Remember growing up in the 90's guys!

by brp002
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You remember when it was actually worth getting up early
on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

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"

Where in the world is Carmen San Diego? was both a game and a TV game show.

You remember when super nintendo's became popular.

You remember watching home alone 1, 2 , and 3........and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders"

"I've fallen and I can't get up"

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

Two words... Trapper Keeper.

You never got injured on a Slip 'n' Slide

You remember boom boxes vs. cd players

You played and/or collected "Pogs"

You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet or Nano and brought it everywhere

You watched the original Ninja Turtles.

THE HARDY BOYS WERE THE BEST MYSTERY BOOKS EVER!

You remember when the new Beanie Babies were always sold out.

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 woud 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 cool.

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 the Chicago Bulls were the best team ever.

Way back.

Tag.

Get Over Here!!!! means something to you.

Hide-n-Go Seek at dusk.

Red Light, Green Light.

Heads Up 7 Up.

HELLO....HOT WHEELS!!!!!

The annoying Giga Pets & Furbies.

Running through the sprinklers.

That "Little Mermaid"

Crying when Mufasa died in the Lion King.

Happy Meals where you chose a Barbie or a Hot Wheels car.

Getting the privelage to sit in the front seat of the car.

CAPRI SUN

Watching Saturday Morning Cartoons in your PJ's still wrapped up in your Power Rangers comforter.

The original Power Rangers

Or what about:

Rugrats.

Rocco's Modern Life.

Doug.

Magic School Bus.

Pinky and the Brain

Wishbone.

Bill Nye the Science Guy

MR ROGERS!!!!

Who could forget Snick? & Nick @ Nite with Bewitched, I Dream of Jenie, The Facts of Life & I Love Lucy.

Kool-Aid was the drink of choice.

Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school.

Class field trips.

When Christmas was the most exciting time of year.

When $5 seemed like a million, & another dollar a miracle.

When you begged to go to McDonalds for dinner everyday.

When Toys R Us overuled the mall.


Decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'.

Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming 'do over!'

'Race issue' ment arguing about who ran the fastest.

Money issues were handled by whoever was banker in 'Monopoly.'
  • Profile picture of the author ThomM
    If you grew up in the 90's, I got drool in my beard older then you
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    • Profile picture of the author Dave Patterson
      Originally Posted by ThomM View Post

      If you grew up in the 90's, I got drool in my beard older then you
      LOL....I hear ya!
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      • Profile picture of the author ThomM
        Originally Posted by Dave Patterson View Post

        LOL....I hear ya!
        Yea I really need to wash it
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        Getting old ain't for sissy's
        As you are I was, as I am you will be
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  • Profile picture of the author brp002
    hahaha 90's were great though
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    • Profile picture of the author ThomM
      Originally Posted by brp002 View Post

      hahaha 90's were great though
      I had a good time.
      But then I had a good time in the 50's, 60's, 70's, and 80's too.
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  • Profile picture of the author valerieSONORA
    Slip n slide Those things were fun

    Pogs? HAHAHA those were only "in" like 2 days.

    Beanie babies?? Yuck!!! Don't remind me. Everyone went crazy over those stupid things then suddenly poof, nobody cares about em anymore and you can't even give em away.
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Ellis
    Ahh, the good old 90s... the decade when rock died and MTV stopped playing music videos.
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  • Profile picture of the author dyaonna
    yes when the diva extroadinare Whitney Houston was the best singer. I miss those days.
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  • Profile picture of the author Thomas
    I generally can't remember what I had for breakfast this morning but I think you've got your decades a bit mangled:

    Originally Posted by brp002 View Post

    You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, wax off"
    1980s.

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    You remember boom boxes vs. cd players
    Who still had a boom box in the 90s!?

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    You watched the original Ninja Turtles.
    1980s.

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    THE HARDY BOYS WERE THE BEST MYSTERY BOOKS EVER!
    1920s/30s!

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    You remember when everyone went slinky crazy.
    1940s.

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    Caller ID was a new thing.
    Late 70s/early 80s.

    Tommy the Pedant.
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  • Profile picture of the author valerieSONORA
    I had never heard of caller id till the 90s. I know police had it before the public. I dunno when it went it out to the public but in the 80s nobody had it and it was unheard of.
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  • Profile picture of the author SteveJohnson
    Originally Posted by brp002 View Post

    You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
    Yeah! HR Puff'n'Stuff, Johnny Quest, The Archies, The Monkees show, ScoobyDoo.

    You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
    Sure did - but our only computer was a Timex Sinclair, not very good with graphics.

    You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, wax off"
    Yup - that's what I did one summer to the State Police cars. Now they call it 'community service'.

    Where in the world is Carmen San Diego? was both a game and a TV game show.
    Musta missed that.

    You remember when super nintendo's became popular.
    Nope. Pac-Man and Donkey Kong.

    You remember watching home alone 1, 2 , and 3........and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders"
    Why do you think I washed police cars for a summer?

    You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates
    Whoops. I still used my pa's - they had wooden wheels. Still have 'em, actually.

    Two words... Trapper Keeper.
    One word - huh?

    You never got injured on a Slip 'n' Slide
    Or my head or foot stabbed with a Jart.

    You remember boom boxes vs. cd players
    Nope - japanese transistor radios that were the size of a big iPod

    You played and/or collected "Pogs"

    You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet or Nano and brought it everywhere
    Musta missed those too.

    THE HARDY BOYS WERE THE BEST MYSTERY BOOKS EVER!
    Heresy. Nancy Drew was the best.

    You remember when the new Beanie Babies were always sold out.
    Had the same problem with G.I. Joes.

    You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"
    Rosemary's Baby.

    You know the Macarena by heart.
    Only the Opie and Anthony version.

    "Talk to the hand" ... enough said
    That was when you were reciting the 7 Words You Can't Say On Television - which was also when you really couldn't say them...

    You remember when razor scooters were cool.
    And you were nothing if you didn't have a Huffy with a banana seat.

    When light up sneakers were cool.
    When Converse wasn't a novelty.

    When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.
    When you actually had to go to a theatre to watch a movie.

    When gas was $0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was a new thing.
    When you rented your phone from Ma Bell and had to wait for one of the other people on your party line to quit talking so you could use the phone.

    When we recorded stuff on VCRs & paid $3.50 for a movie.
    When you had to decide whether to buy a VHS machine or a BetaMax - assuming you could afford either.

    When the Chicago Bulls were the best team ever.
    Watching O.J. Simpson run, watching Terry Bradshaw pass instead of talk, when the Rams were in Los Angeles with the Fearsome Foursome, when Joe Namath wore panty hose and the Colts were where they should be - Baltimore. Watching Wilt Chamerlain block Lew Alcindor's sky hook. Watching Willie Mays at bat, and admiring the sheer power of Johnny Bench.

    Crying when Mufasa died in the Lion King.
    When they had to shoot Old Yeller. And then Lassie went missing. Everybody thought Gentle Ben got her.

    Happy Meals where you chose a Barbie or a Hot Wheels car.
    A true HappyMeal was when Capn Crunch started putting crunchberries in the box.

    Getting the privelage to sit in the front seat of the car.
    What other seat could you drive from?

    Watching Saturday Morning Cartoons in your PJ's still wrapped up in your Power Rangers comforter.
    Wearing my Batman cape - a true replica of Adam West's batsuit, I'll have you know.

    MR ROGERS!!!!
    Captain Kangaroo

    Who could forget Snick? & Nick @ Nite with Bewitched, I Dream of Jenie, The Facts of Life & I Love Lucy.
    Those came on in the middle of the week, just before Walter Cronkite.

    Kool-Aid was the drink of choice.
    And Tang went to the moon.

    When $5 seemed like a million, & another dollar a miracle.
    When gas was $0.249 per gallon - $0.199 during a gas war. Yes, you read that right: 19.9 CENTS PER GALLON

    When you begged to go to McDonalds for dinner everyday.
    A & W

    When Toys R Us overuled the mall.
    When you traveled 50 miles just to GET to the mall.

    When we had to know where the nearest fallout shelter was.

    When we had "hide under the desk and kiss your ass goodbye" drills in grade school.

    When the assistant principal's main job was wielding the paddle.

    When I threw my shotgun in the back window of my truck before going to school because I was going duck hunting afterward.

    When I was SOOOOOO pissed off at Richard Nixon - not because he was a crook, but because the damned hearings pre-empted everything that I liked to watch on TV.

    When the NBC peacock proudly proclaiming "In Living Color!" was a big deal, and we knew what the Hue and Color knobs did.

    Ok, that's enuf.
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Motley
    bleach 'splattered' jeans

    shotgun levis (people paid for jeans that someone had filled full of holes with a shotgun)

    'pump' hightops

    guns N roses
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    • Profile picture of the author ThomM
      Bell bottoms
      black suede boots
      tie dyed t shirts
      oops wrong decade
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      As you are I was, as I am you will be
      You can't fix stupid, but you can always out smart it.

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    • Profile picture of the author Killer Joe
      Oh, those 90's...

      At first, I was like NOBODY'S that old.

      But I almost remember getting OLD in the 90's, does that count?

      KJ
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