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As a millennial, I can personally attest to all the memes and reels where people say it feels like the turn of the century was ten, max fifteen years ago. I am the same way, and can still name the addresses to my favorite Counter-Strike 1.5 servers. But it's been more than two decades and that world no longer exists. So to see just how much things have changed, let's take a look at the Instagram account Insta80s90s and all of the nostalgia it's been posting. Just don't be surprised if you get a sudden craving for Fruit Roll-Ups and Capri Sun.
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Spencer's slave no longer 1 year ago (edited)
He was hilarious in both Ghostbusters movies too.
karen snyder 1 year ago
OMG and Spaceballs!!!! Dark helmet is a work of comic genius. Almost every role he took on is iconic.
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DEW 1 year ago
I loved him in Honey I shrunk the Kids. He also played Seymore in Little Shop of Horrors
Rinso The Red 1 year ago
Little Shop of Horrors and Strange Brew are my favorites. Just a great human being all around from what I've heard.
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Michael Largey 1 year ago
His kids were incredibly fortunate that he was in a financial position to do this. That doesn't often happen.
Doc “Dr Rotwang” Rotwang 1 year ago
From what I understand -and I could be wrong and I'm okay with that-, he never really wanted to be an actor in the first place. He did TV ("Kooooo-loo-koo-koo-kooo-looo-koo-kooo!"), but films were just a thing he was able to do but hadn't intended to do. At any rate, good on him making an honest buck with his talents and being a dad. And let's not forget - he was also Billy Fish!
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robin aldrich 1 year ago
And dug through the cereal to find the toy inside
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karen snyder 1 year ago
And, in the bathroom, we read bottles. Shampoo, conditioner, lotion, Scrubbin Bubbles, Mr Bubbles. I've made it through the Dr Bronner's bottle, once or twice. Side note: we didn't have "body wash" we had "bath gel." We really loved Gel in the 80's. Hair gel, bath gel, shave gel, jello, shoes made of gel, called jellies. Gel was our jam.
Irishwoman abroad 1 year ago
Thiamine, niacin and riboflavin - I still don't know what they are, but I DO know that they're in cornflakes!
We contacted the authors of the account and they agreed to tell us more about it. "Our content comes from various internet image sources and social media sites where we can find the particular memory we wish to share with our audience," the people behind Insta80s90s told Bored Panda.
They're trying to keep the feed fresh. "We like to provide our followers with a mixture of memes, questions, and simple pictures of things related to era," they said.
"This makes our page special as we don't focus entirely on comedy. We think the reason for our success is we try to cater to everyone's taste. Some prefer polls and questions that encourage high commenting, and some prefer a childhood meme."
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Me. Just Me. 1 year ago
Yep, so now you can justify buying the cheap stuff in the bag that costs half the price because you're not missing out on the toy.
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detective miller's hat 1 year ago
and the epic fights with your siblings over who got the prize
Stephanie L Thesing 1 year ago
Oh, Fruity Pebbles and Coco Pebbles especially! They had the best toys!
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DEW 1 year ago
Oh yes. The all mighty projector that the teachers loved. This is your homework for tonight.
XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦️️🇬🇧 1 year ago
Lol, yes and then lean over and her boobs would wipe half the stuff off 🤣 I had one teacher in HS who still insisted on using one when the other teachers had gone to PowerPoint style equipment. Ms Lavoie was a cool old bird though, no instructions, no homework!
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Donkey boi 1 year ago
I bought one a few years ago. We wanted to paint a mural on one of our wall, but I'm not very artistic. So I had my friend back home design it, printed it onto a clear sheet, then projected it onto the wall, and painted it that way.
Firstname Lastname 1 year ago
I hated these things. The neck of it blocked my view of the screen if I sat in the wrong seat and cleaning the sheets was a pain in the butt.
robin aldrich 1 year ago
And the Opaque Projector which projected books and such up on a screen
Start Wearing Purple 1 year ago
So old I even used them as a teacher... there was no other option and that was like... 15 years ago?
somnomania (she/her, queer) 1 year ago
hell yeah, when i took bio 101 in college, the teacher entirely wrote the class material on the projector and we made our own notes from that as she talked and wrote
Teresa Spanics 1 year ago
I remember this. When our high school had an elevator installed for a disabled student, that elevator was also used to take this upstairs instead of having some students and a teacher cart it up the stairs.
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Elizabeth Butler 1 year ago
And I am older than the boomers and I love them too
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However, some of the posts do seem to receive slightly more engagement than others. "We have certainly noticed our followers tend to prefer the posts that ask them to answer questions about their personal experiences, for example: 'What 90’s song will you always turn up when you hear it on your car radio?'" the people in charge of the account added.
"Also, our followers like posts that highlight how today's kids don't know the struggle we had with things like portable CD players and having phones that only had the game Snake on it."
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DEW 1 year ago
I loved these! I loved the smell of them too. My kids played with them in the little guns. I just liked to hit them with a rock.
Rosemary . 1 year ago
We used a rock or my dad's hammer. We weren't allowed to have toy guns or swords, etc., although I do vaguely remember when we were 5 or 6 my sister pushing me down and hitting my head on the driveway over a water pistol. I got a hell of a concussion and she got in hella trouble. Ahh memories...
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Kobe (she) 1 year ago
Yes !! Yet, I'm almost sure they were already around in the seventies...
Dan Collins 1 year ago
I’m 66 and played with them. So, we had them in the 60’s
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Mike F 1 year ago
I forgot about using a coin! We used rocks or anything else we could get our hands on.
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I still have hearing damage from when I threw one of those in to a campfire. :)
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UncleJon_TheMadScientist 1 year ago
Heck I put in a second line for the computer, my daughter figured out how to plug ger phone into that line and mess me up when I was online....
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Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Pieces of paper fluttering from one point to another.
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Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
Ugh I remember when we got out first PC in the mid 90's and my kids wanting that noise to stop when it was connecting. Do not miss dialup!
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Kobe (she) 1 year ago
Have them in my freezer right now. Different brand, yet still the same idea. (Netherlands)
Spencer's slave no longer 1 year ago
Same here in New Zealand, I keep a supply in the freezer for my Grandkids.
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JessieJ&LilyLovebug 1 year ago
I am 41 years old. I have a box of these in the freezer and have a few every night.
Marie BellaDonna 1 year ago
Oh man, they're great late at night, when you're super thirsty!
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Upstaged75 1 year ago
My kid called these possicals when he was a toddler. :) I still buy some every summer.
TheNewJenBrady 1 year ago
They still get me through the summer heat. Going to get myself one from the freezer rn
#9
Rowboat 1 year ago
I live across the pond and can think of three schools where these were supposed to be "temporary". My HS spent roughly £3mill on astro turf that couldn't be used if it had rained, if it had snowed, if it was wet, or if it was too hot and still did absolutely nothing to replace the portables
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Nikki Hilton 1 year ago
I taught in one of those for about 10 years. It had a sink and a tiny restroom. I loved it. Thirty four (yes 34) sixth graders and all their band/orchestra instruments. It was crowded but I loved it.
Reminiscence of this sort can serve several functions. "Our everyday is humdrum, often even absurd," psychiatrist and philosopher Neel Burton, M.D., writes.
"Nostalgia can lend us much-needed context, perspective, and direction, reminding and reassuring us that our life is not as banal as it may seem, that it is rooted in a narrative, and that there have been, and will once again be meaningful moments and experiences."
Perhaps it's no surprise then that nostalgia often visits us at times of change or uncertainty.
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TheNewJenBrady 1 year ago
Man I loved those things as a kid ..not to use in a bath but just to play with and squish until it broke open.
Upstaged75 1 year ago
And after you used one you had to be careful not to break your neck, because it turned your bathtub in to a slip-and-slide!
LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago
I love squishing these as a kid. If you squished them too hard the scented oil would burst out and stain the walls.
Fussy1 1 year ago
Yes, yes it would and trying to use bog roll to clean it up was an even bigger mistake.
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DEW 1 year ago
Yes! It used to be in all the movies. The last movie I saw it in was The Princess Bride and in The Mummy.
karen snyder 1 year ago
I still have nightmares about the Swamps of Sadness. It stands as the greatest metaphor for depression ever put in film. My first dog was named Artex.
Michael Danhauer 1 year ago
Neverending story is dark deep and heavy... A magical kids movie that would never get made today... Sure it messed us up a little but Falcor was worth it lol
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Duncan Rogers 1 year ago
Have to credit the source here. This is from one of John Mulaney's Netflix specials.
Pamela Christie 1 year ago
We had a Stan Freburg record, "That's My Boy" about a little homicidal creep who derailed trains and set the mailman on fire. One of the verses ran: "Inventing little games all the while...Only kid in the neighborhood with a quicksand pile." I thought it was a real thing. and couldn't decide whether I wanted one or not. It would be handy for getting rid of things like bad report cards and the wrappers from candy I wasn't supposed to eat, but what if my guinea pig fell in? or the neighbor's cat? It was a real stumper, that one.
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Rosemary 1 year ago
I remember the magic of tinsel, the tree wasn't decorated until it was covered with a shiny shimmery silver curtain. 🤣
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
I never liked tinsel. I think it started because I didn't like the feel, but I learned early that little bits could fall off easily so plastic was laying around or going in the bin. Then again, I also didn't like the chore of decorating the tree either, I was a bit of a grump!
Load More Replies... Mike F 1 year ago
Yeah, C7's BABY! The heat of a thousand suns right on your fingers if you were stupid enough to touch one. 🙋
Load More Replies... Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago
You can still get modern (LED) versions of these, I think... just gotta know where to look.
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Huddo's sister 1 year ago
They still make ones for kids that look cute, but aren't really used as rubbers. I put ones in the prize box that have like multiple parts/layers, like an astronaut one that you can take the mas and oxygen pack off.
Aussiegirl 1 year ago
I still have my cabbage patch kid erasers from the 80’s. They were just for playing with, not for erasing
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago
If they're not used? A single one could be around £10 to £20 on eBay if you ever wanted to sell them 🙂
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Mike Sutton 1 year ago
Remember the ink erasers? The only reason they worked was by destroying the paper!
"It could be argued that nostalgia is a form of self-deception in that it invariably involves distortion and idealization of the past, not least because the bad or boring bits are erased from our memory, leaving only the peak experiences." Burton continues.
"The Romans had a tag for this phenomenon that modern psychologists have come to call ‘rosy retrospection’: memoria præteritorum bonorum, ‘the past is always well remembered.’"
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Firstname Lastname 1 year ago
I used to have some but got rid of them during a move. My man just surprised me by putting up two packs the other day, because apparently I'm still not too old for glow stars.
Julie S 1 year ago
Your never too old for glow stars I have some as well.
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UncleJon_TheMadScientist 1 year ago
I now have led black lights in my room and a bunch of depression era uranium glass on display on shelves... looks really great at night
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
I had some but didn't keep them up for long. I did put them up on my little brother's room and he kept them up for years. I even wrote his name in stars.
Upstaged75 1 year ago
My dad was not thrilled about having to refinish the ceiling after I moved away for college. But I think the stars were better than the hair band posters ripped from magazines that I used to tape up there too. I recall having shirtless Sebastian Bach from Skid Row directly above my bed. :)
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago
I'd still do this, if we didn't have textured (popcorn) ceilings--wouldn't stick. :-(
XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦️️🇬🇧 1 year ago (edited)
It's a meme, it's not supposed to be logical (or grammatically correct). Think of them like a collage of words & images that are used to express in a hyperbolic manner how someone feels about something or how they reacted to a certain situation or something someone said. The "nobody" thing is easy enough to look up, but it apparently started as a way to mock people who would make attention seeking posts even though nobody asked/cares. It a joke, like nobody asked but here's my random thought or opinion.
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Upstaged75 1 year ago
But we have better tools to use now. Same with clip art.
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Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
Kids..... What about us parents that got out first home PC in the mid 90's?
David Hopkins 1 year ago
I'm 80 and I still use it for graphics for my CNC routers and lasers.
robin aldrich 1 year ago
It's Clip art I miss... it's still available somewhere but not as readily as it used to be
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Upstaged75 1 year ago (edited)
What about the thingy you put in the tape deck so you could play CDs from your Discman in your car that didn't have a CD player? All my CDs used to skip like crazy anytime I hit a bump. :)
Ozymandias73 1 year ago
I remember I was in college (1992ish) in a computer class and the textbook we were using had this remote control robot in that I HAD IN MOTHER'S CLOSET still!
Trisec Tebeakesse 1 year ago
I am amused by the Coleman camp stove in the Johnson & Wales culinary museum. I have the same exact stove in my cellar, it still works, and I use it every time I go camping.
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Carilyn Beverly 1 year ago
And the crust was so much better back then; crispy and cooked through but not dry or burnt
Jennifer Young 1 year ago
And some of the restaurants had great salad bars!
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I remember Book It!... Pizza hut gave away free pizza to kids who read books over the schoolyear and summer vacation... I loved to read so I got a ton of free personal pan pizzas
XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦️️🇬🇧 1 year ago (edited)
I can taste this picture! Pizza hut used to be the best! I've had fantastic pizza in a lot of different places, but something about their pizza was just different Not so good these days though. I prefer to make my own anyway.
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago
We did the "Book It!" thing every year, where for every so many books you read, you got a personal pan pizza. I read SO many books over the summer! :)
Jan Feline 1 year ago
I remember getting banned from our local pizza hut in the late 80's for sprinkling weed in the candle on the table
Nimitz 1 year ago
This was back when they used cast iron pans and lard to grease. It was worth it. I still search for pizza as good as an adult.
Nimitz 1 year ago
Side note, if you're in Montreal, order from Le Gout. The closest I've ever come to rekindling the magic
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Michael Largey 1 year ago
Never had a pizza until I went to college. Yorkshire pudding, yes, but no pizza. And yes, I'm an American.
The folks behind Insta80s90s agree that nostalgia is a very powerful emotion. "To us, it creates a happy feeling about the good times that we have experienced, and allows us to look back on the past with fond memories."
"Whilst we can't turn back time, we see our account sort of like a time machine for people that belong to these generations and wish to do the same."
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#19
maxsunity 1 year ago
I HAD THE CANDY WATCH! SO YUM YUM BUT IT LEFT SCARS ALL OVER MY TOUNGE AND ROOF OF MY MOUTH
Pamela Christie 1 year ago
Eww! These tasted like ant poison! (Don't ask me how I know.) The banana ones were the worst!
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IlaTheRedheadBambooEater 1 year ago
What... What is old about the slot car track?? My son got it at last Christmas.. and loves it!
WickedLibra70 1 year ago
I've been here since 1970 and still around and am old, and in the 70s I had a slot car track so we are both old, So to answer your what makes it old question, when something has been around a long time make it old 🙃
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Upstaged75 1 year ago
My bro and I got a slot car track for Xmas one year in the 80's. Our cat thought it was a personal gift for her and would spend hours chasing the cars when we played with it. :)
Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
I had etch a sketch when I was a kid and I'm 63 now. My kids had all of it.
Pensive_Panda 1 year ago
How about orange Hot Wheel tracks, that your dad would threaten to spank you with?
withoutaleesh 1 year ago
Please salute slowly, us old people get skittish with sudden movements.
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dollh h 1 year ago
Vernor's. My grandmother would send me a couple of casea each year.
Load More Replies... Lost Panda 1 year ago
Once Price is Right was over, that is when I would actually sleep it off
notlikeyou1971 1 year ago
Usually it was a doctor's appointment with my mom first. Early too. If it was something that involved a prescription medicine the doctor gave us 1 of 3 liquid meds. 2 tasted like bubble gum. 1 like a weird orange flavor. The stomach med was dark green awful and burned your throat going down. The non serious stuff was much better. Loved having the tv to myself. No school and peace.
ILoveMySon 1 year ago
This unlocked a memory. The pink medicine required refrigeration when I was young...a LONG time ago.
Load More Replies... Donkey boi 1 year ago
I loved the Vapo rub. But the only other thing we got was duck fat soup, then shipped off to school.
The 0roburos 1 year ago
the " Mom let me stay home unsupervised cause I was sick" Starter pack
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Rinso The Red 1 year ago
Glad someone remembers this. Them all huddled together, knowing the end was nigh.
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DEW 1 year ago
My husband and I watched this and even today the "Not the mama" is still heard a lot even today. They were going to throw Grandma off the cliff. HAHAHA!! If only we could thr.....oops
MaggieMay85 1 year ago
The dad was looking so forward to it, didn’t he have special gloves for the occasion?
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Cathy 1 year ago
I can highly recommend taking an actual camera to festivals and such. Saves battery on your phone and you don't get distracted when you open it only to take a picture
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
I take 1000s of photos on my DSLR, but only a few on my phone. Much easier to upload them to the computer and edit and as you say, they have their own batteries that stay charged for longer. Also can keep it on your shoulder/neck rather than having to get a phone out of your pocket or bag all the time because you need your hands free.
Load More Replies... DEW 1 year ago
I still have one like this!! We got our snakes as babies and they were no bigger then my pinky around and about 4 to 5 inches long. Well my son to my camera to his school (with out my permission)and he set the camera back to factory settings and that deleted all of my photos on the camera. I cried. Not gonna lie.
Michal Pifko 1 year ago
Ok, so this seems to be a model DSC-W730 that came out in 2013! I'm used to seeing early 2000s stuff on these lists but this is a new low.
LauraDragonWench 1 year ago
This is nothing - anyone remember disposable cameras? The last time I used them was in '97 during my UK trip.
Mike F 1 year ago
And the stupid jingle from the commercial. The worst earworm!
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Glad that part of life is over,Too Expensive to Run otherwise digital ones ,but l got rid of it too ,,As the Magic 🎩 ✨️ of Phones 📱 came 🤠 The End ✨️ ✨️ ✨️ ✨️ ✨️ ✨️
Angelshark 1 year ago
Yeah, my parents were so happy when they could give me those disposable film cameras to burn through on vacation.
WickedLibra70 1 year ago
I still have almost the exact one. It's like 5 feet from me right now lol
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Doc “Dr Rotwang” Rotwang 1 year ago
And people wonder why I despised that decade and want nothing at all to do with its memory.
#25
Kalevra 1 year ago
if you had 3 messages you had to be rich in order to view much less respond.
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Huddo's sister 1 year ago
It is. They even have new games made based on it and preschool teachers still read it to their classes.
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Karen Bird 1 year ago
I bought this for my grandson about 3 months ago! I think it's the law isn't it?¿?
Fussy1 1 year ago
Pretty sure it's in the Grandparents Handbook listed above 'Love You Forever'.
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Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
Yeah but we knew better. I think I was still a teenager when it came out.
Doug Adams 1 year ago
Apparently it was a parody partly mocking the use of adults as teens in much older movies, with the references being lost to time. Not unlike the airplane movie and what it is making fun of.
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Jan Feline 1 year ago
Shoot, I remember sitting with my tape recorder in front of the record plater, recording my favorite songs
Mariska Hoeijmakers 1 year ago
Hearing "My dear fellow Americans...." After you spent two hours downloading a song 🤣
DutchPanda 1 year ago
I had so much fun doing this. I really felt like a dj when putting my freshly burned cd on
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
I think I used windows media player or something, which was pretty easy. My dad still uses the same program to burn cds from the library.
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S. E. in Indiana 1 year ago
Andy finally made it out. Getting that boat ready on the beach when Red finds him.
The Doom Song 1 year ago
Anyone else want Morgan Freeman to narrate their life? Or is it just me?
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
I don't recognise it, but most of the films I've seen that have been described as 'the best' I haven't ended up liking.
#30
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago
Most recent version still is, if you buy it at the college bookstore 🙄
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Christina 1 year ago
$20! $20 freaking dollars?! My grandma shelled out like $350 for mine in high school.
LauraDragonWench 1 year ago
Right?! My mom almost cried when I was required to have one in high school - around 250 bucks, iirc. Even I was gobsmacked by the price. 😱
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Yep. I had bought everything my kids needed for school and spent close to $300 and asked my ex to by this. He bitched about it, went to Office Max and some guy there said it wasn't needed and tried sold him a $20 piece of junk that the school said no. A friends daughter had graduated the year before and I got hers for about $50. When my other son needed the same thing 2 years later a kid at work gave me his and wouldn't take anything for it. He was only working because his parents made him get a temp job, they have money and he really didn't need it.
Jan van den Broek 1 year ago
When I was in HS that calculator didn't exist. I belong to the slide rule-generation, but I can take it or leave it each time.
Aiden Brough 1 year ago
I still have (and use daily) my Casio calculator I bought (and used) for my GCSEs exams in 1989...
Isabel Galvez 1 year ago (edited)
I never got one. My father didn't believe that I needed a calculator for Math class. I had to borrow it during tests.
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Nimitz 1 year ago
Always makes me think of the great burning. When I was about 15 my mom took all our Disney movies and burned them in the back yard cause they didn't glorify Jesus. Evangelicals are f*****g crazy
John Smith (he/him/xy/️) 1 year ago
So did you throw the old testament on the pile as well?
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John Smith (he/him/xy/️) 1 year ago
The real ones, not the woke a*s they are making of it nowadays
Paul Gerrard 1 year ago
Disney would do limited releases of dvds. To maintain scarcity. No such thing as a collection
Mumma Cass 1 year ago
I have about 20 Disney Movies on DVD plus other dvds. We have a 32' inch tv with a built in DVD Player
Widdershins66 1 year ago
All the tellys in our house have a dvd player, and we've a library of hundreds of dvds and box sets. Old school 😎
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Jennifer Howe 1 year ago
Looks like the American version it's called Trouble. In the UK it's called Frustration which I think is more accurate!
Rinso The Red 1 year ago
Frustration wouldn't work in the commercials they had in US. "Trouble" rhymed with "Pop-o-matic bubble".
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I know the game. Not my favorite, but the version in the image is the worst variant. If all these plastic place holders aren't bad enough, the dice is under a plastic dome with a metal clicker. Either this version or don't play is at all IMG_3988-1...4-jpeg.jpg 
DEW 1 year ago (edited)
Loved this game. I think the popping of the dice was irritating to parents. This game Trouble, Sorry and hungry hungry hippo's were my favorites.
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
I hated the sound as a kid too. We had a few versions and I always opted to play the one that had the least annoying sound and was easier to press, which I think was the older one. I was sad I never had hungry hungry hippos, but I've now played it at my job (childcare). Actually I think an off brand version with crocodiles :)
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Mike Sutton 1 year ago
There was also Headache, which had cone shaped pieces. I love the dice roller- at least you never lost the dice!
Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
Meeeeee. Had bought it for my kids and had to throw all of the board games away when the condensation pump for the AC stopped working and flooded the basement. The water leeched up through the bookcases they were on and into the boxes over a weekend. That was a nightmare when I found it on a Tuesday morning. Called my insurance on the way home from work. It took 4 days with commercial dehumidifiers and big fans after they used shop vacs.
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LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago
You forgot pouring glue on your hands and peeling it off. Times were simple before social media.
Dan Collins 1 year ago
How about taping a playing card to your bike so the spokes would make that cool noise.
Load More Replies... DEW 1 year ago
I still put my hair clip on my lips. LOL!! The stick on the railing and the pin thru the skin.
Julie S 1 year ago
I crawl up the stairs but I think that might be old age!
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Meredith McAlpine 1 year ago
I'm a teenager, and we still do these things, but we just do them when the adults aren't around.
somnomania (she/her, queer) 1 year ago
also sticking your hand out the car window and moving it like a wing or whatever
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karen snyder 1 year ago
Left to right: Ginger, Posh, Baby, Scary and Sporty. AKA: the Spice Rack.
Dan Flo 1 year ago
All they ever wanted was to zigazig ah. All I ever wanted was to know what the heck that was.
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago
People of the world! (spice up your life!) Every boy and every girl! (spice up your life!)
Brian Droste 1 year ago
I am to old to know who these are. But I do know who these are after looking at the other comments.
Michael Smith 1 year ago
i'm surprised i actually recognized a picture of people from only their legs!
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Carilyn Beverly 1 year ago
Still have my original full size plush and original small figurine; also recently got The Worlds Smallest Glow Worm LOL
Bongokittycat 1 year ago (edited)
I had one of these! Does anyone remember the Glo Worm Secret Keepers? I had a snail with a special key........probably still got it somewhere! 😄
#36
Who remembers these?
Sandra Armstrong 1 year ago
I made my own and still do. So easy and you can make one for every day.
Widdershins66 1 year ago
My purse had many more beads on it, but I still chewed off every single one 😋
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TheNewJenBrady 1 year ago
I have not thought about these for decades! I had one and forgot all about it until just now🤍
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago
I had a blue one. Once the batteries starting running down it sounded quite demented.
Little Susie 1 year ago
My 3rd grade classmate who also happens to be my crush gave me one as a going away present because my family was moving back to our country of origin. I will never forget it.
Eunice Bentley 1 year ago
Gave my daughter one for Christmas one year. She was so mad she really wanted a real keyboard. Then her aunt took her to her cousins bedroom and showed her what was hiding under the bed. We couldn't have left it under the tree she'd have known instantly what it was.
Lina Rudoy 1 year ago
I had one in 1989 and thought that I could now play the piano (I sucked at actual piano as it turned out?
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SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago (edited)
The old TV we had was on its last legs and would randomly switch off, you had to wait 20-30minutes for it to cool then you could switch it back on! UK people might remember the one off BBC TV program called "Ghostwatch" on Halloween and right towards the end with Michael Parkinson was seemingly "possessed" by Pipes! It switched off right at that point!!! That freaked me out more than the rest of the show did!!! 😄 (I've since bought it on DVD and it's still spooky but not "c**p your pants" as it was when you're a young teen! 😄)
RosaTheWitch 1 year ago
Our first TV was a CRT box, in a wooden frame, and (obviously) had no remote control. If you wanted to switch channel, you had to get up to do it. As a kid I watched so many programmes I didn't have any interest in, simply because I was too comfy to get up and change channel or switch off!
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The Mediterranean Fruit 1 year ago
This movie was so good! I never knew there was a book
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Don Adams 1 year ago
Sassy, Chance and Shadow. Sally Field, Don Ameche and Michael J Fox. Tell me your eyes didn't water a bit when old Shadow appeared saying "Peter, my boy".
Rosemary . 1 year ago
Eyes watered? I was full on bawling by then! Hell, I cried through the whole movie!
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I hate these books/movies. I can't deal with animals in danger. Yes, I know they make it. But it stresses me out too much. ;)
LauraDragonWench 1 year ago
Then never, ever read "Watership Down." And, most importantly, NEVER watch the movie - it's the one that underscores the fact that not all cartoons are made for children.
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Bearandtank 1 year ago
I still have my pogs! My husband who is an immigrant was so confused when I got so excited when I found them when we moved lol.
Gracie Mae 1 year ago
and somehow, i still have custody of these from my kids...one day, they're getting ALL there stuff back!
Bongokittycat 1 year ago (edited)
Think I still have my pogs, my favourite was a picture of earth with "stop the earth I want to get off" on it! Just brilliant!
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MaggieMay85 1 year ago
I’m sorry to inform you but it has passed away from neglect.
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Lost Panda 1 year ago
Me and my wife bought some a while back when we saw them in the store again... they are in the closet... dead... with dead batteries...
somnomania (she/her, queer) 1 year ago
i never had an official tamagotchi, i had a few knockoffs that were equally fun, including a star wars one where you raised a rancor!
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Ace 1 year ago
When I was a kid we used to get water-activated stick-on tattoos, officially known as 'transfers' a bit like the ones we used on Airfix models. I think they're still going strong all these decades later.
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
Often we would get those temporary tattoos put on at the same place as the face painting at fairs and fetes. Also in party//lolly bags at birthdays.
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Rinso The Red 1 year ago
THANK YOU - always reminded me of Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang
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LauraDragonWench 1 year ago
Strangely enough, I was only allowed to have this candy one time. I was sure my mom absolutely loved my atonal flute performance... 😂
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karen snyder 1 year ago
No matter how much you rinsed, they always still kinda tasted like dish soap.
Gracie Mae 1 year ago
yep, still have some somewhere, but I think I got them from my mom (a '40s kid)
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Nimitz 1 year ago
Back when you could put an enby character in a show and no one screamed for a boycott
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Isabel Galvez 1 year ago
Capitán Planeta es nuestro héroe, va a dejar la contaminación a cero 😁
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
I knew the show, but had usually used up my tv time by the time it came on. I always watched Widget: the world watcher that came on before it which had similar themes.
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She who must not be named 1 year ago
They still sell these in certain shops in the UK. I've definitely found packs in Home Bargains. They're mine and my daughters favourite sweets
Bongokittycat 1 year ago
I saw these in Home Bargains too! Amazed they still do them!
Load More Replies... Frank Hassler 1 year ago
Oh man, that had been erased from my brain for 35 years, until this moment.
Vampiresscrow 1 year ago
I think you are thinking of the ones that you threw up against the wall. These ones were edible. Delicious of I remember (well, at least to me).
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Shark bait hoo haha 1 year ago
I was the Vampire one. I can still remember how it smelled when you put on. Also all of the slobber all over the place from trying to talk in them. Good Times!
Stephanie L Thesing 1 year ago
And the stretchy elastic band going around the back that was stapled to the mask with teeny tiny staples that invariably snapped at some point..
LauraDragonWench 1 year ago
I grew up in central Florida. The first and last time I wore one of these was when I dressed as Wonder Woman. I can still feel (and smell) that plastic (vinyl?) dress and mask. 🤢
Gingersnap In Iowa 1 year ago
I had the witch mask (upper left corner) in the 1970's. Yes, I'm old.
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Icedragocat 1 year ago
I recognize two of them! Beavus and Butthead and the The Simpsons. Can I have a senior discount! (im a minor lol XD)
Foffy Skrimshaw 1 year ago
How dare you compare Dennis the Menace with Trump
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From left to right: Roger (from Doug), dunno who that is, next to him but looks like one of the Burger King kids. Bart (the Simpsons), Butthead, Bevis, Nelson (from the Simpsons). Dennis the Menace peeking over the back. Dennis has been around since 1951.
Gracie Mae 1 year ago
yep, and my kids are getting there, because that's why I recognize them!
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Rosemary . 1 year ago
OMG I totally had these! I used to wear them to work and the flip flop sound used to drive my officemate crazy!
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Tyranamar Seuss 1 year ago
They were fantastic shoes! Went with everything. Comfortable. Easy to walk in. And made you taller. I'd like another pair honestly.
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Karen B 1 year ago
Friday next week I've got tickets to watch it in the cinema, at Esbjerg fantasy festival! I can't wait! ❤️
MaggieMay85 1 year ago
I don’t know if you’ve watched it as an adult, but the golden guardian statues was not part of my memory as a kid. Some sexy sphinxes.
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Ashley Harrold 1 year ago
Saw the 40th anniversary release in theaters this year. One of my favorites from childhood
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StrangeOne 1 year ago
"We love our bread. We love our butter. But most of all, we love each other."
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
I wanted to be Madeline. I was pretty close, always the shortest in my class, a bit of a tomboy and trouble maker etc, but I had blonde hair and really wanted red hair.
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StrangeOne 1 year ago (edited)
black licorice, cinnamon, strawberry, raspberry, cherry, orange, lemon, green apple, watermelon, blueberry. grape, mint.
Upstaged75 1 year ago
I used these like crazy in college! Any excuse I could think of to whip them out and smell them. :)
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
Somehow we only ever had the grape one at my house. I realised recently that I shouldn't use scented pens because I'm allergic to so many things!
D-rell Prevost 1 year ago
They expected us to sniff these and then read a book from the book fair. Lol.
Me. Just Me. 1 year ago
I can smell the orange one just looking at the picture. There is no way we weren't getting high from these things.
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S. E. in Indiana 1 year ago
It all folded up into a carry case. Loved the Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars.
Upstaged75 1 year ago
My niece and nephew still have the Playskool garage from when my brother and I were kids. The Sesame Street building too. It was so fun to get them out again.
Shark bait hoo haha 1 year ago
I was a tomboy growing up and I wanted this so bad! Finally got it from Santa and I played with it all the time! I seriously thought I would end up becoming a mechanic when I grew up. I didn't but my son did lol
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DEW 1 year ago
Yes. My dad drank a beer that had picture riddles under the cap that you had to figure out. I miss those. My kids have gotten free sodas but I've never won.
Rinso The Red 1 year ago
Sprite had a contest like this. Brothers and I figured out that if you look through the bottom, you could tell difference between a loser or winner. Father was proud, but made us limit our spoils one six-pack of all winners.
Dillon Sizemore 1 year ago (edited)
I remember a whole year where I got free Powerade because almost every single one I got was a winner, was on a college campus and it was when they were new so I think they stocked it that way on purpose. Also had a friend win a Nitendo Game Cube from a Dr.Pepper.
Shark bait hoo haha 1 year ago
I was just thinking about these the other day. I wish they would do it again
Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Krystal had little tags on fry containers, I ate lunch free for a week once.
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Jenny Mason 1 year ago
They are. It's the only shampoo my fiancé and our adult son can use, all other types burn their scalps. The bottle shape has changed now.
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No more tangles, so no tears from crying. The commercial was misleading because the kid had soap in his eyes when the phrase "bye bye tears" was said.
SeanL 1 year ago
Lol I learned that its not "no tears" as in crying, its no tears as in ripping a sheet of paper
TheNewJenBrady 1 year ago
The blue and orange bottle was my favorite...smelled like oranges🍊🍊🍊
Lost Panda 1 year ago
I remember playing with the bottle in the tub like a fish... XD That and supposedly it wasn't tears (boo-hoo) but tears (rips)
Rachael 1 year ago
Omg I've just realised now it's a fish if the bottle is on the side. I can't believe it's took me all these years haha
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Reta Edgar 1 year ago
I'm 74 and still have one. Balanced on a small branch
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Me. Just Me. 1 year ago
Me too! Of course there was also a Sanrio store in our local mall so between Lisa Frank and Sanrio, my allowance was always spent immediately!!!
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Ace 1 year ago
Point of order: these were not real floppies. This is a real floppy disk 16uidzxp.jpg 
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Upstaged75 1 year ago
They still sell an updated version of these. The new ones probably work better though.
D-rell Prevost 1 year ago
For some reason these never fit over any of the shoes I had. Then when you finally get moving, that rear brake thing was on and you immediately fall.
Pensive_Panda 1 year ago
My twin sons had those. They are now 24, just cleaned out my mom's garage & were like, "You made us wear those? At the skateboard park? Damn, mom!"
Sky Render 1 year ago
Yep, I had a pair. They were designed to fit the world's shortest feet or something though, they were always rough on the toes!
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Spencer's slave no longer 1 year ago
That is Alan A Dale, the minstrel from Disney's 1974 Robin Hood movie.
Donkey boi 1 year ago
🎶Robin Hood and Little John, walking through the forest🎶... 🎶Oo-de-lally, oo-de-lally, golly, what a day🎶
Rinso The Red 1 year ago
Robin Hood and Little John, walking through the forest Laughing back and forth at what the other'n has to say Reminiscing this and that and having such a good time Oo-de-lally, oo-de-lally, golly, what a day Never ever thinking there was danger in the water They were drinking, they just guzzled it down Never dreaming that a scheming sheriff and his posse Was a-watching them and gathering around Robin Hood and Little John, running through the forest Jumping fences, dodging trees and trying to get away Contemplating nothing but escape and finally making it Oo-de-lally, oo-de-lally, golly, what a day Oo-de-lally, oo-de-lally, golly, what a day
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I rewatched that movie about a month back! It's still as cute as I remember it.
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Upstaged75 1 year ago
The new fries at Wendy's suck big time. I wish they would bring back the old ones.
TheNewJenBrady 1 year ago
The best way to eat a frosty- take it home so it gets a little melted first and then put it in your freezer for about an hour. Then eat with a spoon. It makes the texture perfect and so smooth.
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Lost Panda 1 year ago
I got Toy Soldiers and Small Soldiers mixed up one time... 10ish year old me was shocked, but ended up loving Toy Soldiers
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Desiree Cretan 1 year ago
My daughter has the exact same one as in the picture. Her and my other little ones fight for this cup!!
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InfiniteZeek 1 year ago
I remember where I was when I heard this song! I'm still a fan of it to this day.
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ShaZam 1 year ago
Remember your mom paying $.25 for 5 and you get to choose the flavors. I had one last year .... it's disgusting ... it tasted like sugar water with a weird fake flavor ... I was so disappointed.
Me. Just Me. 1 year ago
My mom refused to buy these. I later found out why at a birthday party. They were insanely acidic and tasted terrible, even to a 10 year old.
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Elizabeth Tayler 1 year ago
They're not soup, they're pasta & sauce. Most of these are still in stores here (Ontario).
Marie BellaDonna 1 year ago
Man, Pac-Man Pasta was my FAVORITE. Followed by Smurf Pasta. And I think I ate the Turtles one, too.
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CrazyKnitter 1 year ago
Limewire: amazing when it worked, but 90% that file named "totallynotavirus(dot)exe" was a liar
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CrazyKnitter 1 year ago
YES!!! I STILL HAVE MY LOONEY TOONS COMFORTER!! It was actually our "sick blanket" and we'd be wrapped up snuggly in it when we had the flu, a cold, ext.
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D-rell Prevost 1 year ago
I was lucky and had the 3-piece stereo. Used to space those speakers out like a boss.
Colleen Glim 1 year ago
I had one of those phones as a real grown up. Don’t remember where it came from though
Marie BellaDonna 1 year ago (edited)
I still have my lava lamps. I have three, actually. But I passed one of them, my oldest one, to my 15 year old son several months ago. Along with one of my old incense burners. 😊 And no, he's not a stoner, lol. He just wanted some cool "old" stuff. 😂
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James016 1 year ago
Back in 1990 I got very sick with what the doctors called a glandular fever type virus but they never diagnosed what it actually was. We had also just got Sky TV so spent my days laying on the sofa watching MTV as it was good back then. I also did watch the trashy talk shows as they were very entertaining. I was off school for 2 months and missed and entire half term.
Sky Render 1 year ago
We had no cable and only 2 TVs when I was in grade school, so I often ended up watching Days of Our Lives and General Hospital with mom on sick days. Or playing the NES if she wasn't watching soaps that day.
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Historyharlot93 1 year ago
I loved the big concrete geese on porches that could be dressed in different outfits. It was a craft fair staple to have a table selling little dresses and bonnets for those geese
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Marie BellaDonna 1 year ago (edited)
Oh I had the older version of the Talking Whiz Kid. It was brown and cream colored. I LOVED that thing. But it stopped working right, and my thoughtless father let my sister destroy it with a sledgehammer. I was so sad. Then years later, as an adult, I found another one at a thrift store, and was so excited that the clerk laughed at me lol! Of course it came home with me!
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ShaZam 1 year ago
.... or wear 4 pairs of socks with each one showing a different color. My friend had to buy tennis shoes 1 bigger size for her epic socks.
Upstaged75 1 year ago
I don't remember doing that. I DO remember wearing 2 polo shirts at the same time and popping the collars up so you could see the different colors. :)
Load More Replies... Marie BellaDonna 1 year ago
Ugh my sensory processing disorder would not let me do this one, lol!!
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Rinso The Red 1 year ago
There were a TON of them weren't there? Mice from Mars, Samurai Cats, Street Sharks, etc.
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Alvia Vseobecna 1 year ago
ROLLERCOASTER, greatest game ever... planned a themepark vacation based on the rides :D
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Shark bait hoo haha 1 year ago
Nope I kept my son away from that purple pedo dinosaur! He always creeped me out
Donkey boi 1 year ago
This was after my time. I remember Lamb Chop though (I was a teenager, but liked the sarcasm).
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Lost Panda 1 year ago
I remember them, remember the movie, cannot for the life of me remember the name
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G A 1 year ago
I think a lot of these must be exclusively USA related (obviously the TV ones).
May 1 year ago
Was about to sat the opposite lol , coming from a non English speaking country, I am shocked to relate to 90% of these... Even the books.
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Maria Chatzopoulou 1 year ago
I love how half of this are still universal experiences to this day and millennials are just like "oh no I feel old and kids this day are missing out".
G A 1 year ago
I think a lot of these must be exclusively USA related (obviously the TV ones).
May 1 year ago
Was about to sat the opposite lol , coming from a non English speaking country, I am shocked to relate to 90% of these... Even the books.
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I love how half of this are still universal experiences to this day and millennials are just like "oh no I feel old and kids this day are missing out".
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