Funny Things...

[jmjtina]

i used to look up at the clouds and think my grandmother was waving to me and talking to me from a cloud......

[The Joey-O]

Until I was 7, I thought Freddy Kruger was following me around in the ventilation ducts, waiting for me to fall asleep.

[Paddington]

That chewing gum takes 6 years to digest.

That "red-rum" thing works. (Only in a dark bathroom that doesn't have windows. The correct chant was necessary.)

That the "Blue Light Special" lights were from the government scanning for nuclear missiles.

That everybody lived to be 100.

That the sub-par players in Major League Baseball must've been bad on their little league teams.

That my parents were equal to God.

That whatever war stories about my dad that I came up with on-the-spot were automatically true.

That evil moped-driving ninjas committed gruesome murders at the park down the street.

That my stuffed animals were superior to all people except my parents.

That my parents had money out the wazoo.

That other kids' stories about their parents were true.

That kidnappers wore a jacket with the letter "K" on it.

That college happened at a cottage.

That Saturday Night Live was cool.

That some of the older kids in my neighborhood worshipped the devil.

That my relatives always knew what they were talking about.

That Russia was going to kill us. (Judging by the size of Siberia.)

That the Easter Bunny was true even tho Santa Claus was not.

That Heathcliff was a good role model.

That I would never desire to get married.

That cashiers were rich. (How could they not be?)

[Maria]

My brother told me that glass splinters would work their way in until they reached the heart, and that would kill you. I was scared of glass splinters for the longest time, and always made sure I took them out right away. I don't know if my brother believed it but he got the idea from [url="http://hca.gilead.org.il/snow_que.html"]The Snow Queen[/url].

[Ash Wednesday]

There was a small hill about 25 miles south of our town growing up, and one of my brothers believed there was a secret missile hidden inside of it pointed towards the Soviet Union in case of nuclear attack.

In 1984 I also was afraid that if Mondale was elected instead of Reagan, the Soviets would drop a big nuclear bomb on us.

Edited June 20, 2007 by Ash Wednesday

[Groo the Wanderer]

[quote name='Paddington' post='1298584' date='Jun 19 2007, 05:06 PM']That Saturday Night Live was cool.[/quote]


That USED to be true....Blues Brothers...cheeseburger cheesburger pepsi...killer bees...coneheads...jane you ignorant ****

*sigh*

[Groo the Wanderer]

I thought I could hear the electricity in the walls (was just tinnitus)

I thought I could see atoms (was floaters in the eyes)

I thought if I rubbed my eyes hard enough and long enough I would go blind from the flashy light patterns that appeared.