but everyone know kit man
that was to easy.
u hadda say like name all the tundercats....
That one I know............. Lion-o, Cheetara, Tygra,Panthro and the annoying twins Willykit and Willy cat. Oh and the little one Snarf.
name all the smurfs.....
Heres something my sis sent me
If you were a child of the 80'sor early 90's in Trinidad, you might remember:
giving someone and receiving a meggie
you filled empty orchard cartons with air and jumped on it to make a popping noise to scare someone
you screamed at the faintest sound of thunder
getting licks with a guava whip or a wooden ruler with a metal strip on the side
the trauma of wondering if you would pass for "ah junior sec." or "ah prestige school"
when push point pencils were in style
when stationery on a whole was in style, nice erasers were prized: scented and
colourful, sharpeners shaped like hamburgers or mechanical pencils and pilot pens, fine-point preferably
when Bata was not in style but you had to wear one anyway
carrying ah lunch kit with a thermos flask inside
reading Enid Blyton, Nancy Drew or The Hardy Boys, Judy Blume, Sweet Dreams or Sweet Valley High.
wearing baubles, barrettes, woolies and hair ribbons
wearing VERY ying, very short, very tight khaki pants to school
wearing socks with frills
wearing panties with frills on the back
the Orchard marble craze
the Coca-Cola yo-yo craze
eating a sno-cone with ears and condensed milk
learning to write cursive in a Vere Foster book with your first fountain pen
how handwriting was a big thing in primary school among girls, you wrote extremely small and extremely neat with care
how an ink splotch on your pristine uniform was a tragedy in primary school
at some point in time, having to ask someone or be asked:
a. if yuh father is a glass maker
b. if yuh have ants in yuh pants
c. if yuh monkey glands acting up
you loved pencil cases and you wanted a nice one shaped like a giant pencil with a zip on one end
holding hands with a another girl or boy to go somewhere on an outing (everybody, find ah partner!) meant that he/she was your good friend
you were a Brownie or a Cub Scout, no one was quite sure what Red Cross people did except you called them if somebody fell down
having your skin stained for days with iodine after you fell
boys making guns out of paper and shooting each other
saying "ABC, ketch ah crab, put yuh head in ah paper bag" to some First year's or Second year's
you read "Lucky Dip" and West Indian Readers
penacool's costing 25 cents and these were bought in ah "tuck shop"
getting excited over the sight of three red beans sprouting on a wet piece of toilet paper in an old mayonaise jar
eating condensed milk from the can, tomato balls,paradise plums,
chilibibi, shrimp slices and planter's snacks
going to Astor Cinema with those same Planter's wrappers to get a
discount
sweating it out in Red Cross Kiddies' Carnival
everybody got braids for Carnival, some with beads fastened with aluminium foil
you or someone you know played in at least one Richard Bartholomew band
wearing poppies on Poppy Day was a fashion statement
cheese paste sandwiches with food colouring on Kiss bread cut in triangles
playing "in ah fine castle, do you hear my sissy-o", "I lost my glove on a Saturday night and found it Sunday morning.." and "under the brown bushes"
going to karate lessons, swimming lessons, music or dance school
the smell of whitening your shoes
collecting 'crystals' from the empty cartridge of a pen, first by sharpening off one end of course
in primary school, you methodically collected eraser shavings
reciting times tables
you played catch, red-light/green-light, there's a brown girl in the ring and hand clapping games till your palms stung
you brought toys to school on Toys' Day
a re-fashioned balloon was called ah cheekie-chong
you made those fortune telling finger toys from copy book paper
having to religiously support some curry-q, bar-b-q or chinee-q for the school
singing parang in a school Christmas concert or a folk song, "mangoes...mangoes.."
if you went to Catholic primary school: prayers, prayers and more prayers.
Teen of the 90's (early to mid) in Trinidad, you might remember:
A'levels seemed so far away
the Malcolm X hood fashion craze
many horrible hair and fashion crazes including: finger waves with gold and glitter spray, french rolls piled high with stiff drop curls and plenty Jam! pudding, purple and mustard in the same outfit, Cross Colours and Karl Kani, solid fabric shirts with chiffon sleeves, lambada tights, tie-dye t shirts, cycle shorts, asymmetrical fades, fellas marking eye brows like Kris Kross and girls marking side burns, slicked down baby hair, wearing stopper earrings back-to-front, wearing earrings with your name spelled out
horizontally, multiple coloured socks on one foot (like black and white socks on top each other), too many scrunchies and woogies (and maybe a wrapped sock) on one hair bun.
when 98.9 launched
somehow, meggie's came back in style
plenty girls got their ears double bore with a piercing gun
everybody had a friendship bracelet or a rasta bead chain or bracelet
fellas got an earring too-just one
rolling up the waistband of your school skirt to make it shorter
underwear lines through a fitted, school skirt was a big deal
fighting with your parents to make sure you didn't get any "ying"
school pants and coasting a "rasta" belt with it
playing scooch somewhere
fellas--sheer school blouses (girls that wore white)
wearing your book bag fashionably loose and light using just one shoulder strap or not having one at all
there was always some crew in another school to ride for at the end of the day
football limes and Intercol
no matter where you went to school, Trinity College seemed so far away
your identity was defined by your school, there were girls and then there were "Convent girls" (be that good, bad or indifferent)
waiting for Fatima mayfair to come around and the debauchery within the disco walls (and d damn disco was like an oven)
dancing in a circle in above mentioned debauchery and being scared to dance with the opposite sex even though you wanted to. If you felt a groin pressed against you (girls)--you ran. (d girls soft
man………..ha hai)
putting up your hand for the dub "all virgin.." and really actually being one then (tru tru)
girls collected song lyrics and lil poems in a copy book or notebook, and traded them with other girls. Things like: sex is good, sex is kind, nine months later, he'll say it's not mine
red band maxis and their hard pong (Boyz N Da Hood)
you hoarded coloured ink pens
a big lime was always in the mall, by the side of the road somewhere, Pizza Hut Roxy or the cinema (yeah all u can eat in Pizza Hut)
you stressed about SBA's in Form 4 and 5
if you travelled home, you had to lime first before you got there
CXC lessons and the lessons' lime
boys hitting school desks to start a chanting session
the trauma of finding a date for grad
the trauma of finding what to wear for grad
Boyz to Men was probably played at your grad. at least once
somebody wore an all white suit to your grad made out of a soft material (check those old photos and
see)
silver slide hair pins were in style, (also called Olympic pins) you always wore several at one time
some of the biggest concerts were held in our time: Barrington, Color-Me-Bad, Chubb Rock, Kisskidee Caravan to name a few
if you went to certain schools (not calling no names!) in your hair, you used PLENTY gel, plenty vaseline and just enough water
you carried a brush and a compact in your bag
maxis and maxi conductors were the scourge of Secondary school in these days, parents were always complaining about them
you knew at least one girl who was "dealing" with a maxi-man (yeah they used to ride maxi too)
Super Blue was road-march king during this time
you pooled money with friends to buy food: 3 of y'all would share a one piece from KFC or Royal Castle and make a small fries with ketchup and mustard miraculously stretch
if you remember any of these, you my friend are a child of the 80's and 90's in sweet Trinidad!
