So, remember my “Save a tree, eat beaver” story? TL;DR version: when I was a kid, I bought a
magnet that said Save a Tree, Eat Beaver because I thought I was being an
ironic and hip vegetarian. Only years later I realized how filthy it was.
Over the weekend, I headed to my parents’ house for a couple
of days. My childhood room is chock full of keepsakes – bullshit that I really
should sort through/throw out.
I did poke around a box or two, and found something
interesting. A bumper sticker that says “Whatever it is, I tested negative.”
I vaguely remember owning this, though unlike the save a
tree, eat beaver story, I can’t remember why on earth I wanted to own it or
what I thought it meant.
Possible flashbacks:
Whatever it was, I’m pretty sure I wasn’t thinking of STDs.,
which is definitely how I read it now.
Apparently, I had terrible judgment as a child.
Ha! I wonder about 95 percent of the things I had or did as a kid, but I'm not sure if there was anything blatantly sexual that I can recall. Although we had a friend named "Jim" that went by "Jizz" and I didn't realize that was a bad thing until I was a little bit older. WTF, Jim?
ReplyDeleteIt had to be the "test" part of it. Were you independently wealthy or were your parents buying/allowing you to buy filthy things because they knew your ignorance was hilarious?
ReplyDeleteI try to keep everything from my childhood vaulted in my brain. Anytime something creeps up, I just shove it back down. It's better that way. Otherwise I'd never interact with another human being. I'd live in a constant state of "ungh".
ReplyDeleteDidn't your parents monitor anything you did? Mine didn't. I was the youngest of six and they were tired of kids.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
I seem to recall a friend of mine and I running around with our fingers pointing out from our heads pretending they were horns and yelling "I'm horny!". That probably got the adults giggling a lot. Last summer.
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