Stolen from blenderwench

[sestree]

YOU WERE A GIRL IN THE 70S IF...
(bolded the ones that applied)

You wore a rainbow shirt that had half-sleeves; the rainbow went up one sleeve, across your chest, and down the other.

You made baby chocolate cakes in your Easy Bake Oven and washed them down with snow cones from your Snoopy Snow Cone Machine. (I didn't have a snoopy snow cone machine but I about wore out my Easy Bake Oven)

You had that Fisher Price Doctor's Kit with a stethoscope that actually worked.

You owned a bicycle with a banana seat and a plastic basket with flowers on it. (and I swear it was PINK ewwwwwwwwww)

You learned to skate with actual skates (not roller blades) that had metal wheels. (as a matter of fact yes I did. I also skated with real skates that came in a case and had bright red pom poms and bells heh)

You thought Gopher from the Love Boat was cute! (Admit it!)

You had nightmares after watching Fantasy Island. (no way man I loved that show)

You had rubber boots for rainy days and Moon boots for snowy days.

You had either a "bowl cut" or "pixie," not to mention the "Dorothy Hamill" because your Mom was sick of braiding your hair. (not because Mom was tired of braiding my hair but because my Aunt was a hairdresser *g*)

Your Holly Hobbie sleeping bag was your most prized possession. (nope)

You wore a poncho, gauchos, and knickers. (yes yes and no. I wore PEDAL PUSHERS with bright flowers)

You begged Santa for the electronic game Simon.

You could spend hours playing Pong!

You had the Donnie and Marie dolls with those pink and purple satiny shredded outfits. (ewwwww no)

You spent hours in your backyard on your metal swing set with the trapeze and the swing set tipped over at least once! (AND the glider – I lost 2 front teeth that way and yes we tipped the swing set over repeatedly)

You were really into ping pong and pogo sticks.

You had homemade ribbon barrettes in every imaginable color.

You had a pair of Doctor Scholl's sandals (the ones with hard
sole &the buckle).(A pair? Try many many pairs)


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! (nope – we all thought she was goofy but we liked her taste in men later on *wink*)

You wanted your first kiss to be at a roller rink. (it WAS)

Your hairstyle was described as having "wings" or "feathers" and you kept it "pretty" with the comb you kept in your back pocket. You had to make sure that no boys would grab the comb out of your back pocket and skate away at the roller rink! (YES)

You know who Strawberry Shortcake is, as well as her friends, Blueberry Muffin and Huckleberry Pie.

You carried a lunch box to school and it was metal, not plastic.

You and your girlfriends would fight over which of the Dukes of Hazzard, was your boyfriend.

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.

YOU had Star Wars action figures, too! (of course)

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!

You often asked your Magic-8 ball the question: "Who will I marry. Shaun Cassidy,Leif Garrett or Andy Gibb?"(ewwwwwwww no --- Eric Clapton? John Lennon? Yeah !)

You completely wore out your Grease, Saturday Night Fever, and Fame soundtrack record albums.

You tried to do lots of arts and crafts,like yarn and Popsicle stick God's eyes, decoupage, or those weird potholders made on a plastic loom (kids need to do this more often!)

You made Shrinky-Dinks and put iron-on kittens on your t-shirts!

You used to tape record songs off the radio by holding your portable tape player up to the speaker. ( I went through 3 of those tape recorders between 1975 and 1981)

You couldn't wait to get the free animal poster that came when you ordered books from the Scholastic book club. Double score if it was a teddy bear dressed in clothing. And the posters always had permanent creases because they came folded! (they didn’t have these in Newkirk)

You learned everything you needed to know about "the facts of life" from Judy Blume books. (nope - learned it from the boys out back of the roller rink where we also smoked *g*)

You thought Olivia Newton John's song "Physical" was about aerobics.

You wore friendship pins on your tennis shoes, or shoelaces with heart or rainbow designs.

You wanted to be a Solid Gold dancer.

You had a Big Wheel with a brake on the side, and a Sit-n-Spin. (nope but my best friend did)

How about about drowning yourself in Love's Baby Soft? The first "real" perfume you ever owned! (still get nostalgic over this stuff!) (oh heck I wore the stuff clear into my mid 20s)

You had subscriptions to Dynamite and Tiger Beat. (try MAD magazine)

You spent your allowance on Smurfs and stickers for your sticker album!

Comments

[pyllgrum.livejournal.com]

I am not taking this quiz.

[sestree.livejournal.com]

Dear? since:

1) you're too old
2) you're not a girl

I would most sincerely hope you're not taking this LOL

[pleepleus.livejournal.com]

You spent hours in your backyard on your metal swing set with the trapeze and the swing set tipped over at least once! (AND the glider – I lost 2 front teeth that way and yes we tipped the swing set over repeatedly)

LOL! I chipped my front tooth. But, I did it at the public playground. These wussy kids today! When *I* was a kid, we landed face first on chipped and jagged cement pads! No soft mulch for us! ;p

[sestree.livejournal.com]

LOL if not cement then it was hard packed dirt (which in the OK dry summers *felt* like cement).

We also had tire or gunny sack swings and I can't remember how many black eyes I got from hittin the tree. This could explain a lot couldn't it?

[pleepleus.livejournal.com]

We always had the tire swing in the back yard. I remember when the rope broke on my sister. Of course, she was at the top of the arc when it snapped. Landed on her back, with her neck/head at the edge of a concrete walk. She couldn't move. Scared my mom half to death!

Turns out it was just super back spasms, nothing broke. But man, the doctors ripped my mom a new one for moving her on her own instead of calling an ambulance.

My worst childhood accident involved a bicycle race. I wiped out on an old brick road and slid about 10 feet on the side of my face. Yeah, that was pretty for about a month. :(

[sestree.livejournal.com]

Man if I had a nickle for everytime I flipped my bike or wiped out on my skateboard (not those wide ones like now ... these were narrow skateboards), well I'd have a lot of nickles :P

The only really noteworthy injury I sustained as a child was breaking my arm in two places doing handsprings from block to block to block on base. I over sprung, hit some wet grass and BOOM.

[pleepleus.livejournal.com]

Ouch! my daughter broke hers in 2 places roller blading. *sigh*

[squire-liz.livejournal.com]

I qualify for WAYYY too many of these :) Some, if I didn't had, I really wished I had.

[sestree.livejournal.com]

I graduated in 82 so a lot of these I was way to old for - like Shaun Cassidy. I had a crush on David Cassidy years before though.

Fun trip down memory lane either way.

This list

[(Anonymous)]

Though I might well be more of a sixties child, there is much on this list that I can relate to. Somethings never change, while others adapt and put on a new disguise.

***admitting to having an urge to still play on a sit and spin...if only I could!
C

Re: This list

[sestree.livejournal.com]

LOL Gotta love ya C. I remember spending hours playing on Tammy's sit n spin with her.

ahhhhh the memories

[sanveangirl.livejournal.com]

Lucky you! I asked for an Easy Bake oven every year for Christmas when I was little and I never got one. Funny thing, though...myrddinman got me one for Christmas this year - LOL!

Like you, I never had a Snoopy Snow Cone machine, but I wanted one of those too :P