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Can you recall something that sold in the 90s that was kinda stupid?  
I remember those hanging pictures that were supposed to be "art" that you couldn't view easily, if you looked casually at them they appered to be nothing more than patternless colors but if you looked carefully enough you could see the portait.
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Dude it's a sailboat

The fad I remember only because my daughter wanted all of them were those beanie babies

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How about the Flowbee?? I can't think of a more stupid product than that!
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Hate to say it but that product was ingenious! He has sold millions of them, with thousands being sold every year, even today. May be a silly product, but I wish I would have thought of it! :D

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How about the Flowbee?? I can't think of a more stupid product than that!
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You got that one right.  Made me chuckle to think about it.  Who the hell would subject there family to that torture?

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The Flowbee 'sucked', ha ha ha. Ok, maybe that wasn't all that funny.

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How about those slap bracelets? I remember having a few of those!
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How about the Flowbee?? I can't think of a more stupid product than that!
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I have posted on Flowbee on another post. And I repectfully agree on the suckiness of that product.

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Can someone please help a poor Aussie with a description of a flowerbee ?

Please ?

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Can someone please help a poor Aussie with a description of a flowerbee ?

Please ?
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It looks like a larger blow dryer but instead of blowing out, it sucks hair in.  The end has adjustable levels so you can set the length at which you wish to have your hair hit the spinnig blades inside.

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Oh My GOD !

Sounds like something out of the Spanish Inquisition !

Which begs the question - how many men ended up in Casualty with 'bits' caught and had to say "Honest - I was just doing the vacuuming...."  ;D

Thanks for letting me know people  ;)

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LIGHTS on the back of your SHOES were stupid THEN and stupid NOW.

Hey, does anyone remember those T-shirts that would change color when you touched them, or at least they would until about tenth time you washed them, at which point they kinda turned this ugly brown color?

How about Yikes pencils?

Air Jordans?
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I remember those.  We had some that had a neon orange zebra design on them, we got them as prizes at Chuck E. Cheese's.

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metallic silver clothes that were in.

. and of course i had to wear them both.
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How about those slap bracelets? I remember having a few of those!
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exactly what i was going to say.

im surprised i dont have any lasting scars from those things. they hurt. they bit me.

i remember the cloth covering came off after a while, exposing the sharp metal.

but they did have really cool designs on them.

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The music industry marketed underground music scenes in the 90's for the general public and it was disgusting!!!!Blink 182 punk? No Doubt ska? Marilyn Manson goth? I think not. >:(
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I would add: Korn metal?

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Can you recall something that sold in the 90s that was kinda stupid?  
I remember those hanging pictures that were supposed to be "art" that you couldn't view easily, if you looked casually at them they appered to be nothing more than patternless colors but if you looked carefully enough you could see the portait.
I thought that was stupid at the time and I haven't seen any in quite awhile.
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Those were those 3-D illusional pictures...you had to look 'through' the picture to see the 'image'....  I see them every now and again at thrift stores or rummage sales...  it took me a while to 'see' anything, it p*ssed me off!

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I just thought of some more:

Genera Hypercolor T-shirts
"bum equipment" clothes
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Those were those 3-D illusional pictures...you had to look 'through' the picture to see the 'image'....  I see them every now and again at thrift stores or rummage sales...  it took me a while to 'see' anything, it p*ssed me off!


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I hated them too, until one day I was in a doctor's waiting room and there was a book full of them.  It was one 3-D image after another.  I couldn't see them if I tried to focus at any point on the page.  
Before that I'd see them as office posters and what-not and never got anything from them.  After I discovered the technique that worked for me, I thought they were fun.  

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I hated them too, until one day I was in a doctor's waiting room and there was a book full of them.  It was one 3-D image after another.  I couldn't see them if I tried to focus at any point on the page.  
Before that I'd see them as office posters and what-not and never got anything from them.  After I discovered the technique that worked for me, I thought they were fun.  
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No, it was in the pathology office at work.  
Those 3-D pictures may have been annoying (the ones on the walls were harder to read), but I prefer them to the 'inspirational' ones that infest most offices.  The ones with a photograph of a hot air balloon and a caption that reads "Dare to Soar".  
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I agree with that 100%!  My boss has those, and I've seen them too often.  The "team" ones or the most sickening.  Let me beat you over the head with inspiration.
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I see you guys need inspiration!

http://www.despair.com/indem.html

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I see you guys need inspiration!

http://www.despair.com/indem.html
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I discovered this site a long time ago. I just love it, especially since our office had all those "inspirational-you-can-climb-the-mountain-cross-the-river-dive-into-a-volca
no-if-we-are-a-team posters.... ::) ::)

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Hey, does anyone remember those T-shirts that would change color when you touched them, or at least they would until about tenth time you washed them, at which point they kinda turned this ugly brown color?

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GENERRA HYPERCOLORS!  I still have one, and even though it's been washed about 1000 times, it still works.  The trick was to wash it in cold water and line dry.  No irons!!! ;D

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anyone know what those t-shirts with the arrogant stick figure guy were called? they said stuff like "I'm just better than you are" and all that mess and they were solid color shirts. They werent that stupid but still, lol.
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I'm not sure but it sounds like you are describing the "See Dick Shirts"...I had one that said:

See Dick Drink
See Dick Drive
See Dick Die
and on the back: Don't be a Dick  
:)

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One fad that I just remembered was how kids would wear jean overalls and then let one of the shoulders freestyle.  This was a really popular fashion trend in 90 or 91 and was really popular at my high school.  
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Are you sure you went to HS in '90-'91?  I was wearing this definitely sometimes as a senior in '87, and it was pretty much OUT in a year or so!  ;) (1 of the very short-lived and little-used fashion statements in the '80s.  Along w/big billowy sweatshirts w/giant floral prints on them - altho they were everywhere even if brief.)  Myself, I wore it, but still mostly wore my neons and pastels (including w/the overalls)!

Of course, apparently there are some regional differences, so maybe that accounts for it.

As far as dumb - yes, in a way.  But at least it didn't look just-plain-bad/ugly/slutty/slovenly/dirtbag!  Heck, all you had to do to "straighten up, kid" was hook your free strap back in place!

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Are you sure you went to HS in '90-'91?  I was wearing this definitely sometimes as a senior in '87, and it was pretty much OUT in a year or so!  ;) (1 of the very short-lived and little-used fashion statements in the '80s.  Along w/big billowy sweatshirts w/giant floral prints on them - altho they were everywhere even if brief.)  Myself, I wore it, but still mostly wore my neons and pastels (including w/the overalls)!

Of course, apparently there are some regional differences, so maybe that accounts for it.

As far as dumb - yes, in a way.  But at least it didn't look just-plain-bad/ugly/slutty/slovenly/dirtbag!  Heck, all you had to do to "straighten up, kid" was hook your free strap back in place!
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Maybe it was a regional thing here in Arizona/The West, don't know. :)  I started HS in 1989, but never saw anyone sport the look until my Sophmore year, 90-91.  Everyone would go the mall and buy the Guess brand.  I remember wanting to get some of those also, but never did.  So if I finally buy a scanner and post a 90s pic, you won't find me sporting that fashion trend!

The Beastie Boy's Pass The Mic video was filmed in 92 and Mike D was wearing a black pair of overalls in it.   I didn't see the video until a few years later, but thought it was odd because the Beastie Boys are/were pretty much fashion setters rather than people that followed trends.

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The Beastie Boy's Pass The Mic video was filmed in 92 and Mike D was wearing a black pair of overalls in it.   I didn't see the video until a few years later, but thought it was odd because the Beastie Boys are/were pretty much fashion setters rather than people that followed trends.
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I don't know much about them (I despise them), but I do know BBs were the big thing in '86 or '87 (hated that "Girls!" ditty.....for so many reasons)!  So maybe they just continued wearing the same thing?  But you did say jean, which is definitely what we wore.  I only recall plain-ol' jeans overalls, no colors, if that's possible in the '80s.  ;D  (Of course, there could be a few exceptions.)

This is just another tidbit of info that peaks my curiosity!

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Maybe it was a regional thing here in Arizona/The West, don't know. :)  I started HS in 1989, but never saw anyone sport the look until my Sophmore year, 90-91.  Everyone would go the mall and buy the Guess brand.  I remember wanting to get some of those also, but never did.  So if I finally buy a scanner and post a 90s pic, you won't find me sporting that fashion trend!

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I remember that in Phoenix also...graduated HS in '90...a buddy of mine got some Guess overalls in a copper denim sort of color in the winter of 90...I guess he wanted to look fly. ::)

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The Flowbee 'sucked', ha ha ha. Ok, maybe that wasn't all that funny.
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 I think they got the idea for the flowbee from Wayne's World, but they called it the "Suck and Cut" Or, vice versa. either way, the "suck" joke gets me every time. heehee.

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Can someone please help a poor Aussie with a description of a flowerbee ?

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ours was black and yellow. it didn't work.

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LIGHTS on the back of your SHOES were stupid THEN and stupid NOW.

Hey, does anyone remember those T-shirts that would change color when you touched them, or at least they would until about tenth time you washed them, at which point they kinda turned this ugly brown color?

How about Yikes pencils?

Air Jordans?
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haha! my mom said those shoes would give me cancer; radiation and all. ??  but yes, I owned as many yikes! pencils as I could, and erasers,too.  how 'bout those spiffy "mood pencils" that changed colours when you touched them? i found that they worked best when you spit on them. they looked awesome, then.
TMBG

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How about that bald woman who used to yell "Stop The Insanity!", she drove me nuts.

Shoes that had air pumps on them.
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ay wait i think your talking about my mom dude :-/

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How about those slap bracelets? I remember having a few of those!
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OMG! Slap Bracelets were so awesome! I was so young when those things were hip that I never knew how to do slap them on right.

Nicole :)

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Can you recall something that sold in the 90s that was kinda stupid?  
I remember those hanging pictures that were supposed to be "art" that you couldn't view easily, if you looked casually at them they appered to be nothing more than patternless colors but if you looked carefully enough you could see the portait.
I thought that was stupid at the time and I haven't seen any in quite awhile.
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I heard they're making valentines out of those magic eye things! lol

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How about the Flowbee?? I can't think of a more stupid product than that!
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;D :D ;D :DHave you ever used a Flowbee????????They don/''t warn you to test it somewhere other than your head the first time you use it!!!!!!LOLCheers! 8) ;)

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What about those shirts that changes colour with body heat? You always saw the girls with 2 circles on their chest!
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Or the guys with with 2 circles in their pits.  :P

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I was going to say those tamaguchi, yamagucci (?) things but looks like someone had mentioned it.  Why would a kid want to waste money on a piece of cr@p only to have it die on them if it's neglected?
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I still have my virtual pet.It's stupid.I tried to reset him then give him more attention but then after a while I ignored him and now we're just strangers.Who the hell cares about this toy anyway? It's a waste of money! >:(

Howard

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How about that bald woman who used to yell "Stop The Insanity!", she drove me nuts.

Shoes that had air pumps on them.
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;D :DHer name is Susan Powter,and she wasn't actually bald, but rumor has it that she liked the way the Everly brothers looked as new recruits in the Marines and wanted to copy the look as much as her husband would allow :DFunny thing is,I think both brothers were fat during Susan's heyday :DCheers! ;D

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;D :DHer name is Susan Powter,and she wasn't actually bald, but rumor has it that she liked the way the Everly brothers looked as new recruits in the Marines and wanted to copy the look as much as her husband would allow :DFunny thing is,I think both brothers were fat during Susan's heyday :DCheers! ;D
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I liked Richard Simmons better than Susan Powter.Susan wasn't so influential.

Howard :)

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Stupid Fad/Products of the '90s:

99.9% of infomercials and products advertised in them.  ::)
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Ahhh infomercials i used to watch those in the summer :)

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Dude it's a sailboat
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Mallrats rocks!

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Can you recall something that sold in the 90s that was kinda stupid?  
I remember those hanging pictures that were supposed to be "art" that you couldn't view easily, if you looked casually at them they appered to be nothing more than patternless colors but if you looked carefully enough you could see the portait.
I thought that was stupid at the time and I haven't seen any in quite awhile.
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Reebok Pump sneakers

Stupid rope neckalces that either had plastic pacifiers or little bottles of bubbles hanging on them.

Clear Pepsi-I love Pepsi but what the heck were they thinking?!

Boss and Cross colors clothing

Wearing Cartoon or color band-aids for fun and not medical reasons

Jansport backpacks with "White-out" artwork on the straps and 50+ zipper strings on the end. Kids used to hurt eachother over these things in my junior high.

Teeny Butterfly hair clips

Anything with Glitter in or on it

The Blue-Raspberry flavor craze

The let's make EVERYTHING clear phase (see pepsi)

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Your post brought back so many memories for me! I remember all those things you mentioned.

I remember begging my mom for those stupid Reebok pumps and she finally gave in. I think I was in 3rd grade and they were quite pricy.

I remember having a huge red plastic pacificer necklace. I think I was in 5th grade.

I was in 6th grade when Jansport backpacks were all the rage and I remember drawing paw prints on the straps with white-out pens and having a billion zipper strings. All the kids would steal each others strings! I also remember putting band aids on the backpacks. Instead of buying whole boxes of band-aids me and my friends would steal a few from different boxes hehe ;D

I used to love Blue-Raspberry Charms lollipops and remember the rumor going around that they caused cancer ::)

I had a few Boss t-shirts and my boyfriend at the time wore Cross Colours.

I remember being excited about Clear Pepsi then disappointed after tasting it >:(

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Reebok Pump sneakers

Stupid rope neckalces that either had plastic pacifiers or little bottles of bubbles hanging on them.

Clear Pepsi-I love Pepsi but what the heck were they thinking?!

Boss and Cross colors clothing

Wearing Cartoon or color band-aids for fun and not medical reasons

Jansport backpacks with "White-out" artwork on the straps and 50+ zipper strings on the end. Kids used to hurt eachother over these things in my junior high.

Teeny Butterfly hair clips

Anything with Glitter in or on it

The Blue-Raspberry flavor craze

The let's make EVERYTHING clear phase (see pepsi)

...that was my two cents

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:D :DGlitter is still as strong as ever.I like Street Wear Psychadelic and Smitten Kitten,and the Jordana gold and green ones.Asd for clear products,I believe one of the premoses was that kids wouldn't stain furniture with them.Cheers!

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Oh here's one...

Remember Josta cola, I think Pepsi put out?  It had some sort of magic african guarna bean or berry in it that was supposed to bring out the wild in you.  


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I grew up in New York City and don't remember that rumor about the soda causing a low sperm count. Do you remember what company made it?
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SheRa, one of the cheap drinks I remember buying was those drinks in little clear containers from the bodegas. I thought that might've been what you were talking about but wasn't sure.
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Oh and remember those really nasty drinks...don't remember the name...just remember that they were clear and had these gross-tasting little gel balls floating around in them.
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I remember that too.  It was called Astro something or another.  The really strange part is they hauled it off the market in a really big hurry.  I wonder why...

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Hey I had Reebok Pump Sneakers in the 6th or 7th grande. I think I wanted them because that was the thing back then. I also had my Starter Jacket back then: it had the San Jose Sharks emblem and team colors on it.

The one thing I couldn't stand In High School was Tommy Hilfigger everywhere and all the other name brand stuff. Thats too much money in my opinion to pay for an emblem or pretsige on your shirt or your pants.

Oh yeah the teen-pop: How much of that could you take? It was like when Britney Spears first came onto the music scence she was on every single televsion channel. Everytime you turn on the TV Britney Spears was on. I can't stand somebody in my face like that on the TV all the time. Its just got to be way too much overexposure of somebody all the time.

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You must be thinking of Orbitz.  Really gross tasting stuff, too.  And the little floaty balls in there didn't add to its alure, either.  :-X

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I have one to add: Chia pets.  I remember an equally stupid show called "Hunks" that had one as their mascot.  ::)

I'd almost also add "The Clapper" but that old lady in bed just cracks me up sometimes!  :D
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Thanks for the Orbitz pic, SecretSquirrel, I always thought that stuff looked wicked gross! (to be New England about it).  

Anybody got a picture of Pogs, or do I have to go find one myself?  I only heard about Pogs.  Like on that Beavis and Butt-Head episode in which Butt-Head gets the nasty Russian mail order bride.  Stewart comes over and starts going on about collecting Pogs.  "Go away, Stewart!"

Beanie Babies were a lame-o fad of that late '90s.  I can't believe how long people stood in line and how much money people paid to get some dumb little toys!  Now you couldn't get twenty-five cents for 'em in a gumball machine!!

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OMG! Slap Bracelets were so awesome! I was so young when those things were hip that I never knew how to do slap them on right.

Nicole :)
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I recall get a nasty cut from one of those things. The material came off the end i think.

Do you guys still eat crybabies aka Horribly sour gumballs?
I remember when those things first came out when I was in Junior High (92-94). Kids used to come to school with BAGS of them. Crybabies made such an impact in my school that they became part of a ritual during Freshman Friday*. A poor kid would have his mouth stuffed with crybabies and then a piece of duct tape would be slapped on. They had to keep the candies in their mouth or face a beating. It got so bad that the principal banned kids from bringing crybabies to school. Anyone caught with them got 1 week detention, period.
Any one else remember these?

ps. Freshman Friday took place on the first friday of the first month of school. Seniors would initiate Freshman by slapping them or giving them the infamous "crybaby" torture.