I got to thinking (I know, a dangerous thing) the other day about things and sayings that my son has never heard or seen. He is 14 and quite hip on somethings, such as rock-n-roll and older movies, but there is much that if I say them he gives me that odd “Huh? Whachu talknbout Willis!?!” (Note: this saying is one of those items) look.
I know we have all seen those e-mails, that have circulated a hundred times over, that list all the regular things that a child of the 90′s have missed. (Whew, run-on sentence breath) My thoughts are on the odd things that are not on those e-mails. I am going to make a list of things that come to mind, then invite you to add to the list. All new additions from commenters will be given linkage love and their responses added to the list.
I know I need some good old fashioned giggle time and I bet you can too! Show me the love! 
Things my son has never heard or seen:
1. “Kilroy was here!”
2. An 8-track tape player
3. “I like Ike!”
4. Kliban Cats
5. Pet Rocks
6. The Jolly Green Giant
7. Dippity-Do
8. A 5″ floppy disk
9. Ovaltine
10. Morris the Cat
11. “Uncle Sam wants you!”
12. A Drive-in movie (the last one in our area closed before he was born.)
13. Mr. Whipple squeezing the Charmin
From Joe
14.Being called into the living room to change the channel for Dad? *He does this now lol
15. Words like “ass”, “tits”, “pissed”, “fart”, and “bitch” not being alowed on TV
16. Cars that you could repair at home, without a computer? *We have one at home
17. Going to the library instead of Googling? *He does that at school
18. Slide projectors? *Again, school
19. 8 mm home movies
20. Pong
From Gidget
21. How about the really TALL GI Joe?
22. Banana seat bikes
23. Cigarette commercials on TV
24. Calculators with limited abilities
25. The PET all in one computer, man that thing was HUGE!
26. Merlin, one of the first handheld games
27. Phones you have to actually dial *good one!
From Steel Cowboy
28. Jiffy-pop popcorn
29. The big honking flags on our bikes
30. Pagers that just beeped at you, and you called the answering service
31. Tricked out customized vans – with beds 
*heh!
32. duck and cover, air raid drills, and fall out shelters
32. Johnny Quest
33. Tip-It
34. James Bond BOOKS *He is a huge Bond fan and he gets that from me!
35. No Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
36. “The Dating Game”
37. Records, not CDs * We have these and he plays them a lot
From Guppyman
38. Clackers – Greatest toy ever invented!
39. Saturday morning cartoons *They are still on TV lol
40. Big Wheels *He had one as a kid
41. Atari
42. Asteroids, Space Invaders, Pac Man, etc… *He has played these at the local Mexican restaraunt
43. Speed Racer
44. The Bad News Bears *We have the movie lol
From Sally
45. Dick Tracy
46. The Marlboro man (mmmm) *Ditto! He was always good looking!
47. Blowing up balloons with your own breath *hehehe
48. The prize in Cracker Jacks *They still have these but I never buy them
49. Kicking the can
50. Shooting marbles
51. Scrabble *We play this online lol
52. Roller Skating
Let’s keep this going! This is fun!
How about TVs that have to warm up for a minute before the picture comes on?
Being called into the living room to change the channel for Dad?
Words like “ass”, “tits”, “pissed”, “fart”, and “bitch” not being alowed on TV?
Cars that you could repair at home, without a computer?
Going to the library instead of Googling?
Slide projectors?
8 mm home movies?
Pong?
Do they still have Saturday morning cartoons?
Thanks for the smile. Made me remember the day my 15yr old couldn’t figure out how to open a cassette tape!
How about the really TALL GI Joe?
Banana seat bikes
Cigarette commercials on TV
Calculators with limited abilities
The PET all in one computer, man that thing was HUGE!
Merlin, one of the first handheld games
Phones you have to actually dial
Ahhh the memories, thanks for the giggles!
How’s about “Awww, stifle yourself, dingbat!” Or anything else All In The Family?
Jiffy-pop popcorn
The big honking flags on our bikes
Pagers that just beeped at you, and you called the answering service
Tricked out customized vans – with beds
Oh, and how about duck and cover, air raid drills, and fall out shelters?
Clackers – Greatest toy ever invented!
Saturday morning cartoons
Big Wheels
Atari
Asteroids, Space Invaders, Pac Man, etc…
Speed Racer
The Bad News Bears
They still sell Jiffy Pop at my local grocery store.
Guppyman – big debate about the original Bad News Bears at Boiled Dinner. You can find the link in my blogroll.
Johnny Quest
Tip-It
James Bond BOOKS
No Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
“The Dating Game”
Records, not CDs
There’s a few from me…
Dick Tracy
The Marlboro man (mmmm)
Blowing up balloons with your own breath
The prize in Cracker Jacks
Kicking the can
Shooting marbles
Scrabble
Roller Skating
When the Brady movies came out and they made fun of Marsha through a same-sex diversion, I showed the sitcom to my daughter.
She LOVES the sitcom and goes about saying “Marsha!Marsha!Marsha!” sometimes. She’s 15.
39. Saturday morning cartoons *They are still on TV lol
They may still be on, but with more than a few channels devoted to nothing but cartoons 24/7, it’s not the same. I remember waking up on Saturdays early and camping out in front of the TV all morning… Now? They’re on all the time….
*The stilts my dad made me
*pogo sticks
*wooden clothes pins to attach playing cards to the spokes on my bike
*penny candy
*boycotts lettuce, grapes and tuna
*trolls
*Captain Kangaroo
Here’s one for you, Sally… “All skate, change direction.”
1. Josie and The Pussycats
2. Veronica, Betty and Archie
3. Push pops
4. Candy cigarettes
5. Hayride
6. Walking to the store
7. Piggy Wiggly
8. Stoles
9. Dungarees
10. Stationary hairdryers
11. Hairnets
12. Beauty parlors
1. “Ollie, Ollie, Oxen Free”
2. Starter Buttons on cars
3. Hi-beam headlight button on the floor of a car
4. Slide Rule
5. Push lawn mower
6. Vinyl records
7. Portable record player
8. “Nipper” – the RCA dog
9. Computer “punch cards”
Not that I … personally … remember any of these!
(blog-hopped over from Raggedy’s place and got caught up in your entries! I’m sending good thoughts and prayers for Raven. She sounds like a real trooper)