The Stone Age vs Today’s Kids… ‘Tis the Season for Toys!

Stone Age kids played with sticks back in their day – keep that in mind when you’re standing in line at checkout in December.

stone ageDavid Letterman once said, when he was a kid he played with a stick!

Stone Age

Well, so did little Prehistoric Stone Age kids back in their day – so keep that in mind when you’re standing in line at Checkout in December.

It’s a shame – our over-indulged kids & grandkids get everything we never had… so, here’s a gentle wake-up call of what the parents said & what we’re still paying for in January!

Today                                        B.T… Before Toys

A STICK                                      A STICK

CHEMISTRY SET                       MOM’S BRONTOSAURUS STEW

STRYFE BLASTER                     JUST USE A BIGGER CLUB!

ETCH-A-SKETCH                      HIEROGLYPHICS – K thru 12

HULA HOOP                            SEX-ED for 12 & Under

EASY BAKE OVEN                    WILMA FLINTSTONE’S

1st APPLIANCE

BARREL OF MONKEYS          1st POLITICAL CAUCUS

BARBIE‘S DREAM HOUSE     1st BROTHEL PROTOTYPE

RUBIK’S CUBE                        1st MENTAL HOSPITAL’S

COLOR-CODED FLOOR PLAN

BATTLE BOTS ARENA            All the leftover parts from  

‘THE WHEEL’

BRIDAL DOLL                           “Pfft – grab her hair, you idiot”!

CRAYON MAKER                      “We can’t have nice things – get away from that wall, Morgie”!

“SEE & SAY”                               “No, go get Grandma & she’ll do the sounds for free”!

And…

GOODNIGHT MOON” Book  “Damn, if I know what that is! Go back to sleep – there’s another one coming up at 6″!

Marilyn Sands
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