The older I get the more I realize that there is some sort of distance between my generation and the genration that is right behind me. As a kid I was always outside, I knew what it was like to play in the rain, I actually had to knock on doors to see if my friends could play because I didn't know how to use a phone, and I actually participated in pick-up baseball/football games with the neighborhood kids. The older I got the more convenient it was to stay inside, but I still made time to get out and enjoy some fresh air. Waterballoons were like candy to me, the more I got, the more I wanted. Nothing brought me more joy than hitting someone or their car with my perfected 75 degree launch-and-run technique, except that one time I finally beat King Koopa and saved the princess in the first Mario Brothers game.
But as I have gotten older things have changed, technology has gotten better, and we're paying more for gas (which isn't as bad as it appears because, adjusting for inflation, we would have to be paying $90 a barrel of oil to match the oil crisis we faced in the early 80's - right now we're at $65). Kids are evolving too. More and more kids are now staying indoors. No, not because we are in somewhat of a nuclear arms crisis with countries like Iran and North Korea (so slap a kid in the face if they attempt to use that as an excuse), it's because they opt to play playstation 2's and x-box's instead, while growing increasingly obese (don't worry about that, Mcdonalds is becoming increasingly healthier....riiiight). And while water balloons might never go out of style, more teens are opting to throw frozen turkey's, resulting in broken faces. Maybe not all teens, but I know of one in particular.
A teenager from New York thought it would be a good idea to throw a frozen turkey out of the back of his window and onto another car. The result? A broken windshield, a shattered face, and a turkey that got the raw end of the deal (no pun intended....seriously). Apparently, five others were also arrested for charges that included a stolen credit card, used to buy video games, movies, and oh yeah, a frozen turkey. Luckily no truck was bought (with naked lady mud flaps), 20,000 dollars wasn't taken to complete a robot (a girrrrrl robot), and nobody felt the need for a $1500 leather boustier (one that lifts and seperates).
I don't know if that necessarily proves my point that generations are becoming more hardcore, however, just ask the turkey who sacrificed his life to end up on the side of some road, see what he thinks. Let him tell you that his ancestors were never used to go "egging". And then ask yourself, who was the bigger turkey..........ahhhhhhh I HAD to say it! It is the cheesiest pun ever....ahhhhhhhhh....nooooooooo....I tried to run away from it I swear, I saw it coming before I ever wrote this blog. Forgive.
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