Ravenloft
Sweet Rogue
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You know, the kind where you just so happen to be in some poor shmoos address book and they take it uppon themselved to send to EVERYONE and their sister something that is generally sentimental shlock or a rather poor shot at humor? Some times its just a "Virus warning"...
My personal favorite was one about how the addressy was like "Why do you send me this shit???" And the whole thing explained that "Its a way of thinking about you without really having to put out the effort of writing you an original email!" I would, personally, rather not be thought of than to get some generic P.O.S.
Any way... Here is an example of one of these "Mass emails"...
REMEMBER WHEN.........
Of course, all of these were before my time! (Actually, who
remembers the cartoon "Beanie & Cecil? It was great. The dino
would save the little boy, yelling "I'm coming, Beanie boy!"
Close your eyes.....And go back in time....
Before the Internet or the PC. Before semi-automatics and crack. Before SEGA
or Super Nintendo...
Way back........
I'm talking about hide and seek at dusk.
The Good Humor man.
Red light, green light.
The corner store.
Hopscotch, butterscotch, doubledutch, jacks, kickball, dodgeball.
Mother May I?
Red Rover and
Roly Poly
Hula Hoops
Running through the sprinkler
The smell of the sun and licking salty lips....
Eating Kool-Aid powder
Wax lips and mustaches
An ice cream cone on a warm summer night
Chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe butter pecan.
A cherry coke from the fountain at the corner drug store.
Wait......
Watching Saturday Morning cartoons...
Short commercials
Fat Albert, Road Runner, He-Man, The Three Stooges, and Bugs,
Or staying up for Gunsmoke
Or back further, listening to Superman on the radio.
When around the corner seemed far away,
And going downtown seemed like going somewhere.
A million mosquito bites.
Sticky fingers.
Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, Zorro.
Climbing trees,
Building igloos out of snow banks
Walking to school, no matter what the weather.
Running till you were out of breath
Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt
Jumping on the bed.
Pillow fights
Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.
Being tired from playing.... Remember that?
The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.
War was a card game.
Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.
Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.
Remember when...
There were two types of sneakers for girls and boys (Keds & PF Flyers) and
the only time you wore them at school was for "gym."
It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.
When nobody owned a purebred dog.
When a quarter was a decent allowance, and another quarter was a miracle.
When milk went up one cent and everyone talked about it for weeks?
When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.
When you got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without
asking, for free, every time.
You didn't pay for air.
And, you got trading stamps to boot!
When laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the
box.
When nearly everyone's Mom was at home when the kids got there.
When it took five minutes for the TV to warm up, if you even had one.
When your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces.
It was magic when dad would "remove" his thumb.
When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real
restaurant with your parents.
When girls neither dated nor kissed until late high school, if then.
When all of your male teachers wore neckties and female teachers had their
hair done
When any parent could discipline any kid, or use him to carry groceries, and
nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.
When they threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed ..and did!
When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate
that awaited a misbehaving student at home.
Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because of drive-by
shootings, drugs, gangs, etc.
Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat!
And some of us are still afraid of them!!!
Didn't that feel good.. just to go back and say,
Yeah, I remember that!
Remember when............
Decisions were made by going"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."
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.
It was unbelievable that dodgeball wasn't an Olympic event.
Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot.
Nobody was prettier than Mom.
Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.
Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin.
Ice cream was considered a basic food group.
Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.
Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare."
Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors.
If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!!
Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their "grown up" life...
My personal favorite was one about how the addressy was like "Why do you send me this shit???" And the whole thing explained that "Its a way of thinking about you without really having to put out the effort of writing you an original email!" I would, personally, rather not be thought of than to get some generic P.O.S.
Any way... Here is an example of one of these "Mass emails"...
REMEMBER WHEN.........
Of course, all of these were before my time! (Actually, who
remembers the cartoon "Beanie & Cecil? It was great. The dino
would save the little boy, yelling "I'm coming, Beanie boy!"
Close your eyes.....And go back in time....
Before the Internet or the PC. Before semi-automatics and crack. Before SEGA
or Super Nintendo...
Way back........
I'm talking about hide and seek at dusk.
The Good Humor man.
Red light, green light.
The corner store.
Hopscotch, butterscotch, doubledutch, jacks, kickball, dodgeball.
Mother May I?
Red Rover and
Roly Poly
Hula Hoops
Running through the sprinkler
The smell of the sun and licking salty lips....
Eating Kool-Aid powder
Wax lips and mustaches
An ice cream cone on a warm summer night
Chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe butter pecan.
A cherry coke from the fountain at the corner drug store.
Wait......
Watching Saturday Morning cartoons...
Short commercials
Fat Albert, Road Runner, He-Man, The Three Stooges, and Bugs,
Or staying up for Gunsmoke
Or back further, listening to Superman on the radio.
When around the corner seemed far away,
And going downtown seemed like going somewhere.
A million mosquito bites.
Sticky fingers.
Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, Zorro.
Climbing trees,
Building igloos out of snow banks
Walking to school, no matter what the weather.
Running till you were out of breath
Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt
Jumping on the bed.
Pillow fights
Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.
Being tired from playing.... Remember that?
The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.
War was a card game.
Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.
Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.
Remember when...
There were two types of sneakers for girls and boys (Keds & PF Flyers) and
the only time you wore them at school was for "gym."
It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.
When nobody owned a purebred dog.
When a quarter was a decent allowance, and another quarter was a miracle.
When milk went up one cent and everyone talked about it for weeks?
When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.
When you got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without
asking, for free, every time.
You didn't pay for air.
And, you got trading stamps to boot!
When laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the
box.
When nearly everyone's Mom was at home when the kids got there.
When it took five minutes for the TV to warm up, if you even had one.
When your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces.
It was magic when dad would "remove" his thumb.
When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real
restaurant with your parents.
When girls neither dated nor kissed until late high school, if then.
When all of your male teachers wore neckties and female teachers had their
hair done
When any parent could discipline any kid, or use him to carry groceries, and
nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.
When they threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed ..and did!
When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate
that awaited a misbehaving student at home.
Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because of drive-by
shootings, drugs, gangs, etc.
Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat!
And some of us are still afraid of them!!!
Didn't that feel good.. just to go back and say,
Yeah, I remember that!
Remember when............
Decisions were made by going"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."
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.
It was unbelievable that dodgeball wasn't an Olympic event.
Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot.
Nobody was prettier than Mom.
Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.
Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin.
Ice cream was considered a basic food group.
Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.
Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare."
Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors.
If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!!
Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their "grown up" life...
