{"id":426,"date":"2005-06-30T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-30T07:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/?p=426"},"modified":"2006-04-04T09:51:31","modified_gmt":"2006-04-04T16:51:31","slug":"112011189016352803-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/?p=426","title":{"rendered":"Going back in time&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Photo Sharing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/obnoxiousaries\/22535382\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"antique reflections\" src=\"http:\/\/photos19.flickr.com\/22535382_6359cb4945.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Charlottes blog yesterday she asked the question, &#8220;if you could go back in time and have lunch with someone, who would it be and why?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been thinking about my answer. My answer (on of the 5) was Me. I would go back and tell myself to pull my shit together earlier on in life.<br \/>\nThen I started thinking about the smaller things too.<br \/>\nI think my conversation would go something like this:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lay off the big hair.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;All those potatos will come back in your late 20&#8217;s to haunt you.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Don&#8217;t talk to boys on motorcycles.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Take off the jacket, it doesn&#8217;t matter how many layers you have on&#8230;the boys know you don&#8217;t have titties.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Don&#8217;t smoke that.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Don&#8217;t smoke that either.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Math is your friend.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;You&#8217;re not going to marry Richie Sambora.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Using the words, &#8216;I&#8217;ll just nigger rig it&#8217; will get your ass kicked in certain circles&#8230;it&#8217;s not a &#8216;official term&#8217; even though your dad said every single day of your life.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;When mom says, &#8216;you&#8217;re going to marry someone just like your father&#8217; just slap the shit out of her right there on the spot.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8221;  &#8216;Crack of Dawn&#8217; is NOT a good screen name in chat rooms.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Insisting &#8216;he has a side you don&#8217;t know about&#8230;a gentle, sweet side&#8217; isn&#8217;t going to make your friends like him anymore.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Don&#8217;t wash a pain killer down with a Jack Daniels and Coke.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Being a Raider and Kings fan will only bring you heartache.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Epidural. Insist on a epidural upon walking into the labor and delivery room.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Dude, FLOSS&#8230;it&#8217;s going to save you THOUSANDS of dollars.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Birth control&#8230;it&#8217;s going to save you THOUSANDS of dollars.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;When your oldest talks about vibrators&#8230;go whine about it to the internet, it will make things SO much funnier.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>and you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Charlottes blog yesterday she asked the question, &#8220;if you could go back in time and have lunch with someone, who would it be and why?&#8221; I&#8217;ve been thinking about my answer. My answer (on of the 5) was Me. I would go back and tell myself to pull my shit together earlier on in life. Then I started thinking about the smaller things too. I think my conversation would go something like this: &#8220;Lay off the big hair.&#8221; &#8220;All those potatos will come back in your late 20&#8217;s to haunt you.&#8221; &#8220;Don&#8217;t talk to boys on motorcycles.&#8221; &#8220;Take off the jacket, it doesn&#8217;t matter how many layers you have on&#8230;the boys know you don&#8217;t have titties.&#8221; &#8220;Don&#8217;t smoke that.&#8221; &#8220;Don&#8217;t smoke that either.&#8221; &#8220;Math is your friend.&#8221; &#8220;You&#8217;re not going to marry Richie Sambora.&#8221; &#8220;Using the words, &#8216;I&#8217;ll just nigger rig it&#8217; will get your ass kicked in certain circles&#8230;it&#8217;s not a &#8216;official term&#8217; even though your dad said every single day of your life.&#8221; &#8220;When mom says, &#8216;you&#8217;re going to marry someone just like your father&#8217; just slap the shit out of her right there on the spot.&#8221; &#8221; &#8216;Crack of Dawn&#8217; is NOT a good screen name in chat rooms.&#8221; &#8220;Insisting &#8216;he has a side you don&#8217;t know about&#8230;a gentle, sweet side&#8217; isn&#8217;t going to make your friends like him anymore.&#8221; &#8220;Don&#8217;t wash a pain killer down with a Jack Daniels and Coke.&#8221; &#8220;Being a Raider and Kings fan will only bring you heartache.&#8221; &#8220;Epidural. 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