Older than dirt quiz

sunnygirl272 · Jun 20, 2002

Close your eyes.....And go back in time....

Before the Internet or the MAC, Before semi automatics and crack

Before SEGA or Super Nintendo...

Way back........

I'm talking about hide and seek at dusk.

The Good Humor man,

Red light, green light.

The corner store.

Hopscotch, butterscotch, doubledutch, jacks, kickball, dodge ball.

Mother May I?

Red Rover and Roly Poly

Hula Hoops

Running through the sprinkler

The smell of the sun and licking salty lips....

Wax lips and mustaches

An ice cream cone on a warm summer night Chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe butter pecan.

A cherry coke from the fountain at the corner drug store Wait......

Watching Saturday Morning cartoons... short commercials

Fat Albert, Road Runner, He-Man, The Three Stooges, and Bugs,

Or staying up for Gunsmoke

Or back further, listening to Superman on the radio

When around the corner seemed far away, And going downtown seemed like going somewhere.

A million mosquito bites.

Sticky fingers.

Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, Zorro.

Climbing trees,

Building igloos out of snow banks

Walking to school, no matter what the weather.

Running till you were out of breath

Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt

Jumping on the bed. Pillow fights

Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.

Being tired from playing.... Remember that?

The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.

War was a card game.

Water balloons were the ultimate weapon. Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.

I'm not finished just yet... eating Kool-aid powder

Remember when...

there were two types of sneakers for girls and boys (Keds & PF Flyers) and the only time you wore them at school, was for "gym."

It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.

When nobody owned a purebred dog.

When a quarter was a decent allowance, and another quarter a miracle.

When milk went up one cent and everyone talked about it for weeks?

When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.

When you got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, for free, every time. And, you didn't pay for air.

And, you got trading stamps to boot!

When laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box.

When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there.

When it took five minutes for the TV to warm up, if you even had one.

When your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces.

It was magic when dad would "remove" his thumb.

When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents.

When girls neither dated nor kissed until late high school, if then.

When all of your male teachers wore neckties and female teachers had their hair done.

When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him or use him to carry groceries, and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.

When they threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed, and did!

When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home.

Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because of drive -by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! And some of us are still afraid of them!!!

Didn't that feel good.. just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that!

Remember when............

Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo."

Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!"

"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.

Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "Monopoly."

The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.

It was unbelievable that dodge ball 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.

Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin.

Ice cream was considered a basic food group.

Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.

Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare."

Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors.

If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!!

Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their "grown up" life...

I Double Dog dare ya!

eltrip · Jun 21, 2002

Originally posted by sunnygirl272
that's so cool that you lived here...did you go through the local schools, etc? here's a site that may amuse you...

http://www.insideoswego.com/
:chuckle :roll :chuckle

Thanks sunnygirl272! I attended Fitzhugh Park Elementary from 1st-3rd grades. We were a military family & moved a great deal.

have a great weekend,

Joy

outbackannie · Jun 21, 2002

Perfect score! I AM older than dirt - question is...what's older than me?

sunnygirl272 · Jun 26, 2002

YES, I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN!

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I'm the life of the party...even if it lasts until 8 p.m.

I'm very good at opening childproof caps with a hammer.

I'm usually interested in going home before I get to where I am going.

I'm awake many hours before my body allows me to get up.

I'm smiling all the time because I can't hear a thing you're saying.

I'm very good at telling stories; over and over and over and over...

I'm aware that other people's grandchildren are not as cute as mine.

I'm so cared for -- long term care, eye care, private care, dental care.

I'm not grouchy, I just don't like traffic, waiting, crowds, politicians.

I'm sure everything I can't find is in a secure place.

I'm wrinkled, saggy, lumpy, and that's just my left leg.

I'm having trouble remembering simple words like ...

I'm realizing that aging is not for wimps.

I'm sure they are making adults much younger these days, and when did they

let kids become policemen.

I'm wondering, if you're only as old as you feel, how could I be alive at

150?

I'm a walking storeroom of facts ... I've just lost the key to the storeroom

door.

Yes, I'm a SENIOR CITIZEN and I think I am having the time of my life!

Now if I could only remember who sent this to me, I would send it to many

more!

Have I already sent this to you?

ok..i'm not a sr citizen...but thought this was cute...)

kewlnurse · Jun 26, 2002

I got 16 but I'm not that old, just well versed

Cubby · Jul 3, 2002

23/25 gives "senior member" a whole new meaning! Sure don't feel that old though. Oh well.It's the attitude not the age!!! :cool:

nursecheryl · Jul 20, 2002

I'm older than dirt! I am proud to say i got 17. But, I'm also from ohio. We still have 3 drive inns. I thought everyone had drive inns. Blackjack chewing gum is still sold around here and so is candy cigarettes. We have a hamburger shop in town with jute boxes on each of the tables called Johnnie Rockets. I guess our town is a little older than dirt too. :cool:

nursecheryl · Jul 20, 2002

I got 17 so I guess that means I'm older than dirt. But, in the town I live in we still have 3 drive inns, black jack gum and candy cigarettes and a hamburger joint called Johnnie Rockets that has jute boxes at each table set up. I guess Ohio is older than dirt too.

Love-A-Nurse · Jul 20, 2002

originally posted by karalea
older than dirt quiz:
count all the ones that you remember- not the ones you were told about!
ratings are at the bottom.

1. blackjack chewing gum
2. wax coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water
3. candy cigarettes
4. soda pop machines that dispensed bottle
5. coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes
6. home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers
7. party lines
8. newsreels before the movie
9. p.f. flyers
10. butch wax
11. telephone numbers with a word prefix (olive -6933)
12. peashooters
13. howdy doody
14. 45 rpm records
15. s&h green stamps
16. hi-fi's
17. metal ice trays with lever
18. mimeograph paper
19. blue flashbulb
20. packards
21. roller skate keys
22. cork popguns
23. drive-ins
24. studebakers
25. wash tub wringers

if you remembered 0-5 = you're still young
if you remembered 6-10 = you are getting older
if you remembered 11-15 = don't tell your! age,
if you remembered 16-25 = you're older than dirt!

:confused:

i am not telling!

night owl · Jul 20, 2002

Originally posted by debbyed
And THIS is the test I get 100% on???? Life just isn't fair!!!

:lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

I got 17, but hey, I'm Older than life itself... So it seems on some days...:zzzzz

RNConnieF · Jul 20, 2002

Lord,

I got 20 AND my first car was a '53 Studebaker too.

RNConnieF · Jul 20, 2002

Amended: Add 1 for a PF Flyer, that was my first sled and one for Blackjack gum, and 2 for the ones I don't want to admit to knowing (like 45's). The only one I don't know is Butch Wax