People over 30 should be dead....

[Guest guest]

People over 30 should be dead.

Here's why.

According to today's regulators

and bureaucrats, those of us

who were kids in the 40's,

50's, 60's, or even maybe

the early 70'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 seatbelts

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!!!!!

U n t h i n k a b l e !

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 very many

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 !!!!!

People under 30 are WIMPS !

~ " We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a

little of each other everywhere. " ~

~ " If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you've made me smile, the

entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand. "