over 25

[Don Mac Lean]

>Subject: over 25 > > > > > >All people over 25 should be dead. > >To the survivors: > >   According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were >kids in the 40's, 50's, 60's, 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 seat belts 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 >shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one >actually died from this. > >   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 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. Unthinkable. > >   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 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 fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth,and there were >no lawsuits from these accidents. > >   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. > >   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. > >   Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors? > >   A must read for people over 25 yrs of age.   --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.515 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 01/09/2003