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To: Lady Jag

My son has a allergy to certain fruits.. Only mouth related allergies.. We tied it back to when i was pregnant with him i had ate some bad cantolope and got terrible food poisioning.. Im no doctor but it seemed to make sense....


179 posted on 11/26/2005 7:31:51 PM PST by ElisabethInCincy
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To: ElisabethInCincy
The problem with that is this joke below. The joke is funny but true. If it's true, and these kids have allergies, they very well could come from us because we had a whole lot more exposure than they have. And in case it doesn't mention it, everybody ate peanut butter. -

< PEOPLE OVER 30 SHOULD BE DEAD

  According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids
  in the 40's, 50's, 60's, or even maybe the early 70's probably shouldn't
  have survived.

  Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint.

  We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets, and when
  we rode our bikes, we had no helmets. (Not to mention the risks we took
  hitchhiking.)

  As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.

  Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a special
  treat.

  We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle.

  We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but
  we were never overweight because we were always outside playing.

  We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one
  actually died from this.

  We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then rode down
  the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the
  bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.

  We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were
  back when the street lights came on. No one was able to reach us all day.
  No cell phones. Unthinkable!

  We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no video games at all,
  no 99 channels on cable, video tape movies, surround sound, personal cell
  phones, personal computers, or Internet chat rooms. We had friends! We
  went outside and found them.

  We played dodge ball, and sometimes, the ball would really hurt. We fell
  out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth, and there were no lawsuits
  from these accidents. They were accidents. No one was to blame but us.
  Remember accidents?

  We had fights and punched ! each other and got black and blue and learned to
  get over it. We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms, (or
  caterpillers) and although we were told it would happen, we did not
  but out very many eyes, nor did the worms live inside us forever.

  We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door, or rang
  the bell or just walked in and talked to them.

  Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't
  had to learn to deal with disappointment.

  Some students weren't as smart as others, so they failed a grade and were
  held back to repeat the same grade. Tests were not adjusted for any
  reason. Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected.

  The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. They
  actually sided with the law. Imagine that! This generation has produced
  some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever.

  The past 50 years have been! an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We
  had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to
  deal with it all. And you're one of them!

  Congratulations!

  Please pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow up as kids,
  before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good.

  Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?




183 posted on 11/26/2005 8:19:21 PM PST by Lady Jag (Honor - Dignity - Courage - Troll Consumption)
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