1990's
Children's Games/Toys
Pogs, Pokemon, Beanie Babies, Koosh Balls, Tamagotchi virtual pets, and Furby.
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Beanie Babies
As one of the most popular, endearing and widespread fads of the last 25 years, one would imagine that Beanie Babies must have some type of unique and incredible attributes. Instead, they are simply small, inexpensively priced, stuffed animals with a tag stating the animal's name and birth date. Despite logic, the stuffed animals created an almost cutthroat collecting frenzy, which inadvertently spawned magazines, websites and fan clubs.
In 1993, Beanie Babies made their debut and were being sold in early 1994 in Chicago area stores. As word of mouth cast attention on the stuffed animals, interest, and therefore, sales of the toys grew significantly. By mid-1994, Ty, Inc., was offering more than 30 additional versions in order to meet the collecting craze that was now spreading across the United States. By 1996, more than 100 million Beanie Babies were sold and the craze was now spreading across the world. The popularity of the craze was not lost upon corporate America. In April 0f 1997, the McDonalds Corporation entered into an agreement with Ty, Inc. and began bundling certain Beanie Babies with the company's "Happy Meals." Within 14 days, over 100 million of the Beanie Babies had been issued through the food chain.
Because of their success, the toys have spawned numerous websites, magazines and fan clubs.. Many collectors have hundreds of the dolls stored in their attic, hoping that they will one day be worth a king's ransom. With the huge number of Beanie Babies in the hands of the public, they will be very lucky just to reach their investments
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Fanny Packs
Purses that buckle on to the waste. Very popular in the early 1990. Now it's considered to be a fashion faux pas.
Overalls
Although popular in the 1970's, in the early 1990's teens wore their overalls in two ways: they wore their overalls with a belt, and let the 'front flap' and 'back straps' hang straight down. The other way was to only hook together one side of the overall straps, and leave the opposite side open. The popular over-all styles were: light blue; or gray stonewashed; overalls, with lots of zippers and metal buttons down the sides.
Piercings
Getting your tongue, belly button, eyebrow, nipple, etc. pierced was the popular thing to do to show your "coolness."
Tattoos
Formerly a preference for gang members, jailbirds and other rebels, tattoos are now so common that even the Spice Girls have them. You used to get a tattoo to stand out, now you get one to blend in.
Bleached Hair
This fad was popular with high school and college students. Many just bleached their tips. This fad really caught on in the mid 90's and continued into 2000.
Push Pops
Lollypops that would be in almost a lipstick tube type container you would push at the bottom to get the lollypop to get out of the tube. This pushing in the tube made your finger all sticky.
Boy Bands
Backstreet Boys | N Sync | O-town | 98 Degrees
Grunge
Whether it was worn out jeans or a flannel shirt grunge music and grunge fashion was big in the 90's.
Budweiser Wassup Commerical
This popular Budweiser beer commercial started a new trend for the 90's. It caught on quick. People were answering their own phones and saying, "Wassssssuuup!!". There were even many different mocked versions all over the internet.
The Macarena
During the 90's you couldn't turn on the tv, radio or go to parties without hearing this song. People would dance The Macarena to the song made popular by Los Del Rio.
Furby
First introduced in 1998, this interactive furry toy had a mind of its own. It spoke its own language and communicated with other Furbys. It was so popular that many stores sold out early for Christmas.
Gigapets / Tomogatchi
Very popular little electronic device that needed to be feed and cared for. If not then it would die. Kids used to carry them around everywhere they went..
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The 90's
1) Brit Pop - Suede, Blur, Oasis, Pulp amongst others.
2) Cool Britania and all that guff.
3) The Spice Girls and girl power.
4) Bovver boots on women (a real turn off).
5) Travelers and green protests.
6) New-ladism (awful) and Laddettes (even worse).
7) Magazines for men like "Loaded", FHM.
8) Personal grooming products for men (good idea)
2) Cool Britania and all that guff.
3) The Spice Girls and girl power.
4) Bovver boots on women (a real turn off).
5) Travelers and green protests.
6) New-ladism (awful) and Laddettes (even worse).
7) Magazines for men like "Loaded", FHM.
8) Personal grooming products for men (good idea)
Orgasminator
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6) .......... and Laddettes (even worse).
The worst thing in my opinion from your list, girls trying to drink, act & be a man.
Being called an animal when out for a few beers is nothing new to me.
I used to be able to drink any gender under the table for fun, had cousin's out on the pop with me & after a few sherbets I had to pour them into a taxi home because they cud not cope.
But a few years have gone since this has occurred, still enjoy the beer (looking forward to NW Munch), but thank god for millenium
Sex God
Weren't the 90s boring!
I'm sure pokemon was a millenium thing, but I may well be wrong!
My worst memory of the nineties was my first experience of giving oral, whilst drunk at the age of 15 and swallowing, not the best start!!! Got over nearly choking and have had much better experiences since.
Best memory - being at uni (how I wish i'd have realised how easy I had it!), and meeting my now hubby. (pass the sick bucket!) :inlove:
Mrs RSAB2 xxx
My worst memory of the nineties was my first experience of giving oral, whilst drunk at the age of 15 and swallowing, not the best start!!! Got over nearly choking and have had much better experiences since.
Best memory - being at uni (how I wish i'd have realised how easy I had it!), and meeting my now hubby. (pass the sick bucket!) :inlove:
Mrs RSAB2 xxx
Orgasminator
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three doubles and a treble!
If this is reffering to the game of DARTS you are cheating coz you only get 3 arrows!!!!
The WHOOSH Man
Orgasminator
Quote by tall_dark_n_havesome
If this is reffering to the game of DARTS you are cheating coz you only get 3 arrows!!!!
The WHOOSH Man
Must be from the blue half of Lancashire!
Forgive me sir but in all my years I have never known a 'Blue Half' of Lancashire.
I know of a 'Red' & 'Blue' half of Liverpool (as in the football teams).
Please enlighten me :confused:
The WHOOSH Man
Orgasminator
When I used to visit an ex in Weston-Super-Mud (1995), our fav drink was Lemon Hooch ... god I used to get sooooo skull fooked on that stuff.
Not been able to find it in years though.
The WHOOSH Man
Not been able to find it in years though.
The WHOOSH Man
