An anti drug talk that was way better then anything

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An anti drug talk that was way better then anything
Fred Mc Murry could have thought of:

When my two sons were 12 and 15 we were sitting around
a campfire on a summer vacation and my youngest son
said - man - Mel (our neighbor) sure is getting heavy.
Then my oldest son said - well its no wonder he only comes
out of the trailer for 5 minuets a day then he only
goes as far the sun deck.
Then my two sons continued to try and play me and
said - well how come Mel has so much company and
why are people always hanging around doing all of his
work for him - like taking out the garbage - cutting the
lawn est.
And being a man of the world I said - well what do you
think - and then we all quickly agreed that it was because
Mel sold coke and crack and the people hanging around
were hoping for a freebee.
Since I had my two sons attention I said well how about
this - suppose Mel came out of the bathroom one morning
and said he had a sore back and he couldn't quite properly
wipe him self - would any of the people hanging around
offer to help? And we all quickly agreed - well maybe.
PS:
Please concider:
Normally I wouldn't have talk behind my neighbors
back - but when it came to my two sons - alls far in love
and war fare.
In Mel's defense a few years before he stated putting the
weight on - he was one of the best framing carpenters on
Vancouver Island until he had a job related injury and
the workman's compensation board screwed him over.
Cheers!

 

Ummm, im not sure thats an anti drug talk. I think its more saying that if you deal coke and crack then you never have to do any work.

 

but if you use said drugs, you might have to wipe a fat man's ass for that mornings line

 

Well we were around the campfire I was hoping my two sons
Would take it more as a scared straight sort of thing to stay away
from hard drug abuse.

 

do you just get the idea that mel sells coke and crack because of the people always hanging out at his house? what a strange conclusion to draw. do they look like crackheads or something?

 

No it was common knowledge that if you wanted crack or coke Mel was your man.

 

good, do anything u can to keep cocaine and crack out of the minds and hands of ur kidz. thats a good start, showing them how u can lose ur soul dignity and self respect just for another hit.

 

That just makes dealing coke sound like a good idea.

 

yeah i dont understand where "drugs are bad" is incorporated into that. seems like a random story to me.

 

My 2 sons are grown men now and still only smoke pot.

I like to think our talks helped keep it that way.

I also had anti hard drug talks with their friends and other kids in my community and also like to think I helped steer them away from a life of drug abuses. One of my son’s old friends now drives a logging truck so it’s a good thing he stayed away from crack. Cheers!