I wish I were young again…
{ September 26, 2009 @ 1:48 am }
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{ General, Memorys }
{ Tags: 1980's, back in the day, cartoons, Memorys }
Only a few people will remember these things.
I wish I was young again….
When you could run to where your best friend lived and spend all day long pretending to be
She-ra, saving the world from… god knows what..
When you watched TV for fun, not to escape from reality.
When things were pure and innocent, because you didn’t know any better.
When a game of marbles “for keeps” was the most exciting thing going on.
When stoppit and tidyup was a programme about plasticine monsters narrated by Terry Wogan and not a complaint from your parents.
When Cosmo and Dibs were well cool.
Before “friends” was an annoying rhetoric for the american dream.
Before Gary Wilmot’s career was over.
When Timmy Mallet wasn’t just an idiot with a hammer.
When you didnt need a mobile phone.
When The Worst Witch and Meg and Mog was our Harry Potter.
When collecting Pog’s was the “cool” thing to do.
When yo-yo’s entertained us for longer than 2 minutes.
When Weeble’s wobbled but didnt fall down.
When Spectrum’s where as good as PSP’s are now.
(Even when loading a game took 12 minutes! And that was fast!)
When Keeper’s where the best thing a girl had to a bank account.
When you thought having a boyfriend/girlfriend was disgusting.
When you could remember everything, whether it happened or not.
When 20 seemed ancient.
When the 6 weeks of the summer holidays dragged and seemed to go on for ever.
When playing with toys and talking to yourself wasnt seen as some sort of social disorder.
When Santa, the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny really did exist.
When hate meant fear.
When you could have a different best friend every week.
When you could set up galactic wars between Autobots and Decepticons.
When no matter how hard you tried, you could never beat the Rubik’s Cube.
When getting up at 6am of a weekend to watch Snorks, Sharky & George, Captain Caveman, Top Cat, Dungeons & Dragons and The Animaniacs was normal.
When owning Jelly shoes made you cool.
When wanting to be a Goonie was what you and all your friends wanted.
When you owned an extensive collection of Cabbage Patch Kids and trolls.
When you could breakdance, or wished you could.
When you would sit by the radio for hours to record your favourite songs on cassettes.
When Poltergeist actually freaked you out.
When you wanted to have an alien like Alf living in your house.
When you believed that “By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power”
When partying “like it’s 1999″ seemed SO far away!!
When Swatch Watches were “in”.
When biker shorts underneath a short skirt felt stylish. (haha)
I could go on forever.
If i’ve missed anything let me know…
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Vicky Said:
on September 28, 2009 at 2:39 pm
that teeny writing made my eyes hurt – and what do you mean when Cosmo and Dibs WERE cool – STILL cool. STILL!!! :p xx
Vodkamonster Said:
on October 2, 2009 at 12:08 pm
OMG! I was asking people the other day if they remembered Cosmo and Dibs, or Chish and Fips, and nobody did! Spooky!
Brilliant post, I was reading it smiling and saying to myself, “Yep, yep, I did that, I remember that, I did that too…..”
VMx
Vodkamonster Said:
on October 2, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Stopit and Tidyup!!!! Yaaaay!
When my Mum used to shout “stop it” at me and my brother, we used to shout back “And Tidyup!” – it used to stress her out cos she couldn’t stay mad at us through laughing!!! haha!
karlmccann Said:
on January 10, 2010 at 8:29 pm
like this little list. mine would have simply been ‘i wish i was young again…. when i was happy’ hahaha
saw your little link on your facebook. i like your little blog
Clarebee Said:
on January 11, 2010 at 1:10 am
ooh Karl!! Long time no speak! Hope your ok Mr! xx