90s Kid! Meeee!

YOU KNOW YOU'RE A 90s KID IF…


YOU CAN SING THE RAP TO "THE FRESH PRINCE OF BELL AIR"

Chillin’ out, maxing, relaxing all cool
And all beating some beat-ball outside of the school
When a couple of guys, they were up to good,
Started making trouble in my neighbourhood.
I got in one little fight, and my mom got scared;
She said, “you’re moving with your auntie and uncle to Bel-Air.”

I whistled for a cab, and when it came near
The licence plate said FRESH and it had dice in the mirror.
If anything, I thought that this car was rare
Then I thought, Nah, Forget It – Yo, Home, To Bel-Air!

I pulled up to the kerb around seven or eight
And I yelled to the cabbie, “Yo home, smell ya later!”
I looked at my kingdom, I was finally there;
To sit on my throne, as the Prince of Bel-Air.

I typed that from memory. You’d better believe it.


YOU'VE WORN LEGGINGS AND FELT COOL.

Baby, sometimes, I still do. Under dresses, now, though. Not by themselves, as in my youth.


YOU USED TO LOVE PLAYING WITH YOUR "PUPPY IN MY POCKETS"

I was more of a Sindy, My Little Pony, and the original Lucy Lockets kind of girl.


YOU REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY WORTH GETTING UP ON A SATURDAY MORNING TO WATCH LIVE & KICKING OR SM:TV.

Am I the only one left who remembers Ant, Dec and Cat in Chums?


YOU HAD A HUGE FRINGE AT SOME POINT IN YOUR CHILDHOOD.

It was like a fucking helmet.


YOU REMEMBER READING AND WATCHING "GOOSEBUMPS"

Surprisingly, it didn’t scare that much crap out of me.


YOU TOOK PLASTIC CARTOON LUNCH BOXES TO SCHOOL.

Oh, nope! My friends did. I only had a crummy Tupperware thing.


YOU REMEMBER THE CRAZE OF YO-YOS AND TAMAGOTCHI'S

I was that craze.


BICYCLE SHORTS AND LONG T-SHIRTS. COOL MAN

I regret it, is all I’m saying.


THE ORIGINAL TROLLS

Still have one or two.


POLLY POCKET

Anyone who thinks Polly Pocket is that weird, girl-woman, oddly-breasted, plasticine-clothed monstrosity they sell today – I pity you. I used to have all the original ones, including one I got from Paris, where her Jacuzzi actually bubbled. Back then, Polly was actually too small to be dangerous to dogs and small kids.


YOU STILL GET THE URGE TO SAY "NOT" AFTER EVERY SENTENCE.

And I also give in to that urge.

NOT.


YOU KNEW THAT KIMBERLY, THE PINK RANGER, AND TOMMY, THE GREEN RANGER WERE MEANT TO BE.

I wanted to be Kimberley basically more than anything else. In a way, I still do.


YOU COLLECTED POKEMON CARDS.

I also bought the book, the magazine, two Nintendo games and various merchandise, and I watched the series and saw the film. That’s fandom.


YOU PLAYED AND/OR COLLECTED POGS.

Can’t say I remember them.


YOU HAD A WEIRD ALIEN THAT LIVED IN GOOEY STUFF IN A PLASTIC 'POD' AND THOUGHT IF YOU STUCK 2 BACK TO BACK THEY WOULD HAVE A BABY OR THEY WOULD OPEN THEY'RE EYES ON THE MILLENIUM!

Oh my God yes. Whatever the hell happened to them?


YOU WATCHED THE ORIGINAL POSTMAN PAT, FIREMAN SAM AND NINJA TURTLES.

Anytime I hear a Welsh accent, it takes me back to Fireman Sam. Was he Welsh? I have no idea. But I loved all those shows.


YOU REMEMBER WHEN THE NEW BEANIE BABIES WERE ALWAYS SOLD OUT

I loved Beanie Babies so much, it was like a fetish. That’s how bad it was. I literally have somewhere approaching 100.


YOU GOT YOUR MUM TO BUY 'BN' BISCUITS

Well, yeah, but I hated them.


YOU USED TO WEAR THOSE STICK ON EARRINGS, NOT ONLY ON YOUR EARS BUT AT THE CORNERS OF YOUR EYES.

If I could, it’s possible that I still would.


YOU KNOW THE MACERENA BY HEART.

Yeah.


"TALK TO THE HAND" ENOUGH SAID.

Even fucking Barney did “Talk To The Hand.” Of course.


YOU REMEMBER THE TIME BEFORE LITERACY AND NUMERACY HOUR EXISTED.

Um… as far as I’m concerned, that time is now.


GLITTER.

Yeah! And Squand. You remember Squand? It was like sand, but you could sculpture it underwater. If you wanted to Squand-er precious time and money, it was really worth it.


YOU THOUGHT BRAIN FROM "PINKY AND THE BRAIN" WOULD FINALLY TAKE OVER THE WORLD.

No, no. I hid behind the sofa because it made me sad when things went all wrong for them.


FURBY'S!!!

Furbies still own my soul.


YOU REMEMBER BUM BAGS.

Or, as the Americans imaginatively titled them: fanny packs.


ROLLERBLADES

I sucked so bad at them. I mean, really bad. Just… oh, never mind.


2 WORDS; SPICE GIRLS.

That shouldn’t be a semi-colon right there, but let’s ignore that. SPICE GIRLS! 4EVA!


YOU WORE DISNEY PLASTIC RUCKSACKS

I had a Mickey Mouse one.