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hunter

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39. I grew up in a "non-square" household.
Thu Apr 4, 2013, 11:18 PM
Apr 2013

Technically not "Hippie" but closer to "Beatnik"

Nevertheless there were many assorted naked people, "mixed race" couples, and known homosexuals (often in pairs) sleeping in the guest room. And occasionally lady golfers who wore men's clothes and various queens of their own domains.

My childhood was a hybrid Munsters with a dragon living under the staircase, Addams Family, and Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Welcome all. Wear your favorite shoes and bring rice.

As kids we never knew who was in the bathroom. Just wait patiently and maybe bang on the door if they are taking an unreasonable amount of time.

It was the wrinkly old dudes who disturbed me the most 'cause I know I'll look like that someday. Tiny shrunken dick and balls hanging low enough to throw over a shoulder...

Do your balls hang low?
Do they wobble to and fro?
Can you tie 'em in a knot?
Can you tie 'em in a bow?
Can you throw 'em o'er your shoulder
Like a continental soldier
Do your balls hang low?


"Balls" being entirely interchangeable with another one syllable word for breasts. Don't alert on me, I live with amazon warriors.

What makes me sad is there are a few people my age who claim to have been "hippies" but they were just the ordinary right wingers who happened to eat granola, get naked sometimes, mistreated the women they lived with, didn't abandon the patriarchy or social darwinism, and had one or two ""black" or "gay" friends.

I raise my middle finger to them.

I'm glad I was a hippie! In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #1
I would be interested in hearing something about your experience Art_from_Ark Apr 2013 #22
They Represented A Lot Of Positives grilled onions Apr 2013 #2
... Scuba Apr 2013 #4
Even better to be an OH WOW ... Scuba Apr 2013 #3
Groovy n/t REACTIVATED IN CT Apr 2013 #9
This made me smile.....back in the day, I had a friend livetohike Apr 2013 #10
I was born in 1968, a year after the original hippies had declared the "Death Of Hip". Aristus Apr 2013 #5
I didn't go anywhere livetohike Apr 2013 #11
Thank you for the Kool-Aid. It was good. Aristus Apr 2013 #14
A few were still around in the late '70s Art_from_Ark Apr 2013 #13
It's never too late. Viva_La_Revolution Apr 2013 #6
I remember the hippie days. RebelOne Apr 2013 #7
It is not too late REACTIVATED IN CT Apr 2013 #8
61 today and still listening to The Dead and Dylan. nt zanana1 Apr 2013 #31
and Bob and Phil still sound good live Buffalo Bull Apr 2013 #37
"Why was I born too late?" --the Ponytails. nt raccoon Apr 2013 #12
There's still plenty of them around -- and not just the "old" ones. MiddleFingerMom Apr 2013 #15
Hippie, I've learned through the years is a state of mind tavalon Apr 2013 #16
It might be a state of mind, Art_from_Ark Apr 2013 #18
My husband was born to a woman after the summer of love tavalon Apr 2013 #20
Interesting Art_from_Ark Apr 2013 #21
The Madison Ave term "hippie " was a sales tool olddots Apr 2013 #17
I thought the opposite of "hip" was "square", Art_from_Ark Apr 2013 #19
We called ourselves "freaks". zanana1 Apr 2013 #32
Day-glo paint your wagon.... Buffalo Bull Apr 2013 #42
money engulfs virtue Buffalo Bull Apr 2013 #41
In the 60s I used to have a crush on this Hippie Goddess aint_no_life_nowhere Apr 2013 #23
So that's the Melanie who didn't like what they did to her song... Art_from_Ark Apr 2013 #24
A friend of mine did a couple of tours abroad with her pinboy3niner Apr 2013 #25
Did he play at the gigantic Isle of Wight pop festival? aint_no_life_nowhere Apr 2013 #28
One or both of his tours were to (or included) Australia pinboy3niner Apr 2013 #30
It was fun. Blue_In_AK Apr 2013 #26
Me too! i lived in a comune about two blocks from Haight street in the 60's OffWithTheirHeads Apr 2013 #27
Me, too. Blue_In_AK Apr 2013 #29
Ha! I lived on the mesa for several years. I think we talked about this once before. OffWithTheirHeads Apr 2013 #35
Oh, that's right. Blue_In_AK Apr 2013 #36
All the great songs and poetry... zanana1 Apr 2013 #33
It's never too late. Hippie is a state of mind. MineralMan Apr 2013 #34
Hippie is more of a shared experience, I think Art_from_Ark Apr 2013 #38
I grew up in a "non-square" household. hunter Apr 2013 #39
Oh, my gosh Art_from_Ark Apr 2013 #40
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