You’re an 80′s-90′s kid if:
You’ve ever ended a sentence with the word “psyche! (changed from sike to psyche! – Thank god for online editors)
You can sing the rap to “The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air”
You remember when Kurt Cobain, Tupac, River Phoenix, and Selena died.
comes from Stephanie from “Full House”
You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to
watch cartoons.
You remember that abercrombie and fitch wasn’t that craved.
You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at
school.
You remember reading “Goosebumps”
You know the profound meaning of “Wax on, wax off”
You have pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.
got a whole lot gay-er. (so tell me what you want, what you really really
want.)
You remember the craze then the banning of slap bracelets and slam books.
You still get the urge to say “NOT” after (almost) every sentence.Not.
Where in the world is Carmen San Diego? was both a game and a TV game show.
Captain Planet.
You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the red* Ranger were
meant to be together.
To the last sentence you said…hey.Tommy was the green* ranger!!!!
*later to be white
*then red
*then more things and he is currently the black ranger
When playing power rangers with friends you fought over who got to be
who….and still all ended up being Tommy.
You remember when super nintendo’s became popular.
You remember watching Home Alone 1 and 2….and tried to pull the pranks on
“intruders”
“I’ve fallen and I can’t get up”
Ren & StimpyYou remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.
Two words. Trapper Keeper.
You ever got injured on a Slip ‘n’ Slide.
You wore socks over leggings scrunched down.
“Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack, all dressed in black, black, black, with silver
buttons, buttons, buttons, all down her back, back, back” SHE ASKED HER
MOTHER MOTHER MOTHER FOR FIFTY CENTS CENTS CENTS TO SEE THE ELEPHANTS PHANTS
PHANTS JUMP OVER THE FENCE THE FENCE THE FENCE. He jumped so high high high
he touched the sky sky sky and he didnt come back back back til the forth of
july ly ly he jumped so low ow ow he stubbed his toe toe toe and thats the
end end end of the elephants show show show.
You remember boom boxes vs. CD players.
You remember New Kids on The Block when they were cool.
You knew all the characters names and their life stories on “Saved By The
Bell”
You played and or collected “Pogs”
You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet or Nano and brought it everywhere.
You watched the original Care Bears, My Little Pony, and Ninja Turtles.
You played marbles at recess.
When wearing your pants over your belly button was cool!
NANCY DREW AND THE HARDY BOYS WERE THE BEST MYSTERY BOOKS.
When you ate otterpops even when it was 40 degrees outside.
Yikes pencils and erasers were the stuff!
All your school supplies were “Lisa Frank” brand. (pencils, notebooks,
binders, etc.)
You remember when the new Beanie Babies were always sold out.
You used to wear those stick on earrings, not only on your ears, but at the
corners of your eyes.
You remember a time before the WB.
You’ve gotten creeped out by “Are You Afraid of the Dark?”
You know the Macarena by heart.
“Talk to the hand” . enough said.
You thought Brain would finally take over the world.
You always said, “Then why don’t you marry it!”
You remember when everyone went slinky crazy.
You remember when razor scooters were cool.
when we were younger:
Before the MySpace frenzy.
Before the Internet & text messaging.
Before Sidekicks & iPods.
Before MIKE JONES
Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX.
WHEN LIGHT UP SNEAKERS WERE KOOL
When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.
When gas was $0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was a new thing.
When we recorded stuff on VCRs & paid $3.50 for a movie.
When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off our walkmans.
When 2Pac and Biggie where alive.
When the Chicago Bulls were the best team ever.
Bill-nye the science guy.
MR RODGERS!!!!
gulah gulah island
gumby
lamb chop
original barney
When Toys R Us overuled the mall.
act like you didn’t watch afro-king BOB ROSS paint trees on T.V.
DID I DO THAAAAAAAAAT???
Happy Days and Fonzie
smud and yak back. skip it and bop it.
Who loves orange soda? Kel loves orange soda! Is it true? I do, I do, I
doooo-hooo!
Before we realized all this would eventually disappear who would have
thought you’d miss the 90′s so much!!!!!
Your a 90′s kid when you read this and smiled and laughed at least 5 of
these.
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Great post and a great walk down memory lane, even for a Fifty-Something guy