Fads you remember....

[The 24th Letter]

What about those damn silk button-up shirts with the designs on them, like dragons?

I had so many of these.

Around that time jean outfits were huge too....

Remember Burberry? Lol

[Watson]

Before LiveStrong bracelets, just wearing rubber bands on your wrist.

Tearing a shirt's sleeve off, and cutting it all the way down the side to the bottom hem so it's basically a cloth sandwich board, and wearing a wife beater under it. I still have a few shirts like that. -________-

Maybe that's more of a country thing, idk

[gerg1234]

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Ah yes, you beat me to it. Before that, marbles were HUGE in my school. You'd put up your marble against theirs and there would be stipulations for the match. "3 ticks, 1 roll!"

Here's one I'm not particularly proud of from my childhood. I rocked the rat tail.

Marbles were THE thing when I was in 2nd or 3rd grade. Everybody had a fanny pack full of em. We'd always play "keepsies"...which would bring about a few fights. Looking back it was really my first dive into gambling.

[slickdtc]

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When I got to high school, people wearing collared shirts with the collars popped... sometimes with MULTIPLE collared shirts on.

That stuff AMAZED me. Like... how/what? I went to the non-cool middle school, so when I got to HS and mixed in with the cool kids who went to the cool middle school, it was crazy.

Proud to say I didn't participate in any of those fashion fads... now Pokemon cards, now we're talking!

[BlueNGold]

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The older brother to Pokemon cards: Yu-Gi-Oh cards.

The red-headed stepchild to Pokemon cards: Digmon cards.

[ImTellinTim]

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Marbles were THE thing when I was in 2nd or 3rd grade. Everybody had a fanny pack full of em. We'd always play "keepsies"...which would bring about a few fights. Looking back it was really my first dive into gambling.

I kept mine in a Crown Royal bag until one of the teachers put the kibosh on that. Like I knew what Crown Royal was...

Yep, at recess when there would be a big match where two kids would put up two coveted marbles against each other for keeps, **** got real. A crowd would form to see that match. Then it would turn into a defensive battle because neither one wanted to lose that marble.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Wearing Rubberbands around the ankles of your jeans.

[Pappy Knuckles]

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Lmao @ these marble stories. I never realized how serious it was back in the day. Rubberbands around the ankles of your jeans? I must've missed that one lol. This thread is a trip.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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The Crown Royal Bag is legendary because as a kid, you always found some use for it. Whether it'd be Marbles or Loose Change, etc. You ALWAYS had a use for it.

[gerg1234]

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I kept mine in a Crown Royal bag until one of the teachers put the kibosh on that. Like I knew what Crown Royal was...

Yep, at recess when there would be a big match where two kids would put up two coveted marbles against each other for keeps, **** got real. A crowd would form to see that match. Then it would turn into a defensive battle because neither one wanted to lose that marble.

There was definitely a hierarchy of what marbles were cool and what weren't. I remember the "cat's eye" was at the bottom. I think "oily's" were towards the top...but I don' remember. Brings back the memories.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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I didn't play marbles as a kid........For me as a kid as early as 2nd grade and throughout the rest of my schooling.....we played spades...And we didn't play for fun either, we played for money. If you didn't have at least a dollar on you, you weren't getting in the game.

I remember many times going to school with $5 and coming home with around $40 to $50.

[TheNumber35]

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Sock'em Boppers...everybody used to have those things back in the day haha. And apparently that is trying to make a comeback because I just saw a commercial for them, same theme song and everything.

P.S: Tamagotchi was serious business back when I was in 5th/6th grade...people would bring those things to school and pay zero attention to anything other than if their pet was needing something

[ScoobySnax]

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In high school, we'd have HUGE dice games during lunch. All the athletes were cramped up in the Boys' basketball locker room going ham until coach busted us. That wasn't pretty.

[ImTellinTim]

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The Crown Royal Bag is legendary because as a kid, you always found some use for it. Whether it'd be Marbles or Loose Change, etc. You ALWAYS had a use for it.

^Truth. I used mine for loose change. It had "luxury" written all over it.

The strings and lettering might as well have been laced with real gold. So plush.

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The Furbee