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tscheese
07/01/09

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Look, I finally got home and watched the video, and dudes, EVERYONE HAD JACKED UP HAIR AND SAID "LIKE" A LOT IN 1992.

Yes, everyone. YES, IN YOUR LOCAL MALL.

God.
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hussein persepolis hussein
07/01/09

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Argh. These are my people and the reason why I never went to the prom or any fucking reuinions. Or maybe because I was stoned throughout high school. And the whole gay thing. I grew up in Yonkers,* and letmetellyou, this is exactly how it was, how it is, and how it shall always be. Only it happens in a parking lot. Behind the strip mall. Under a sulfurous cloud of hairspray and cigarette smoke.

*Rich, Yonkers is hair on the louse that is clinging to one of the armpits' hairs.
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Liz11685
07/01/09

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My older brother was a bouncer at a club in the late 80s early 90s. He and his friends all dressed like this. Bad taste was to be found all along the Eastern seaboard, apparently. (We lived near Boston)
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nibnycgrrl
07/01/09

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I'm a little upset about the lack of tram cars in this clip.
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tinydundie42
07/01/09

@nibnycgrrl: I hearted you for that! Watch the tram cars please!
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PinkSoxHat
07/01/09

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I spent all my summers growing up in Ocean City. This just confirms my stereotype that the kids who went to Wildwood were way trashier than us Ocean City kids.

Also, I just spent my bachelorette weekend in Atlantic City. We spent half the trip asking each other, "So, where would one buy a leather backless mini dress?"
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WaltzingMatilda
07/01/09

@PinkSoxHat: Seriously. Those Wildwood kids didn't fuck around. And it is still very, very scary.

The worst trouble I got into in Ocean City was flirting with the boys in the house next door, having my first kiss and playing cards until 5 am.

[now I am fully engulfed in shore nostalgia]
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Shamrockette
07/01/09

@PinkSoxHat: HEY! I went there as a kid, too! And I totally thought Wildwood kids were way trashier!

But that still didn't stop me from wanting to go there.
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Shamrockette
07/01/09

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I have always wanted to go to Wildwood (and I still do), but as a kid, my mom would always tell me about how bad it was there. We always went to Ocean City, so it was the polar opposite of Wildwood.

And now I totally believe everything my mom said about it.
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JemimaPuddleduck wants MOAR Spock
07/01/09

@Shamrockette: I always went to Wildwood. I've been to Ocean City once, exactly. I suppose my family is klasseigh.

We should go to Wildwood together, Shammy!
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Shamrockette
07/01/09

@JemimaPuddleduck wants MOAR Spock: YESSSSSSSS. This must happen.
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WaltzingMatilda
07/01/09

@Shamrockette: If you guys go, can we start making a list of gifts for you to bring back? I would like some inappropriate iron on t-shirt referencing either my own breasts or the genitalia of a man. You will get half credit for a tee shirt referencing how much I like to party in a "clever" way. :)
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LadyWeasel
07/01/09

@Shamrockette: Wasn't Ocean City dry? I think that's why it had the reputation for being a family place. Not that we didn't just load up on the booze before we got there.
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PinkSoxHat
07/01/09

@LadyWeasel: The liquor store is just over the 34th street bridge. Duh!
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Shamrockette
07/01/09

@WaltzingMatilda(theOriginal): Definitely. I want to get one that refers to myself as a whore, but just for the ironic purposes.

@greengrey (raidersofthelostSTAR): YES! We should do this next summer, so we have enough time to plan it!
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Tracie
07/01/09

@LadyWeasel: yeah, ocean city is a dry town still. i've actually never been more fucked up in my life than i was on certain nights in ocean city.
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tinydundie42
07/01/09

@Shamrockette: I want to go, too! I havn't been to Wildwood in what seems like forever and I miss it. I don't know what that says about me.
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WaltzingMatilda
07/01/09

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Okay - the "different" girl is totally high from her AquaNet. Trust.
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Flackette Goes Retro
07/01/09

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I saw many of these same fashion statements at my middle school in rural Kentucky. The early 90s - classy all around.
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tscheese
07/01/09

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I like the Point Pleasant board walk. Sue me.

It has beer and gaudy things.
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jeepgirl
07/01/09

@tscheese: I second that emotion...
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Mary McCarthyite
07/01/09

@tscheese: JENKS!
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AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope
07/01/09

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You know what this button-down shirt needs? Less shoulder material!
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tomatoheart
07/01/09

@AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope: I secretly love her.
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dangerface!
07/01/09

@AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope: She had a fever, the only cure was less shoulder material.
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AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope
07/01/09

@dangerface!: ...and maybe putting some girl in the hospital for a week.
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WaltzingMatilda
07/01/09

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Yeah... I spent a fair amount of time down the shore around those years. Me and my friends would completely doll up to go to Wildwood (we'd usually stay in a more family friendly city like Sea Isle) and LOVED IT. We flirted mercilessly with boys and wore too much make up. And although I so wanted to buy various inappropriate tees on the Boardwalk, I think I got some "party" shirt and was promptly embarassed and never wore it.

I took some poor souls to walk the boardwalk in Wildwood some years ago. It was the funniest freaking thing ever. They were appalled by my beach trips.
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milominderbinder
07/01/09

@WaltzingMatilda(theOriginal): same here wildwood and seaside whenever i went to my dad's for the summers. zeppolis are probably the greatest invention ever.
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WaltzingMatilda
07/01/09

@milominderbinder: LOVE THEM! Seriously, I am craving Mac & Manco's and Kohr Bros. right now.
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PrarieMuffin
07/01/09

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My family went to Wildwood every year for vacation while I was growing up. I haven't been in years, but my memories have made it out to be quite an idyllic place. Now I realize that either a) my mind is playing tricks on me, or b) I had really, really interesting taste as a child.
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tinydundie42
07/01/09

@PrarieMuffin: Oh my gosh, me too! And my cousin was living there and working at Duffer's around '92... yikes.
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tomatoheart
07/01/09

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Now of course what I REALLY want to see is the "where are they now" portion of the documentary.
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WaltzingMatilda
07/01/09

@tomatoheart: Duh... still there.

I think I saw them a couple of summers ago when I took a trip down memory lane.
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Madlenka
07/01/09

@tomatoheart: I need to find out if Janet and Shirtless were in fact together all summer, and if that lady's vadge check was ever cashed.
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tomatoheart
07/01/09

@Madlenka: I heard she ended up having to get overdraft protection
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WaltzingMatilda
07/01/09

@Madlenka: @tomatoheart: Both hearted. I haven't stopped laughing yet.
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WashingMyHair
07/01/09

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It's different. It's different every night. Did I mention that it's different?
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wordinedgewise
07/01/09

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I'm going to Atlantic City for the first time tomorrow, and I look forward to confirming that every single person in New Jersey does, in fact, conform to their respective stereotypes.
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