2004-08-16 - 1:35 a.m.
Wendiloo sent this to me as a forward and while I rarely read forwards I was so glad I read this one. My comments are bolded.
YOU WERE A LITTLE GIRL IN THE 70'S IF...
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> You wore a rainbow shirt that was half-sleeves, and the rainbow went
>up one sleeve, across your chest, and down the other. I'm certain I didn't have one of these. I did however had jeans had the rainbow that started on one leg and ended on the other.
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> You made baby chocolate cakes in your Easy Bake Oven and washed them
>down with snow cones from your Snoopy Snow Cone Machine. nothing will ever taste as good as what I made in that easy bake oven but I preferred the strawberry cakes
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> You had that Fisher Price Doctor's Kit with a stethoscope that
>actually worked. I never played doctor. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Just don't ask Marsha Davis cause she's a big fat liar.
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> You owned a bicycle with a banana seat and a basket. actually I had a kick ass huffy mountain style bike. I had a dyke bike, and rainbow jeans...could no one see this coming?
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> You even owned roller skates with metal wheels. that strapped to my sneakers
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> You thought Gopher from Love Boat was cute (Admit it!) Gopher was a total hottie, who didn't know that?
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> You had nightmares after watching Fantasy Island.that tatoo was creepy.
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> You had rubber boots for rainy/snowy days -remember Moon boots (you
>then advanced to Duck Shoes in the 80's) I still have both
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> You had either a "bowl cut" or "pixie," not to mention the Dorothy
>Hamill" because your Mom was sick of braiding your hair. How traumatic
>when people thought you were a boy. no. I was at least a femme in this department, until princess di came along and then it was off with the hair
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> Your Holly Hobbie sleeping bag ! wa! s your most prized possession. and everyone was so frickin jealous!That bitch Cathy Hamel even tried to copy mine but hers was ugly
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> You wore a poncho, gauchos, and knickers. damn skippy. I almost bought a poncho just the other day. I had gauchos with a red "foxy lady" belt when I was 12. Kick ass.
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> You begged Santa for the electronic game, Simon. no. I begged for nothing, I got everything.
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> You had the Donnie and Marie dolls with those pink and purple
>shredded outfits. friggin A I did. Plus all the albums. still have all of it.
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> You spent hours out back on your metal swing set with the trapeze. I did, but I also had the whirly bird and a killer rope swing that the neighbor lady forbid her kids from going near.
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> You had homemade ribbon barrettes in every imaginable color. I had all colors but the best were the green and white with the shamrocks at the top
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> You had a pair of Doctor Scholl's sandals (the ones with hard
>sole & the buckle). mine were blue
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> 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! actually I idolized Nellie. and not only did I have the stupid shirt, my mom made me the full on prarie dresses and bonnets. I was the queen of the neighborhood I tell you what.
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> You wanted your first kiss to be at the roller rink. yeah, but it was the ice rink instead
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> Your hairstyle was described as having "wings" and you kept it
>"pretty" with the comb you kept in your back pocket. I don't think I ever said "pretty" but the rest is true
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> You know who Strawberry Shortcake is, as well as her
> friends, Blueberry Muffin and Huckleberry Pie. now this was a little after my time. I knew from Strawberry because of my little cousin, but the rest are a mystery
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> You carried a Muppets lunch box to school. no one carried lunchboxes to school, but I would do a great ANIMAL impression before eating Deirdre's flaky puffs.
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> You and your girlfriends would fight over which of the Dukes of
>Hazzard was your boyfriend. there was never a fight. I got the good one (Beau, obviously)
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> Every now and then "It's a Hard Knock Life" from the movie,"Annie"
>will pop into your brain and you can't stop singing it the whole day. DEMON, now I'll be singing it all day
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> YOU had Star Wars action figures, too. no. but my cousin had them all and I quoted Lea non stop
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> 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! < b> this one is untrue. we never liked that movie. I think Wicked is the best thing about the wizard of oz
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> You even asked your Magic-8 ball the question: "Who will I marry.
>Shaun Cassidy, Leif Garrett, or Rick Springfield?" Leif was overrated but shaun rocked my world
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> You completely wore out your Grease, Saturday Night Fever, and Fame
>soundtrack albums. So true. I can't even tell you.
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> You tried to do lots of arts and crafts, like yarn and
>Popsicle-stick God's eyes, or those weird potholders made on a plastic
>loom. my mom was the queen of arts and crafts
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> You made Shrinky-Dinks! Made?
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> You used to tape record songs off the radio by holding your portable
>tape player up to the speaker. I still have those tapes
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> You couldn't wait to get! the free animal poster that came when you
>ordered books from the Weekly Reader book club. Weekly reader Book Club!
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> You learned everything you needed to know about girl issues from
>Judy Blume books (Are you there God, It's me, Margaret.) yeah, buddy
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> You thought Olivia Newton John's song "Physical" was about aerobics. I refuse to believe I was ever that naive
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> You wore friendship pins on your tennis shoes, or shoelaces with
>heart or rainbow designs. and on my rollerskates, with the tongues down
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> You wanted to be a Solid Gold dancer. and in my basement I was
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> You had a Big Wheel with a brake on the side, and a Sit-n-Spin. and this cool rollercoaster thing
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> You had subscriptions to Dynamite and Tiger Beat. I had the Dnamite subscription but bought the Tiger Beats at the grocery store.
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