You Know You Are Old When...

Elizabeth Darcy:

Then Disney kept trying to revive it, and brought different kids in each week to host the breakfast show I think? At the end of each morning, they'd always play a music clip.
When News during the afternoon (or anytime, really) was boring.

Hollow Crown.:

You made sure your mum would let you watch the 'soon to be released!' ads on VHS because that was the best part.

Yes yes yes! I miss that. And whenever I watch old VHS tapes, I make sure to watch all of the previews first.

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Your first cassette tape was from Barbie. The Barbie Fitness doll exercise music tape.

I had that too! Don't remember what happened to it though, but man was it ever laaaame.

Glad I'm not alone in those. I still do the VHS thing, too! I think my Barbie tape is in my little sister's drawer of dolls.

You remember the excitement over the first series of -insert country name here- Idol and how quickly the excitement died a bit with every season that followed.

Furbys.
And.
I feel old whenever I see my age written down on paper.
It's like having a mid-life crisis, I swear!

For Canadians,

...you remember Sugar and Carlos, the YTV hosts.

When you remember that the Littlest PetShop toys actually resembled real animals instead of these big-headed furry things with huge eyes

When you collected Cabbage Patch dolls

When playing with Yu-gi-Oh's cards was cool

When you played tag without getting weird glances from your parents

typewritten.:

ARE THEY NOT STILL LEONARDO, MICHELANGELO, DONATELLO, AND RAPHAEL?!

Yes, but never being referred to, in the new versions, always by their nicknames

As Told By Ginger

brand new hope.:

When you still own a Super NES.

My dad taught me to play Mario on it when I was two.
Love that thing. I'll never sell it.
My dad was like, "You know, that thing is probably worth a lot online..."
Me: " THEY'LL HAVE TO PRY IT FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!"

You know you're old when you remember having to blow on your game cartridges and smack them against your palm to get them to work, not wipe them off with alcohol.

Earthworm Jim.
Banjo Kazooie.
Super Mario 64.
Mario Kart.
The Empire Strikes Back.
Rayman 2.
Donkey Kong Country.
Donkey Kong 64.
Mortal Kombat.
Pac-Man 2.
THE FIRST PAPER MARIO.

I still play some of these, actually.

"Coming soon to VHS."
"I'm a barbie girl, in a barbie world..."
"WHOOMP, THERE IT IS!"

Ohmygoodness, I'm ancient. Turning 18 this year isn't helping, either

Tyson Ritter:

Yes, but never being referred to, in the new versions, always by their nicknames

Oh, no!

You remember Buffy The Vampire Slayer on TV.

POUND PUPPIES.

SClub 7

ierotic.:

My dad taught me to play Mario on it when I was two.
Love that thing. I'll never sell it.
My dad was like, "You know, that thing is probably worth a lot online..."
Me: " THEY'LL HAVE TO PRY IT FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!"

You know you're old when you remember having to blow on your game cartridges and smack them against your palm to get them to work, not wipe them off with alcohol.

Earthworm Jim.
Banjo Kazooie.
Super Mario 64.
Mario Kart.
The Empire Strikes Back.
Rayman 2.
Donkey Kong Country.
Donkey Kong 64.
Mortal Kombat.
Pac-Man 2.
THE FIRST PAPER MARIO.

I still play some of these, actually.

"Coming soon to VHS."
"I'm a barbie girl, in a barbie world..."
"WHOOMP, THERE IT IS!"

Ohmygoodness, I'm ancient. Turning 18 this year isn't helping, either

Yes, all of those! 'Specially "WHOOMP, THERE IT IS!"

rascal has returned.:

POUND PUPPIES.

I have been trying to remember the name of those for weeks now. I found some Pound Puppies toys downstairs in the basement and could not remember the name.

Cheye13:

You know you're old when you're looking through this thread and nodding a lot

YES.
And when you go, "OMG YES! " or "Hell yeah man. " in agreeing with these.
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You know your old when Are You Afraid of the Dark? used to scare the shit outta you.
When you played Banjo Kazooie and Snowboard Kids on N64. (Me. )
When you played Cowboys and Indians.
WHEN DISNEY PLAYED CONCERTS ON TELEVISION REGULARLY.

typewritten.:

I have been trying to remember the name of those for weeks now. I found some Pound Puppies toys downstairs in the basement and could not remember the name.

Haha! I looooooved those things. I remember getting into a fight with this kid at Daycare over them. The old lady who ran the place put us in separate play pens, even though we were both like, three.

The funny thing is he's REALLY SMOKING HOT now.

One word:

MMMBop.

Don't know if anyone's said it yet, but...

JOHNNY FREAKING TSUNAMI!

I was gonna MARRY that kid.