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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Well we had it tough. We used to have to get up out of the shoebox at twelve o’clock at night, and LICK the road clean with our tongues. We had half a handful of freezing cold gravel, worked twenty-four hours a day at the mill for fourpence every six years, and when we got home, our Dad would slice us in two with a bread knife.

[–] Honytawk 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I had to roll a boulder to the top of a mountain each day. And at the top, my liver would get eaten by an eagle. Afterwards the boulder would roll down and I had to start my work all over again.

But what do I know, I only see shadows on a cave wall.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You try telling that to the young people today, and they won't believe you!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Wow, you were lucky! I grew up only knowing one type of knife because that's all my dad could afford. Imagine growing up in a house where the whole family had to share one knife for both bread and poop!