If You Happened To Be a Teenager Again

[MoseyWalker]

What would you change about those days?

(hee hee - yeah, me too)

[Broken_Hero]

1. not much

if anything....to be honest.

[MoseyWalker]

3. really?

I wouldn't change a lot, because I grew up in some great years, but, I would still think about a thing or two.

[Broken_Hero]

6. Yep, really....

I think it all worked out just fine, to be honest...I didn't like high school, or junior high, and I don't think I could do much more to change that, if I did go back into time...I had some good times, but I'd rather go to the dentist than relive high school...but thats just me. :D

[fizzgig]

2. first i would run away screaming

and then i would lighten up a lot. i was waaaaaaaaaaay too serious as a teenager

[MoseyWalker]

5. ah! seeing people

running away screaming! One of my favorite memories!

Just kidding!

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. I think I'd tighten the lug nuts all the way

:crazy:

[BarenakedLady]

8. I'm sure

there is a story there somewhere...

[Oeditpus Rex]

12. Yup

:popcorn:

[BarenakedLady]

15. Well....

:popcorn:

[Oeditpus Rex]

16. It's boring

:shrug:

[BarenakedLady]

24. Tell me anyways

or pm me if you prefer. :)

[Oeditpus Rex]

25. Ain't worth a PM

When I got my first set of mag wheels (that's what we used to call 'em — not "rims"), I was in such a hurry to get uptown and show 'em off that I forgot to do the final torque on the lug nuts.

I noticed this when an odd sound from the right rear prompted me to pull over and have a look. Two of the nuts were left on the studs, and they were barely finger-tight.

:blush:

[BarenakedLady]

27. What? I'm not worth a pm!!!

j/k

I have no idea what that story meant. :silly:

[Oeditpus Rex]

28. Meant I almost lost a damned wheel

through sheer stupidity. x(

[BarenakedLady]

29. Ahhhhh

ok.

Do you need a hug or a massage or anything to help you deal with the memory? :evilgrin:

[Oeditpus Rex]

30. It was 32 years ago

I think I'm over it. :crazy:



My right shoulder could use a massage, though. I got some wing damage from that bloody Nieuport and had to RTB holding the stick at about 10 degrees of bank to stay level. x(

[BarenakedLady]

31. What?

Was that in English? lol

[Oeditpus Rex]

32. Nuh-uh

This would be English:

"Top hole! Bally Jerry pranged his kite right in the how's-your-father. Harry blighter dickie-birdied, feathered back on his sammie, took a waspie, flipped over on his betty harper's and caught his can in the bertie."

[BarenakedLady]

33. *snort*

:rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

34. Oh, sure — you snort

But it's a man's life in the Royal Air Force. x(

[BarenakedLady]

36. Hot Damn!

Bob's your Uncle.

[Oeditpus Rex]

37. Yeah...

And so's your old man.

[BarenakedLady]

38. I feel a song coming on....

Every sperm is sacred.
Every sperm is great.
If a sperm is wasted,
God gets quite irate.

[Oeditpus Rex]

39. While we're at it...

All things dull and ugly
All creatures short and squat
All things rude and nasty
The Lord God made the lot

Each little snake that poisons
Each little wasp that stings
He made their brutish venom
He made their horrid wings

All things sick and cancerous
All evil great and small
All things foul and dangerous
The Lord God made them all

Each nasty little hornet
Each beastly little squid
Who made the spikey urchin
Who made the sharks? He did!

All things scabbed and ulcerous
All pox both great and small
Putrid, foul and gangrenous
The Lord God made them all

O8)

[BarenakedLady]

40. Alrighty then

When you're feeling in the dumps,
Don't be silly chumps,
Just purse your lips and whistle -- that's the thing!
And... always look on the bright side of life...

(whistle)
Come on!

(other start to join in)
Always look on the bright side of life...
(whistle)

For life is quite absurd,
And death's the final word.
You must always face the curtain with a bow!
Forget about your sin -- give the audience a grin,
Enjoy it -- it's the last chance anyhow!

So always look on the bright side of death!
Just before you draw your terminal breath.
Life's a piece of shit,
When you look at it.

Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true,
You'll see it's all a show,
Keep 'em laughing as you go.
Just remember that the last laugh is on you!

And always look on the bright side of life
(whistle)
Always look on the bright side of life
(whistle)

[Oeditpus Rex]

41. That one leaves a bad taste in my mouth

At the 30th anniversary celebration in Aspen, Idle brought his guitar and they sang that, with an audience of several hundred (including many from the cast of "Cheers") — who proceeded to clap (because that's what Mer'kins do when they hear music; they can't help it) on the fucking 1/3!

I seriously wanted to kick Norm's ass. :grr:

[BarenakedLady]

42. Sorry

Would you prefer:

Sit on my face and tell me that you love me
I'll sit on your face and tell you I love you too
I love to hear you oralize
When I'm between your thighs
You blow me away.

Sit on my face and let my lips embrace you
I'll sit on your face and then I'll love you truly
Life can be fine if we both sixty nine
If we sit on our faces
In all sorts of places
And play till we're blown away.

[Oeditpus Rex]

43. One o' my favorite songs

I've sang it. In public. :7



Trivia: The Pythons were sued over that song, as it was rather obviously stolen from "Sing As We Go," a song written in 1934 by Harry Parr-Davies and performed by Gracie Fields in the film of the same name.

Hee-hee, come on lads and lassies
The factory's opened again
Hee-hee, come on
Ee, let's sing for it

Sing as we go and let the world go by
Singing a song, we march along the highway
Say goodbye to sorrow
There's always tomorrow to think of today

Sing as we go, although the skies are grey
Beggar or king, you've got to sing a gay tune
A song and a smile make it right worthwhile
So sing... as we go along

Blues - where are you now
You oughta know that I've no use for you
Frown - get off my brow
It's plain to see that from now on we're through
Take to the south and sing morning and night
I see a better day coming in sight

Sing as we go and let the world go by
Singing a song, we march along the highway
Say goodbye to sorrow
There's always tomorrow to think of today

Sing as we go although the skies are grey
Beggar or king, you've got to sing a gay tune
A song and a smile making life worthwhile
So sing - as we go along

Sing as we go and let the world go by
Singing a song, we march along the highway
(Ay you, I've just got me gloves out of pawn, hee-ee)
Say goodbye to sorrow
There's always tomorrow to think of today
(Hello, Charlie, I'm late again? Am I? You'll get used to it
Sing as we go although the skies are grey
(Gee, it's good to be back again)
Beggar or king, you've got to sing a gay tune
A song and a smile make it right worthwhile
So sing-sing-sing-sing
As we go... a-long

[BarenakedLady]

7. Depends on what age

we are talking about.

I would not have quit dance. (15/16)

I would not have quit college (18/19)

Those are the big two that would have greatly changed the course of my life.

[MoseyWalker]

9. But, think about it this way

if you had danced through college, many would have made fun of you to no end.

You are better off. Believe me. I danced through college, and was originally an accounting major.

I still hear the laughs!

[Lyric]

10. Lame-o "serious" answer:

I'd appreciate my father a hundred times more, and ask him all the questions I wish I could ask him now.

[MoseyWalker]

13. not lame

I would too.

thanks

[texanwitch]

11. I would need to know what I know now.

I would like to change a few things.

[MoseyWalker]

14. but then, wouldn't everything else change, and the earth

fall down from it's pedestal on the flat, imaginary universe?

would you really want that to happen?

[texanwitch]

21. I would try to change thing for the good.

Or as least I would know to invest in certain companies and get rich.

Than I could really help out a lot of people.

I saw a movie about this once, it was interesting.

[Droopy]

17. I would not have started smoking.

[MoseyWalker]

18. think of all the times you looked

really cool, though. And the partners you got because of it.

Come on. Who would trade that for a few more breaths?

I am unsure what my point is here..............

[dubeskin]

19. Since I am a teen :) I would change...

The Iraq War. If I could. But speaking in REALITY, I would change how I present myself. I think I'm a complete fake. At school I'm a different person than at home, than online, than in social gatherings of people I don't know, so on and so on.

[MoseyWalker]

20. You're young and simply testing ideas about yourself

time.

THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT lyrics - "Time"


www.OldieLyrics.com





Time, flowing like a river
Time, beckoning me
Who knows when we shall meet again
If ever
But time
Keeps flowing like a river
To the sea

Goodbye my love, Maybe for forever
Goodbye my love, The tide waits for me
Who knows when we shall meet again
If ever
But time
Keeps flowing like a river (on and on)
To the sea, to the sea

Till it's gone forever
Gone forever
Gone forevermore

Goodbye my friends, Maybe forever
Goodbye my friends, The stars wait for me
Who knows where we shall meet again
If ever
But time
Keeps flowing like a river (on and on)
To the sea, to the sea

Till it's gone forever
Gone forever
Gone forevermore

[judaspriestess]

22. shoooo-weee

I'd change EVERYTHING, not a joke. my teenage years were pitiful. So many mistakes. One example, I dropped out of high school. I am still doing pretty darn good for myself, except for asswipe 2006 but I would definately change that. There are many other things. Like I said everything

[Evoman]

23. I would probably get mad laid and started working out earlier.

I wanted to get laid back then, but I didn't because I had no skillz, heh. I was a geek. And then I went to university, worked out, gained 30 pounds of muscle, and got busy. Learned a lot about women. Learned not to take myself so seriously and just have fun every now and then.

I was entirely too serious, and I never did sports. I would go back and work out so I would be bigger in the present. And, if i knew what I know now, I would be able to have graduated first in my class, instead of third.

[driver8]

26. Maybe put a little more effort into school, and not so much into partying...

yeah, right! Ok -- maybe a tiny effort into school. I was a "B" student without studying; I could have been an "A" student if I had opened a book once in awhile.

I also would have gone out with more girls. I dated the same girl in high school for almost three years.

[Ariana Celeste]

35. only a couple things.

Would stick with my chance at alternative school and actually graduate when I had the chance. Would have gotten a license when I had the chance. And wouldn't have wasted my time on a certain few people that made my life a lot more miserable than it could have been.

[Burma Jones]

44. Nothing

The crappy things that happened to me as a teen prepared me very well for adulthood.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

45. Cultivate a healthier self-image..........

It took me until my late 20's to take myself seriously, and give myself credit for the things I've accomplished.

[Omphaloskepsis]

46. I would have never started smoking..

Now please excuse me while I go out for a smoke.

edit: damn, I can't type this morning..

[WritingIsMyReligion]

47. Well, I dunno. Only got like 2 years so far to change.

:P

Sometimes I'd like to be stupid enough to be like the majority of the rest of my peers.

:crazy:

[tigereye]

58. nah, stay smart

it's a good thing.

[pitohui]

48. it depends teen-ager of my own time period or a teen-ager now?

if this is time travel story i think i would devote considerably more effort into investments guaranteed to win, knowing the future i could make myself a gazillionaire

a teen-ager now w. no supernatural ability to see the future i guess i'd do the same stuff, only better, air travel around the world instead of road tripping for instance

[Deja Q]

49. I'd rather not answer.

[skygazer]

50. I would have put all my money in Microsoft stock

:banghead:

[crim son]

51. I was pathologically shy.

If I could go back, I wouldn't be. I think the entire course of my life would have been different if I hadn't been afraid to make a phone call (still have a phone phobia) or to get a job, or even look strangers in the face. I've worked hard to ensure that my kids are not shy because I think it is so debilitating.

[idgiehkt]

52. I wouldn't wait almost three years to sleep with my boyfriend

And we would have torn it up all through high school.

I wouldn't ever have cut my hair or gotten any perms. I would have gotten some tutoring help (alot) in math so I could have gone to a different school and gotten more scholarship money.

Most importantly, I wouldn't have believed a single word of the hateful tripe my parents were telling me about myself, and I would have listened to my inner voice instead. My poor parents, they were so miserable, it makes me sad to think about it.

[Dastard Stepchild]

53. Would I get to possess my current brain?

Because then, woohoo, I would have sooooo much more fun! Adolescence is such a rough and insecure time. I would never, ever, ever do it again, unless I could do it with my current brain. :)

[wildhorses]

54. i would have left north carolina in the broad daylight and

returned to sweet home alabama cos i am always in an alabama frame of mind--

this is the BIGGEST regret of my existence...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY-LkNbNJBE

[Roon]

55. I would have come out of the closet

I know it would have been hard, but I think I would have been much better off coming out of the closet as a teen rather than 22-years-old.

[tonekat]

56. Moved away from my stupid hometown...

...and begun life in my chosen gender much earlier!

[bigwillq]

57. I would've come out of the closet

a bit sooner.

I would've done better in high school grades wise...I finished with an 85 average but I should've and could've done much better.


I think that's about it.

[tigereye]

59. dyed my hair purple or other colors

(although that was very unusual then, prior to punk)

and been more of a radical, rather than a goodie-goodie. O8)

[Beausoir]

60. I would have slept with more of the guys who were hitting on me.

I was such a PRUDE.

[thefool_wa]

61. I would only change one thing

I would have kissed Amanda White when she pinned me against a locker in the hallway and looked in my eyes like I could do anything I wanted to her.

She was a cheerleader, we were on the newspaper staff together and she dodged my attempts to date her for 2/3 of the year. Newspaper staff was a class and we usually spent most of this class talking to each other, so we were getting kinda close. Then one day we are in the hall alone together and she puts her hands on my chest and pins me to the locker, moving in real close, and I swear her eyes were on fire!

She had dodged me over her ex boyfriend for 6 months, now this? I was sixteen and confused as hell so I just looked at her for what seemed like forever, then she winked at me (cute, flirty wink, not sinister) and walked away.

If I had it to do all over again I would have kissed her. If I had then I may not have had to take a friend of mine's girlfriend to prom.

:banghead:

[ContraBass Black]

62. I wouldn't waste time on people who treat me as less than human.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

63. I'd be more rebellious

Seriously.

[Wapsie B]

64. Oh heck yeah!

Me too. Big time.

[mitchum]

65. Nothing...I was a teenager in the 70s...

THE ABSOLUTELY GREATEST TIME TO HAVE BEEN A TEENAGER