OT Cookie Monster

KellyH wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote
EEEK! Yes, I did live in Virginia (Annandale) and the girl was a few
years
younger than me! But her name was Rona Johnston. She had a sister
named Kelly and another named Maura and I think a couple more, much
older. Did you have a pool table in your basement?!


Dang, no lawsuit! I don't have any sisters, and we lived in Newport
News, VA. But still, how weird is that??

Pretty strange coincidence! Besides, I'm unemployed so sue me until the
cows come home and you wouldn't get a dime. I rent; I have nothing much of
value unless you'd like an old stereo circa 1980 with a turntable and a few
old vinyl albums But NO, you cannot have my cat!

Jill

KellyH wrote:

"jmcquown" wrote

EEEK! Yes, I did live in Virginia (Annandale) and the girl was a few
years
younger than me! But her name was Rona Johnston. She had a sister named
Kelly and another named Maura and I think a couple more, much older. Did
you have a pool table in your basement?!



Dang, no lawsuit! I don't have any sisters, and we lived in Newport News,
VA. But still, how weird is that??


Proves that... ummm... sandals sold in Virginia have too long straps? ;o)

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Kreisleriana wrote:


Did anyone hear the news that the Cookie Monster (on Sesame Street)
will now not be eating so many cookies, be seen eating healthy foods,
and actually tell chidren that "Cookies are a sometimes food"?

Aww, no, the Cookie Monster is one of my dearest memories from when I
lived in the US as a kid. I'm glad I won't see that.

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PatM wrote:
LOL It's like many of the parks and schools here in town had their
lovely, sleek metel slides replaced with pudgy plastic ones--for the
safety of the children. Sheesh, they took all the fun out of it! A
few of us did manage to survive those perilous days. We figured out
pretty quickly to be careful in shorts on hot days, and if you were a
little nervous to brace your legs along the sides to slow down a bit.
That fast ride down was a real rush! We were kids...we got bumps and
bruises. So what? PatM

Yeah, and what about those carousels with the rails radiating out from
the center that you grabbed onto and ran and ran to get it spinning as
fast as you could, then you hopped up on it while it was spinning
around till it finally slowed down five minutes later and you got off
of it and puked? Kids today just don't know what they're missing.

Kreisleriana wrote:
Did anyone hear the news that the Cookie Monster (on Sesame Street)
will now not be eating so many cookies, be seen eating healthy foods,
and actually tell chidren that "Cookies are a sometimes food"?

They've already ruined SS anyway. 99% of the time, it's Elmo's World
instead of SS; The Count now has a Spanish accent instead of his
Transylvanian accent; and the computer graphics have taken over a lot
of what used to be done with puppets. It's just not the same anymore.

-L.

On 11 Apr 2005 21:17:00 -0700, "Napoleon" wrote:


PatM wrote:
LOL It's like many of the parks and schools here in town had their
lovely, sleek metel slides replaced with pudgy plastic ones--for the
safety of the children. Sheesh, they took all the fun out of it! A
few of us did manage to survive those perilous days. We figured out
pretty quickly to be careful in shorts on hot days, and if you were a
little nervous to brace your legs along the sides to slow down a bit.
That fast ride down was a real rush! We were kids...we got bumps and
bruises. So what? PatM

Yeah, and what about those carousels with the rails radiating out from
the center that you grabbed onto and ran and ran to get it spinning as
fast as you could, then you hopped up on it while it was spinning
around till it finally slowed down five minutes later and you got off
of it and puked? Kids today just don't know what they're missing.

I think that they still have a few of those in some of the park
playgrounds here in Nashville, although, since I don't have any kids,
it has been a while since I paid much attention to playground
equipment.

--
John F. Eldredge --
PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu
"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better
than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria

This "sue happy" nation has been coming on for a long time, though.
When Eric was about 6 or 7, he accidentally hurt another kid
because he liked playing with long sticks. Probably trying to fight
like his hero at the time, He Man. The kid's grandparents actually
tried to sue us for little scratches on their grandson, who was the
same age as Eric. I was mortified. Kids play, they get hurt, or
other kids get hurt. It wasn't like it was a permanent disability
or anything. Hell, one of my best friends when growing up was shot
in her butt with a pellet gun by another kid and no one tried to
sue anyone. It was an accident, it was kids playing.

When mine was in *second grade*, he repeated a phrase he'd heard on TV
to a girl. He didn't have any idea what it meant. The parents actually
got a lawyer and tried to sue us for "sexual harassment." It was a
nightmare. After talking to the principal and teachers, the lawyer
figured out the whole thing was a crock and decided not to take it.
They dropped it.
OTOH, DH got shot in the foot by a friend with a .22 when he was a kid,
and back then they just called it "an accident."

Speaking of a sue-happy nation, I bought a new iron today. Written on
the safety warnings was a classic. "Do not iron clothes while wearing
them". DUH!! I wonder if the manufacturer is afraid of a lawsuit, or
has somebody actually tried to do this??? LOL

Sherry

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Did anyone hear the news that the Cookie Monster (on Sesame Street)
will now not be eating so many cookies, be seen eating healthy foods,
and actually tell chidren that "Cookies are a sometimes food"?

I ask you, what is the POINT of a Cookie Monster who behaves like a
nutritionist? That is not a Cookie Monster, and it isn't any damn
fun. What is happening to us? Did they make Warner Brothers tell the
Looney Toons guys to have Bugs Bunny to tell the kids not to hand
anybody lit sticks of dynamite?

When I was a little kid, I knew that everything I saw on television
was not real, that a lot of it was just fantasy, and/or just fun.
Characters like Cookie Monster (and Bugs Bunny, too) acted on impulse,
acted on the desires I had to be learning to control. It was fun to
see Cookie Monster rip into the Cookies, and give way to his
uncontrollable ID! He was like the little baby I wasn't supposed to
be anymore. I understood that.

I knew that I couldn't fly like Superman, or Mary Poppins.

Can someone explain to me what is going on here? Does life for little
children now have to be as relentlessly dull, sober and colorless as
it is for too many adults?



This is a direct result of the activities of people who have
NO sense of humor. Think about it.

Humorless people are the most frightening in the world.
You probably know some perfectly nice people who,
nevertheless, are a menace because they possess no
sense of humor at all. It is a serious deficiency. It
leads to the humorless removing sources of delight
for the humorful.

Or those who live in fear (conspiracy theories, aliens, terrorism,
socialism
etc) - Although I think in this case "fear of being sued".

All it would need is one fat kid and a very clever lawyer and they could
ruin the production company that is Sesame Street.

Having gotten to watch kid's TV over the years, I noticed that as Bugs
bunny
et al were being phased out, the "environmental" cartoons and kids shows
were being shown inthe late 80's, early 90's (Smurfs was one of them,
can't
remember hte others, but there were lots). And now children's TV seems to
be
all about preventing bullying, being sugary-nice to everyone regardless of
whether you like them or not, and personal self esteem. Blech. Bring back
Road Runner and the Martian (my favourites)

Still, I"m glad to see that The Simpsons still shows Bart and Lisa
laughing
at Itchy & Scratch, a gruesomely violent cartoon. I seem to remember thats
what being a kid is like - Doing stuff that makes adults go "YUCK!"

Yowie


Amen!

Cheryl wrote:
On Mon 11 Apr 2005 09:40:33p, jmcquown wrote in
rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
):

Stuff happens. I learned not to ride someone on the back of my
bike. Kids learn not to eat the mudpie because it's not really
"pie". Most kids learn by doing, not by being told what not to
do.

This "sue happy" nation has been coming on for a long time, though.
When Eric was about 6 or 7, he accidentally hurt another kid
because he liked playing with long sticks. Probably trying to fight
like his hero at the time, He Man. The kid's grandparents actually
tried to sue us for little scratches on their grandson, who was the
same age as Eric. I was mortified. Kids play, they get hurt, or
other kids get hurt. It wasn't like it was a permanent disability
or anything. Hell, one of my best friends when growing up was shot
in her butt with a pellet gun by another kid and no one tried to
sue anyone. It was an accident, it was kids playing.

--
Cheryl

Almost the identical thing happened to us when Cody was a kid.
OTOH, speaking of a "sue-happy" nation, I bought an iron today. It came
complete with the safety warning: "Do not iron clothes while wearing
them." Duh. Makes you wonder.

Sherry

Cheryl wrote:
On Mon 11 Apr 2005 09:40:33p, jmcquown wrote in
rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
):

Stuff happens. I learned not to ride someone on the back of my
bike. Kids learn not to eat the mudpie because it's not really
"pie". Most kids learn by doing, not by being told what not to
do.

This "sue happy" nation has been coming on for a long time, though.
When Eric was about 6 or 7, he accidentally hurt another kid
because he liked playing with long sticks. Probably trying to fight
like his hero at the time, He Man. The kid's grandparents actually
tried to sue us for little scratches on their grandson, who was the
same age as Eric. I was mortified. Kids play, they get hurt, or
other kids get hurt. It wasn't like it was a permanent disability
or anything. Hell, one of my best friends when growing up was shot
in her butt with a pellet gun by another kid and no one tried to
sue anyone. It was an accident, it was kids playing.

--
Cheryl

Almost the identical thing happened to us when Cody was a kid.
OTOH, speaking of a "sue-happy" nation, I bought an iron today. It came
complete with the safety warning: "Do not iron clothes while wearing
them." Duh. Makes you wonder.

Sherry