YOU KNOW YOU WERE A LITTLE GIRL IN THE 70'S IF.................

[Guest guest]

Yeah I know it's not dwarfism related, but hey I

thought it might bring a laugh and fond memories.

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YOU KNOW YOU WERE A LITTLE GIRL IN THE 70'S IF.....

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**You wore that rainbow shirt that was half-sleeves

and the rainbow went up one sleeve, across your chest

and down the other.

> > You made baby chocolate cakes in you Holly Hobbie

Easy Bake Oven.

> > You washed them down with the Snoopy Snow Cone

Machine.

> > You had that Fisher Price Doctor's kit with a

stethoscope that actually worked. After training with

these tools you became an expert at the game of

" operation " .

> > You owned a schwinn bicycle with a floral banana

seat and a basket.

> > In the early 80's you moved onto the ever popular

10 speed. Gosh that seat hurt.

> > Your roller skates had metal wheels.

> > Admit it....you thought Gopher from Love Boat was

cute.

> > You had rubber boots for rainy days. Your shoes

actually fit inside of the boots (with a little help

from you mom and some plastic bags.)

> > You had either a " bowl-cut " or a " pixie " (not to

mention the " Dorothy Hamill " ) because you mom was sick

of braiding you hair.......how traumatic when people

thought you were a boy.

> > Your Holly Hobby sleeping bag was you most prized

possession.

> > You wore a " poncho " with you faux fur " muff " and

toe socks with your clogs.

> > You begged Santa for the electric game.....Simon.

> > You spent hours out back on your metal swing set

with the trapeze.

> > You had homemade ribbon barrettes in every

imaginable color.

> > You kept losing your mittens so you mom bought

you the kind that were attached by a string.

> > Your Hello Kitty pencil case was cuter that

anyone else's.

> > You wanted to be Ingalls Wilder really bad.

> > You wore that Little House on the

Prairie-inspired plaid, ruffled shirt with the high

neck in at least one school picture.

> > You despised Nellie Olson!

> > You wanted your first kiss to be at the roller

rink.

> > You tried to make sure that no boys would grab

the comb out of your back pocket and skate away at the

roller rink.

> > Your hairstyle was described as having " wings " .

> > Strawberry Shortcake and her friends Blueberry

Muffin and Huckleberry pie.

> > You carried a Muppets lunch box to school.

> > You and your girlfriends would fight over which of

the Dukes of Hazard was your boyfriend or who would

get to be Ginger and who got stuck being Anne.

> > You memorized every song on the Annie movie and

know at least one person who immediately went out and

got the Annie afro. Every now and then " It's a hard

knock life " will pop into your brain and you can't

stop

singing it all day.

> > It was a big event in your household each year

when the " Wizard of Oz " would come on TV. Break out

the popcorn and sleeping bags.

> > You wanted to be a part of the Von Trapp family.

> > Light as a feather, stiff as a board.

> > You completely wore-out your Grease, Saturday

Night Fever, Footloose and Flash dance soundtrack

albums.

> > You used to tape record songs off the radio by

holding your portable tape recorder up to the speaker.

> > You couldn't wait to get the free animal poster

that came when you ordered books from the Scholastic

book orders your teacher would give you. Remember? The

order catalogs looked like miniature newspapers.

> > You learned everything you needed to know about

girl issues from Judy Bloom books. Are you there God?

It's me, Margaret.

> > Care Bears.

> > You thought Olivia Newton-'s song " Physical "

was about aerobics.

> > Shoelaces with heart or rainbow designs.

> > You wore knickers.

> > You collected smurfs.

> > You wanted to be a solid gold dancer.

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