Mar 31, 2006 13:35
How you know you experienced the 90's:
1) 10p Mr Frosty Ice Pops on long summer days.
2) Gordon the Gopher.
3) You could do or tried to do the Prodigy step. 'You're no good 4 me....'
4) You owned or longed for an Adidas three stripe tracksuit.
5) You owned a compilation tape with TOP TUNES such as "Mr Vain", What is love" and "Rhythm is a dancer" and 'How Bizarre, How Bizarre"
6) Girls thought Blue Mascara was cool.
7) Girls actually fancied Gary Barlow more than Robbie Williams.
8) The Raccoons! (nuff said)
9) You owned a pair of Nike Air Max, and wore them to death.
10) Mr Motivator (What ever happened to him?)
11) Running on the spot dancing.
12) You wore leggings/cycling shorts with long t-shirts.
13) You owned a Bennetton, NafNaf, sweater shop jumper or waistcoat.
14) Girls owned scrunchies in an array of colours and tacky headbands with their names written on in thick glitter.
16) You bought Smash Hits for the song lyrics and the immense amount of stickers that you would stick everywhere.
17) You had a pen pal.
18) You could only watch the Simpson's on sky.
19) On a Saturday afternoon you watched Catchphrase, Gladiators, Generation Game, Noels House Party and then Casualty.
20) You taped the Pepsi Chartshow on radio one and tried in vain to pause the tape before the annoying guy talked and ruined the whole thing.
21) Cans of Coke were 25p.
22) 10p Space Raiders Crisps.
23) A grey Fruit of the Loom jumper was a must have.
24) Sharkie & George were the crimebusters of the sea.
25) Puffa jackets.
26) You used the line "it's a free country" every day.
27) The Sky Sports Blimp.
28) Impulse body spray for girls.
29) Hooch Alcoholic Lemonade (where's it gone?!)
30) 'Don't forget your toothbrush', 'TFI' and Big Breakfast with Chris Evans.
31) You had at least one troll.
32) You knew the dance to Macarena and Saturday Night.
33) You watched Baywatch and longed for the day that Eddie & Sharni got together.
34) You watched Byker Grove 'ha ha ha whatcha laughin at!' (the Theme song ending), and saw PJ get shot in the eye with a paintball.
35) PJ and Duncan not Ant and Dec. Dodgy Pop Not Dodgy Presenting!
36) Shellsuits & bumbags.
37) You longed to live in Beverley Hills 90210.
38) Home and Away was a prime time ITV programe watched by millions.
39) You owned a Spice Girls album.
40) Fruit salads and black jacks.
41) Strike It Lucky on a Sunday night with Michael Barrymore when he was straight & married.
42) Chain letters.
43) You had fake ID.
44) You remember Todd Landers in Neighbours.
45) You religiously watched Saved by the Bell on a Saturday morning.
46) You more than likely lost/nearly lost a wobbly tooth on a wham bar.
47) CK One (probably the fake one from the market).
48) Going Live, then Live and Kicking was the place to be on a Saturday Morning - you
know you remember the number 0181 811 8181.
49) You knew every word to the theme tune from Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
50) You collected Premier League Stickers and did swopsies at playtime.
51) Girls wore crappy lipstick such as - coffee shimmer, heather shimmer and birthday suit.
52) You wore Kickers with the tags hanging from them.
53) You thought saying "I know you are, you said you are but what am I" to every cuss that that came your way was a good comeback.
54) "Love got the world in motion" with the John Barnes Rap.
55) When you used to run away from some thing and shout ' legiiiiiitt'.
56) Shoelaces that were twirly, so tied themselves; only available in bright fluorescent colours.
57) You had one of those ethnic striped indie tops - probably in purple.
58) You said lush at least once every hour and everything was cool.
59) Status was achieved and judged by the number of friendship bands you had.
60) Spokey dokeys on bike wheels.
61) Everyone wearing Kappa.
62) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, come on in unison, "Turtle Power!"
63) Rolling down your socks so that your ankles looked totally deformed.
64) The Barbie and Sindy war.
65) Hair Braids, friendship bands for the head!
66) Roller Discos, what ever happened to those?
67) Inline skates.
68) Not only owning a Spice Girls CD but learning the dance moves in your living room.
69) More random music than you could fill an arena with; need I mention Venga Boys or
Right Said Fred?
70) The days of tapes.
71) Paint By Numbers.
You loved the 90's!!