06-16-2004, 11:02 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Silera
My sons love this song, and today I tried to explain to them that it was about the draft and the Vietnam War. The simplest way to put it was, when you turn eighteen you have to register because you're a male american citizen, and at the government's discretion, you will be called into action when needed.
This was their exact conversation after:
Carlos- When we turn eighteen then we have to go fight in the war.
Daniel- But, what if we die?
Carlos- Then they remember you on Memorial Day.
Long Pause.
Daniel- That's not fair.
I just laughed.
Did you then explain to them that when they turn 13, cops are going to frisk them every two weeks?
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<center>Boy the way Glen Miller played,
songs that made the hit parade,
guys like us we had it made,
those were the days,
and you know where you were then,
girls were girls and men were men,
mister we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again,
didn't need no welfare states
everybody pulled his weight,
gee our old Lasalle ran great,
those were the days!</center>
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<center>Boy the way Glen Miller played,
songs that made the hit parade,
guys like us we had it made,
those were the days,
and you know where you were then,
girls were girls and men were men,
mister we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again,
didn't need no welfare states
everybody pulled his weight,
gee our old Lasalle ran great,
those were the days!</center>