The reason behind this week's poll is that over the years I find several things will whip me right back to high school, but mostly it's a song. With a lot of songs, I can see a particular person or event, including the marching band's almost continual playing of... what was it?? Watermelon Man?
Anyway, Sitting on the Dock of the Bay, Love is Blue, Theme to Good, Bad and Ugly, Make It With You... just to name a few. When I hear them I'm right back there walking the halls.
Smells do it too. When I walk into a library or bookstore, and catch the smell of printing ink and binding paste, I can still see Mrs. Goode walking around, making sure there wasn't a peep out of anyone, and since I was on the cleaning crew after school, the smell of Windex takes me back too.
If I'm drinking a hot cup of coffee on a cold night, I'm right back in the football stands, and when I visit my kid's school and see the girls huddled around giggling or hear the squeaky shoes on the gym floor as the teams practice, I'm back there too.
The sights, the sounds, the smells. Anyone of them at any time can trigger a memory. It's almost like a flashback! :)
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