THINGS YOU DID...
- took swimming lessons - built forts
- Get in Shape Girl - 5 cent lemonade stands
- played house - played war games
- watched MTV at your friend's house because you never had cable
- those pyramid things made out of paper -- you know, the ones that
said who you were going to marry when you opened them up (colors
on the outside, numbers in the middle, names on the inside)
- put cards in your bicycle spokes to make cool noises
- prank phone calls
* Is your refrigerator running? Well you better go catch it!
* Is John there? If John's not there, where do you go to the bathroom?
- hand-clapping games
* Miss Mary Mack
- jump rope chants
* Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear...
* Cinderella, dressed in yella...
- jumped on the bed until your parents came in to yell at you,
pretended to go to bed until they left, then doing it again
until your parents got REALLY mad and used your WHOLE name -- first,
middle AND last. You knew it was bad then!
GAMES YOU PLAYED...
- Barrel O' Monkeys - Don't Break the Ice
- Don't Spill the Beans - Ants in the Pants
- Lite Brite - Ghost in the Graveyard
- Kickball - Memory
- PacMan - Hungry, Hungry Hippos
- Pitfall - Kerplunk
- Twister - Cat's Cradle
- Red Light, Green Light - Chinese jump rope
- Chutes and Ladders - Truth or Dare
- Red Rover - Atari
- Simon Says - Hopscotch
- Kick the Can - Spin the Bottle
- Battleship - Capture the Flag
- Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board - Concentration
- dodge ball (didn't you always try to peg the other person as hard
as you could?)
TOYS/THINGS YOU HAD...
- Cabbage Patch Kids - big wheels
- Tonka Trucks - Rubik's cube
- Barbie and Ken - banana seat bikes
- Nerf anything - Sit and Spin
- roller skates - cap guns
- hoola hoops - Tiddlywinks
- Playdough Barber Shop - Shrinky Dinks
- Mr. Potato Head - Fashion Plates
- Silly Putty - Koosh balls
- kazoos - Garbage Pail Kids
- rubber stamps - slinky
- pogo balls - Etch-A-Sketch
- matchbox cars - paint by numbers
- Legos - Yo-Yo's
- Erector sets - cooties
- The Betty Crocker Bake Oven - smeller markers
- sticker books - Oxy-10
- Electric Toothbrushes - sleepover parties
READING MATERIAL...
- Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys
- The Babysitter's Club
- MadLibs
- Highlights magazine
- Doctor Seuss
THE FOODS YOU ATE...
- Spaghetti O's and Meatballs - Little Debbie Cakes
- Fruit Roll Ups - Push-up-Pops
- Dinosaur eggs - Pixy Stix
- Capri Sun - Sugar Daddy's
- candy - candy buttons
- candy necklaces - Mr. Freeze's
- PEZ - Bubble Tape
- Atomic Fireballs - Hubba Bubba
- Pop Rocks - Red Hots
- Big League Chew -Fruit Snacks
CHARACTERS...
- Alf - the Chipmunks
- Snoopy -- AKA "Joe Cool" - Mr. Bill from Gumby and Pokey
- Pound Puppies - The Jolly Green Giant
- He-man - Thundercats
- Transformers - Underdog
- Mighty Mouse - Danger Mouse
- Speedy Gonzales - Strawberry Shortcake
- Rainbow Brite - My Little Ponies
- Smurfs - Snorks
- G.I. Joe - She-Ra
- Scooby Doo - Wonderwoman
- Jem - Gummi Bears
- Fraggles - Muppets
- Warm Fuzzies - Fat Albert
- Golden Girls - Winnie the Pooh
- Holly Hobby - Pee Wee
T.V. SHOWS...
- Chips - You Can't Do That on Television
- Facts of Life - Dukes of Hazard
- Dallas - Dynasty
- Miami Vice - the A-Team
- Falcon Crest - Knots Landing
- Cosby Show - Knight Rider
- Family Ties - anything on Nickelodeon
- Laverne and Shirley - Mork and Mindy
- Double Dare - Three's Company
- American Bandstand - Star Search
- Growing Pains - Who's the Boss?
- Different Strokes - Sesame Street
- Mr. Rogers - 3-2-1 Contact
- Electric Company - Reading Rainbow
- the NEW Mickey Mouse Club - The REAL Looney Toons
- The Bloodhound Gang - Little House on the Prairie
- Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys
- Bionic Woman and the 6 Million Dollar Man
MOVIES...
- Teen Wolf - any After-School Special
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Back to the Future
- Goonies - Exorcist
- Star Wars - Top Gun
-Can't Buy Me Love - Pretty in Pink
- Sixteen Candles - Breakfast Club
- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
ACTORS & ACTRESSES...
- Molly Ringwald - Daisy Duke
- Alyssa Milano - Michael J. Fox
- Kirk Cameron
- Johnny Depp
MUSIC GROUPS AND SINGERS...
- Air Supply - Mike and the Mechanics
- Kiss - Twisted Sister
- Alice Cooper - Iron Maiden
- Paula Abdul - Whitney Houston
- Depeche Mode - Pet Shop Boys
- Billy Ocean - The California Raisins
- Debbie Gibson - Tiffani
- The Bangles - New Kids on the Block
- Vanilla Ice - Sheena Easton
- Jefferson Starship - Chicago
- Van Halen - Heart
- Fleetwood Mac -M.C. Hammer
- Michael Jackson (in all three stages -- cool, not cool, white)
- Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band
- Wierd Al
THE SONGS...
- All I Need is a Miracle - St. Elmo's Fire
- Karma Cameleon - Wild Thing
- Amadeus - 867-5309
- Take on Me - Walk Like an Egyptian
- Jessie's Girl - Wild, Wild West
- So Alive - Eternal Flame
- Waiting for a Girl Like You - I Just Died in Your Arms
- Ghostbusters - Morning Train
- Queen of Hearts - Broken Wings
- When I'm With You - When I see you Smile
- I Can't Fight this Feeling - Manic Monday
- We Are the World - The Search is Over
- Angel Eyes - Jump
Do you remember... your first date?
your first kiss?
the first teacher you hated?
the first teacher you loved?
Think of all the memories that this has brought back. This is not a
chain letter, but just think about how you felt when you read it.
Pass the memories on to some of your friends!