Well following on from my 'Child of the 80's' blog, along came a request from my lovely cousin to do a 90's review...How could I decline!?
These
are not so prevalent as the 80’s ones, so with a little spousal help, a
few have been added!
You know
you're a child of the 90's when:
'Race
issue' meant arguing about who ran the fastest
Definitely
wasn’t me!
Interactive
games meant going to the park to play with friends
RIP
playing at the park
"Talk
to the hand" was enough said
“As
you do…”
You
remember when Billie Piper was a pop star
Yeah
I’m sure there’s a misnomer there somewhere
An
android was a robot and tablets were medication
Why
do we still call it ‘dialling a number’?
You
remember Ant and Dec when they were PJ and Duncan, and thought Donna Air was
‘all that’
Nah
I’m not sure she was ever ‘all that’
It
wasn't odd to have two or three best friends
I
reckon the group of 6 or 7 I was in were all good friends – only took one
argument to break it up though!
Playing
Super Nintendo was the hardest thing ever
PS1/2/3/4
– same argument for me!
TFI
Friday was as wild as your weekend got
Danny
Baker doesn’t fail at anything.
You
remember when Blue Peter presenters were squeaky clean
They’re
all at it you know…
You
screamed at the dopey contestants in The Crystal Maze
Jeebus
some of the klutzes on that programme. Richard O’Brien’s calm exterior deserved
an Oscar
You
wanted your dying moments to be constructed by Shakespears Sister
She
used to look a lot less scary
If
you had a million dollars, you could do pretty much what you liked with Demi
Moore
Even
get a Dudley Moore haircut ©F.R.I.E.N.D.S
You
believed NO NO, NO-NO NO NO, NO-NO NO NO, NO NO THERE’S NO LIMIT
5
weeks at #1, following Whitney’s ‘I Will Always Love You’ – which had been #1
for 10 weeks. Some of us had a limit – and it was definitely breached.
You
could do ‘The Macarena’ and ‘Saturday Night’ move by move – and repeat
No
but I could Moonwalk on the right surface with the right shoes
You
debated with your friends how Rose could have saved Jack
The
most memorable scene in Titanic for me was seeing Mr.Soft walking the decks during one of
the CGI long distance shots:
You
could recite the intro to ‘Never Ever’ by heart
I
tried and tried but just couldn’t bring myself to like these girls. They just
weren’t the Spice Girls
Speaking
of which, you could ‘zig-a-zig-ah’
I
think I loved all of them at various stages… but always Emma the most
I queued up for 3 hours to get that. In Virgin Megastore Brighton (RIP)
You
rejoiced that Julia Roberts made prostitution a fun thing
Not
with those armpits
You
can sing the rap to ‘The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air’
Absolutely,
and it’s even more poignant now
You
went to the cinema every week and Kevin Costner was in everything
Or Hugh Grant for that matter...
You
remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch
cartoons
What
is it with cookery programmes on Saturday mornings these days!!!???
You
took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school. With Capri Suns.
I
necked 5 of these in a row a few of years ago. Top Tip: Don’t
do it.
Most men dismissed Take That as rubbish
Oh how times have changed
You
wore lime green all summer in 1996
Who
didn’t?
You
played and/or collected ‘Pogs’
No
but I knew a man who did.
You
rented Videos for £2.50, and DVD sounded like an illness.
Before
even DVDs we had CD-i.
No really - click and view: CD-i
We
called local radio stations to request songs. And would listen to them through
our Walkmans
One
of the best inventions ever.
If
you couldn’t get an answer from Sabrina, Clarissa would Explain it All
You
see Miley? Not all child stars went on the same rites of passage as you
School
trips were better than family holidays
Because
there was snogging probably!
Natalie
Imbruglia from Neighbours could actually sing
Which
was good because before that I was Torn
Speaking
of which you used to run home at lunch break to get ahead of the game with Neighbours
Two
words: Rachel Friend – sounds like she could have been in another show…
