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MineralMan

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6. Well, yes. But I grew up playing in the dirt

Reply to randome (Reply #4)

Wed May 9, 2012, 11:02 AM

May 2012

and never stopped. From fish slime to digging in the yard, I'm still doing it. Still getting banged up, too. You'd think I'd have figured out how not to peel the skin off my knuckles by age 66, but no...BTW, that is treated by sucking on the owie until it stops bleeding. Dunking the injured part in cleaning solvent works, too, if you're working on a car.

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"keeping kids indoors hermetically sealed away from real dirt makes them sick. " [View all] kpete May 2012 OP

so it was eating that dirt when he was a baby that made my son so healthy. good to know seabeyond May 2012 #1

NOW they tell you. Gormy Cuss May 2012 #5

wha?? i have pictures, lol seabeyond May 2012 #9

LOL! Gormy Cuss May 2012 #12

I would have thought that was obvious. sinkingfeeling May 2012 #2

In other news.. water is still wet... TedBronson May 2012 #34

Kids need to play in the dirt. MineralMan May 2012 #3

'Kids'? randome May 2012 #4

Well, yes. But I grew up playing in the dirt MineralMan May 2012 #6

You know what works for a wart? randome May 2012 #10

That'll do it. Sucker pops right off, doesn't it? MineralMan May 2012 #13

Plumbing does it for me. Bake May 2012 #32

I have friends who rate jobs by the number of knuckles they're likely to flay Warpy May 2012 #35

Did you start any fires? blueamy66 May 2012 #21

Yep. immoderate May 2012 #8

and not just physically. cali May 2012 #7

I have a friend that was raised by a germaphobe in a sterile environment tabbycat31 May 2012 #11

As usual, George Carlin was right longship May 2012 #14

Some of my guy friends, as children, did something like that.... blueamy66 May 2012 #22

Corporations scare parents and then profit from that paranoia. Odin2005 May 2012 #15

Have you seen some of the Lysol ones? tabbycat31 May 2012 #24

Yup, it's insane. Odin2005 May 2012 #39

I let my kids be around all sorts of germs as babies/toddlers Marrah_G May 2012 #16

Kids are soft now. YellowRubberDuckie May 2012 #18

People who don't use their their immune system are doomed to die because it doesn't work. YellowRubberDuckie May 2012 #17

My immune system has been in a perpetual uproar since I was a small child, fighting allergens. Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #33

Have at it. YellowRubberDuckie May 2012 #37

I was at a Christmas party once with my then 2 year old daughter LibertyLover May 2012 #19

Amen. Let them go out and explore and learn.... blueamy66 May 2012 #20

My parents were crazy. Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #25

I'm sorry that your childhood was so bad. blueamy66 May 2012 #26

I grew up in a filthy unairconditioned house. Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #23

I think like anything, it's all about balance. Marrah_G May 2012 #28

Mom was well aware of germs. Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #31

Some airtight homes are worse then living in industrial areas Kaleva May 2012 #27

How to get your kids to go outside and play in the dirt Blaukraut May 2012 #29

Many Moms have known this for a very long time.. SoCalDem May 2012 #30

Operative words - "real dirt" haele May 2012 #36

Well said! drokhole May 2012 #38

Touche!!! Odin2005 May 2012 #40