"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." ~George Bernard Shaw

"Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time." ~Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn


Monday, June 24, 2013

Magpie Tales #174 "The Good Old Daze"

Stanley Kubrick for Look Magazine, 1949 

World War II is over
So- light up baby
The fun has only begun
Soon we'll light up our bras
And burn flags in the streets.
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Thanks to Tess Kincaid for Magpie Tales
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19 comments:

  1. I missed the bra burning...

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  2. LOVED your take on this. I would have loved to experienced this time period.

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  3. Soon we'll light up our bras...oh yeah...

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  4. Good old Daze? I like that.

    Have a terrific day honey. Big hugs. ☺

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  5. Those were the daze my friend, we thought they'd never end ~~ but they did.

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  6. Wonderful poem, full of history!

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  7. A revolution in motion. Nice one.

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  8. They were good, and too short lived.

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  9. Oh the burning of bras!!!-( I just chucked mine) Yeah you BETCHA!

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  10. I just barely missed the bra-burning years. So close....

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  11. I think only the flat chested could burn their bras with abandon...:)

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  12. You take us through history with this one. Great read and a nice ode to black & white.

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  13. Yes, the crazy old days pitting against others just to be heard. It was fun with all the innocence thrown in! Nicely Kathe!

    Hank

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  14. Enchanting bit of history. Well done.

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  15. I suspect that's about how it went down.

    Nice take on this.

    =)

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  16. Bras and flags, now thats an interesting concept !

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  17. The good old days just keep rolling by..thanks for the memory!!

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  18. A nice little step back in time. Sadly, these days, a burning bra of mine would go on for weeks!

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