Yeah, I remember that!
Is it just me or does everyone think you should hold on to your childhood forever?
Last night, Mark and I hosted Carols at Beerwah for the Glasshouse Mountains Chamber of Commerce. It took me straight back to my childhood. Beerwah, Glasshouse, Beerburrum, they are still country towns and I think their residents are lucky to live there.
Anyway, it reminded me of an oldy but a goldy, you might have seen it before, it was apparently written by a guy called Iain Hosking.
Take a moment to go back in time...
Before the Internet or the MAC.
Before SEGA or X Box...
Way back.... I'm talking about hide and seek at dusk.
One potato, two potato, three potato, four.
The corner shop.
Hopscotch, kiss chasey, elastics,
Running through the sprinkler.
Milk moustaches.
But wait....
Watching Saturday morning TV... Hey Hey its Saturday, Marty Monstor, Fat Albert, Road Runner, Penelope Pitstop and Bugs Bunny.
Short commercials.
A million mosquito bites around your ankles.
Sticky fingers.
Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians.
Climbing trees. 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 downwas 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.
I'm not finished just yet...
Eating Milo from the tin.
Remember when there were two types of sand shoes? One for girls and one for boys and the only time you wore them at school, was for "P.E."
When nobody owned a purebred dog.
When a twenty cents was decent pocket money, and another twenty cents a miracle.
When milk went up one cent and everyone talked about it for weeks?
When you got your windscreen cleaned, oil checked, and petrol pumped, without asking, for free, every time.
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 any parent could discipline any kid, or use him to carry groceries, and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.
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....
Last night, Mark and I hosted Carols at Beerwah for the Glasshouse Mountains Chamber of Commerce. It took me straight back to my childhood. Beerwah, Glasshouse, Beerburrum, they are still country towns and I think their residents are lucky to live there.
Anyway, it reminded me of an oldy but a goldy, you might have seen it before, it was apparently written by a guy called Iain Hosking.
Take a moment to go back in time...
Before the Internet or the MAC.
Before SEGA or X Box...
Way back.... I'm talking about hide and seek at dusk.
One potato, two potato, three potato, four.
The corner shop.
Hopscotch, kiss chasey, elastics,
Running through the sprinkler.
Milk moustaches.
But wait....
Watching Saturday morning TV... Hey Hey its Saturday, Marty Monstor, Fat Albert, Road Runner, Penelope Pitstop and Bugs Bunny.
Short commercials.
A million mosquito bites around your ankles.
Sticky fingers.
Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians.
Climbing trees. 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 downwas 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.
I'm not finished just yet...
Eating Milo from the tin.
Remember when there were two types of sand shoes? One for girls and one for boys and the only time you wore them at school, was for "P.E."
When nobody owned a purebred dog.
When a twenty cents was decent pocket money, and another twenty cents a miracle.
When milk went up one cent and everyone talked about it for weeks?
When you got your windscreen cleaned, oil checked, and petrol pumped, without asking, for free, every time.
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 any parent could discipline any kid, or use him to carry groceries, and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.
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....
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