Funny Cause It's True

This is a post that I stole,
err...ummm... borrowed from WHISKEY-TANGO-FOXTROT
He's a funny guy, stop by and congratulate the soon-to-be-daddy.
He'll be happy that you made his counter go up :-)

Kids These Days Are Pussies
Those Of Us Born 1950-1979 ...

• Our mothers smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant with us. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can,and didn't get tested for diabetes.
• We were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
• We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets.
• When we rode our bikes, we had no helmets.
• We hitchhiked.
• We rode in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts, or air bags.
• Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was a treat.
• We drank water from the garden hose...NOT from a bottle.
• We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.
• We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter, and drank Kool-Aid
  made with sugar. But we weren't fat asses because we were always outside playing.
• We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
• No one was able to reach us all day. And we were fine.
• We spent hours building 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 didn't have cell phones, IPods, portable video games, 150 channels on cable, DVDs, surround-sound, CD's, personal computers, or the Internet. Those of us born in the 70s had Atari 2600, and we fucking loved it. But we were capable of mastering any new game in about an hour ... and then we went back outside to play.
• We had friends and we went outside and found them.
• We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
• We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays. No one actually shot their eye out.
• We made up games with sticks and tennis balls, or cardboard boxes, or whatever else we could find available.
• We rode our bikes or walked to a friend's house 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.
• The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law. Dad told the cops to go ahead and keep us overnight to teach us a lesson.

Our generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, 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 fucking deal with it all. If you are one of us, CONGRATU-FUCKING-LATIONS! ... high five.
We were lucky enough to grow up during a time when lawyers and government actually still allowed us to be kids. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go run through the house with scissors...