I received this story from a friend and have no idea where it came from or whether it's even true, it doesn't matter, because it's amusing in and of itself. Enjoy - Jim Twamley, Professor of RVing
After Christmas, a teacher asked her young pupils how they spent their holiday away from school. One child wrote the following:
"We always used to spend the holidays with Grandma and Grandpa. They used to live in a big brick house but Grandpa got retarded and they moved to Florida. Now they live in a tin box and have rocks painted green to look like grass. They ride around on their bicycles and wear name tags because they don't know who they are anymore.
They go to a building called a wreck center, but they must have got it fixed because it is all okay now, they do exercises there, but they don't do them very well.
There is a swimming pool too, but they all jump up and down in it with hats on.
At their gate, there is a doll house with a little old man sitting in it. He watches all day so nobody can escape. Sometimes they sneak out, and go cruising in their golf carts. Nobody there cooks, they just eat out. And, they eat the same thing every night --- early birds. Some of
the people can't get out past the man in the doll house. The ones who do get out, bring food back to the wrecked center for pot luck.
My Grandma says that Grandpa worked all his life to earn his retardment and says I should work hard so I can be retarded someday too. When I earn my retardment, I want to be the man in the doll house. Then I will let people out, so they can visit their grandchildren."
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14 comments:
I have raised a "Special Needs" child and have worked with other children and adults as well who had "Special Needs."
I am not a terribly sensitive person but I do find the posting of this story, which is likely untrue, in this forum, to be deplorable.
There must be better "Real" stories out there that do not perpetuate a sterotype.
Very funny! And a spot on description of some Florida RV parks!
Aw, sheesh...lighten up. No one is bashing your kid. If anything, there's a bit of senile-dementia chortling...which we should be old enough to handle.
So tell me, is gentle humor such as this not appreciated by those of us, who either are "retarded" or nearing "retardedment" ? I say you do not tell the truth, for I find that those who are retired or are the closest to retirement generaly have the greatest sense of humor and a lot better view of life than those who are considerably younger. Lighten up I say, and enjoy the piece as it was done, through the eyes of a child.
This has been around for years but it is still very funny and not really offensive to me. The way young kids text message these days they hardly know how to spell anymore.
Apparently we have to be so sensitive that no one can afford a smile. That's the sad part of this whole thing. We used to be able to laugh at ourselves and our children used to provide us with joy. Guess we can't appreciate that for what it is--fun.
AMEN to all but the one at 3:41 AM. If you were getting up at that time I can somewhat understand your negative disposition but please just LIGHTENUP!!!
Strangely, I have seen this piece before in an email sent to me several years ago. It is still amusing even to us "retarded" folks who probably possess the best sense of humor.
I work with mentally challanged people whom I dearly love. I did not find this article in poor taste. In fact I had one of the longest laughs I've had in a long time. Keep these kind of stories coming. I'm a retiree who tries hard to remember what it's like to be a child and enjoy life in doing so.
I laughed... I know that the word retarded is not "PC" these days... but in this context? come on and just enjoy the humor.
Reminds me of a park in AZ, where we spent time one winter. I have heard "normal" kids misspeak and do not believe this was meant as derogatory. It is humorous.
Sometimes it does us good to look at things through the eyes of a child...whether the story is real or comes from someone able to see through the eyes of a child things that cause us to see the humorous side of things.hdb
I thought that it was funny when I first read it about 15 years ago, just after I became retarded. I still think it's funny. It's not about someone who is mentally impaired, just a small child's misunderstanding or misuse of a word that uses some of the same letters in the same order.
I worked with the mentally and physicaly challenged during my career and found all comments right on, except the first one at 3:41 a.m.! The PC thing has gotten out of control! Lighten up!
I enjoyed the article!
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