You Know You Are Old When

[chiefcook]

Ordered a horned toad, cayman or armadillo off the back of a comic book.
I remember my parents lining us up with hundreds of people to get the first polio vaccine. Also have had 3 smallpox vaccinations. When I was young, then when drafted into army and again when deployed to Korea in @2005. I

 

[sixdogs]

My elementary school nurse had the most finely-tuned and well-exercised BS meter I've ever encountered. She must've had decades of dealing with kids who suddenly "don't feel well", just before an exam or a project due date.

Agreed. No faking with the school nurse. She was a walking lie detector. The same with the nun teachers, really any nun. They could finish a kids sentence, offer compassion with a ruler and then send you back to class. Actually, I'm glad they did.

 

[bigtiller]

I don't remember what I said, but my elementary school teacher didn't like it. She took me by the ear into the boys bathroom and washed my mouth out with soap. Yuck.

 

[scootr]

I don't remember what I said, but my elementary school teacher didn't like it. She took me by the ear into the boys bathroom and washed my mouth out with soap. Yuck.

Ahh, the good ole days

 

[MossRoad]

The Little Orphan Annie?

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A crummy commercial?

 

[Oaktree]

Ordered a horned toad, cayman or armadillo off the back of a comic book.

Ordered something from the back of a comic book once. Once was enough. Got took big time. Purchase took forever to come, and nothing was as advertised, and all junk. The irony was that the company was called Honor House or something similar.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Sea monkeys and x-ray specs!
I sold Christmas cards and the prize wasn't worth a hoot.

 

[masseyrider]

Sea monkeys and x-ray specs!
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I got the x-ray glasses. I thought if you stood back far enough back you could see through women's clothes.
Totally useless.

 

[Jstpssng]

I got the x-ray glasses. I thought if you stood back far enough back you could see through women's clothes.
Totally useless.

So you've been that way since birth?

 

[masseyrider]

So you've been that way since birth?

Yup and going into my senior years the same way.
I'm at that awkward stage now where it's no quit cute yet.