Children Have Such Soft Heads Today

 

For those of my Dear Readers who are not young, take a moment and remember when we were young and the kind of world we lived in...

Ø Remember when we were told by our parents to go out and play and not come home until the street light came on.

Ø Remember when we were told by our parents, “Go climb a tree and try not to fall out of your chosen tree and break an arm. If you do fall and break an arm, cry real loud and, if I hear you, I will come and get you and take you to the doctor.”

Ø Remember when our parents gave us an alternate course of action by telling us... If neither one of them was at home when we fell, we should get up and take ourselves to the doctor. They reminded us that we ought to remember where the doctor’s office was because we went there all the other times we fell and broke something.

Ø Remember when our parents told us we were moping around the house too much and we should go out and do something outside like ride our bike.

Ø Remember when we confused our parents by asking for our Bike Riding Helmet. We knew we had confused them because they asked us, “What do you mean where is your Bike Riding Helmet? What’s a Bike Riding Helmet?”

Ø Remember when our parents said, “Don’t waste our time complaining about your teeth coming in crooked again. Quit complaining. Lots of people have crooked teeth. What do you mean you want braces on your teeth? What are braces anyway? Are braces those new fangled things I saw sticking out of that kid’s mouth the other day on the streetcar? He sure looked funny and he also looked very uncomfortable. Is that what you want? Do you want to look funny and be uncomfortable? Besides I saw in the Saturday Evening Post that those things can cost as high as $50. Do you think we are made out of money?”

Ø Remember when (actually you can’t remember this one because I believe this was a Fella’s Mama Exclusive) I would ask my Mother for a nickel, she would respond, “Fella, if I had a nickel, I would sit up and watch it all night”.

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I know you are probably wondering what caused me to write this Blog Posting. Ok, since you are wondering, I’ll tell you.

Later this year my wife, one of our daughters and I are going to a Dude Ranch in Wyoming. In reading through the Pre-Departure Dudeing Information I noticed (surely you remember I am a Noticer)...

 Children Under 12 Years of Age Are Required To Wear Helmets While Riding Horses

It was a short jump from that Notice of mine to thinking up the Subject of this Blog Posting and then there followed the actual pecking out of the Blog Posting you have just enjoyed...Or did u?

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: You may be wondering why I made you scroll up to the top to see the Subject instead of just repeating the Subject when I brought it up at the bottom of this Blog Posting. It’s because I saved 6 words by making you scroll back up to the Subject. You see my computer is running dangerously low on Words and I am awaiting the arrival of the Computer Word Delivery Man to come give me a refill.