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1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word "SIKE"

2. You watched the Pound Puppies. - not watched but i did have some and i knew what/who they were

4. Girls wore biker shorts under their skirts and felt stylishly sexy.

5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own.

9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock" - fraggle rock is awesome...just saw a dvd of it yesterday at the firehouse, haha

10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars..."spokey-dokes" or playing cards on your spokes for that incredible sound effect.

11. "Duck Tales"

12. It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.

14. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on the big screen...and still know the turtles names. - didn't see it but i know the names

15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school. the original is still the best!

16. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side. nope, just tied my shirts in a knot....anybody else remember taking the front of it and pulling it up through the neck and down??

17. You played the game "MASH" (Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House)

18. You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it.

19. L.A. Gear....need I say more?

21. You remember reading "Tales of a fourth grade nothing" and all the Ramona books.

22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF"

24. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. (Some of us...head-to-toe)

26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

27. You took plastic lunch boxes to school

28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.

29. You still get the urge to say “NOT†after every sentence.

33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.

34. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes. (And like ..24, probably in neon colors, too)

37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.

39. You have ever played with a Skip-It.

40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds with an outdoor playground.

41. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement.

42. You remember Popples.

44. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.

45. You wore socks scrunched down (and sometimes still do...getting yelled at by "younger hip" members of the family)

46. You remember boom boxes and walking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that.

48. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!!"

49. You remember watching "Rainbow Bright" and "My Little Pony Tales"

50. You thought Doogie Howser was hot. he is!

51. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.

52. You remember New Kids on the Block… when they were cool...

61. You tight rolled your jeans.

the tiny wax soda bottles with a little colored sugar water in them

Quisp and Quake cereals - vaguely....i think

GI Joe

Tang

Schwin bicycle 5 speeds with a bannana seat and sissy bar

8 tracks

"Dickeys mock turtles"

The candy dots that were stuck to paper, they never came completely off, you had to spit the paper out while eating them,

The little fuzzy balls on the back of socks that went with the high-top reeboks

When gas was like $0.89 a gallon( i think i was 15 or 16)

Prayer in school

Pixy stix

The purses that looked like stuffed animals...i had a frog and a bear

What about Transformers?????? Anyone remember those? The were a robot and a 18wheeler all in one

RLStine books

Nightmare on Elm Street

Beastie Boys

Merrie Melodies/ Luney Tunes

Smurfs

Rainbow Brite

the pink Power Wheels Barbie Corvette. Sweet

Tom and Jerry

Sylvester and Tweety

Pink Panther

Pippi Longstocking

Scooby Doo

Magnum PI

Richie Rich

Yogi and Boo Boo

Atari - my grandparents had one that we used to have pacman tournaments on, until my cousin broke it...and we had one that my dad sold at a yard sale when i was little (pbbt!):x

sit-n-spin

wax lips

My Little Pony

Care Bears

Popples

Does anyone remember the Fisher Price toys? They had the houses and the people figures that are no bigger then my thumb..I still have them all stored in the attic (for my kids some day). I also have the ambulance, fire truck and fire station..I used to fight over them with my little sister! -FP little people are the coolest - esp the wooden ones my grandmom has - she has the town that folds in half and has a jail and a dentist office and a post office and a couple of houses and a garage and a fire house with a really cool wind up siren and i think there was another 'shop' or something in there....and that traffic light/bridge to connect the two blocks....*sigh*

Sneakers with Velcro and those socks with the stripes at the tops?

The white leather Keds

Animainiacs - Yakko, Wakko and Dot!

RECORDS

MASH

Gilligans Island

Bonkers the cat/cop

CABBAGE PATCH KIDS - the first time around!

barbie - before they started making so many versions....

ahh i'm getting old....

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