Memories
I received an e-mail from my sister recently which sent us into a neurotic flurry of "do you remember" e-mails. The subject matter of the original e-mail was so funny I thought I would share it:
IF YOU WERE A LITTLE GIRL IN THE 70'S...
1. You had that Fisher Price Doctor's Kit with a stethoscope that actually worked.
2. You owned a bicycle with a banana seat and a plastic basket with flowers on it.
3. You learned to skate with actual skates (not roller blades) that had metal wheels.
4. You thought Gopher from Love Boat was cute (admit it!)
5. You had nightmares after watching Fantasy Island.
6. You had rubber boots for rainy days and Moon boots for snowy days.
7. You owned a "Slip-n-Slide," on which you injured yourself on a sprinkler head more than once.
8. You owned "Klick-Klacks" and smacked yourself in the face more than once.
9. You had either a "bowl cut" or "pixie," not to mention the "Dorothy Hamill."
10. People sometimes thought you were a boy.
11. Your Holly Hobbie sleeping bag was your most prized possession.
12. You wore a poncho, gauchos, and/or knickers.
13. You begged Santa for the electronic game, Simon.
14. You had the Donnie and Marie dolls with those pink and purple satiny shredded outfits.
15. You spent hours in your backyard on your metal swing set with the trapeze. The swing set tipped over at least once.
16. You had homemade ribbon barrettes in every imaginable color.
17. You had a pair of Doctor Scholl's sandals (the ones with hard sole & the buckle).
18. You wanted to be Laura Ingalls Wilder really bad; you wore that Little House on the Prairie-inspired plaid, ruffle shirt with the high neck in at least one school picture; and you despised Nellie Olson!
19. You wanted your first kiss to be at a roller rink.
20. Your hairstyle was described as having "wings" or "feathers" and you kept it "pretty" with the comb you kept in your back pocket. Then, when you walked, the "wings" flapped up and down, looked like you were gonna "take off."
21. You know who Strawberry Shortcake is, as well as her friends, Blueberry Muffin and Huckleberry Pie.
22. You carried a Muppets lunch box to school and it was metal, not plastic. With the thermos inside!
23. You and your girlfriends would fight over which of the Dukes of Hazzard was your boyfriend.
24. YOU had Star Wars action figures, too!
25. It was a big event in your household each year when the "Wizard of Oz" would come on TV. Your mom would break out the popcorn and sleeping bags!
26. You often asked your Magic-8 ball the question: "Who will I marry. Shaun Cassidy, Leif Garrett, or David Cassidy..?
27. You completely wore out your Grease, Saturday Night Fever, and Fame soundtrack record album.
28. You tried to do lots of arts and crafts, like yarn and Popsicle-stick God's eyes, decoupage, or those weird potholders made on a plastic loom.
29. You made Shrinky-Dinks and put iron-on kittens on your t-shirts!
30. You used to tape record songs off the radio by holding your portable tape player up to the speaker.
31. You had subscriptions to Dynamite and Tiger Beat.
32. You learned everything you needed to know about girl issues from Judy Blume books (Are you there God, It's me, Margaret.)
33. You thought Olivia Newton John's song "Physical" was about aerobics.
34. You wore friendship pins on your tennis shoes, or shoelaces with heart or rainbow designs.
35. You wanted to be a Solid Gold dancer.
36. You drowned yourself in Love's Baby Soft - which was the first "real" perfume you ever owned...
37. You glopped your lips in Strawberry Roll-on lip gloss till it almost dripped off.
*** WARNING: Actual recollections of these times may some how damage your brain. Be careful. ***
*** Guesses as to which of these are true about me won't win anything...other than scorn for figuring me out. ***
1. You had that Fisher Price Doctor's Kit with a stethoscope that actually worked.
2. You owned a bicycle with a banana seat and a plastic basket with flowers on it.
3. You learned to skate with actual skates (not roller blades) that had metal wheels.
4. You thought Gopher from Love Boat was cute (admit it!)
5. You had nightmares after watching Fantasy Island.
6. You had rubber boots for rainy days and Moon boots for snowy days.
7. You owned a "Slip-n-Slide," on which you injured yourself on a sprinkler head more than once.
8. You owned "Klick-Klacks" and smacked yourself in the face more than once.
9. You had either a "bowl cut" or "pixie," not to mention the "Dorothy Hamill."
10. People sometimes thought you were a boy.
11. Your Holly Hobbie sleeping bag was your most prized possession.
12. You wore a poncho, gauchos, and/or knickers.
13. You begged Santa for the electronic game, Simon.
14. You had the Donnie and Marie dolls with those pink and purple satiny shredded outfits.
15. You spent hours in your backyard on your metal swing set with the trapeze. The swing set tipped over at least once.
16. You had homemade ribbon barrettes in every imaginable color.
17. You had a pair of Doctor Scholl's sandals (the ones with hard sole & the buckle).
18. You wanted to be Laura Ingalls Wilder really bad; you wore that Little House on the Prairie-inspired plaid, ruffle shirt with the high neck in at least one school picture; and you despised Nellie Olson!
19. You wanted your first kiss to be at a roller rink.
20. Your hairstyle was described as having "wings" or "feathers" and you kept it "pretty" with the comb you kept in your back pocket. Then, when you walked, the "wings" flapped up and down, looked like you were gonna "take off."
21. You know who Strawberry Shortcake is, as well as her friends, Blueberry Muffin and Huckleberry Pie.
22. You carried a Muppets lunch box to school and it was metal, not plastic. With the thermos inside!
23. You and your girlfriends would fight over which of the Dukes of Hazzard was your boyfriend.
24. YOU had Star Wars action figures, too!
25. It was a big event in your household each year when the "Wizard of Oz" would come on TV. Your mom would break out the popcorn and sleeping bags!
26. You often asked your Magic-8 ball the question: "Who will I marry. Shaun Cassidy, Leif Garrett, or David Cassidy..?
27. You completely wore out your Grease, Saturday Night Fever, and Fame soundtrack record album.
28. You tried to do lots of arts and crafts, like yarn and Popsicle-stick God's eyes, decoupage, or those weird potholders made on a plastic loom.
29. You made Shrinky-Dinks and put iron-on kittens on your t-shirts!
30. You used to tape record songs off the radio by holding your portable tape player up to the speaker.
31. You had subscriptions to Dynamite and Tiger Beat.
32. You learned everything you needed to know about girl issues from Judy Blume books (Are you there God, It's me, Margaret.)
33. You thought Olivia Newton John's song "Physical" was about aerobics.
34. You wore friendship pins on your tennis shoes, or shoelaces with heart or rainbow designs.
35. You wanted to be a Solid Gold dancer.
36. You drowned yourself in Love's Baby Soft - which was the first "real" perfume you ever owned...
37. You glopped your lips in Strawberry Roll-on lip gloss till it almost dripped off.
*** WARNING: Actual recollections of these times may some how damage your brain. Be careful. ***
*** Guesses as to which of these are true about me won't win anything...other than scorn for figuring me out. ***
You were poisoned by Curare_Z at 8:50 AM
14 Death Spasms:
Great stuff Curare !! I love it. Especially the reminders about Simon, Leif Garrett ("I was made for dancing"), Klick Klacks were banned from our school because the teachers said they were dangerous.
There should be a web site devoted to toys from the 70's and 80's.
Evel Knievel, Stretch Armstrong, Spacehoppers, Chopper bikes, Buckaroo, etc.
I was in my 20s in the 70s, so I can't really relate to all of that "young" stuff. :p
I will not even form a guess. I do not wish to face the wrath of your scorn.
I'm betting you thought Gopher was cute and that you wanted to be a Solid Gold Dancer.
Hey - Olivia Newton John's "Physical" isn't about aerobics???
Ben: Klick Klacks WERE dangerous.
Bruce: Come on. You know you wanted to be a Solid Gold dancer.
Fuzz: You are a wise man, grasshopper.
Phoenix: No to Gopher. I was a Doc girl all the way. And as for the Solid Gold Dancers...eyeing you with scorn...who didn't?
Well...yeah, of course. ;)
Girls were complicated in the 70's.
If you were boy in the 1970's then it boiled down to just these things:
1)You wanted to either be Ace Frehley or Gene Simmons.
2)You watched way too many Hanna Barbara cartoons.
3)Watching Star Wars was far more interesting than anything NASA was dong.
4)Pop Rocks were cool unless you got hit in the eye by one.
5)Baseball was still worth something because the '81 strike hadn't happened yet.
Pretty simple really.
My roller skates in the 70's were made by Fisher-Price.
Mark, I was Gene Simmonds for Halloween. My mask was so incredible, it even had the long hair in three ponytails and long red tongue.
I scared the heck out of the other kids in our 2nd grade party.
Bruce: admitting you have a problem is the first step. :-)
Mark: I don't think it's just the 70s that made girls complicated. I think girls are probably complicated in every decade!
Egan: Did they come with the Fisher Price stethescope?
Phoenix: Most kids were dressing up like ghosts or witches. You were Gene Simmons. It explains a lot.
Yeah, I went from Gene Simmons to Darth Vader. Maybe my therapist can give me some insight.
It's fun remembering the 70s. My favorite halloween costumes were Spider Woman and Wonder Woman. Only, I had to wear a sheet with a hole cut in it for my head with the Wonder Woman mask.
I also loved pretending to be Wonder Woman. I would "borrow" my Mom's sunglasses (the huge ones that looks like owl eyeballs) and pull them off and twirl around to turn from Diana Prince into Wonder Woman.
I had a crush on Bat Man (Adam West), but only when he was Bat Man, not Bruce Wayne.
Phoenix: You might want to make that the subject of your next session: Why I like to dress up like evil men.... ;-)
Christytn: Thanks for visiting! My mom used to make me dress up like a lion, in this full regalia that she sewed herself. I loved the costume, but I ALWAYS wanted to be Wonder Woman instead. I used to wear two bracelets on either arm and clang them together hoping I could change from my normal every day self into her! :-)
21 out of 37 - scary!
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