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Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Kids Today
It's my nephews birthday on Saturday so, being a loving uncle, I stumped up twenty quid for Darth Vader's electronic lightsaber. Told his mum and her reaction was "Oh could you swap it for one of the Jedi's lightsabers? They don't like being the baddy."
What is going on with the youth of today? Back when I were a lad we all wanted to be the baddy! Woe betide the parent who got you a replica of a British army issue .38 revolver for your birthday: You wanted a Luger or a Walther P38 at the very least. Captain Black was cool (have I mentioned my Captain Black t-shirt?) and we all wanted the ghosts to eat Freddy, Daphne and Thelma (they could leave Shaggy and Scooby because they were funny).
I was too old to play at Star Wars with my pre-pubescent chums, but I guarantee that if I hadn't been, I would have wanted to be the emperor so that I could tie whoever was stupid enough to want to be Luke to a tree and torture him.
Kids today, they have their priotities all wrong and that's why society is in the mess it is today.
What is going on with the youth of today? Back when I were a lad we all wanted to be the baddy! Woe betide the parent who got you a replica of a British army issue .38 revolver for your birthday: You wanted a Luger or a Walther P38 at the very least. Captain Black was cool (have I mentioned my Captain Black t-shirt?) and we all wanted the ghosts to eat Freddy, Daphne and Thelma (they could leave Shaggy and Scooby because they were funny).
I was too old to play at Star Wars with my pre-pubescent chums, but I guarantee that if I hadn't been, I would have wanted to be the emperor so that I could tie whoever was stupid enough to want to be Luke to a tree and torture him.
Kids today, they have their priotities all wrong and that's why society is in the mess it is today.
Posted by: johneffay / 2:46 PM
[ martin 21/07/2005 16:14:25 :: web]
[ kerin 07/08/2005 18:53:21 :: web]
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Yes. That's also why, when picking a South American football team to support, I always go for Paraguay. Brazil? The beautiful game?? Boring...give me some blatant hacking cheats anytime. That time in '98 when Spain got knocked out but Paraguay went on to the semi finals after beating Nigeria's B-team was glorious. Bob Wilson was glowering about the injustice of it all and the Spanish players were crying, it was terrific.
Still, I'd go for the Jedi lightsabre cos I like neon green
Still, I'd go for the Jedi lightsabre cos I like neon green
[ martin 21/07/2005 16:14:25 :: web]
Hi! Com me! Poland! http://www.magic-night-elf.mylog.pl ;-)
[ kerin 07/08/2005 18:53:21 :: web]
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