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Friday Funnies
So in an effort to begin the weekend with a smile I thought I'd post a picture of something I saw in an antique shop recently.
Never mind about all the rest, when is THIS going to be listed on the PBS?!
And on the reverse:
Never mind about all the rest, when is THIS going to be listed on the PBS?!
And on the reverse:
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- @cranky_granny - We couldn't afford crackers, so lit a fire & threw bits of fibro (I think it was - OMG - did that have asbestos in it??) on the fire & it would explode, sounding just like fire crackers!! ;)
I can relate to BOTH of those, @Blossom1961. ;) Specially the bladder one - when I get back from kayaking!!! And there is NEVER a loo nearby til I get home & I am positively ACHING!!
And I am still making plenty of mistakes too!! I blew up a small 'cooler' the other day by plugging in the wrong 12v cord .... :( Luckily it only cost $25 ... - @cranky_granny I was scared of the sounds on cracker night, so one year Mum sent me to the neighbour's house who always put on a cracker night in their backyard. I went off crying as I didn't want to go with my siblings, but it sure did get me over the fear of crackers. These days kids would report their parents for child abuse if sent to a cracker night. :)
- Number 43! is the one that bugs me. We had a walking train. Never lost anyone on the way to school or home again
44. I loved cracker night.New one
45. Everyone knew their neighbours in the street. - 42. We got free milk at school, but it was left in the sun until recess.
43. Nobody’s mother drove them to school.
44. We could buy fireworks, and even let them off unsupervised. (Injuries were usually minor).
@Afraser, chicken was a luxury here, too. My edition of “The Commonsense Cookbook “ didn’t have any chicken recipes, but it did have lamb. Times have changed…
@arpie, some kids had a hanky safety-pinned to their clothes!
And I guess I’m the old woman here, but when I was a kid we didn’t have trampolines. And we didn’t have supermarkets. (And we slept in a shoebox on the M6, etc, etc.) - @AllyJay - I think I used my sleeve (or the back of my hand) until I was about 10 ...... I wasn't very good at 'keeping' hankies .... and was a real tomboy too ....
@Fraser - I still remember Chicken only being brought out on 'special occasions' ..... that would have been early 60s .... and we NEVER had a turkey or 'real' ham at Xmas ..... Now, I have chicken at least 3 times a week, I reckon!
@iserbrown - something has gone VERY wrong re No 14! :( - Number 14 teachers being scared
Item on 1pm news abt teachers fears - Number 1 - in the UK in the 50s, chicken was for Christmas! Only when I came to Australia in the mid 60s, did chicken feature as a regular dish!
- Number 3...I used spit on my thumb...never carried a hankey.
