It Was Twenty Years Ago Today
Yesterday in the morning coffee browsing session, I ran across this wonderful Charles Atlas era Stong Man Stunts post via Metafilter. (Do take a look at some of these, but don't try them without adult supervision!)
And while reading about bending steel rods and tearing telephone books in half with your bare hands, I remembered a month or so back, Ann had tossed some long-lost snapshots on my desk (since then, buried under bills and CD cases) and asked sarcastically "ya got any idea who THIS is?" Yesterday I dug down to the lower strata and retrieved one of those pictures.
Duh. Sure I know who it is. It's Charlie Brown in his "I'm gonna whip Lucy's ___ period" in June, summer of 1985. Rumor has it that twenty years later, those six pack abs look more like a pony keg. That's what I hear.
Comments
You are such an exhibitionist.
Posted by: Trey | June 21, 2005 10:20 AM
Was. Past tense. I got nothing to exhibit any more. No long hair. No young kids. Not a large garden. And certainly no buff.
If it's any consolation, I think I'm all done with stuff from the attic that meets the scanner that meets the blog. Not that I'm ready to sign anything to that affect.
Posted by: fred1st | June 21, 2005 11:22 AM
this is why i keep coming here. you always do manage to cheer me up. thanks for the giggles.... needed that!
Posted by: susannah eanes | June 21, 2005 1:45 PM
I did just the reverse. I spent the first half of my life as a chubby little girl (up till I was 50). Then I dumped 75 lbs and started building some muscle (to keep the osteoparosis at bay). So, now I starting my second half century looking pretty good. I just can't remember why that was ever important.
Posted by: Nan | June 21, 2005 8:04 PM