What? You mean slippas brah?

[Mama Melody]

Saw this on FB. It still makes me smile.

[Patience]

Wait

what about Sundays you went grandma and grandpa;s house after church and got to play with your family.

When Christmas came, under the tree were toys that really didn't need batteries, just imagination.

When at nights, you didn't turn on the TV or log onto a web site. You met your friends face to face. And you played, again with your imagination.

And last but not least. When your mom or dad read a book at night, and you dreamed you were in that book. Later

[Horndog]

When someone told me, "I love you," before going to bed.

[redneck diaper boy]

As a child of the 1950's I remember. It was a time when America had some sanity.