Holding Onto Your Childhood (1362 hits)
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Submitted by Munkeypants, All Growed Up!! (View user info) at 2005-06-20 10:17:24 EDT
I couldn't survive living in a Martha Stewart world. The homes in "Better Homes and Gardens"
look so boring. Flowers, lace, doilies...A place for everything and everything in its palce.
I wish I could appreciate fine wine glasses and fancy dinner napkins. It worries me that I don't. I feel as if I should be refined and grown up.
But I am stuck on holding onto my childhood.
Is it weird that I would rather have a framed picture of "Dogs Playing Poker" on my wall instead
of posh wall decor? Maybe I shouldn't be impulsively buying pez dispensers and care bears keychains. I still find it fun to pop a quarter into a gumball machine to see what useless toy would come out. I still haven't gotten the mini Red Sox Baseball. You know.. because suddenly for some reason it's important that I have it. And let's not get started on poop jokes...
Maybe it's time to take the stuffed decorative pillow off of my bed. The one that says "One martini. Two Martini. Three Maritni. Floor." The stuffed animals are going to have to go.
Maybe it's time to get rid of the notes from my boyfriends from high school. I can't believe
that box is still in my closet at my mother's house.
Maybe it's time that I grew up.
I have a few questions for you. One question is, who out there still finds amusement in
childish things? Any of you play with your kids toys when no one else is around? What things
did you keep from when you were younger?
Does anyone still have star wars bed sheets? Even if you never use them...
Do any of you ladies still have that a delicate jewelry box that your mom gave you when you
were 8? Is it still on your dresser? Do you still have your diary from your teenage years?
Perhaps tucked away in your panties drawer? How about a Disney Movie like Bambi or the Little Meraid? Did any of you mothers buy that more for yourself than for your kids?
Any guys have still have their baseball mitt or hockey jersey from childhood tucked away
somewhere? Do you have a few green army men strategically situated on your desk at work for
shits and giggles? How about a Super Soaker in the corner just waiting for you to get drunk
and get the guts to suggest a wet T Shirt contest? An aerosmith cassette tape from 10 years ago?
Does any one have any Star Wars action figures on a shelf? A sports figure
bobble head? A Magic 8 Ball? A "mean people suck" sticker on your car?
If you got up the the register and on the counter was a pack of Garbage Pail Kids
would you buy them for the sheer novelty of it?
Is anyone else out there still hanging onto their inner child?
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Submitted by Viciousriffs (user info) at 2005-06-22 03:38:40 EDT (#)
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My childhood books, primarily. Some other assorted things, but I'm too tired to remember what.
Night, Paula, and hey-
http://www.ubersite.com/m/69028
check it.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2005-06-21 09:49:45 EDT (#)
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I was extremely arrogant as a kid.
I guess I am holding on to my inner child
Submitted by dragonOT02 (user info) at 2005-06-21 03:54:23 EDT (#)
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Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-06-20 11:21:03 (#)
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Does anyone else still inhale the helium from balloons to talk funny??
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Every chance I get, but it hurts my brain after 3 or 4 times.
Submitted by UrbaneMischief (user info) at 2005-06-20 23:15:15 EDT (#)
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I still have my favorite stuffed animals on my top bookshelf. Hell, I have a trunk in my closet where I store things from my childhood that I just can't part with
Submitted by knucklesnelson (user info) at 2005-06-20 23:03:58 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2005-06-20 20:05:46 EDT (#)
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My inner child is an alchoholic sex addict.
Submitted by P33N3R (user info) at 2005-06-20 17:19:58 EDT (#)
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Michael Jackson molested my inner child.
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-06-20 16:20:47 EDT (#)
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Big Mike, that is kinda sad :(
Submitted by Davros (user info) at 2005-06-20 16:08:42 EDT (#)
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Poop jokes never grow old.
That is all.
-Dave
Submitted by shark25 (user info) at 2005-06-20 15:59:59 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2005-06-20 15:48:26 EDT (#)
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I talked to my inner child today as a matter of fact...it wanted me to go to 7-11 and buy it beer...
Submitted by Bigmike (user info) at 2005-06-20 15:18:04 EDT (#)
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My inner child died a long time ago.
Submitted by Deidra (user info) at 2005-06-20 15:14:02 EDT (#)
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I have a few things.
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-06-20 15:12:17 EDT (#)
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Rachel Nevada is an alien town?
Have you ever seen aliens Rad?
Submitted by yermom (user info) at 2005-06-20 13:58:11 EDT (#)
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The only thing I really have from my childhood are my memories, I think it always depressed me too much to find things that reminded me of a time when things were so much simpler, I would always want to go back. That, and I'm the reason I can't have nice things, so at least I have that going for me.
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-06-20 13:46:19 EDT (#)
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Submitted by loki (user info) at 2005-06-20 13:27:49 (#)
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I combed the entire city of Las Vegas looking for an alien doll.
never found one
The bastards are just not fully appreciating their alien abduction heritage if you ask me.
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You were in the wrong town.
Rachel is the alien town.
We are the "Little LA" of Nevada.
Submitted by simple_catalyst (user info) at 2005-06-20 13:34:41 EDT (#)
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I'm afraid somethings I'll never grow out of.
"teenage wateland, just a teenage wasteland"
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2005-06-20 13:27:49 EDT (#)
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I combed the entire city of Las Vegas looking for an alien doll.
never found one
The bastards are just not fully appreciating their alien abduction heritage if you ask me.
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2005-06-20 13:26:12 EDT (#)
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I still have my teddy bear from when I was 3. He sits on top of my printer.
I also still cry to my mommy on occasion.
Submitted by Kre8rix (user info) at 2005-06-20 13:15:44 EDT (#)
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If you got up the the register and on the counter was a pack of Garbage Pail Kids
would you buy them for the sheer novelty of it?
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Oddly enough, I actually did that this morning on the way to work. But not for the novelty of it, but because the Garbage Pail Kids rule.
I get into arguments with my son because he plays with my toys and won't share. Though I'm not one to share either I suppose (but he'll break 'em!!). My inner child beat the crap out of my grown up self a long time ago. He lets the grown up come out for work because 'work is boring' but my adult self definetely knows it's place.
The kid rules.
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-06-20 13:10:15 EDT (#)
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Submitted by wookie (user info) at 2005-06-20 10:52:26 (#)
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As I write this, I can see the collection of breakfast cereal toys (which I still collect) on my desk.
The best thing about being a dad is getting to vicariously re-live my childhood
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I have those pooping animals on my desk. You know, you squeeze them and some
weird brown comes out of their butt?
Submitted by ess-arr (user info) at 2005-06-20 13:04:53 EDT (#)
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I did the helium thing yesterday to make people laugh.
then I realized I was alone, then I laughed, hehehehehe
Submitted by ess-arr (user info) at 2005-06-20 13:01:52 EDT (#)
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-I think I said yes to everything.
-I still wear this old Canucks jersey i got when i was ten. It doesnt even come close to fitting me, yet, I still believe it does. weird.
-My Super Nintendo is still hooked up while my playstation sits in the closet.
-My friends and I still organize street hockey games and football at the same place we played when we were eight, but we're alot more immature and complainy now.
-and lego, don't forget I stole back the funky munky...
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2005-06-20 12:34:32 EDT (#)
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Yeah. I am.
In spite of the fact that I have all these "adult" toys...houses...cars...bills...
I still allow myself to poop in my pants, just for the memories.
Submitted by YELLOW-MAN (user info) at 2005-06-20 12:33:45 EDT (#)
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I know i'm not "All growed up". No matter how many books I read, how much I learn, how much I shun joyous things from the past. I know that I am nowhere near any supposed desired objective of adulthood. And if you ever go to my friends house, he sure as hell isn't all grown up. He has remote control cars, action figures, and probably a bunch of crap I can't think of. And he's older than I am!!
Submitted by shitfuck (user info) at 2005-06-20 11:45:41 EDT (#)
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It's rainy here today, this seems to fit. Fucking Mondays.
I haven't been laid in a week...
Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2005-06-20 11:28:22 EDT (#)
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I liked this...
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2005-06-20 11:23:13 EDT (#)
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I have a .wav file of me reciting Hamlet's soliloquy on helium and vodka two hours after my high school formal.
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-06-20 11:21:03 EDT (#)
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Does anyone else still inhale the helium from balloons to talk funny??
Submitted by iradney (user info) at 2005-06-20 11:13:39 EDT (#)
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i got 3 books my dad wrote for me, a baby doll, a barbie doll and some toy cars. *grin* i had a my little mermaid doll, but i gave it to an orphanage.
Submitted by swamp_donkey (user info) at 2005-06-20 11:08:17 EDT (#)
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I still have my first rape victim in the basement. Ahhhh, those were the days.
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2005-06-20 11:05:11 EDT (#)
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Yes, to most of those questions.
I'M AN IMMATURE L7 WEEENNNNNIIIIIEEEEE!!!!!!!!
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2005-06-20 11:02:52 EDT (#)
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I've got a desk full of Simpson's toys at work, and a room full of Simpson's stuff in my attic.
Submitted by wookie (user info) at 2005-06-20 10:52:26 EDT (#)
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As I write this, I can see the collection of breakfast cereal toys (which I still collect) on my desk.
The best thing about being a dad is getting to vicariously re-live my childhood.
Submitted by thecaes (user info) at 2005-06-20 10:52:17 EDT (#)
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Maybe it's time to get rid of the notes from my boyfriends from high school. I can't believe
that box is still in my closet at my mother's house.
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I still have that stuff -- er, except they're high school GIRLfriends, all of them. Even that one time when I was 17 and I got confused.
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I have a few questions for you. One question is, who out there still finds amusement in
childish things? Any of you play with your kids toys when no one else is around? What things
did you keep from when you were younger? Does anyone still have star wars bed sheets? Even if you never use them...
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Empire Strikes Back blanket, baby! I have a ton of stuff at my mom's house that I just can't stand to get rid of, even if I never use them. Most people long for the simpler times of childhood on some level.
Love that picture by the way.
Submitted by fudgepacker (user info) at 2005-06-20 10:47:42 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Harry_Manback (user info) at 2005-06-20 10:26:09 (#)
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I'm 22 years old with a Harry Potter pillow case, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures hung up around my room, and Santa brought me 3 Star Wars Lego sets for Christmas last year. Yeah, I'm still hanging onto my childhood.
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.....and you're a virgin.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2005-06-20 10:41:32 EDT (#)
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I remember looking at all that stuff when I moved in with my dad. I held each toy and re-lived my memories. I stroked my cuddly toys (!) and read all the little things I'd written as a nipper. I sat rmembering who I used to be.
Then I tossed it all in the garbage, that poor bastard never had a chance. He was mean, selfish and ignorant but he was a good lad really. Just really, really dumb.
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-06-20 10:41:20 EDT (#)
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All of your answers are exactly what I was looking for.
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2005-06-20 10:40:30 EDT (#)
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Yes.
Submitted by creep_firebombing (user info) at 2005-06-20 10:38:53 EDT (#)
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There's a stack of Garbage Pail Kids cards in my basement. I bought them a few months ago.
There's a Boba Fett action figure in my Marine Corps awards shadow box.
I have two of the original WWF rubber action figure wrestlers in my garage. It's the Killer Bees tag team. I was so overjoyed when I found them at a Salvation Army store that I almost peed myself.
I wear Mexican wrestling masks.
Maybe I'm not the best person to be asking this.
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2005-06-20 10:37:35 EDT (#)
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"Does any one have any Star Wars action figures on a shelf? A sports figure
bobble head? A Magic 8 Ball? A "mean people suck" sticker on your car?"
Hmmmmmmmm... let's see. Conan, some Halo figurines, the Doom guy, Mario, The Tick, Ghost in the Shell, Rincewind, Akira, Speed Racer and the Mach 5, Agent Smith, some hobbits, and Mima from Pefect Blue.
Nope, no nerds here, no siree.
That picture you posted is kinda freaking me out..
Submitted by DeathJester (user info) at 2005-06-20 10:37:05 EDT (#)
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If Michael Jackson isn't photoshopped into that picture within the next hour, i'm going to be SORELY dissapointed.
Submitted by Sphagnum (user info) at 2005-06-20 10:36:54 EDT (#)
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I've still got all my Star Wars action figures stashed away.
Submitted by jgreening (user info) at 2005-06-20 10:35:48 EDT (#)
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GROW UP!
KIdding, but seriously... I still have my baseball card collection, and that's really about it from my childhood...
Submitted by fudgepacker (user info) at 2005-06-20 10:35:01 EDT (#)
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I absolutely keep trinkets and objects from my childhood. This isn't necessarily because I'm 'hanging onto childhood,' rather, I find it comforting to on occassion look back and remember the time I once had. It's good to do that. It's good and important to remember the past. To relive the past might be wrong, but objects from your past (old hockey jerseys, baseball cards, report cards, kindergarten macaroni necklaces) are things to cherish and keep with you forever.
(and also, the line from 'Swingers' is "All growns up." Not 'all growed up.')
Submitted by MickGinny (user info) at 2005-06-20 10:31:39 EDT (#)
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I have my glove from my first year of little league. Oddly I still use it occasionally because when I was a kid I picked out the biggest fucking glove in the store which turned out to be a 13" softball glove- my mom didn't know the difference so I showed up to practice and the coach said "put the kid with the satellite dish in left field"
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2005-06-20 10:31:38 EDT (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/62304
Sorry to linkwhore this ALL OVER THE SHOP but Munkeypants - check out the panel where the T-Rex bursts out of the closet. Top left, the two plastic see-through boxes: the top one is the complete set of "Animorphs" novels minus no's 42 and 53 (that could be wrong, but they're two similar to that), and the bottom one is a very impressive set of Star Wars action figures.
Legally, I have 45 days left of childhood.
Submitted by Creepy_guy (user info) at 2005-06-20 10:28:42 EDT (#)
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I've got a TON of water guns in my room. Not 5 or 6; closer to 30. Some are stashed in the closet, some under the bed, others just sitting on my shelves. My friends and I go camping a lot during the summer, so we usually get bored and start shooting random people with them.
Submitted by Circe (user info) at 2005-06-20 10:26:11 EDT (#)
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I have kids. I can do very immature things under the guise of "good parenting." It rocks.
Also, WHERE THE HELL IS THAT KID'S MOTHER HE'S GOING TO BE RUN OVER!!!!
Submitted by Harry_Manback (user info) at 2005-06-20 10:26:09 EDT (#)
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I'm 22 years old with a Harry Potter pillow case, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures hung up around my room, and Santa brought me 3 Star Wars Lego sets for Christmas last year. Yeah, I'm still hanging onto my childhood.
Submitted by MichaelJackson (user info) at 2005-06-20 10:23:41 EDT (#)
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I still have my pet rock
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-06-20 10:22:56 EDT (#)
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di·gress Audio pronunciation of "digressed" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (d-grs, d-)
intr.v. di·gressed, di·gress·ing, di·gress·es
To turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking; stray. See Synonyms at swerve.
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perhaps you meant regressed?
Submitted by precision (user info) at 2005-06-20 10:22:40 EDT (#)
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Does anyone still have star wars bed sheets? Even if you never use them...
Yes, as a matter of fact I do....in a box in the attic
Does any one have any Star Wars action figures on a shelf?
in the same box... In fact, I just looked up the value of all this stuff, wow...nearly thirty year old toys that cost like $50 total, now worth well into the thousands...I'll never sell it though, to many childhood memories.
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-06-20 10:21:39 EDT (#)
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http://stuff.ubersite.com/1119215287428927309/1/not%20nekkid.jpg
Am I a hottie in this picture or what?
Submitted by Xcuses (user info) at 2005-06-20 10:21:25 EDT (#)
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I still have my "letter jacket" from High School...1987-yikes!
Submitted by spedmonkey (user info) at 2005-06-20 10:21:03 EDT (#)
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Physically you're all growed up. Mentally I think you've digressed.
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-06-20 10:20:33 EDT (#)
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And by published I mean my grandfather set up a publishing firm to handle my child-genius work.
<i'm not stevendurel i promise>
Submitted by Xcuses (user info) at 2005-06-20 10:19:38 EDT (#)
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You said:
Maybe it's time to get rid of the notes from my boyfriends from high school. I can't believe
that box is still in my closet at my mother's house.
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I say post them on this site
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-06-20 10:19:32 EDT (#)
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I still have my first published book hidden away in a box.
I wrote it when I was 7.
"Jayson and the Field Mouse"