Muggaz The Lollipop Lady!

Hold hands as you cross the road Children!

Published on April 21, 2004 By Muggaz In Just Hanging Out

Where will life's adventure take me when I am old and grey? Will I ever get to be old and grey?

I hope I live by the seaside, with a nice place with really big glass windows, so I can see the bay and sit out there in the morning sunlight with a coffee and my newspaper.

After I have read my newspaper, I will walk on down to the local school, where I am the lollipop lady.

As I was driving to work this morning, I had recollections of the various lollipop ladies in my life. They have always been old, but sometimes you would get a younger strange one when your regular was sick. I don't remember any of their names, but I remember their attitudes and smiles/grimaces quite vividly.

I lived very close to a state school, 3 doors down in fact, and there was a lollipop lady at the end of my street when I used to catch the bus. I hate to sound classiest here, but she absolutely adored My sister, brother and myself, because we were impeccably mannered private school kids who without fail always said thank-you and please to her. She used to give us bags of mixed lollies every now and then... The state school kids used to see this, and be visibly upset... I would hear them remark amongst themselves "how come those kids get lollies" hehe... serves them right for being uncouth and disrespectful, and running across the road well before the crossing lady had put the lollipop up or the whistle to her mouth!

It was weird that we were so angelic for this crossing lady, yet the one outside our very own school would find us quite tormenting. I cant really attribute it to anything but the fact that we were restless after the bus ride, and felt like causing trouble as soon as we got off! Maybe it was because it was so funny to have the crossing lady yell at you as you were walking into the school, and the realisation that she couldn't do anything if you started punching your brother in the middle of the road!!!

Growing old is something I am not afraid of... Being old is something I don't want to consider though! The crossing ladies with the big smiles were always the ones with no grand children of their own. Children are a breath of fresh air, and how I love to see them play and muck about! They really have the simplest minds, and the worlds troubles do not affect them... When I am old and grey, I hope my life is infected by the happiness of children!!!

How can anyone possibly be happy in their own little world? Yeah - It could be beneficial to ignore all the troubles we say everyday, but we must place faith in the Children, because when Children become jaded, all hope will be lost. I want to be in a position to make a Childs day better - when I am old, and I have no more to give to this world, I will still be able to give the children smiles.

BAM!!!

Comments

Tangled Wishes

on Apr 21, 2004

Gee, I wish I knew what you looked like as a little kid....

Honestly, I can only picture you as a little imp with horns. I suppose that's not accurate, but all the same.

Actually, that doesn't hold right, either... I can see you with your mini joints and your mini beers... Awwww! How cute....

~Anne

Janders

on Apr 21, 2004

Awww cute, Muggaz~ and you say you are not sweet and sensitive!

Bambino

on Apr 21, 2004

You sound like a classiest. Sorry. You imply that state school kids could not have manners ?? I have friend both private and public and I would have to say most of the state school people are nicer cause their noses aren't so high in the air. I am not saying your are stuck up at all. However thats a very bold statement you made.

Muggaz

on Apr 21, 2004

Yo Bambino...

I am a bold dude... and these particular kids were absolute scum... My mum used to plant dafodils in our garden when my dad died... without fail, these little farkers would take them as soon as they bloom... We would watch them do it, and stand out the front, and ask them not to do it, and they would do it again...

They used to beat on the other kids from our hood as well that went to my catholic school... I respect what you are saying.. thats why i had that little disclaimer, but yeah - these kids were vile...

Thanks for dropping by though!

Janders... Yes, Kids are my weakness...

Anne, if you see a picture of young Muggaz you will go week at the knees... i promise...

BAM!!!

Tangled Wishes

on Apr 21, 2004

Liar

You like kids???

Awww!!! I want to see a pic of you as a "Lollipop Lady" too.

Man!

~Anne

imajinit

on Apr 21, 2004

!!MAB

MadPoet41

on Apr 21, 2004

Muggaz~this is totally different from most of your other blogs I've read (and I've read many of 'em!). I like this writing style here a lot! It's cool to have more than one "literary" voice? I know I do. So maybe you could give JU the BAM!!! Muggaz blogs, and then this other more poetic type too? Because I like both. And it seems like everybody else does too dude. So this is really cool! You made me smile big time dude. Awesome writing!

~MadPoet

greywar

on Apr 22, 2004

Best article of yours I have read to date.... To think that some call *my* blog an estrogen fest! Then again what would Pseudosoldier know about it anyways?

Muggaz

on Apr 22, 2004

LOL MP!!! Thanks for your kind words!!! I wonder how many blogs you have actually read of mine? and which one is your favorite? I am glad it made you smile... If you make one person smile a day, it really means something!!!

Greywar - thanks for dropping by!!! This is probably the most estrogen you will get out of me buddy... I am a real man you know what i am saying!!! LOL

BAM!!!

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