The Elderberries by Corey Pandolph and Phil Frank and Joe Troise for May 18, 2022
Transcript:
Dusty: Evelyn! Did you see this story that kids in a grade school back east won't be allowed to play "tag" anymore during recess. Evelyn: Why, for heaven's sake? Dusty: Too much of a chance of "accidents" happening... school liability! In fact, no "contact sports" will be allowed! Evelyn: Wasn't "contact" what a lot of it was about? Girl: Oh! Excuse me! Aren't you Jimmie Winters? Boy: Sure am. You're one of hte Hansen girls. I'm on my way to get a malted. Want to join me?
frerrick over 2 years ago
It’s not the schools or the kiddies that are at fault. Rather it is the litigious parents and the lawyers who make the issue a financial one. If we – as kids – scraped a knee, or fell over, or got rough-housed in games or sports type activities, then so be it.Man up (or grow up whichever), and keep going. A little pain never really hurt anyone, and allowed everyone to experience what the real world is, and it isn’t the namby pamby, cotton wool wrapped, place it is rapidly becoming.
blah_duh over 2 years ago
So now we know that Dusty’s real name is Jim.