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Sophist08edLady · #1 04-19-2007, 02:50 PM

I luv this thread...it makes me feel like saying:
1....2....3...red light!

OOhsoflyDELTA#9 · #2 04-19-2007, 03:04 PM

how about when Guess jeans came out...my fav uncle bought my first pair...and having to have genuine "Keds" with the little blue tag on the back verus the knock-offs...I thought I was "fly"...LMAO...

nikki1920 · #3 04-19-2007, 04:19 PM

I had about 5 Swatches. *sigh* And the Swatch guards...

OOOH, no girl, you DIDNT go there about the Keds!!! Lol...
I did that too!! lol

Obsession8 · #4 04-20-2007, 12:30 AM

Swatches....wow, that takes me back. I rocked 2 on one arm, Swatch guards and all. I had a Swatch twin phone, too.

I still rock Keds (have a couple pair in p/g). But, L.A. Gear was my isht back in the day...with double laces and all.

And, does anyone remember those Hypercolor shirts? I had 2 (in pink, of course)...still have 'em, too (packed away...somewhere).

Ah, those were the days!

1908Revelations · #5 04-20-2007, 12:34 AM

I don't know if it has been mentioned but what about slap braclets!!

delph998 · #6 04-20-2007, 01:58 AM

Oh my goodness! Swatch watches, slap bracelets, Guess jeans, Keds?! These were definitely the good days.

When I think of back in the day, I also think about the music we listened to:

Boys II Mens' first album had come out
Mili Vanilli-Blame It On the Rain
New Kids on the Block-Sexx U Up!
New Edition/BBD
After 7-In the Heat of the Moment
Toni, Tony, Tone-Southern California

Sophist08edLady · #7 04-20-2007, 11:19 AM

New Edition....don't nobody say nuth'in bad 'bout NE! I am the biggest NE fan! I had all the posters from the Right On, Fresh and Black Beat magazines on my walls.

And Milli Vanilli

Rember when you found out that they didn't really sing that song

But before all of them...there was Michael Jackson...remember when he fine...you know before the hair incident...remeber...Pepsi Cola burned him up, now he's drinking 7 Up

pinkies up · #8 04-20-2007, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by delph998

Oh my goodness! Swatch watches, slap bracelets, Guess jeans, Keds?! These were definitely the good days.

When I think of back in the day, I also think about the music we listened to:

Boys II Mens' first album had come out
Mili Vanilli-Blame It On the Rain
New Kids on the Block-Sexx U Up!
New Edition/BBD
After 7-In the Heat of the Moment
Toni, Tony, Tone-Southern California

Delph998,

Didn't Color Me Badd sing Sexx U Up? (A tick tock you don't stop, to the, tick tock you don't stop)

SummerChild · #9 04-21-2007, 01:00 AM

Soror, people don't know about that redlight greenlight!

SC

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sophist08edLady

I luv this thread...it makes me feel like saying:
1....2....3...red light!

SummerChild · #10 04-21-2007, 01:06 AM

Ok, now we will see who really was an 80's kid....

Who used to play hand games? Like Slide -

"Slide, slide, one, one, one. One two, one two . . . "

And street songs with your girlfriends all in a circle:
You and Your girlfriends: Hollywoods are swinging, hollywoods are swing-in, hollywoods are swinging, hollywoods are swing-in.
You: My name is SC from the Kool and the Gang, if you don't like it let me tell you one thing, I pop it high, I pop it low, I pop it with the gigolo.
Your girlfriends: Unh, she think she bad
You: Bad enough to wear Jordache.
Your girlfriends: Unh, she think she cool
You: Cool enough to wear Sassoon.
Your girlfriends: Unh, she think she fine
You: At least my man don't leave me crying.
Your girlfriends: All girl stop your lying.

Ha!

Is anyone out there feeling me?

SC

Sophist08edLady · #11 04-23-2007, 10:14 AM

^^^^^^

Soror Summer Child this was my version of Hollywood that I used to do on my block!

Your girlfriends: Hollywoods are swinging, hollywoods are swing-in, hollywoods are swinging, hollywoods are swing-in.
You: This is sophis08ed and I'm Number 3, Your mom look like Mr. T, when she go to comb her hair....Ump chile anin't noth'in there
Your girlfriends: Unh, she think she bad
You: B-A-D that's me.
Your girlfriends: Unh, she think she cute
You: Honey chile I know I'm cute
Your girlfriends: Unh, she think she fine
You: 3-6-8-9 take your man anytime....hip hip potato chip mess with me I'll bust your lip...peanut butter Resse cup you'll get messed up
Your girlfriends: Unh chile and that's right.

***Please note that the first part could change depending on what number your were in line...I had a rhyme for every number

My favorite hand game was Ms. Mary Matt Matt Matt...all dressed in black, black, black....

jojapeach · #12 04-23-2007, 11:50 AM

^^^ Dang, we didn't do that in my neighborhood, but if all that mentioning of snacks in a rhyne ain't ol skool, I don't know what is.

My sister-in-law is redecorating the kitchen with a retro theme. Why does she have an authentic rotary phone? Why did my nieces have to ask, "How do you use it"? They really tripped out when I showed them how long it would take to dial the number.

SummerChild · #13 04-23-2007, 12:31 PM

Hollywood? Old Mary Matt?? Ok Soror - what part of Chicago are you from?

You MUST BE from the Chi!
SC

Let me test one more thing -
Soror, do you remember "chinese jumprope" and "irish" (in addition to the now-famous double dutch)?
What about the Doctor Pepper hand game - "I drink Dr Pepper don't you know. (snap, swing hands - lol). It's the 'riginal taste that I love so. The flavor you'll treasure everywhere you go. I'm a pepper, you're a pepper, would you like to be a pepper too? The more you drink, the more you sho-ut, IIIIIIIIII'M A PEPPER! Would you like to be a pepper too? Be a pepper drink Dr. pepper, yeah, yeah, be a pepper drink Dr. pepper, whoo whoo, be a pepper whoo!"

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sophist08edLady

^^^^^^

Soror Summer Child this was my version of Hollywood that I used to do on my block!

Your girlfriends: Hollywoods are swinging, hollywoods are swing-in, hollywoods are swinging, hollywoods are swing-in.
You: This is sophis08ed and I'm Number 3, Your mom look like Mr. T, when she go to comb her hair....Ump chile anin't noth'in there
Your girlfriends: Unh, she think she bad
You: B-A-D that's me.
Your girlfriends: Unh, she think she cute
You: Honey chile I know I'm cute
Your girlfriends: Unh, she think she fine
You: 3-6-8-9 take your man anytime....hip hip potato chip mess with me I'll bust your lip...peanut butter Resse cup you'll get messed up
Your girlfriends: Unh chile and that's right.

***Please note that the first part could change depending on what number your were in line...I had a rhyme for every number

My favorite hand game was Ms. Mary Matt Matt Matt...all dressed in black, black, black....

Sophist08edLady · #14 04-23-2007, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SummerChild

Hollywood? Old Mary Matt?? Ok Soror - what part of Chicago are you from?

You MUST BE from the Chi!
SC

Let me test one more thing -
Soror, do you remember "chinese jumprope" and "irish" (in addition to the now-famous double dutch)?
What about the Doctor Pepper hand game - "I drink Dr Pepper don't you know. (snap, swing hands - lol). It's the 'riginal taste that I love so. The flavor you'll treasure everywhere you go. I'm a pepper, you're a pepper, would you like to be a pepper too? The more you drink, the more you sho-ut, IIIIIIIIII'M A PEPPER! Would you like to be a pepper too? Be a pepper drink Dr. pepper, yeah, yeah, be a pepper drink Dr. pepper, whoo whoo, be a pepper whoo!"

Soror I am from the "ever-famous" Camden, NJ. However, I do remember "chinese jump rope" and would make my own out of rubber bands. I also remember "irish"....did you play DIFS?

I do remember Dr. Pepper, but do you remember....have a Coke and a smile?
Swing, swing, swing?