And the video?
Parents - Get the little turds outside with a ball or some sticks, or a fishing rod, or anything!
Otherwise they'll end up spending their lives on some stupid site like Glumbert getting callouses on their arses, takng cocaine, ruining their eyesight and inventing insane personas for themselves.
When I was a kid, it was simply expected we would spend free time outside. It was not even an option, or a consideration, that we would be in the house bothering "Mom". We actually had to "ask" to come inside for a drink of water. Me and my brothers were outside, building forts, arranging bike stunts, hunting for local wildlife, (lightening bugs, nightcrawlers, frogs), setting the occasional accidental fire or two. (dried milkweed), playing with Jarts, tetherball, climbing trees, or making igloos in the winter. We were NEVER inside, unless we were sleeping or eating. I'm not saying it was better (although part of me thinks it was), it was just different. We explored, and if we wanted something to do, we had to think it up ourselves. It wasn't handed to us on some video or other, driven straight into our brains what other people though was fun.
I'll shut up now, but those memories are precious to me, and never to be repeated. No one lives like that now, and I'm not even all that old.
mako, you're right, it was better, in so many ways. I hate to use the term "kids today", it makes me feel too old, and I'm not. But, kids today have no concept of it, whatsoever. None.
My childhood with my brothers was filled with adventures, activities, fun and even danger, but we did it ourselves, we didn't watch it.
I have to humbly admit, that I, little old me, was the ORIGINAL bocci ball game. My brothers used to set me in the side yard and throw croquet balls at me, to see which one could come closest without actually hitting me. That was the kind of stuff WE did for fun! And it was a blast.
Oh, by the way, neither one of them actually did ever zonk me with a ball. They came pretty close once in awhile though, but I never budged, sat like a statue. If I had balls, they would be made of steel, all in an attempt to impress my adored big brothers with my courage.
There was a young lad who of course
Watched a game while he sat on a horse;
When he got too excited
His paw was delighted,
And shit freely flew from his arse.
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