QUOTES -N - THANGS

The ORIGINAL flava in ya ear!

Before the internet or MAC

Before semiautomatics and crack

Before chronic and indo

Sega or super nintendo

Way back...

I'm talkin' bout hide and seek at dusk

Hot bread and butter

The ice cream man (only after dinner)

The water ice truck

Doin' steps

Red light green light

Pretzel day at school

Recess

Chocolate milk

Lunch tickets

The first time you got on the big swings

Catch a girl get a girl - OOOOOH!

Penny candy in a brown paper bag

Playin' Ms. Pacman in the corner store

Hopscotch

Double dutch

A chinese rope made from rubber bands

Jacks

Rainbow ice cream

The water plug (I can't get wet! Alright well don't wet my hair.)

Racing popsicle sticks

Hoola hoops and sunflower seed

The smell of the sun and lickin' salty lips

Chinese apples

Candy apples

Apple Jacks

10 packs of kool-aide for a dollar

Kick ball

Stick ball

King ball y'all

Mother may I

>Wait...

Watching sat morning cartoons at the foot of the bed while eating cereal.

Tom & Jerry

Road runner

He-man

Josie and the pussy cats

The Three Stooges on sunday morning

Catchin' lightning bugs in a jar

Blow pops

Ring pops

Playin' tops or sling shot

When around the corner seemed far away

And goin' on the avenue seemed like goin' somewhere

Block parties (get to stay out past dark)

Bedtimes

Climbing trees in the park

Cornrows with beads and foil

A million mosquito bites and sticky fingers

Cops and robbers

Cowboys and Indians (we didn't know the real story back then)

When you wanted a ten speed Schwinn - but only had a three speed Huffy

Remember underoos

And easy bake ovens

The cabbage patch craze???

Pogo sticks

And homemade skateboards

Sittin' on the curb

Jumpin' down the steps

Jumping on the bed

Pillow fights

Being tickled to death

Running 'til you were out of breath

Laughing so hard your stomach really hurt

Being tired - from playing

Remember that?

capn' crunch and fruit loops came way 'fo apple jacks!!

what about grape and watermelon now-laters??

one time for underoos...batman and the hulk!!!

what about going to the candy house (dill pickles, hot sausages, pigs feet, pickled eggs, mickey sticks, long boys, etc. etc.)

what about crowding in a cirlce around the "afterschool fight" and then running when the teacher came

what about the girl who had the big-bubblie handwriting??

"Evil Kneivel" wind-up motorbikes that slid down the sewer.

"Hot Wheels" race car sets.

"Big Wheels" (or "green machines" for us po folks :-)

Chemistry Sets (trying to make explosives and getting purple stuff)

Radio Shack (tm) AM/FM radio kits.

Burning ants with a magnifying glass.

Eating honeysuckle off the vine (yes I'm a country boy.)

Graham Crackers & milk at noon.

Picking wild blackberrys and putting lots sugar on 'em (chiggers, ouch!)

Putting pennys on railroad tracks and watching them get smushed.

Skipping rocks on a lake.

Catching baby crawdads in a jar.

Tackle football and grass stains

Piano lessons (yuck).

Saturday afternoon "Sooooooouuuuulllll Train!"

Your moms made you pick out the switch that you was going to get whupped with

You used to think that wrestling was real

The kid who never wanted to play football with the fellas, but chose to jump rope with the girls

If you acted up, you mother would whup you on the spot not matter where

Those people who got jheri curls

Momma driving past McDonalds everytime

"Toughskins"

When you got a hole in your pants, you didn't new ones. You got a patch that didn't match

Your momma would cook turkey for Thanksgiving and stretch it out for 2 weeks until it was gone

Eating Kool-Aide powder with sugar

When Now&Laters used to cost ten cents

Jumping people fences to pick plums

Pajamas that had the socks made into them

The brotha that had the best break dancing suits, but couldn't dance

Somebody getting into a fight every year at the family reunion

Throwing rocks at the neighbor's dog

When your mom burned up toast, scraped off the black stuff, and said,"A little burnt toast is good for you"

Asking your father for something after you mother told you no

"I Aint Gone Bump No Mo' With a Big Fat Woman"

Solid Gold (Marilyn McCoo and ARSENIO HALL)

Blade Collars (dont front)

Going to bed at 9pm just when the CBS Monday night movie was coming on!

DISLIKING the opposite sex

World Wide Wrestling on Sat. (especially for the Brothers)

Stretch Armstrong (another one for the Brothers)

Lyte Brite (so not to neglect the Sisters)

"Snoopy Come Home" (who all cried?)

Going to see any Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby movie AT the theatre

Rick James instead of Prince

Black Barbies (that didn't look white)

JELLIES (another one for the sistas)

being scared when you watched Thriller > There's more but I wont take it to the bridge.

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Whateva happened to..??? Some of you may be wondering what ever happened to some famous cartoon characters after they made their big splash. Well, I caught up with a few of them, and these are some of the results: The Grinch Changed his name to Gingrich and became Speaker of the House. Frosty the Snowman (my personal favorite) Became Frosty the Snowwoman after he had his snowballs removed. Captain Crunch Was demoted to Sargeant Crunch due to a decline in sales. Charlie Brown Was fired as a spokesman for Rogaine after he discovered the stuff didn't work for him. Snow White Fired by the head of DisneyWorld after she said she was feeling Bashful.

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"We are born naked, wet, and hungry. Then things got worse." Email: tsmiles@usa.net