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What do you remember as way cool when you were a kid that maybe isn't so magical?
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Jul 22, 2011 03:59PM
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My grandmother had one of those washing machines with the roller on it to wring out the clothes. I thought it was cool. But now that I do laundry, that's a lot of work and that sucks.My daughter had a Skip-It with a counter. I still think that is cool. Well until the counter broke. Then it wasn't cool any more.
janine wrote: "Plaid stirrup leggings."Oh my.
Larry wrote: "janine wrote: "Plaid stirrup leggings."Oh my."
I had a red, green and black plaid pair and a black pair. I loved them so so much, but I don't think there's photographic evidence.
Garbage Pail Kids!My brother-in-law and I just bought some at the Dollar Store and they were not nearly as hilarious/gross as we remembered.
The way you could get a loogie to stick to the ceiling at school and drop at some random time later in the day. Extra points if it landed on someone's head.It was cool at the time -- especially if you had just eaten a banana and some chocolate milk. The banana gave it heft, the milk added color.
Not so cool anymore.
Jello! I never make or eat it now. Back then, though, I loved all the colors. And I especially liked making it in one of the copper molds.
Toe socks. I remember I had a green pair, that had frogs on the big toes. I also had a rainbow pair. Each week the girls in my class would have a competition to see who had the "coolest" socks...Now I can't stand to wear them.
High schoolers still think toe socks are cool.
Ah. Thanks, Amber. Perfect for a monkey.
I have a daughter who only wears socks when she works her catering job and she doesn't care if they match or not.
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My daughter never wears socks that match.
My oldest is 22 and she still refuses to match her socks.I match mine but they must have a certain flair to them. Well, they're more whimsical. Frogs, mismatched stripes, checked socks, ducks, etc. My latest addition is Animal from the Muppets playing the drums. I just love Animal! But no toe socks, please. That irritates my toes just thinking about them. And absolutely no socks with flip flops. What the hell are those people thinking? That is like the king of fashion mistakes.
its not even comfortable to wear socks and flipflops so it makes no sense to do so. I am from the U.K. when I was a kid I thought BMX & Chopper bikes, ZX Spectrum/Commodore 64 computers and Judy Blume books were cool - Judy Blume books seemed very 'naughty' and mine circulated around school several times...read one of her adult books a few months back and it just made me cringe - still very rude but maybe in a 'too much information' kind of way.
Kids chocolate and sweets were also cool, they tasted much better than they do now, probably far worse for us but thats why they tasted better!
RJ wrote: "Going shopping(to the mall, for Americans) with your Mum & sprinting down each isle then sliding as far as you can on your knees."YOU'RE that kid!
Yep. And I'm the kid in the next aisle riding the grocery cart.Oh, and Magic 8 balls. When I was about 5, I believed whatever that thing told me. I wouldn't eat, sleep, or bathe unless it told me it was okay. I lost it some time before school started, but now I suspect my parents stole it, though they won't admit it.
There are so may films I loved as a kid and have made my children sit through only to leave me with twinges of disappointment and grumpy/disgusted offspring. Perhaps the only occasion this hasn't happened is with "The Wizard of Oz"!
Neon plastic bracelets and press-on nails.
Maybe you are concussed after all, Sarah.
Pete's Dragon. Loved it as a kid and got super excited when I bought the DVD for my kids. Unfortunately, they like it. The movie blows. Not what I remembered at all. Now my wife is annoyed with me for bringing that garbage into our house.
I remember briefly wearing leg warmers and a cut-up sweatshirt inside-out like the girl in "Flashdance."What do I see this weekend on the streets of my neighborhood, but college girls who have cut up their Iowa and Iowa State t-shirts to expose one shoulder, bare except for a bra strap. Ugh.
Cynthia wrote: "I remember briefly wearing leg warmers and a cut-up sweatshirt inside-out like the girl in "Flashdance."
And Jesus wept.
And Jesus wept.
I know, Clark. I was kind of a dork for a few minutes of my life. I saw the light, though.Live and learn.
Cynthia wrote: "I know, Clark. I was kind of a dork for a few minutes of my life. I saw the light, though.
Live and learn."
I hear you. There was a time during the early 80's when I fancied myself a member of the Specials, complete with suit, pork pie hat, and two-tone shoes. Thank God that passed.
Live and learn."
I hear you. There was a time during the early 80's when I fancied myself a member of the Specials, complete with suit, pork pie hat, and two-tone shoes. Thank God that passed.
Clark wrote: "There was a time during the early 80's when I fancied myself a member of the Specials, complete with suit, pork pie hat, and two-tone shoes."Photos?
Jonathan wrote: "Clark wrote: "There was a time during the early 80's when I fancied myself a member of the Specials, complete with suit, pork pie hat, and two-tone shoes."
Photos?"
Somewhere at home. I'd have to scan them.
Photos?"
Somewhere at home. I'd have to scan them.
Thankfully there are no photos of me dolled up to go to Granddaddy's disco, circa 1979.
Clark wrote: "Somewhere at home. I'd have to scan them."Scan 'em!
Mr Roger's Land of Make Believe. I watched that whole show just for the Trolley and always wished I could go there. Now if I found myself in that place I would need therapy. Those puppets are scary.
I loved Mr. Rogers!! When I was little I wanted to marry him.
Cynthia wrote: "Thankfully there are no photos of me dolled up to go to Granddaddy's disco, circa 1979."
Grandaddy's? I don't know whether to laugh or be frightened, very frightened.
What? Sugar Daddy's was already taken?
Grandaddy's? I don't know whether to laugh or be frightened, very frightened.
What? Sugar Daddy's was already taken?
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