> Double Dog Dare > > I am sharing it with you today because it ended with > a "double dog dare" > to pass it on. To remember what a "double dog dare" > is, read on. And > remember that the perfect age is somewhere between > old enough to know > better and young enough not to care. How many do > you remember? > > 01. Candy cigarettes > 02. Wax coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water > inside. > 03. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles. > 04. Coffee shops with tableside juke boxes > 05. Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum > 06. Home milk delivery in glass bottles, with > Cardboard stoppers. > 07. Party lines. > 08. Newsreels before the movie. > 09. P. F. Flyers > 10. Butch wax > 11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix ... > (Drexel-5505) > 12. Peashooters. > 13. Howdy Doody > 14. 45 RPM Records > 15. Green Stamps > 16. Hi-fi's > 17. Metal ice cube trays, with levers > 18. Mimeograph paper > 19. Blue flash Bulbs > 20. Beanie and Cecil > 21. roller skate keys > 22. Cork pop guns > 23. Drive ins > 24. Studebakers > 25. Wash tub wringers > 26. The Fuller Brush man > 27. Reel-to-reel tape recorders > 28. Tinkertoys > 29. The Erector Set > 30. The Fort Apache Playset > 31. Lincoln Logs > 32. 15 cent McDonald hamburgers > 33. 5 cent packs of baseball cards...with that awful > pink slab bubblegum > 34. Penny candy > 35. 35 cent-a-gallon gasoline > > I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE TIME > 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." > > 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 net on a tennis court was the perfect height to > play volleyball and > rules didn't matter. > > 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 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. > > It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride > the "big people" > rides > at > the amusement park. > > 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 weapon. > > 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. > > 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.... > I double dog dare ya!!!!!!!!!!!!! >
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