Sea Monkeys

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Remember Sea Monkeys? They'd advertise them in the back of comic books? Well, I finally got to see one, after years of wondering what the hell they look like.

My son got a microscope kit for Xmas, and they included Sea Monkeyes, which are actually brine shrimp eggs that you hatch in salt water, and they grow a few eighths of a inch and swim around like microscopic jellyfish. They look like real B Movie monsters squiming under the lens.

Anyway, it got me thinking about all those things they used to sell in the back of comic books, and how many I always wondered about.

Anyone ever buy the X-Ray eyes thing? Or the Giant Monster that was supposed to be as big as a tree?

What was the dumbest thing you ever spent your money on as a kid, thinking it was way cooler than it turned out to be?

 

[~melia~]

Slap bracelets. The plastic things covered in fabric that curl into a bracelet when you slap them against your wrist. Sometimes I wonder why we thought they were so cool.

 

[TN_Vixen]

DCL

*laughing at the memory* I can still visualize with perfection the mason jar in my bedroom closet on the shelf, the murky water with particles floating within. I felt a failure at nurturing my sea monkeys. Hid the evidence, yet that jar stayed on my closet shelf for at least 6 months. hehe.

Well? Who knew how long it takes for sea monkeys to evolve?

 

[Guest]

New Kids On The Block tapes. *Hiding face* Oh, man was I in love with them.

 

[jcgirl]

I feel your pain Pookie

I once bought a Menudo tape

<hanging head in shame>

 

[Ksss]

Or DCL, the silly cereal boxtops you saved to get the decoder rings? Or the special 3-D glasses you had to purchase to watch a certain episode of a tv show? Or the "spy" kits to be able to decode the secret message on a tv show?

 

[naudiz]

*hides face in shame*

I have Sea Monkeys on my desk, in the old cheesy red plastic container shaped like a castle and everything. I the kit at Natural Wonders the other day and couldn't resist. There are hundreds of the little suckers swimming around in there, and all they do is eat.

As for childhood, I'm ashamed of the Glen Medeiros tape I cherished for so long. I remember thinking he was just the dreamiest thing, and "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You" was deep and meaningful.

 

[SweetCherry]

*mumbling behind hand*

Micheal Jackson posters and tapes....

I'm so ashamed......

 

[Cheyenne]

Slap bracelets. The plastic things covered in fabric that curl into a bracelet when you slap them against your wrist.

My nieces just got into those right before Christmas! They love the things.

As for sea monkeys, my old secretary had them on her desk awhile back and they WERE ugly little suckers.

My own toy as a kid? I can't remember that far back, but nothing scared me in particular. I'm sure it has to be something where you saved cereal box tops and sent away for a really cool plastic thing that did nothing when you got it.

 

[Ambrosious]

We had a pet monkey, til my brother decided he would look cute in the dryer.

I still have flashbacks.

 

[Svedish_Chef]

As for childhood, I'm ashamed of the Glen Medeiros tape I cherished for so long. I remember thinking he was just the dreamiest thing, and "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You" was deep and meaningful.

I love the song... actually I think my first crush WAS that song or at least the girl I thought of.

 

[naudiz]

I used to get so wistfully puppy-eyed at that song. It's funny, as a teenager I always thought I was such an untouchable badass, and looking back I can see that beneath that tough exterior, I was such a gooey-sappy romantic. Bleh! Bleh! I need an insulin shot.

 

[CelestialBody]

 

[livin_simple]

The useless gotta-have-item when I was a kid, mood rings. You know, the ones that changed color to reflect your mood/sensuality at the moment. I've always had cold hands and was lowly rated by the mood rings.

Passed on the pet rock fad.

Have things really changed now that we're "all grown up"??

Feel sorry today when I drive past people who have bought bizzarre styles or colors of vehicles. Even sadder when they combine the two. Like a mauve colored PT Cruiser.

 

[Svedish_Chef]

Yeah Badass!

(Ani DiFranco... no doesn't really go with the image)

 

[Nobody Special]

OK I would have to say that it was mroe of a purchae that I made in the last 5 yrs tho.. SpiceGirls first album...... YOu know the one..... it sold over 10 million copies yet no one will admit taht they actually have it.... I'm sorry to say but I admit it, I have it, but I never lstened to it tho.. does that count??

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[KillerMuffin]

Whatever toy was at the bottom of the cereal box. I coveted it more than any other toy or thing that was created. Why? Because I had to compete with my brother for it. It wasn't that I wanted the toy so much that I didn't want him to have it. Sometimes I won, sometimes he won. When he had the toy he acted as if it were the coolest thing to ever be created just to drive me into a frenzy.

 

[CreamyLady]

(groaning)

A wide-strapped wristwatch -- the strap a tasteful, hot, neon pink and chartreuse green -- with a huge dial with nauseating neon flowers on it.

Stick-on neon flowers; I had them everywhere, but really wanted them on the car.

And, I cringe, Corita Kent posters. You know, "War is not healthy for children and other living things" and "I love you very;" conceptual art at its most commercial.

I'm so embarrassed.

 

[naudiz]

Yeah Badass!

(Ani DiFranco... no doesn't really go with the image)

Yeah, she's just too damned short to complete the badass image. Saw an Ani show awhile back and she's so little I could barely see her behind the guitar. I caught a glimpse of arms, hands, a tuft of hair and combat boots. It was the combat boots that made the ensemble.

Here's another blast from the past, much to my shame: plastic bracelets. Did anyone else collect them? I used to wear scores of them, from wrist to mid-arm, all sorts of colors (though hot pink and black were by far the coolest).

 

[Patryn]

Sea monkeys are actually fairy shrimp, I think...could be wrong though.

Tight rolled blue jeans and foofy, crispy bangs...yes, I too am guilty.

 

[Flaming Love Goddess]

Hip, hip, horray! Mr. Lee got to see a sea monkey! Whatever!

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Flaming Love Goddess, you seem to have totally misread what goes on here. When you said that you hoped Expertise hadn't left forever because you just got here, and I remarked that it was probably you that drove him off -- well, frankly, do I truly need to tell you that that was a joke? LOL No need to get haughty with me, I'm not picking a fight. I swear.

By the way, Flaming Love Goddess is an example of what we were all discussing a while back about newbies, and my assertion that after two or three intelligent posts a newbie is no longer a newbie, but a "regular" member.

Welcome to the board Flaming.

 

[Skibum]

Charles Atlas Course. 'Nuff said.

 

[Pepin]

Anyone ever buy the X-Ray eyes thing?

The x-ray eyes thing.. that was a feather, pasted inside 2 pcs. of cardboard (like cereal comes in) and it only gave an x-ray effect. hold your hand to the light... and it makes a haze around your hand.. an x-ray effect... what a mint that guy musta made. Now, as far as the real x-ray thing goes... anyone ever seen effects like this?

It may take a secont to load depending on your connection speed.

http://members.nbci.com/Teknolust/images/xray.jpg

NBCI seems to be a bit anal about pulling hits... the pic can be found at
http://members.nbci.com/Teknolust/images/xray.jpg


I learned what I needed to learn in about 20 minutes regarding xrays, it's rather simple, and if you want to know more, let me know.. and I will let you know what you need to get great Xray pics... if you are offended by what you see... well... what can I say... 'cept sorry...


and as far as a monkey in the dryer thing... that musta been another brother, while I was away....

Pepin

[Edited by Pepin on 01-11-2001 at 01:57 PM]

 

[Flaming Love Goddess]

Flaming Love Goddess, you seem to have totally misread what goes on here. When you said that you hoped Expertise hadn't left forever because you just got here, and I remarked that it was probably you that drove him off -- well, frankly, do I truly need to tell you that that was a joke? LOL No need to get haughty with me, I'm not picking a fight. I swear.

By the way, Flaming Love Goddess is an example of what we were all discussing a while back about newbies, and my assertion that after two or three intelligent posts a newbie is no longer a newbie, but a "regular" member.

Welcome to the board Flaming.

THANK YOU! I was only joking as well.