Entertain me

[duppy man]

yea I know what you mean lily its just a shame the kids don't do it when I lived in the country my garden backed onto about 200 acres of wood and fields my 2 lads came to stay and asked me if they could go out, they went to the corner and just stood at that time they were 9 and 11 I suggested they go and play in the fields and the woods they went out into the field and leaned against a fence post again i went out and said why don't you go and explore the woods and stuff their reply WHY would we want to look in woods that boring

duppy man Reviewed by duppy man on 07-01-2005. Entertain me Why do you think we feel the need to pay to be entertained what has happened to us when I was a child we made games up and spent hours playing them...not now it has to be structured play ??? Rating: 5

[Lulu]

I know I posted this before but this thread reminded me of it
- for those of us who were kids back then

Growing up in Ireland

I'm talking about Hide and Seek in the park, The shop down the road, Hopscotch, Donkey, skipping, handstands, stuck in the mud, football with an old can, Dandy, Beano, Twinkle and Roly Poly, Hula Hoops, Jumping the stream, building a swing from a tyre and a piece of rope tied to a tree, (If you live in Dublin the lampost), building tree-houses, climbing up onto roofs. Tennis on the street, the smell of the sun and fresh cut grass.

Hubba Bubba bubble gum and 2p Flogs, macaroon bars and woppas, 3p Refreshers and wham bars, superhero chewing gum, golf ball chewing gums and liquorice whips, desperate dan and roy of the rovers, sherbit dips and Mr. freezes, marathon bars and everlasting gobstoppers. An ice cream cone on a warm summer night from the van that plays a tune chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe neopolitan

Wait ... Watching Saturday Morning cartoons ... short commercials, Battle of the Planets, Road Runner, He-Man, Swapshop, and Why Don't You?, Transformers, How do you do?, Bosco(SANDY), Forty-coats, the Littlest Hobo and Lassie, Chucklevision, The Muppet Show, MacGyver, Scarecrow and Mrs King, Little House on the Prairie and Highway to Heaven, or staying up for Knight Rider and Magnum PI.

When around the corner seemed far away and going into town seemed like going somewhere.

A million midget bites, sticky fingers and mud all over you, knee-pads on your jeans, Cops and Robbers, Rounders, tip the Can, Queenie-I-O, climbing trees, spin the bottle, 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.

Water balloons were the ultimate weapon

Football cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.

And don't forget the Marietta sandwiches we'd make by buttering a cupla Marietta biscuits and stickin' them together. And that quare oul mixture made in a tall glass with HB ice cream and Taylor Keith Red Lemonade.

I'm not finished just yet...

Eating raw jelly, orange squash ice pops

Remember when ... There were two types of sneakers - girls and boys and Dunlop Green Flash and the only time you wore them at school, was for "P.E.", Gola football boots.

It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends, when nobody owned a pure bred dog, when 25p was decent pocket money, when you'd reach i nto a muddy gutter for a penny, when nearly everyone's mum was at home when the kids got there, 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 head'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 muggings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! and some of us are still afraid of them!!!

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 game of life and connect four, atari 2600's and commadore 64's. The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was germs. It was unbelievable that Red rover wasn't an Olympic event...

Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a biro barrel pea shooter or an elastic band. Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better, Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable vitamins, 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 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!!!!

[GHoSToKeR]

Come on, the world has never been perfect and it never will. Everything is just a matter of perspective.

[maryjanemama]

Come on, the world has never been perfect and it never will. Everything is just a matter of perspective.

No, the world was never perfect but there was a time when it was a lot simpler. Even 20 years ago, things were alot different. Things that we grew up doing on a daily basis are completely different than now. You may not believe it, but it is true.

[w4terb0ng]

well i pretty much hate the way things have changed. i wonder if my children will lead happy childhood lives ?? or if it's even possible anymore....

[GHoSToKeR]

No, the world was never perfect but there was a time when it was a lot simpler. Even 20 years ago, things were alot different. Things that we grew up doing on a daily basis are completely different than now. You may not believe it, but it is true.

But because we exist in the present we can only know what has happened, not what will happen. We use our knowledge of the past as a frame of reference of how bad things are now, but as we can't see the future and only have evidence of the past we will inevitably believe our time to be the worst. What you can't see or feel can't hurt you, right? We can only feel the now so the now is the most real to us.

[duppy man]

Have a listen to cat Stevens where do the children play that is pure class I can't remember what I was replying to LOL

ps i am smoking some very very nice Northern lights