Snow eating now endangered kid pleasure

AP on Yahoo ^ | 3/4/08 | Melissa Rayworth - ap

[digger48]

And I’ll bet you ate snow too.

I had an older brother. Sometimes I didn't have much choice in the matter.

[MeanWestTexan]

I think there are more sickos that act on it because we are more urban, and thus:

(1) don’t have the same support structure (which lets the worst impulses take over) and, more importantly:

(2) people can more easily get away with stuff -— in a small villages, everyone knew who the wackos and the wacko families were

Serial killers started with large cities where people didn’t know their neighbors (jack the ripper, world’s fair, etc).

[Gator113]

Well, I am 59 years old and I still like standing out in the snow trying to catch a snowflake on my tongue. It’s probably not a good idea to fill up on the stuff, but I am not going to worry about a little snow.

Don’t drink from creeks though....I’ve done that, only to find that the cattle were upstream. ;>)

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Sick and twisted b@stards have always existed. I have yet to see any conclusive evidence that there are more of them around, as a percentage of the population, than in past decades or centuries.

I don't know if I agree there's no more of them, but there's one thing for certain, they are much bolder.

It's very rare to hear of a known child molester getting its head turned into soccer ball these days, so they have much less to fear.

[Cali Redneck]

The crux of the biscut is the Apostrophe(’)

[Hoffer Rand]

And don’t forget all the traumatizing content on Sesame Street. We’re all ticking PTSD time bombs...

[Wil H]

Dogs eat snow. Rabbits eat snow. Moose eat snow. Birds eat snow

Bactrian Camels have to rely on eating snow as their only source of water during the winter in the Ghobi Desert.

However they only eat a small amount each day, less than their desirable intake, because they get sick if they eat any more.

[digger48]

And don’t forget all the traumatizing content on Sesame Street. We’re all ticking PTSD time bombs...

looks like it's already caught up with the boyz

[Hilltop]

You had a tennis ball? Rich kid. j/k ;)

A great post, very nice reading. It’s nice to be reminded that imagination is wonderful. An ordinary stick could be anything, put on the mitt and you could be Whitey Ford or Mickey Mantle, or you name your childhood baseball hero.

This is not an old man rambling, digger, by damn, you struck a resonant chord.

[Hilltop]

Yep, living in Alabama now, not much chance of getting snow ice cream, but I sure would love a bowl full.

[PugetSoundSoldier]

I loved that movie...:)

[callisto]

My mom would fix snow with sugar, milk and vanilla.

Aahhhh! Snow cream! Childhood would not have been the same without it. I ate the stuff by the pounds as a kid. Never the first snow, and always taken from well below the top of the snowfall.

[digger48]

Looks like Jake has something going in his butt in THAT movie too

[coconutt2000]

Yes. Dogs like to chew on cold things. Toss your dog an ice cube from time to time.

[Sherman Logan]

Damn straight they’re more noticeable.

50 years ago there were fewer Americans, by definition fewer wierdo Americans.

50 years ago a wierdo was local or state news. Today he is national news on the 24 hour news cycle, desperate for something to talk about.

There is a definite perception that there are more wierdos preying on kids than there used to be. As stated, I have seen no actual evidence that the perception reflects reality.

[Gondring]

slow news day. ;-) bon appetit

I guess so! :-)

[Gondring]

Ah, yes, but remember . . . this is an election year!

Good point!

[therut]

Had snow ice-cream toady. Very good. We got 12 inches here in Arkansas. It was beautiful. It piled up 4 foot when it slid off the roof. Yea.