Tag: 1990s

Hey, You Want a Time Machine – A Chance to Return to High School, Yes or No

“If you could, would you go back to high school?”

Adults are often asked this around graduation season. As social media fills with photos of newly minted graduates, some of you become nostalgic about your own high school experiences.

The time when Hypercolor shirts, Fat Emma & Pie Face Chocolate bars, leggings, bell bottoms, paisley shirts, poodle skirts, mullets, O’Ryan’s Sour Cream and Onion chips, spiral perms, two-centimetres of makeup, and Moon Boots defined your generation. When we were as cool as Cool Ranch Chips and hot as Hot Tamales.

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Let’s be real. We’re still cool and hot, just older with more knowledge – and debt and a Netflix account.

But would you go back to high school?

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Next Time You Hear The Beep, It Might Be A Canadian Game Show

A month ago, I watched a snippet on Facebook of Family Feud.

A contestant stood beside Steve Harvey, and his family watched in horror as they lost by two points at the end of the show.

Name an animal that gallops. Horse. Cheetahs. Dogs. He said, “Giraffe.” The arm chair game show watcher could easily say, “What! You could’ve said… another animal!” But that ACGSW isn’t under pressure. The person on television knows clock is ticking. (Technically, a giraffe does gallop)

For example, does anyone remember that early-1990s beep?

It could only be … Supermarket Sweep!

The Canadian version of the Price is Right. Even though, Supermarket Sweep originated from the United States. Minor deal.

My television selections were comprised of five channels, six on a clear day – and two stations were the same. Those who survived Farmer Vision will remember the slider on the back of our televisions. And maybe the what stations were on channels 2 and 6, and channels 5 and 7. Good times.

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