One Big Happy by Rick Detorie for March 23, 2013

Politically incorrect to give a kid a pocket knife now-a-days. I grew up carrying a pocket knife and even now feel naked if I don’t have my Stockman with me.

James Longacre Wood’s “Mumble The Peg” –

I was in my high school ROTC program, and we even (ready for this?) fired guns on the firing range on school property.

I was on the Junior High School Rifle Team. We had a range in the school gym.

Yes.

A “Leave It To Beaver”, Ward descriped the game and was told they be arrested if they did that at the park. And this was in the 1960’s.

Homer’s Crack the Whip recess picture would not even be allowed today!

And, for years, when I was working, I always carried a pocket knife, or at least a pen knife. It had a practical purpose: when I worked in a greenhouse, I used it to cut stems. When I became an auto damage appraiser, I used it to determine if a car had clear coat paint.Now this deal airline attendants being against taking little knives on planes bothers me. My mini Swiss knife is so dull it barely cuts through a rose stem.

Shouldn’t they also want to ban sharp pencils, knitting needles, parkas with removable cords and long scarves?

When I was in the army, I saw a sing in the mess hall “Guns not allowed”, and I started singing myself"oohhh you’re in the army now"

Sounds like a hardcore version of Jacks.

Maror (Nanny) Bloomberg will decide what & when you can play.

We played that game with a screwdriver. We called it “split”.

Mad Cow: Note all are barefooted. Now they are made to wear shoes to avoid the virtually nonexistent hookworms. Hookworms weren’t eliminated by shoes, but by indoor plumbing.