:-)) We've all read the 80's child symptoms; now let's go for the 90's!


You Know You're a Teen of the Early 90s If...

1.) Your bangs were at least 4 inches high, and you
thought it looked good.
{yes! We were the queens of aerosol!)

2.) You remember the Milli Vanilli scandal.

3.) You religiously watched 90210, Melrose Place,
Party of Five, and My So-called Life.

4.) You tight-rolled your jeans.

5.) You wore big hoop earrings.

6.) You thought bellbottoms were horrible and couldn't
understand why anyone would've ever worn them.

7.) You knew how to do the dances called the MC
Hammer, the Roger Rabbit, and the running man.
(please, don't forget the cabbage patch!)

8.) You owned a pair of K-Swiss, Keds, or Air Jordans.

9.) You thought "Ice Ice Baby" was the coolest song
ever, and when your parents told you Vanilla Ice would
be a shot in the pan, you refused to believe them.
(you can substitute New Kids on the Block for Vanilla
Ice as well! Foolish teenyboppers of today, look out!
You will one day hate the backstreet boys!)

10.) You know who Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and
Donatello are.

11.) You tried to sing along to "Informer," no matter
how hard it was.
(INFORRRRMER! You know youksjlkasojdfwoher
wjhroi...icky boom boom dow)

12.) You or your sister owned a banana barrette and a
T-clip.
(and damn were we sexy)

13.) A hairdryer was required to set your hair.
(and a curling iron. And lots of hairspray. Probably
some mousse too)

14.) You rolled up the sleeves of your t-shirts, and
tucked in the front, letting the back hang out.

15.) You had any "No Fear" or "B.U.M." clothing.

16.) You wore 2 pairs of neon colored socks.
(and they were of alternating colors, pink/purple,
purple/pink)

17.) You wore overalls with only one side connected.

18.) You had Exclamation perfume.
(and Navy! And Designer Imposters!)

19.) You remember when cartoons were actually GOOD,
and not scary like the Teletubbies.
(Let's hear it for Smurfs, Care Bears, Rainbow Brite, Thunder Cats, He Man and
She Ra, Wonder Woman, My Little Pony, Heathcliff, Transformers, The Real Ghostbusters...etc...)

20.) You loved to slow dance to Power Ballads.

21.) You had a "slap bracelet". they were cool
(this was before toys killed people)

22.) You wore your sweatpants pulled up to your knees

23.) You had a black Debbie Gibson hat.

24.) You wanted to be just like Paula Abdul.
(and made up little dances to her songs in your best
friend's basement)

25.) You know the words to "The Humpty Dance".

26.) You owned the Spin Doctors tape.

27.) You said, "PSYCH" or "WAY!"

28.) You saw "Wayne's World" at least 2 times at the
theater.

29.) You loved the New Kids on the Block (and Joey was
probably your favorite.)

30.) You wore jeans pulled up to your navel.
(well, that's how they made them then)

31.) All of your clothes were "baggy".

32.) You owned a pair of biker
shorts, and possibly ones with a neon strip down the
side.

33.) You wore "water shoes" into the pool.

34.) You had a boom box, or your stereo was a weird
color like pink.

35.) You bought tapes instead of CDs.

36.) You never missed "Fresh Prince" and you know all
the words to the theme song.

37.) You or someone you knew wore "Cross-Colors"
clothing.

38.) You remember when TLC weren't divas, and they
dressed like they were in the circus.

39.) You thought "I'm Too Sexy" was such a cool song.

40.) You "busted a move" while C&C Music Factory was
playing.

41.) You remember when Mark Wahlberg was part of Marky
Mark and the Funky Bunch

42.) You owned a silk shirt, which you tucked into
your jeans.

43.) You had jeans in various colors, like green,
brown, burgundy, black...
(OR with zippers on the backs of the legs, OR
stonewashed, OR the ones with the fake paint
splatters!)

44.) You had a "Button Your Fly" t-shirt.

45.) You had a Ren and Stimpy t-shirt.
(or a Bart Simpson Don't have a cow man t shirt)

46.) You thought long-haired heavy metal bands would
never go out of style.

47.) You were addicted to Nintendo.

48.) There was always a "scrunchy" in your pony tail.
(or better yet, NEVER in your hair, but always a
coordinating one to your outfit on your wrist!!)

49.) You gave the "peace" sign all the time.

50.) You loved Beavis and Butthead.

51.) If you were a guy, you had an "undercut" and you
parted it down the middle

52.)You owned at least one Hyper color shirt.
(and spent all your time in class touching it and
breathing on it til your teacher yelled at you, Chris,
Greg, Rachael, Alicia, STOP breathing on Greg this
instant!)




Ahhhhh.....didn't we love the 90s????