I Want to Go Back to the Time When....

This is an email classic so you may have seen it before, but I liked it and thought I'd share it :

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 issues meant arguing about who ran the fastest
• money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "Monopoly"
• catching fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening
• it wasn't odd to have two or three best friends
• being "old" was referring 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 your dad would "remove his thumb"
• it was unbelievable that dodgeball 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
• getting 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
• "Olly olly oxen 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
• water balloons were the ultimate weapon
• war was a card game
• baseball cars 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 them, then you have LIVED!