[AT] Why we did not have a Drug Problemssssssss

[Richard Fink Sr]

AMEN John       Been there done that got that tee shirt[[ and drug]]
R Fink




At 05:28 PM 5/21/2007 -0400, you wrote:

>Subject: Why we did not have a Drug Problemssssssss
>
>
>   As an old guy I can tell you this is 100% on the target.
>
>   Subject: : Being drugged
>   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 profanity. 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 homesof family, friends, and neighbors to help out some poor  soul
>who had noone to mow the yard, repair the clothesline, or chop  some
>firewood; and,if my mother had ever known that I took a single  dime as a
>tip for thiskindness, she 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.
>   ~author unknown~
>
>  God bless the parents who drugged us!
>
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