Steffler wrote:
> Kai Harrekilde-Petersen wrote:
>> "Jens Didriksen" <jens@didriksen.dk> writes:
>>
>>> Jeg kunne ikke lige stå for denne
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Folk over 30 burde være døde!
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> *GRILL*
>>
>> Man burde oversætte den til engelsk og poste den på diverse
>> amerikanske nyhedsgrupper - sådan bare for provokations effekten
>
> Den er skam fra engelsk kilde.. Så den første gang, på engelsk, for
> noget der ligner et halt år siden.. Finder den lige og poster den
> senere !
>
> /S
Undertegnede fik den tilsendt d. 1. april
/S
According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids
in the 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's or even the early 80's, probably shouldn't
have survived.
Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets, and when
we rode our bikes, we had no helmets.
Not to mention the risks we took hitchhiking.
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a special
treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors!
We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but
we were never overweight because we were always outside playing.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one
actually died from this.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then rode down
the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes.
After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were
back when the street lights came on. No one was able to reach us all day.
No cell phones. Unthinkable!
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no video games at all,
no 99 channels on cable, video tape movies, surround sound, personal cell
phones, personal computers, or Internet chat rooms.
We had friends! We went outside and found them. We played dodge ball, and
sometimes, the ball would really hurt. We fell out of trees, got cut and
broke bones and teeth, and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
THEY WERE ACCIDENTS!!!. No one was to blame but us. Remember accidents?
We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and learned to
get over it. We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms,
and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out any eyes, nor
did the worms live inside us forever.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door, or rang
the bell or just walked in and talked to them.
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't
had to learn to deal with disappointment. Some students weren't as smart as
others, so they failed a grade and were
held back to repeat the same grade. Horrors!
Tests were not adjusted for any reason. Our actions were our own.
Consequences were expected. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke
a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the
law! Imagine that!!!
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem
solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years have been an
explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure,
success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all. And
you're one of them!
Congratulations.
Please pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow up as
kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good.
Makes you wonder.
And look you this, you won't be cursed if you don't send this to 10 people
in 10 minutes. He made up that crap anyway. Just pass it along if you like.