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Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Good Times, Man... Good Times

If YOU WERE A LITTLE GIRL IN THE 70'S ...

You had that Fisher Price Doctor 's Kit with a stethoscope that actually worked.

You owned a bicycle with a banana seat and a plastic basket with flowers on it.

You learned to skate with actual skates (not roller blades) that had metal wheels.

You thought Gopher from Love Boat was cute (admit it!)

You had nightmares after watching Fantasy Island.

You had rubber boots for rainy days and Moon boots for snowy days.

You owned a "Slip-n-Slide",on which you injured yourself on a sprinkler head more than once.

You owned "Klick-Klacks" and smacked yourself in the face more than once.

You had either a "bowl cut" or "pixie," not to mention the "Dorothy Hamill". People sometimes thought you were a boy.

Your Holly Hobbie sleeping bag was your most prized possession.

You wore a poncho, gauchos, and knickers.

You begged Santa for the electronic game, Simon.

You had the Donnie and Marie dolls with those pink and purple satiny shredded outfits.

You spent hours in your backyard on your metal swing set with the trapeze.

The swing set tipped over at least once.

You had homemade ribbon barrettes in every imaginable color.

You had a pair of Doctor Scholl's sandals (the ones with hard sole & the buckle).

You also had a pair of salt-water sandals. (is this an east coast thing??)

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!

You wanted your first kiss to be at a roller rink.

Your hairstyle was described as having "wings" or "feathers" and you kept it "pretty" with the comb you kept in your back pocket. When you walked, the "wings" flapped up and down, looked like you were gonna "take off"

You know who Strawberry Shortcake is, as well as her friends, Blueberry Muffin and Huckleberry Pie.

You carried a Muppets lunch box to school and it was metal, not plastic. With the thermos inside!

You and your girlfriends would fight over which of the Dukes of Hazzard was your boyfriend.

YOU had Star Wars action figures, too!

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!

You often asked your Magic-8 ball the question: "Who will I marry. Shaun Cassidy, Leif Garrett, or David Cassidy..?"

You completely wore out your Grease, Saturday Night Fever, and Fame soundtrack record album.

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.

You made Shrinky-Dinks and put iron-on kittens on your t-shirts!

You used to tape record songs off the radio by holding your portable tape player up to the speaker.

You had subscriptions to Dynamite and Tiger Beat.

You learned everything you needed to know about girl issues from Judy Blume books (Are you there God, It's me, Margaret.)

You thought Olivia Newton John's song "Physical" was about aerobics.

You wore friendship pins on your tennis shoes, or shoelaces with heart or rainbow designs.

You wanted to be a Solid Gold dancer.

You drowned yourself in Love's Baby Soft - which was the first "real" perfume you ever owned.

You glopped your lips in Strawberry Roll-on lip gloss till it almost dripped off.


Aww crap... I like pegged every one! Well, except for the Donny and Marie dolls. I didn't have those. And I don't remember the doctor's kit. But Holly Hobbie, knickers, feathered hair (with comb!) and Love's Baby Soft? Oh, hell yeah!

That is too funny. I had completely forgotten about the Dynamite magazine. And I had all those Star Wars trading cards, buddy. My brothers were the ones that lost all the action figures. But my trading cards were in a clever box to hold them all... with my future exhusband Han Solo featured on the top of the box.

Okay, so he (the card) was actually taped down with masking tape. He is a rogue! You can't let those kind of boys wander off on you!

3 Comments:

At 2:26 AM PDT, Blogger Unknown said...

I do remember buying a pair of Sweathogs T-shirts -- one in black, one in orange -- from Most's, a clothing store on Horace Harding Blvd. (service road to the LI Expwy) in Bayside.

Oh yeah, Dynamite magazine .. ye f'n Gods.

 
At 7:15 AM PDT, Blogger Ted Carter said...

My brother had to be taken to the hospital for a gash in his leg from a sawed-off pipe the neighbors put their Slip 'n Slide over. Good times...

 
At 7:33 AM PDT, Blogger The Girl in Black said...

That must have been the Slip 'n SLICE model!

Oy vey! Talk about being the bad sheep on the block.

But I did see a totally hilarious variation of the S&S this weekend. Some coworkers had their two-year old boy with us. He discovered bubbles soap spilled on a wood patio would make him slide. We caught him the first time, right after his foot went out from under him.

You could just see the lightbulb go off over his head. He smiled, turned around, walked back a bit, then turned with a determined look on his face to make a run for it. Whoa, baby!

Of course the adults had to stop his fun, and grab him before he took off. Also wash down the patio, as to keep future temptation at bay. Once the sprinkler was turned on, though, he didn't care!

 

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