OOOHHH the memories...
>
> To remember what a "double dog dare"
is, read on. Moreover, 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. Pea shooters.
> 13. Howdy Doody
> 14. 78 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 (WHO ????)
> 21. Roller skate keys
> 22. Cork popguns
> 23. Drive ins
> 24. Studebakers
> 25. Wash tub wringers
> 26. The Fuller Brush man
> 27. Reel-to-reel tape recorders
> 28. Tinker toys
> 29. The Erector Set
> 30. The Fort Apache Play set
> 31.
> 32. 15 cent McDonald hamburgers
> 33. 5 cent packs of baseball cards...with that awful
pink slab of bubble gum
> 34. Penny candy
> 35. 23 cent-a-gallon gasoline
> 36. 10 cents each, a bag full for a dollar
>
> 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 dodge ball 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-all-in-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 weapons.
> 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!!!!!!!!!!!!!