WHEN I WAS YOUNG

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker

It’s 2024, I’m ??? years old, and I still have so many unanswered questions!!!! I haven’t found out who let the dogs out… where’s the beef… how to get to Sesame Street… why Dora doesn’t just use Apple Maps… Why do all colors of Fruit Loops taste exactly the same, or how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop… why eggs are packaged in a flimsy carton, but batteries are secured in plastic that’s tough as nails… what does the fox say… why “abbreviated” is such a long word; or why is there a D in ‘fridge’ but not in refrigerator… why lemon juice is made with artificial flavor yet dish-washing liquid is made with real lemons… why they sterilize the needle for lethal injections… and, why do you have to “put your two cents in” but it’s only a “penny for your thoughts”… (Good one ya know?)

Where’s that extra penny going to… why does The Alphabet Song and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star have the same tune… why did you just try to sing those two previous songs?… and just what exactly is Victoria’s Secret? And where IS Waldo?…can you hear me now?… and do you really think I am this witty?? I actually got this from a friend, who stole it from his brother’s girlfriend’s, uncle’s cousin who lived next door to an old class mate’s mailman.