Steamnsteel
03-31-2009, 09:27 AM
Found this on another JEEP board.
> > The other day, someone at a store in our town read that a
> > Methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse in the adjoining
> > county and he asked me a rhetorical question: ''Why didn't we have a
> > drug problem when you and I were growing up?''
> >
> > I replied, I had a drug problem when I was young:
> >
> > I was drug to church on Sunday morning. I was drug to church for
> > weddings and funerals.
> >
> > I was drug to family reunions and community socials no matter the
> > weather.
> >
> > I was drug by my ears when I was disrespectful to adults.
> >
> > I was also drug to the woodshed when I disobeyed my parents, told a lie,
> > brought home a bad report card, did not speak with respect, spoke ill of
> > the teacher or the preacher, or if I didn't put forth my best effort in
> > everything that was asked of me.
> >
> > I was drug to the kitchen sink to have my mouth washed out with soap if
> > I uttered a profane four-letter word.
> >
> > I was drug out to pull weeds in mom's garden and flower beds and
> > cockleburs out of dad's fields.
> >
> > I was drug to the homes of family, friends, and neighbors to help out
> > some poor soul who had no one to mow the yard, repair the clothesline or
> > chop some firewood; and if my parents had ever known that I took a
> > single dime as a tip for this kindness, they would have drug me back to
> > the woodshed.
> >
> > Those drugs are still in my veins; and they affect my behavior in
> > everything I do, say, and think. They are stronger than cocaine, crack
> > or heroin; and if today's children had this kind of drug problem,
> > America would be a better place.
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> > The other day, someone at a store in our town read that a
> > Methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse in the adjoining
> > county and he asked me a rhetorical question: ''Why didn't we have a
> > drug problem when you and I were growing up?''
> >
> > I replied, I had a drug problem when I was young:
> >
> > I was drug to church on Sunday morning. I was drug to church for
> > weddings and funerals.
> >
> > I was drug to family reunions and community socials no matter the
> > weather.
> >
> > I was drug by my ears when I was disrespectful to adults.
> >
> > I was also drug to the woodshed when I disobeyed my parents, told a lie,
> > brought home a bad report card, did not speak with respect, spoke ill of
> > the teacher or the preacher, or if I didn't put forth my best effort in
> > everything that was asked of me.
> >
> > I was drug to the kitchen sink to have my mouth washed out with soap if
> > I uttered a profane four-letter word.
> >
> > I was drug out to pull weeds in mom's garden and flower beds and
> > cockleburs out of dad's fields.
> >
> > I was drug to the homes of family, friends, and neighbors to help out
> > some poor soul who had no one to mow the yard, repair the clothesline or
> > chop some firewood; and if my parents had ever known that I took a
> > single dime as a tip for this kindness, they would have drug me back to
> > the woodshed.
> >
> > Those drugs are still in my veins; and they affect my behavior in
> > everything I do, say, and think. They are stronger than cocaine, crack
> > or heroin; and if today's children had this kind of drug problem,
> > America would be a better place.
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