Random Musings

Published: Feb. 6, 2019, 8 p.m.

b'Since starting Storytime, GamerDude has compiled a list of random memories of isolated incidents that happened when he was growing up. Some are brief, some more extended, and they will just pop into GamerDude\'s head out of the blue. In this episode, he talks about Saturday morning cartoons, from Bugs Bunny and Tom & Jerry to H.R. Pufenstuf and The Land of the Lost. He remembers "mittens on a string" and "soap on a rope." He talks about the time he wandered off with the family dog when he was a toddler, and how he discovered the "joys" of Listerine after his mother found him eating dirt in the garden. He talks about how certain smells trigger memories from his childhood, from the smell of strawberries and evergreens to the musty, leathery, oily smell\\xa0of old sheds that remind him of his grandfather\'s shop. And, he remembers the first dirty joke his Dad ever told him. (It\'s not "dirty" by today\'s standards, but for 8-year old GamerDude, it was over the line!)'