Butterfly Kisses: C or D?

Oh man, I thought I was the only one who knew this song! I sing it to people all the time and they're obviously unfamiliar with it. Schlock bar none.

It was played at my little brother's D.A.R.E. graduation, which does not have much to do with father-daughter sentimentality and nostalgia.

Wait, what's D.A.R.E? 'Cause when I was growing up, it was the war on drugs education thing in school. You graduate from that?

Yeah, "DARE to keep kids off drugs" --- Drug Abuse Resistance Education. And in Idaho there were really big, elaborate graduation ceremonies after sitting through four months of DARE lessons & activities in school. We all got certificates saying we graduated, knew eight ways to say "no," and would resist drugs.

The "Butterfly Kisses" played at my younger brothers was set to some powerpoint someone had made with pictures of butterflies & little girls.

Huh. Wow. I guess I never graduated.

My dad loves this song. It's horrible.

It is so so fun to sing, to affect that warm twang and really draw out the "somethi-hing RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHT!"

Does your dad have a daughter, Noodle?

For butterfly kisses after bedtime prayer;
sticking little white flowers all up in her
hair;

most unfortunate linebreak ever

Yeah we had DARE graduation, too. (in Illinois, 1989)

I heard this for the 1st time last night. My friend and I were getting out of the car, but the radio said this song was coming up next. So he forced me to wait for it. I couldn't take more than the first minute or so of it. He was singing lines about "puppydog wishes" afterwards, lines that I was disappointed to find out that he made up himself. I did not ask how he was familiar with this song. I don't think I want to know.

DARE: teaching kids all the drug slang they never would have known otherwise

as much as I dislike the song personally in my old job in social services I saw people who had precious little to hang onto finding hope & strength in it, so I can't hate it as much as I would genuinely like to

I'm pretty sure there's a whole industry of butterfly kisses paraphernalia a la the chicken soup franchise

or 'footprints in the sand'

My otherwise cool, rational mother has at least a dozen little plaques with the "WHEN U WERE DOWN I CARRIED YOU, LOVE JESUS" stuff on it.

Juxtaposed with the DARE, the idea of butterfly kisses paraphernalia takes on interesting new facets.

Butterfly Kisses sounds like ecstasy.

Oh man, I loved reading "Footprints in the Sand" at church gatherings, prefacing it with, "Here is a little poem I found the other day that I think you'll like," then watching everyone get the glazed eye having to listen to it for the 342nd time.

multi xpost

Yeah I have a younger sister.

lol

The U.S. Department of Education concluded in 2003 that the DARE program is ineffective and now prohibits its funds from being used to support it.[7] The U.S. Surgeon General's office, the National Academy of Sciences,[7] and the Government Accounting Office also concluded that the program is sometimes counterproductive in some populations, with those who graduate from D.A.R.E. later having higher rates of drug use. Studies by Dr. Dennis Rosenbaum,[8] and by the California Legislative Analyst's office[9] found that DARE graduates were more likely than others to drink alcohol, smoke tobacco and use illegal drugs.

HAHA, that's great. When my dad found out I smoke three months ago, he stammered, "But you graduated DARE!"

DARE introduced me to the world of acid. "It's not addictive, it's cheap, and you see huge amounts of colors, sounds change in interesting ways, and you get to visit a fantasy world." I WANT ONE!

"Switch your desire from drugs and gangs to the harmless world of masturbating to furries!"

-DARE Lion™

http://phoenix.gov/POLICE/kidsc2b.jpg

"I made a fursuit instead of making meth!"

http://www.welddare.com/DSC00010.JPG

http://www.welddare.com/images/daretrk.jpg

Chevrolet K-10 Pick-up donated by the Weld County Drug Task-Force and Greeley Police Department to Weld County D.A.R.E., Inc. and used in local parades, shows, law enforcement exhibitions and D.A.R.E. graduation ceremonies.

http://www.stpetebeach.org/police/dare1.JPG

http://www.freelanceindy.com/photo/com_daresuv.jpg

http://www.dare.com/home/HometownDAREUSA/images/RecordID_33_hummelstown_SUV.jpg

"PEER PRESSURE ALWAYS WINS"
Author - Allison Ray - 9th grade
Ranum HS, Denver, Colorado
Submitted by her Mother - Karen

A straight A student is what she once was,
always in class, doing extra credit just because.
She had always said no when her friends tried to
make her walk down the wrong path,
because she had dreams of winning a scholar in math.

She knew her self pride would keep her from wrong,
but that was until her first hit off a bong.
She started smoking weed, but she limited it to the weekends,
she looked at it as just a good time, hanging out with her friends.

But then it became harder to wait those five days,
so she would smoke a bowl before school, what happened to her old ways?
She would find herself at parties while she was suppose to be at school,
for she had to attend just to fit in, just to be cool.

Her mom had no idea her daughter was doing these awful things,
she just thought that her kid was great cause of the happiness she brings.
Then she was pressured to drink a beer,
and yes is what she said for she had no fear.
Drinking and smoking became a day by day routine,
it seemed if she waited any longer she started to fiend.

Still her mother hadn't a clue,
she had no idea of the stuff her daughter chose to do.
Pretty soon she couldn't even run ten feet without running out of breath,
maybe it was the weed, or beer, but then came crystal meth.

She would start to clean and wouldn't stop,
she made sure the house was spotless from bottom to top.
She even shaved her head because she thought her hair was full of dirt,
she just kept on going even though her body hurt.

She scrubbed her body so hard that her skin began to shred,
she started wigging out because she thought the bugs were covering her bed,
and that's when she lost it and shot herself in the head.
She never realied that doing all this wouldn't make her life fun,
and because she didn't, she took her life with a gun.

She's not here anymore to realize that life isn't always what it seems,
what happened to the straight A student,
shooting for the stars, chasing her dreams?

http://www.daviessky.org/departments/sheriff/struck1.jpg

Whoa, she wrote this in seventh grade!

"PASSING IS OK"
by Allison Ray

It started out as some stupid game,
She couldn't deny or she'd be full of shame.

They stood in a line, straight in a row,
And to her surprise she was first to go.

She did as she was told,
She did something stupid that she thought was bold.

It was a package deal too big for a bag,
They started to drink and finished nearly a keg.

She laid on someone's shoulder, she didn't know whose,
He did as she and had too much booze.

She jumped to conclusions and gave him her trust,
What she thought was love turned out to be lust.

He laid her down and was very slick,
He did his thing and he did it quick.

Suddently it was over, she woke up scared and confused,
Was she mistreated had she been used?

She went to the doctor to check things out,
She tried to stay strong but could only pout.

The doctor came out and held his head low,
He said there was something insider her that was starting to grow.

As it turned out she had HIV,
She felt all bent out of shape, thinking this couldn't be me.

She lives with this hurt she lives with this pain,
But her life ever since just hasn't been the same.

So don't act so stupid, don't act like an ass,
And when you get dared, remember it's ok to pass.

Whoa, DARE Ecto II monster truck!

I always wondered where the fuck DARE autos/shirts/basketballs/accoutrements came from, money-wise.

http://www.co.washington.or.us/sheriff/service/graphics/darecars.jpg

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:Q9cxxB_HWK02eM:http://www.kcsheriff.com/images/AlanaDarepics2.jpg

http://www.rc255.will.k12.il.us/cpes/Homepage/Just.Say.No.GIF

Maybe this makes the Butterfly Kisses thing a little clearer:

http://www.middletownpolice.com/dare/graphics/quote_3.jpg

my inner fifteen-year-old stoner just wants to write doggerel poems where the girl gets high and listens to Floyd and nothing really bad or noteworthy happens

http://majikthise.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/cocainecrab1_1.jpg

!!!

I want to chill with this crab.

http://addisonadvantage.org/Police/images/photos/dareBug.jpg

Yeah we had DARE graduation, too. (in Illinois, 1989)

I don't remember this! Weren't you in my class, too? 6th grade?

http://www.roundrocktexas.gov/images/dare_car.gif

http://www.crgov.com/Images/ImageManager/DARE_Car1.JPG

http://www.invillapark.com/pdd433.jpg

The vehicle, a 99 black Ford Expedition with the license plate "VPDARE1", was purchased with funds received through the forfeiture provisions of the Cannabis Control Act and the Illinois Controlled Substance Act. Acts which allow police departments to use confiscated funds for the education of drug prevention and the enforcement of drug laws.

The entire cost of the VPDARE1 was paid for through confiscated funds. It is equipped with the latest technologies and is not only a visual reminder of the ideas taught in the D.A.R.E. Program, but it is also a fully functional patrol unit.

http://sheriff.dentoncounty.com/Crime_prevention/dare.jpg

MCGRUFF KIDNAPS MEXICAN DIPLOMAT

abbott, you are a treasure

http://www.davehitt.com/sept99/dare_quote.gif

In 1991, 10-year-old Joaquin Herrera of Englewood, Colo., phoned 911, announced, "I'm a DARE kid" and summoned police to his house to discover a couple of ounces of marijuana hidden in a bookshelf, according to the Rocky Mountain News. The boy sat outside his parents' home in a police patrol car while the police searched the home and arrested the parents. The policeman assigned to the boy's school commended the boy's action.

Abbott, you're having way more fun with this than I expected anyone would.

Do you really want to know what's in that cigarette? Toilet bowl cleaner!

http://www.army.mod.uk/img/crime_reduction/dare1.jpg

HYPNOTIC

http://www.wilmette.com/police/images/darept2.jpg

wait, were you in UP WITH PEOPLE too?

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/08/19/dare/story.jpg

THUMBS UP!

Goddamn, I wish I had a chance to be in up with people. My brother got to be a DARE role model (exemplary high schoolers who tell elementary school kids they don't need to do drugs bcz they are too happy getting As in physics II). I was HELL OF JEALOUS

I am getting some contradictory information here:

http://www.scottcountyiowa.com/sheriff/images/dare_mcgruff01.jpg

McGruff and his cruiser visit classrooms to help educate children of the dangers of drugs and alcohol as well as stranger danger and bicycle safety.

http://www.scottcountyiowa.com/sheriff/images/dare_sampson01.jpg

Deputy Rodger Sampson and the McGruff puppet meet and greet attendees of the Northpark Mall Safety Day.

MCGRUFF CAN'T BE BOTH A HOUND AND A GERMAN SHEPHERD, WHICH IS IT SCOTT COUNTY, IOWA?

http://www.ci.atherton.ca.us/police/darecar1.gif

haha i have a friend who was in up with people; she said it was sort of like a traveling circus/orgy

Fuckin' kid gets to hang out on a GOLDWING just for writing the best essay in DARE? I've wanted a GOLDWING all my life! I even WON the fucking 'best essay' contest. I demand a Goldwing +12 years of retroactive Goldwing benefits.

http://www.qualitydentistry.com/extra/dare1.jpg

or 'footprints in the sand'

what about BUTTPRINTS IN THE SAND

does anyone here know this?? i will give you a cookie if you do. hint: the author who hawked copies of it after every appearance ended each inspirational speech with an inspirational chalk drawing done to inspirational music.

we should turn this into a thread about motivational speakers in general

because my dare guy was just a 350 lb failed cop who had us pass around coke & weed & then told us not to do it

we did have dare graduation, but i dont remember it (not gonna say why lol)

In 1991, 10-year-old Joaquin Herrera of Englewood, Colo., phoned 911, announced, "I'm a DARE kid" and summoned police to his house to discover a couple of ounces of marijuana hidden in a bookshelf, according to the Rocky Mountain News. The boy sat outside his parents' home in a police patrol car while the police searched the home and arrested the parents. The policeman assigned to the boy's school commended the boy's action.

OMG what a little asshole.

Mind you a couple ounces is a hell of a lot.

http://www.myramichaels.com/dare.jpg

Thanks to the New York police department that requested my support for their D.A.R.E. program. It's my pleasure to encourage drug-free youth!

I want to know how the hell I can get into Up With People! I have like four of their records.

i think you just have to Sing?

http://www.livermorepolice.org/photos/darecar.gif

HOLY GHOST OF SYD BARRETT IT IS A DARE HEARSE

Hay Hastings, MN, crowd....

HERE'S YOUR DARE CAR!

http://www.ci.hastings.mn.us/CityServices/Police/PDGraphics/PDDARE3.jpg

http://www.cbv.ns.ca/boularderie/1718_1.jpg

DARE...to differentiate your students from the U.S. with a tourist shirt, EH?

THE DARE DILDO:

http://www.medfordpolice.com/vette.jpg

THE DARE CEMENT MIXING TRUCK:

http://www.prosecutorbilldouglas.com/assets/photos/family4.gif

Um okay they have Gigolo Joe from AI teaching kids in DARE?

http://www.retrobill.com/images/vol1small.jpg

With his colorful outfits and outrageous personality Retro Bill educates children while entertaining them. And parents love him as well. Steven Spielberg, Larry King, and Jay Leno have all praised the videos for their exciting and fresh approach to safety training. The fast-paced imagery, wacjy (sic) sound effects, and colorful settings are sure to grab any child’s attention and make the learning experience fun. More importantly, the videos teach valuable lessons such as “Who can you call in case of an emergency?” and “When are drugs helpful or harmful?”

The new safety videos and school appearances are sure to help Retro Bill meet his mission- to make everywhere he goes a better place because he was there!

http://www.lowerpottsgrove.org/general/photogallery/images/dare_program_big.gif

SUSPICIOUS BACK ALLEY BLACK MARKET:
Like Mink Stole in Pink Flamingos, but they sell the babies to furries & not lesbians.

http://www.kaleidoscopetheatre.com/brochure/brochure_graphics/BadCo.jpg

BAD COMPANY:

Suggested for Grades K-6. Now in it's 13th successful year!

A soft-rock musical conveying a drug free message using young performers and peer education to explain the drugs caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine and crack.

"Bad Company is a wonderful program that was able to reinforce what I taught in the D.A.R.E. Program. It kept the kids' attention and interest in what was being communicated to them."
D.A.R.E. Officer Bill Remington, Cranston, RI Police Department

"Bad Company was funny, humorous, fast-paced, yet filled with facts---the situations portrayed were very realistic and the acting skills were terrific --- especially when we learned the ages of the performers! The question and answer segment after the performance was especially powerful."
Sixth Grade Teacher, Randall Holden School

I would SO SO SO be in Up With People if I got to wear that Cigarettes costume. It's the role I was born to play.

http://www.grover.org/images/locarnini.jpg

"Yes, I was their baby-making slave on the furry black market."

DARE CAR PRODUCES PSYCHEDELIC VORTEX

http://www.greentwp.org/darecar2.jpg

In come cases, the D.A.R.E. officers spent extra time in school with the students, outside of class, to let them get familiar with the officer. Questions from students to officers in the hallway, like "why are you here?" or "are you going to arrest somebody?" turned into "high fives" and "do you have any football cards?" and greeting each other by name, between students and officers. School officials indicated this was a positive "extra" that allowed the students to understand that the officer was their friend. The officers also hand out their own D.A.R.E. Officer Trading Cards.

"do you have any football cards?"

i love mcgruff

One of Brookline, MA's, DARE cars is a Beetle with smiling lips:

http://www.brooklinepolice.com/images/darecars.jpeg

i used to call mcgruff mcfart

thats not nica

thats not nice

http://hawaii.metblogs.com/photos/meeting_of_muppets.JPG

Slush Puppee dog attempts to steal McGruff's thunder at Honolulu's anti-drug rally...but no mascot is more inexcusable than Dustin the Anti-Drug Pickle:

http://hawaii.metblogs.com/photos/rock_on_pickle.JPG

Oh nevermind, that baseball capped puppy is SCRUFF, the Scrappy Doo equiv. to MCGRUFF.

http://images.robotronics.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8403&g2_serialNumber=4

http://www.mountainview.gov/images/Police/Pho_Children_McGruffNKid.jpg

McGruff's pupils indicate 2ci abuse.

yeah dude, dont diss slush puppy xp

xpost to Abbott - lol about Hastings' DARE car...

It's true, that really is your DARE car. Not boss enough to be a cement mixing truck, but I forgive your town.

It's a really foggy memory, jaymc. Were you in Mrs Baldwin's class or Mrs...uh, the other one. Clehouse? I just remember being in the gym with a shitload of other kids, and all of us getting a 3-sizes too big white DARE shirt. and maybe a certificate or something.

(8-hour-xposts)
or 'footprints in the sand'
My otherwise cool, rational mother has at least a dozen little plaques with the "WHEN U WERE DOWN I CARRIED YOU, LOVE JESUS" stuff on it.

My gran had one of these in the spare bedroom where I used to stay when I was a kid, except I thought it was AWESOME because I had been allowed to stay up late to watch Clash of the Titans a couple of times (where an invisible Perseus also leaves footprints walking across the sand) and was all for setting this Jesus guy in my creepily swashbuckling Greeks-flying-through-cosmos heroes+monsters post-Titans imaginary universe.

gotta jam butterfly kisses at the turn o' midnight