I was telling the story about when I was little – under school-age – and remember waiting in line for our turn of platters of brightly colored sugar cubes aka polio vaccine – I think I’ve told this on the blog before. My best friend and her sister were with me – bf was/is 7 months older than me – her sister is 3 years older. We were instructed to take only one cube. Lol. You know where this is going… The sister and I look over and bestie is taking several cubes. Her sister whacked her then chastised her for taking more than one asking how many had she eaten. I thought – oh no, and worried what would happen – would she die, get sick, other?
These two were also my partners in crime for so many things. We were always in trouble but I was mainly following along ..honest.. I really was .. taking notes. 😉 We also went to the movies together..my parents usually took us..movies like The Sounds of Music, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and Mary Poppins which brings us to the song – “Just a Spoonful of Sugar.” Now you see where this is going .. I hope. The convo I was in was about the brother duo who wrote that song. It was a nice little chat of memories and learning new things. And then I later had a surprise when one of the sons followed me. Hey, it’s not royalty but I was thrilled. I’m not lost on the fact that most ppl follow and friend others for self gain. Well, that road goes both ways. Hey ..thrills.. 😀
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Mother used to bring home vitamin pills coated in purple and yellow yum. Need I say more? 😋
Oh no. The things mom do. Lol.
I will say more, for it’s making me smile recalling it all. For I was very young, but intelligent enough to work out a clever little formula to have more, without being found out and told off. As when Mother brought them home, they arrived all settled in the bottom of the tub. So if I ate more than a few on the day of arrival, all I needed to do is shake the tub up to make it look like the original count. Blackcurrant 🟣 or Orange 🟡 or sometimes more than a few of each and I can still taste them in my memory of being sweet, sweet, sweety sweet to begin with and then tangy as lemon juice.
Of course there was also the damn near fatal incident with actual pills. Being violently ill 🤢 rushed to hospital in the back of the neighbours Rolls Royce. Anyways, moving swiftly on as that is why pills are best put in childproof tubs and kept up high, not left at eye level for Sneaky Little Hobbitses to find.
That’s interesting but horrible and scary. 😦
There’s a problem at the moment, that grandparents with gabby joints, might be given easy to open tubs and then be looking after kids, because parents being able to afford to work and get adequate and affordable childcare is a nightmare. I think that sentence looks too long, but I typed it as the thoughts flowed. It is always the very young and the very old that get the sticky end of the stick to play with. 💩