Growing up in the 90s (1 Viewer)

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1. You once used Wella Plum mousse or Sun-in in your hair
that you thought

was totally original and highly stylish.


2. You thought blue mascara looked good on EVERYONE!!


3. You bought/stole Constance Carroll's roller-ball lip
gloss from the Pound-shop



4. You could do or tried to do the prodigy step.


5. You owned or longed for an Addidas three-stripe tracksuit in every
colour



6. Platform runners??


7. You owned a compilation tape with top tunes such as
"Mr.Vain", "What is love" and "Rhythm is a dancer" on it!



8. Hour long debates on who was better... East 17 or Take
That?

9. You judged a girl on who she fancied from Take That!
(Robbie: you were cool. Gary Barlow: you were not!)



10. For all you die hard E17 fans.... "Outside its raining
but inside its wet" and "Alright alright, everything's gonna be alright


11. You owned a pair of Nike Air Max.

12. You wore plastic dummies around your neck, the bigger

the better!

13. Dolly Dresses with babe or something along those lines
written on it ????




14. Susst, Eclipse, Xworx and Petro Motion jeans bought in
Hairy legs or Epic and if u were real hard core owned the matching hoody!



15. Going in to town with £5, and getting bus in and home
as well as dinner and a top!




16. Running on the spot dancing and the square knacker hop!

17. You watched Clueless over and over and wished you were
Cher!

18. You wore leggings/cycling shorts/Bermuda shorts with
long t-shirts! The brighter the better!



19. You owned a Benneton/NafNaf or a Paco jumper!

20. You went away and returned with a hair wrap!

21. You owned scrunchies in array of colours!

22. You cried your eyes out at Legends of the Fall.

23. Bad Ass café was so HIP.

24. Every Friday night you went to the Chicago Pizza Pie
Factory, AKA , the international bar and had 3 bacardi breezers and got pissed then got last bus home!






25. Queuing outside Wesley or Beckdive from 6pm to 9pm in
the freezing cold to go in and snog numerous randomers! Also learning the
route to your college that was on your fake ID cos the bouncer used to
always ask you what it was and trying to remember to sign the name on your ID in the sign in book instead of your own while you had a nagin of vodka in
ya









26. You remember when Blur were better than Oasis.

27. You went to or dreamed about going to a smash hits
concert!

28. You bought Smash hits for the song lyrics and the
immense amount of stickers that you would stick everywhere!



29. You had a Pen Pal!

30. You understand the true love of Ross and Rachel!


31. You watched Facts of life, Hang Time and sweet valley
high after school.


32. You remember the theme tune to California
dreaming..."Surf dudes with attitude, kinda groovy, laid back moods..."



33. You watched scratch Saturday and the Fun factory on a
Saturday morning.

34. Then on a Saturday afternoon you watched Catch phrase,>


Gladiator,generation game and then Noels House Party and
after, Casualty!
35. You remember when Nickelodeon was TCC
36. You've seen nearly every episode of Sabrina the teenage
witch!

37. You wore parallels with palladium shoes!


38. You wore black opaque tights with a wrap around skirt!

39. Eh, remember the long blouses with short tank top woolly
jumper over

it!! SEXY!


40. AV8's and Duebarry shoes!


41. Sugar and bliss magazines had the Best problem pages!


42. You loved Hollywood chewing gum!


43. 10p crisps! e.g. Meanies, Wheelies!


44. Push-pop lollies were so conventional, you could save
them for later!

45. The higher the waistband and the bigger belt on your
jeans the better!


46. You were a fleck if you wore black shoes with white
socks!


47. A grey fruit of the loom jumper was a must have!


48. Levi 501's??


49. You made a key ring or ornament out of prima or fimo!


50. Captain planet, James Bond junior and Sharkie and George
crime busters of the sea!



51. You NEEDED a game boy/a SNEZ/a Megadrive.
52. Sonic the hedgehog and Street fighter were the best
(Sonic boom erushka erushka, house on fire!)




53. Penny Loafers!


54. Puffa jackets!


55. You fancied Ryan Giggs and used as a chat up line cos
you could talk about how great Ryan was on the pitch!



56. You used the line "it's a free country" at least once a
day!


57. Do the Bartman, I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it,
cant prove

anything!


58. You wore calvin klein knickers with the calvin klien
waistband showing

above your trousers!


59. Impulse body spray!


60. Woodies alco pops were the best thing EVER!


61. Bold and the Beautiful and young and the Restless and
Santa Barbara when

you were off sick from school!


62. Don't forget your toothbrush and The Big Breakfast with
Chris Evans!

63. Ace Ventura Pet Detective???


64. You asked at least one boy if he would get off with
/shift your mate?!


65. You remember the old lady checking your handbag in
Wesley toilets!


66. You had at least one troll!


67. You know the dance to the Macarena and Saturday night!
You also tried

to scat like scatman john!


68. You believed 2 unlimited died in a car crash (they
didn't)


69. You watched Baywatch and longed for the day that Eddie
and Shauna (Erica Elaniak) got together! You fancied Eddie (Billy Warlock)


too!


70. Texts messages seemed like light years away!


71. Remember the help lines that they set up when Take That
broke up!

72. Swatch Pop watches, your friend could show you the time
from at least 20

feet away!


73. You owned a Mood ring!!


74. You watched Byker Grove!


75. You went into the Body shop to put on vanilla or white
musk perfume!


76. Black velvet hair bands with a puffy bit on top!


77. Shell Suits and Bum Bags!!!


78. Where are Zig and Zag?? Bet you own one of the Zig and
Zag books that

were out at around Christmas time!

79. Count duckula and Trap door!

80. Black velvet chokers with a little pendant hanging from
them!


81. Head2Toe!


82. You watched Telly Addicts on a Tuesday night!


83. You longed to live in Beverly Hills 90210!


84. Fruit shaped and scented soaps that usually came from a
body shop basket you got for your birthday




85. Socks above your knees with platforms!


86. Waistcoats on girls!


87. You owned the TLC album!


88. You couldn't listen to Salt 'n' Pepa around your
parents!

89. Fruit salads and Black jacks!!!

90. CIE buses were green!


91. You got a fake ID off a mate of someone, his name was
usually Deco!


92. You were proud that Boyzone were Irish!


93. When you went to a slumber party the movie to see was
crush with Alicia Silverstone!




94. Half days for World Cup 1990 and 1994!


95. Strike it lucky on a Sunday night with Michael Barrymore
when he was straight and married!




96. Chain Letters!


97. Who framed Roger Rabbit?


98. Ear cuffs ???!!!


99. You actually used the word "schawinngg" at least once
when you saw a bang (e.g. a ride)




100. Drop Dead Fred was the bestest movie EVER !!!!!!
 
they weren't real adidas pants though...they were copies. Ya and the boys in Irish college used to rip the buttons open....oh the shame
 
I didn't read that stuff but I presume massive X-wourks or Petro-motion baggy potato-sack pants are in there somewhere?
 
look at this guy :)


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ha, it would be "growing up in the 90s... if you were a knackery scumbag... in limerick", if you included:

1. chicago bulls/LA raiders caps

2. beating the fuck out of random "muppets" in the outside todds on o'connell street in the middle of the afternoon on a saturday in front of hundreds of people.

3. stabbing people with screwdrivers.

4. sniffing glue.

those were better times :)
 
plug said:
ha, it would be "growing up in the 90s... if you were a knackery scumbag... in limerick", if you included:

1. chicago bulls/LA raiders caps

2. beating the fuck out of random "muppets" in the outside todds on o'connell street in the middle of the afternoon on a saturday in front of hundreds of people.

3. stabbing people with screwdrivers.

4. sniffing glue.

those were better times :)

5. Burning cats and dogs on bonfires/burning cars?
 
or growing up with the constant fear of getting mugged in town. were everybody you seem to have known had gotten mugged at some stage for their runners and you were actually just counting the days until it happened to you.
 
lets not forget:

1.Thinking that Kris Kross were kinda cool and wishing you had the balls to wear your clother back to front.

2.Thinking House of Pain were credible rap music.

3.Going to fibber Magees and thinking you were really grown up when they served you a snakebite

4.Then promtly vomiting up that snakebite and thinking pink vomit was attractive

5.Stripey riot grrrrl tights

6.Going into shops like Asha on a Saturday afternoon to but glitter nail polish and check out faith no more t-shirts.

7.Feeling naughty cos you read More magazine and it had s.e.x. advice in it

8.Knowing the dance to Whigfields Saturday Night...and actually doing it..in public

9.reading Sweet Valley twins book and wishing you were an empty vessel blonde like jessica!no body wanted to be Elizabeth

10.reading Judy Blume books!and passing around the sex bits in her book "Forever" in school

11.or if you were a real hard ass Point horror :eek:

12. Talkabout with Alan Hughes

13. Half days when you secretly watched Live at Three with yr mam and liked the witty banter between Thelma Mansfield and Derek Davis and wondered why they didnt get married.

14. gordon the gopher

15. you knew at least two Ace of Base songs

16. power ballads from mr Big and Extreme

17. You could do the rap from Ice Ice baby and someone in your class actually has Vanilla Ice's album

18. Buying tinted labello cos you weren't allowed wear lipstick

19. you could use the expression "so?" to end any conversation
 
cpr said:
12. Talkabout with Alan Hughes

My boss is called Alan Hughes. On friday i referred to him as Alan Fuse (ye see he's an electronics technician) but nobody laughed. Fuck 'em i thought it was funny.
 
yeah. I'm not into rap music, but everlast is a better rapper than eminem as far as i'm concerned

(put on your shit kickers and kick some shit)
hanley said:
hey, house of pain are good
 

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