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After watching my parents pull out my childhood photos and horrify me in front of everyone at the Thanksgiving dinner table, I thought it’d be fun for you to share your ’80s trauma.
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dredge up my childhood trauma and post it for all to laugh at? riiiiiiight, lemme get right on that.
How about other people, then.
Okay, I don’t have a pic of it, but I’m all for telling embarrassing stories about myself!
The scene is 1985…maybe ‘86…I don’t know, I was only 4 or 5. I’m with my family at my cousins who live two states over, and they’ve got this new-fangled video game system called a “Nintendo”. I immediately rocked at Super Mario Brothers, even at such a young age, and my sisters and cousins had to invent a funny song to distract me from dodging the flying fish on level 2-3. It went something like this, “They’re gonna get ya, and eat ya, and chop off your little head! They’re gonna murder you, and splurder you, and kill you till you’re dead!” Yeah, I know, you want me to post the music too, but I’m afraid you’re just going to have to be disappointed.
We laughed so hard I peed my pants. No, really. I peed my pants because I didn’t want to lose my turn by going to the bathroom. Being the genius that I was, I didn’t tell anyone about it, because I’d lose my turn…but I got found out anyway, since it got all over the couch. Yay for little kids!
Aww. I’m sorry. That sucks.
When we’d play, the person who was waiting their turn would pause the game while Mario or Luigi was in mid-air, then unpause it, causing him to lose momentum and fall down a hole. Then you could have died and not peed your pants.
We would pause the game, unplug both controllers, and take them with us when we had to go to the bathroom.
Hmm…I’ve got some from the seventies – how about one where my hair is shoulder length (except it goes almost straight out from my head, kinda like Bozo – or Carrot Top, I guess – only blond) and I’m wearing a yellow t-shirt featuring a giant flaming eyeball with tentacles?
Sigh. I remember having hair (on top of my head, I mean).
Sorry I just hit 80 kike 15 days ago, I don’t want to give it up yet. lolololol
Some where around here I have pics of myself and my friends getting ready to go to the New Kids on The Block/Tiffani concert. Layered clothes, side pony tails with those big plastic ball elastic things… it’s really no wonder I have never ever gone to another concert in my life.
I remember my brother’s epic fear of the “Doorknob People.” Don’t believe me, go look at a doorknob….they’re there.
LOL LOL LOL! I’m almost crying, I’m laughing so hard!