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[Guest JockeySnogger]

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You know you were a teenager in the 90s when...

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1.) You know who Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello are.

2.) You remember the Milli Vanilli scandal.

3.) You religiously watched 90210, Melrose Place and Party of Five.

4.) You tight-rolled your jeans.

5.) You wore big hoop earrings.

6.) You thought bellbottoms were horrible and couldn't understand why anyone would've ever worn them.

7.) You knew how to do the dances called the MC Hammer, the Roger rabbit, and the running man.

8.) You owned a pair of K-Swiss, Keds, or Air Jordans.

9.) You thought "Ice Ice Baby" was the coolest song ever, and when your parents told you Vanilla Ice would be a flash in the pan, you refused to believe them.

10.) Your fringe was at least 4 inches high, and you thought it looked good.

11.) You tryed to sing along to "Informer", no matter how hard it was.

12.) You or your sister owned a banana barette and a T-clip.

13.) A hairdryer was required to set your hair.

14.) You rolled up the sleeves of your t-shirts, and tucked in the front, letting the back hang out.

15.) You had any "No Fear" or "B.U.M." clothing.

16.) You wore 2 pairs of neon colored socks.

17.) You wore overalls with only one side connected.

18.) You had Exclamation perfume.

19.) You remember when cartoons were actually GOOD, and not scary like the Teletubbies.

20.) You loved to slow dance to Power Ballads.

21.) You had a "slap bracelet".

22.) You wore your sweatpants pulled up to your knees.

23.) You had a black Debbie Gibson hat.

24.) You wanted to be just like Paula Abdul.

25.) You know the words to "The Humpty Dance".

26.) You owned the Spin Doctors tape.

27.) You said, "PSYCH" or "WAY!"

28.) You saw "Wayne's World" at least 2 times at the theater.

29.) You loved the New Kids on the Block (and Joey was probably your favorite.)

30.) You wore jeans pulled up to your navel.

31.) All of your clothes were "baggy".

32.) You owned a pair of biker shorts, and possibly ones with a neon strip down the side.

33.) You wore "water shoes" into the pool.

34.) You had a boom box, or your stereo was a weird color like pink.

35.) You bought tapes instead of CDs.

36.) You never missed "Fresh Prince" and you know all the words to the theme song.

37.) You or someone you knew wore "Cross-Colors" clothing.

38.) You remember when TLC weren't divas, and they dressed like they were in the circus.

39.) You thought "I'm Too Sexy" was such a cool song.

40.) You "busted a move" while C&C Music Factory was playing.

41.) You remember when Mark Wahlberg was part of Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch

42.) You owned a silk shirt, which you tucked into your jeans.

43.) You had jeans in various colors, like green, brown, burgandy, black...

44.) You had a "Button Your Fly" t-shirt.

45.) You had a Ren and Stimpy t-shirt.

46.) You thought long-haired heavy metal bands would never go out of style.

47.) You were addicted to Nintendo.

48.) There was always a "scrunchy" in your pony tail.

49.) You gave the "peace" sign all the time.

50.) You loved Beavis and Butthead.

51.) If you were a guy, you had an "undercut" and you parted it down the middle.

52.)You owned at least one Hypercolor shirt.

Stolen from somewhere else because its not beyond me to rake in the credit from someone elses work.

[qzdiablo]

i still want to be like paula abdul

[Skull Commander]

You know you have been watching too much of the bbc's 'I love the 1990's series when:

1.) You know who Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello are.

2.) You remember the Milli Vanilli scandal.

3.) You religiously watched 90210, Melrose Place and Party of Five.

4.) You tight-rolled your jeans.

5.) You wore big hoop earrings.

6.) You thought bellbottoms were horrible and couldn't understand why anyone would've ever worn them.

7.) You knew how to do the dances called the MC Hammer, the Roger rabbit, and the running man.

8.) You owned a pair of K-Swiss, Keds, or Air Jordans.

9.) You thought "Ice Ice Baby" was the coolest song ever, and when your parents told you Vanilla Ice would be a flash in the pan, you refused to believe them.

10.) Your fringe was at least 4 inches high, and you thought it looked good.

11.) You tryed to sing along to "Informer", no matter how hard it was.

12.) You or your sister owned a banana barette and a T-clip.

13.) A hairdryer was required to set your hair.

14.) You rolled up the sleeves of your t-shirts, and tucked in the front, letting the back hang out.

15.) You had any "No Fear" or "B.U.M." clothing.

16.) You wore 2 pairs of neon colored socks.

17.) You wore overalls with only one side connected.

18.) You had Exclamation perfume.

19.) You remember when cartoons were actually GOOD, and not scary like the Teletubbies.

20.) You loved to slow dance to Power Ballads.

21.) You had a "slap bracelet".

22.) You wore your sweatpants pulled up to your knees.

23.) You had a black Debbie Gibson hat.

24.) You wanted to be just like Paula Abdul.

25.) You know the words to "The Humpty Dance".

26.) You owned the Spin Doctors tape.

27.) You said, "PSYCH" or "WAY!"

28.) You saw "Wayne's World" at least 2 times at the theater.

29.) You loved the New Kids on the Block (and Joey was probably your favorite.)

30.) You wore jeans pulled up to your navel.

31.) All of your clothes were "baggy".

32.) You owned a pair of biker shorts, and possibly ones with a neon strip down the side.

33.) You wore "water shoes" into the pool.

34.) You had a boom box, or your stereo was a weird color like pink.

35.) You bought tapes instead of CDs.

36.) You never missed "Fresh Prince" and you know all the words to the theme song.

37.) You or someone you knew wore "Cross-Colors" clothing.

38.) You remember when TLC weren't divas, and they dressed like they were in the circus.

39.) You thought "I'm Too Sexy" was such a cool song.

40.) You "busted a move" while C&C Music Factory was playing.

41.) You remember when Mark Wahlberg was part of Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch

42.) You owned a silk shirt, which you tucked into your jeans.

43.) You had jeans in various colors, like green, brown, burgandy, black...

44.) You had a "Button Your Fly" t-shirt.

45.) You had a Ren and Stimpy t-shirt.

46.) You thought long-haired heavy metal bands would never go out of style.

47.) You were addicted to Nintendo.

48.) There was always a "scrunchy" in your pony tail.

49.) You gave the "peace" sign all the time.

50.) You loved Beavis and Butthead.

51.) If you were a guy, you had an "undercut" and you parted it down the middle.

52.)You owned at least one Hypercolor shirt.

[Last Wrong]

The things that stood out for me were 'slap bracelets' that got banned from my school and exclamation perfume which I bought for my first proper girlfriend, she wasn't impressed.

[historicrocker]

Wow, none of those apply to me... apart from the silk shirt in my jeans... man is that embarassing

[Guest haigyman]

wait...i thought long haired heavy metal bands were out of style in the 90's

[Guest JockeySnogger]

haha not here though. They seem to have only just come in....or maybe its is the 4th time round.

[Sam the Eagle]

i still want to be like paula abdul

Who doesn't!

I got a promo tape through last year of Euro-pop that "was gonna be huge in the UK club scene" - included was Denise - the ginger Vengaboy and her version of Straight Up.

Needless to say, never made it to the UK Club Scene

[Hardcore Mel]

me and my cousin spent hours making up a dance routine to Straight Up in 1991/92. Can't remember exactly although i can still remember some of the steps.

Exclamation perfume smelled a little bit like licorice allsorts. I wore Charlie Gold.

[Last Wrong]

I remember a boy at our school wore charlie red to the school disco. He never really recovered from the abuse.

[Hardcore Mel]

that's beautiful. i'm pretty sure they took out an exclamation for men a couple years ago.

[Rachie]

We had something similar to that in our Yearbook last year...

What do we, in our last yera at school, recall about our childhood years?

Quite a lot... unfortunately.

From Tamagotchis to yo-yos, Boyzone to Blur, who can (or indeed, wants to) remember the fun we had and the "mad" crazes we threw ourselves at with wild abandon? Although there were some shockers - the famous step haircut, coupled with curtains and mingin' rat-tails - there are those which proved productive and educational during our youthful formative years. I refer of course to the legendary "Playdays".

As children, the TV took a background role in our lives, as boys across the land emulated the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, kung-fu kicking in the playground and harassing the terrapins in Duthie Park Winter Gardens. Boys supported the Turtles every week in their fight against evil BeeBop, Rocksteady and SHREDDER... except Donatello, who was the retard with the stick. Who can forget other such classics as Ghostbusters, Animals of Farthing Wood and Power Rangers - even at the tender age of 7, the writer wanted to get in the pink one's pants.

Quality literature came courtesy of Goosebumps, and everyone had to be seen in wooly jumpers from United Colours of Benetton or the Sweater Shop. The eternally divisive subject of music was always an issue - did the boys prefer Oasis or Blur? And which Spice Girl was the most popular amongst the girls? Collections were a status symbol, with a complete set of SPL football stickers meaning playground domination. Another notable collectable were POGs, which everyone wanted to get their hands on, despite the fact that the actual game was crap.

Longer lasting than collectables, but equally stupid, were the many crazes that swept the nation during our childhood. These included Transformers, Yo-yos, Tammy girl clothes, Hopscotch balls etc. Lest we forget, I feel that we should finish with an in depth look at the most useless and annoying of all creations.

The Furby.

WHAT THE HELL DOES IT DO?! IS THERE ANY POINT AT ALL TO THE STUPID HAIRY LITTLE THING!!

With a vocabulary of four words (which all seemed to be "Mee-mah-mah-moo"), you could train your Furby to be the perfect pet. Although it was more fun to shut them in a cupboard until they broke.

It's a shame we've outgrown these things, and have moved on from ice-skating discos. Now we are older, wiser and we would really rather forget our childish immature days.

Balltag anyone?

The part about the Furby most certainly accurately describes what happened to my Furby.

Except it was thrown in the Laundry Basket, inside the cupboard. Where it slowly died.

Thank christ.