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AKLGT
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you know you live in 2004 when....

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didn't see this posted yet, but thought it was funny!You know you're living in 2004 when... 1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have e-mail addresses.6. You go home after a long day at work you still answer the phone in a business manner.7. You make phone calls from home, you accidentally dial "9" to get an outside line.8. You've sat at the same desk for four years and worked for three different companies.10. You learn about your redundancy on ! the 11 o'clock news.11. Your boss doesn't have the ability to do your job.12. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home.13. Every commercial on television has a website at the bottom of the screen.14. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.15. You get up in the morning and go online before getting your coffee.16. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. 17. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.18. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.19. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.20. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this list.AND NOW YOU ARE LAUGHING at yourself.
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Re: you know you live in 2004 when.... (trdvibe)

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YOU KNOW YOU GREW UP IN THE 80's IF- 1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE". 2. You watched the Pound Puppies.3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" 4. You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish. 5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own. 6. You owned those lil Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.7. You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on Blossom.8. Two words: M.C. Hammer 9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock". 10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars.11. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales". 12. When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.14. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on the big screen. 15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school. 16. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side. 17. You played the game "MASH" (Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House)18. You wore Jordache jean jacket and you were proud of it.19. L.A. Gear...need I say more 20. You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in Kindergarten.21. You remember reading "Tales of a fourth grade nothing" and all the Ramona books.Ramona completed in 1st grade. 22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF"23. You wanted to be a Goonie.24. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. 25. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off... 26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf. 27. You took Lunch Pails to school. 28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets. 29. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence. 30. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts. 31. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band. 32. You thought Sheera and He-Man should hook up. 33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged friendship bracelets. 34. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes. 35. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?" 36. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up" 37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were in-line skates. 38. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide. 39. You have ever played with a Skip-It. 40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds. 41. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement. 42. You remember Popples. 43. "Don't worry, be happy" 44. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks. 45. You wore socks scrunched down. 46. "Miss MARY MACK MACK MACK, all dressed in BLACK BLACK BLACK" 47. You remember boom boxes vs. cd players. 48. You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies.49. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!!" 50. You remember watching Rainbow Bright and My Little Pony Tales" 51. You thought Doogie Howser was hot. 52. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac. 53. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool. 54. You knew all the characters namesand their life stories on "Saved By the Bell", the ORIGINAL class. 55. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THRU THE HEART. 56. You just sang those words toyourself.(didn't you) 57.You remember watching Magic vs. Bird. 58.You cut your t-shirts in half andwore it with your homemade Levi shorts..(the shorter the better) 59. You remember when mullets were cool! 60. You had a mullet! 61. You still sing "We are the World" 62. You "Pegged" your pants rituallyYou're still singing shot through the heart in your head arent you!!!
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Re: you know you live in 2004 when.... (vibemoon)

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is it scary when I can relate to a lot of both of those?
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Re: you know you live in 2004 when.... (Mavrik)

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Quote, originally posted by Mavrik »is it scary when I can relate to a lot of both of those?Unfortunately the Mullet will never die! AKA - Hockey Hair, Camaro Cut, Business on top - Party On Back... Female mullets are really gross!
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Quote, originally posted by MiVibe-ToolGuy »Unfortunately the Mullet will never die! AKA - Hockey Hair, Camaro Cut, Business on top - Party On Back... Female mullets are really gross! guy in the front, chick in the back! here's a guy at the bar from my friend's bachelorette party 2 wks ago! we have lots of them here in alaska! LOL
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Quote, originally posted by MiVibe-ToolGuy »Unfortunately the Mullet will never die! AKA - Hockey Hair, Camaro Cut, Business on top - Party On Back... Female mullets are really gross! For those of you who like to laugh at mullets, check out these websites! http://www.ratemymullet.com and http://www.mulletsgalore.com
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If I go to a Detroit Red Wings game, I see them. And if I goto a NASCAR race at Mich International Speedway, they are there too. People just do not get it...I have seen the one mullet link above too, way funny!
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or a skullet? (balding mullet)
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Re: you know you live in 2004 when.... (Salsa!)

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Those poor misguided souls...
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Quote, originally posted by vibemoon »YOU KNOW YOU GREW UP IN THE 80's IF- 10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars.Sorry, but we had those in the 60'sQuote, originally posted by vibemoon » 57.You remember watching Magic vs. Bird.And you remember playing the video game Larry Bird and Magic Johnson Go One On One on your Commodore 64 or Atari 800
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I can relate to both lists....and yes, I didn't notice the was a #9 and yes, I did scroll up and yes, I laughed afterwards. Priceless.
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Quote, originally posted by vibemoon » 15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.Oregon Trail was the greatest game ever devised by man!!!Wonder why playstation hasn't revised that game. I think they should. It would rock.
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Quote, originally posted by trdvibe »2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have e-mail addresses.6. You go home after a long day at work you still answer the phone in a business manner.....11. Your boss doesn't have the ability to do your job.12. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home......14. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.15. You get up in the morning and go online before getting your coffee.16. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. 17. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.18. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.19. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.20. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this list.AND NOW YOU ARE LAUGHING at yourself.what's bad is that i relate to almost this ENTIRE list!!!!
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Quote, originally posted by redlava »Oregon Trail was the greatest game ever devised by man!!!Wonder why playstation hasn't revised that game. I think they should. It would rock.You can still buy it for your computer. I think I last saw it in the $5 CD-ROM section at Office Depot. I also have some original Mac OS games including Lemonade Stand, which still operate in the Classic interface on OS X.
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does anyone remember those magic mouth things that were made from paper, where you had to pick a color/number?i still have a stuffed alf i got when i was 5!!oh, and i know pretty much every episode of the original saved by the bell!>"im so excited... im so excited... im so, SCARED!!"
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