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- Decisions
were made by saying "eeny-meeny-miney-mo"
- Mistakes
were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!"
- "Race
issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest
- Money
issues were handled by whoever was the banker in
"Monopoly"
- Catching
the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening
- It wasn't
odd to have two or three "best" friends
- Being old
referred to anyone over 20
- The worst
thing you could catch from the opposite sex was
cooties
- It was
magic when dad would "remove" his thumb
- It was
unbelievable that dodge ball wasn't an Olympic event
- Having a
weapon in school meant being caught with a
pea-shooter
- Nobody was
prettier than Mom
- Scrapes
and bruises were kissed and made better
- It was a
big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the 'big
people' rides at the amusement park
- Getting a
foot of snow was a dream come true
- Abilities
were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare"
- Saturday
morning cartoons weren't 30-minute ads for action
figures
- No
shopping trip was complete unless a new toy was
brought home
- "Oly-oly-oxen-free"
made perfect sense
- Spinning
around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for
giggles
- The worst
embarrassment was being picked last for a team
- War was a
card game
- Water
balloons were the ultimate weapons
- Baseball
cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a
motorcycle
- Taking
drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin
- Ice cream
was considered a basic food group
- Older
siblings were the worst tormentors but also the
fiercest protectors.
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