[Loch-Ruadh] OT: How we were drugged

[Clint Gallon]

Your preachin to the choir ... :)

-- Cathal


On 11/30/06, Steve Rourke <steverourke at charter.net> wrote:
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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 uttered a profanity.
>        I was drug out to pull weeds in moms 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 mother had ever known that I took a single
> dime as a tip for this kindness, 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, or think.  They are stronger than cocaine, crack, or
> heroin; and, if today's children had this kind of drug problem, The world
> would be a better place.
>        God bless the parents who drugged us!
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