I always felt so very safe (?) when we had the bomb practice. Like hiding under the desks, or sitting in the halls was going to save us. 12 years later in the Air Force when we had drills my section had to go to the chow hall (about 1.5 miles from our duty section) and sit with our backs against the wall.
Funny! But they need a copy of the big poster on our classroom wall, which showed us how to brush radioactive dust off our clothes with our BARE HANDS.And somebody has to re-enact my sobbing little sister, who ran through the hallways with a teacher in pursuit till they finally gave up, and let her sit beside me on the floor, clinging with all her might to my leg.PS I thought those were faces for a minute too.
Man, it looks like the comics readership must really skew old. Way too many of us remember this silliness from the ’50s. Either that or the youngsters are just scratching their heads wondering what the heck this is all about and why it is funny. (And it is hilarious to those of us who recall!)
I remember those drills out in the school hallways during the early ’60s. We were supposed to lace our fingers over the backs of our necks for protection from… flying glass? flying steel beams? radiation? Sure does seem pointless in retrospect.
After a discussion about age with another user, I did an unscientific survey a couple of years ago in the Pearls Before Swine forum on Comics.com, asking whether posters considered themselves baby boomers, younger, or older..
The overwhelming majority of the 30 or 40 respondents gave their actual ages.
Well over 50% were born, like me, between 1946 and 1964, the official baby boom years, though those born in the 60’s didn’t identify with boomers.
We had a handful of Gen X=ers and another handful 70 or over — one said late 80’s.
There were only 2 or 3 who said they were born after 1979.
I think those of us who grew up with newspapers are the biggest audience for comics that run or ran in them.
Woody157 about 13 years ago
I always felt so very safe (?) when we had the bomb practice. Like hiding under the desks, or sitting in the halls was going to save us. 12 years later in the Air Force when we had drills my section had to go to the chow hall (about 1.5 miles from our duty section) and sit with our backs against the wall.
JUST LIKE I LEARNED TO DO IT IN THE 4th GRADE.
Woody157 about 13 years ago
PS. I also saw 6 faces peeking over the tops of the desks.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 13 years ago
Funny! But they need a copy of the big poster on our classroom wall, which showed us how to brush radioactive dust off our clothes with our BARE HANDS.And somebody has to re-enact my sobbing little sister, who ran through the hallways with a teacher in pursuit till they finally gave up, and let her sit beside me on the floor, clinging with all her might to my leg.PS I thought those were faces for a minute too.
shmlss about 13 years ago
i grew up in a small town in rural west tx in the 60s, we had tornado drills but never had a bomb drill & certainly didn’t hide under our desks lol.
gene06825 Premium Member about 13 years ago
LOL! Speedbump is the best!
Nighthawks Premium Member about 13 years ago
duck……and cover!those were good old days in the fifties, when all we had to worry about was annihilation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1MQ4eyg6U4&feature=fvwrel
TexTech about 13 years ago
Man, it looks like the comics readership must really skew old. Way too many of us remember this silliness from the ’50s. Either that or the youngsters are just scratching their heads wondering what the heck this is all about and why it is funny. (And it is hilarious to those of us who recall!)
mwproto Premium Member about 13 years ago
Remember the Air Raid warning on the TV…Beep Beep Beep this is a test….
jtviper7 about 13 years ago
That’s why I sat in the back of the room (lol)Also to dip pigtails in inkwells…
Nelly55 about 13 years ago
I remember those! We also were told if outside, look away from the blast………….as if that would help……
SapphireSkies Premium Member about 13 years ago
I remember those drills out in the school hallways during the early ’60s. We were supposed to lace our fingers over the backs of our necks for protection from… flying glass? flying steel beams? radiation? Sure does seem pointless in retrospect.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 13 years ago
After a discussion about age with another user, I did an unscientific survey a couple of years ago in the Pearls Before Swine forum on Comics.com, asking whether posters considered themselves baby boomers, younger, or older..
The overwhelming majority of the 30 or 40 respondents gave their actual ages.
Well over 50% were born, like me, between 1946 and 1964, the official baby boom years, though those born in the 60’s didn’t identify with boomers.
We had a handful of Gen X=ers and another handful 70 or over — one said late 80’s.
There were only 2 or 3 who said they were born after 1979.
I think those of us who grew up with newspapers are the biggest audience for comics that run or ran in them.