Snagged, with love, from ambobuddah

[ladyiapetus]

Lines in bold font are true for me.


You had a crush on one of the New Kids On The Block members
I think it might have been Jordan...can't remember now.

You wanted to be on StarSearch

You can remember Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off

You wore a banana clip or one of those snap bracelets, which always got you in trouble at school
Snap bracelet.

You had slouch socks and puff-painted your own shirt at least once

You owned a doll with 'Xavier Roberts' signed on its ass
Three, actually.

Friendship bracelets were ties that couldn't be broken

You wore one of those tshirt rings or a scrunchie on one side of your shirt

You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout"

You can name at least half of the member of the elite 'Brat Pack'

You know that another name for a keyboard is a 'synthesizer'

You can remember watching Full House and Saved By The Bell for endless hours
Full House, yes. Never was one for Saved By The Bell

You were upset when She-Ra and He-Man were cancelled

You have seen at least 10 episodes of Fraggle Rock
*sings* Dance your cares away, worries for another day!

You hold a special place in your heart for 'Back To The Future'

You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name"

You wanted to be a Goonie ("Goonies never say die!")

You remember Madonna in her cone stage

You know what "sike" means

You've heard of Garbage Pail Kids

You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called 'Prince'

You ever wore flourescent (neon, if you will) clothing

You could breakdance, or wished you could
My cousin could breakdance. Now he's in Hollywood dancing in music videos; he was in the Elton John video for "Mona Lisa Smile."

Max Headroom was cool

You rememeber when Atari was a state-of-the-art video game

You can still sing the rap to 'Fresh Prince Of BelAir'

AND know all the words to 'Ice Ice Baby'

You were led to believe that in the year 2000, we'd all be living on the moon

Poltergeist freaked you out

You wanted to communicate with some being named Cinergy (remember Jem?)

You know what a Doozer is
*smirks* Which Doozer, Flange, Turbo or Cotterpin?

You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish

You wore a Swatch Watch

Actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the 'Care Bear Stare'

You had Wonder Woman or Superman underoos

You thought Transformers were "more than meets the eye"

You spent hours building and re-building Lego cities

Big Wheels and bicycles with streamers were the way to go

'Party Like It's 1999' seemed so far away

You owned a Jordache anything

You know how to use a rotary phone
I didn't think it was THAT difficult...

You wanted (or had) jelly bracelets and jelly sandals

You wanted to go to Kokomo, or maybe Aruba, Jamaica...

You can remember what all the fuss over 'Scottie dogs' was about

Mr. Hooper's death on Sesame Street profoundly effected you
*sniffles* We miss you, Mr. Looper (brownie points to whoever gets that. drteeth26, you don't count).

Two words: Lite Bright
Yes!

You wanted to rollerskate everywhere like 'Tootie' ('Facts Of Life')

You know why you should never feed them after midnight

You still know the theme song of the Super Mario Brothers Nintendo games
Worse; we still have our original Nintendo!

You had a jean jacket, jean purse or jean bookbag. Acid-washed, of course!
Yes, yes and yes.

You liked the smell of the Strawberry Shortcake miniatures

You were home sick from school and wated 'Bewitched' and 'I Dream of Jeannie' repeats on TBS

You used to wear socks with the little ball on the back near the ankle

You had to take part in a slam book

Can still hum or sing the theme song to 'Three's Company' ("come and knock on my door, someone's waiting for you...")

You always wondered why Alf couldn't have fallen in YOUR backyard

You had all the different types of Play-Dough

Your ponytail was on the side of your head

You had and used a Trapper Keeper to stay organized

You wore stirrup pants with the stirrups outside your socks

Your socks or denim jacket had rhinestones on them
Yep!

You wanted to be on 'Kids, Incorporated', on the Disney Channel

You remember when all that was on PBS was Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers
And Square One! Anyone remember Square One?

You ever wondered why Mr. Rogers had so many sweaters

You hear 'follow that bird' and think of the Big Bird movie
*sings again* And there ain't no road too long...

You can name the ORIGINAL TGIF lineup

You remember when McDonald's sandwiches came in styrofoam boxes

And when Happy Meals came in boxes
And when some of the toys were actually COOL

You used to watch Webster

You know that Snorkels are underwater Smurfs and not just an aquatic breathing device

You can remember the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and their names and colors
*nods* Although now TMNT makes me think of the whole Raphael abduction gag back in 7th grade...

You remember when Kennedy and Downtown Julie Brown were MTV VJs

And when MTV used to play actual music videos

Comments

[akino-ame.livejournal.com]

Do I get brownie points for knowing the Mr. Looper one?

And Raphael abduction? *raises eyebrow* Should I be worried?

[ladyiapetus]

Do I get brownie points for knowing the Mr. Looper one?

Yes, you do!

And Raphael abduction? *raises eyebrow* Should I be worried?

Nah, not really. It started when someone in my seventh grade reading class decided to be a smartass while we were doing a unit on the Renissance, and brought in one of the TMNT action figures. Pretty soon we had a whole crew of them lined up on the chalkboard rail. Then someone else decided to be a smartass and kidnapped the Raphael figure, leaving behind a note made out of cut-out magazine and newspaper letters. A couple days later another note, this one handwritten, appeared. I think it was threatening the abduction of another turtle figure, but by this time my teacher had wisely locked the rest of them in her closet.

Then came the tape. The party or parties responsible for the kidnapping left a taped message (the recording speed slowed so the voice wouldn't be recognizeable) with their demands. In order for the action figure to be returned, the teacher had to dance the Hokey Pokey in front of all of her classes. Instead, all of the seventh graders were assembled in the cafeteria and all of them (with a few exceptions, including my best friend and I) were made to dance the Hokey Pokey instead. Obviously this wasn't enough to satisfy the kidnapper(s), and Raphael-figure remained a prisoner.

Finally, about a week or so later I'd say, the kidnappers sent a videotape to the teacher. All of the seventh graders were brought to the cafeteria to watch it. It started out with the beginning part of one of the TMNT episodes, then went to a home video of the bad guy action figures plotting to do in Raphael-figure. After the tape was finished one of the boys in my class admitted to being the kidnapper, and returned Raphael-figure to our teacher - on top of a whipped cream pie. He then allowed our teacher to hit him in the face with said pie. She did, and he promptly retaliated by spraying her with whipped cream.

I can't remember if he or any of his accomplices ever got into trouble for that stunt, but I do remember that it's one of the best things that ever happened when I was in junior high.