Here's a thread to share moments in your own life that are relevant to The Facts of Life!

I'll start:

Last week I passed out! Just like that dieting Sue Ann Weaver! :lol:

Me:

:)

:eek:

:faint:

But I'm okay! :lol: :)

I'm working with a document at work right now that mentions "ten or 12 atoms"! :rofl:

Here's a thread to share moments in your own life that are relevant to The Facts of Life!

I'll start:

Last week I passed out! Just like that dieting Sue Ann Weaver! :lol:

Me:

:)

:eek:

:faint:

But I'm okay! :lol: :)

OMG what happened?

One time I wore my skates in the house... for about 30 seconds... my mom wasn't happy about that. :lol:

OMG what happened?

Well, I wasn't waiting for a dance with Scott Dunbar! :lol:

I was at the doctor's, ready to get my essence "drawn" for lab work---and I get very lightheaded around needles! So it goes in, and I'm looking way away to the side, like I always do, and I waited, and waited, and waited, but nothing! She said she couldn't get anything out of me! LOL! I'm like, "It's in there!" lol! Then she gives up, I'm feeling a bit woozy, and when I put up my other arm for her to try, that was too much, I felt like some Frankenstein-ian experiment---then the blackout started comin' on, and I passed full out! I woke up with "10, 12 girls" hovering over me and holding my legs horizontal and trying to bring me back! LOL!

One time I wore my skates in the house... for about 30 seconds... my mom wasn't happy about that. :lol:

Hahaha! She couldn't have taken being Tootie's housemother! :lol:

Well, I wasn't waiting for a dance with Scott Dunbar! :lol:

I was at the doctor's, ready to get my essence "drawn" for lab work---and I get very lightheaded around needles! So it goes in, and I'm looking way away to the side, like I always do, and I waited, and waited, and waited, but nothing! She said she couldn't get anything out of me! LOL! I'm like, "It's in there!" lol! Then she gives up, I'm feeling a bit woozy, and when I put up my other arm for her to try, that was too much, I felt like some Frankenstein-ian experiment---then the blackout started comin' on, and I passed full out! I woke up with "10, 12 girls" hovering over me and holding my legs horizontal and trying to bring me back! LOL!



Hahaha! She couldn't have taken being Tootie's housemother! :lol:

OMG! Glad you're ok.

Haha no she def wouldn't wanna do that.

Thanks...it happened again this summer! :lol: When I went to get a vaccination somewhere else. Luckily I was already in a recliner for that!

Yeah, turns out lightheadedness with needles, and not eating for about 15 hours or so, and/or really hot weather, doesn't add up well. :lol:

Thanks...it happened again this summer! :lol: When I went to get a vaccination somewhere else. Luckily I was already in a recliner for that!

Yeah, turns out lightheadedness with needles, and not eating for about 15 hours or so, and/or really hot weather, doesn't add up well. :lol:

HAHA yeah, did you have to fast for that bloodwork?

Yup!* And did you see post #2 here? ;)

*(I'm going to go back first thing in the morning next time!)

Sorry to hear that you passed out, '80s! Glad it wasn't because you were starving yourself for a boy!

Next time, be sure to eat 10, 12 cinnamon buns before your appointment. ;)

Sorry to hear that you passed out, '80s! Glad it wasn't because you were starving yourself for a boy!

Next time, be sure to eat 10, 12 cinnamon buns before your appointment. ;)

:rofl:

Well, they won't allow that 12 hours beforehand, but I may just be more than happy to immediately afterward! :eat:

(Not actual medical advice. Consult your physician before consuming 10, 12 cinnamon buns. Side effects may include fainting, dilated eyes, excessive preening, fake illnesses, and posing woodenly for cameras while holding aforementioned cinnamon buns.)

^--- :lol:

Oh! And last week on a job assignment, I interacted with a:

get this:

"Dr. Parker"!

I even got to say his name! Twice! I totally felt like I was in a 1980 season 1 episode! :lol: :D

Woah!

Was he a dentist, too? Did he have a frizz head for a dental hygienist?

And I hate to ask this, but was he having an affair with the frizz head?

^---hahaha! :lol:

I have no idea on 2 and 3, but on 1 I can say I don't believe he was a dentist. I forgot what kind he was, I'd have to look him up, lol---in fact, I think tomorrow at the office I'll do just that! :D

(although, technically, Dr. Parker in Peekskill is an orthodontist; he only "dresses" like a dentist. Don't let any orthodontists read your post Retro, or they'll be up in arms! :lol: )

(Not actual medical advice. Consult your physician before consuming 10, 12 cinnamon buns. Side effects may include fainting, dilated eyes, excessive preening, fake illnesses, and posing woodenly for cameras while holding aforementioned cinnamon buns.)

:rofl::rofl:

Okay, so, that Dr. Parker? It turns out he's a school dean. :lol:

Okay, so, that Dr. Parker? It turns out he's a school dean. :lol:

:eek:

He was a Crocker/Harris/Bradley/Parker and I didn't even know it! :lol:

He was a Crocker/Harris/Bradley/Parker and I didn't even know it! :lol:

Man that school couldn't keep a headmaster, could they? Parker was the only one who lasted more than a year.

Man that school couldn't keep a headmaster, could they?

They could barely keep students! :lol:

They could barely keep students! :lol:

I mean they kept most of them, even if they were downgraded to guest stars...

(hey, I was going for a joke there, work with me here! :lol: )

(hey, I was going for a joke there, work with me here! :lol: )

Sorry :crazy:

Man that school couldn't keep a headmaster, could they? Parker was the only one who lasted more than a year.
Know what's even worse? In "The Girls' School", Kimberly refers to Mr. Crocker as "the new headmaster". As in, there was a headmaster right before him, prior to May 1979. Crocker must have only lasted a few months.

Did the parade of headmasters continue after the setting moved away from Eastland? It seems likely; when Blair buys the school in season nine, the headmaster is Mr. Morehead. Then Blair becomes the headmaster. That means that Eastland had at least seven headmasters in about ten years. There may have been others we hadn't heard of. :lol:

Okay, so, that Dr. Parker? It turns out he's a school dean. :lol:
Ahahaha! That's awesome!

Know what's even worse? In "The Girls' School", Kimberly refers to Mr. Crocker as "the new headmaster". As in, there was a headmaster right before him, prior to May 1979. Crocker must have only lasted a few months.

Did the parade of headmasters continue after the setting moved away from Eastland? It seems likely; when Blair buys the school in season nine, the headmaster is Mr. Morehead. Then Blair becomes the headmaster. That means that Eastland had at least seven headmasters in about ten years. There may have been others we hadn't heard of. :lol:

Wow, that school really couldn't keep a headmaster

I'm having a really late night snack even though Howard would say "The kitchen is closed! It is way past the Twinkie™ curfew!" :lol:

Me: :eat:

I'm having a really late night snack even though Howard would say "The kitchen is closed! It is way past the Twinkie™ curfew!" :lol:

Me: :eat:

Haha what are you having? Not apple strudel, Mrs G will have a fit!

Haha what are you having? Not apple strudel, Mrs G will have a fit!

Let's see, I finished off the Better Cheddars™, then a couple of slices of extra sharp cheddar cheese, followed off by some cheddar 'n sour cream baked 'tater chips. :eat: :lol: :D

Let's see, I finished off the Better Cheddars™, then a couple of slices of extra sharp cheddar cheese, followed off by some cheddar 'n sour cream baked 'tater chips. :eat: :lol: :D

Cheesy!

I once got to be "Tootie" for an entire night!

See, there was one night in my late teens when I went to visit my older sister in college (unlike Natalie's sister, the lines of existence with mine has never been blurred, haha), and one afternoon I put on my roller blades I'd brought with me, and I never took them off before bed. That afternoon, that whole evening, that whole night, wherever we went on campus or around town, I was rollin' on my wheels just like a tall Tootie! :lol: It was so much fun doing that, having "wheels growing from my feet", and I even made the Tootie reference during the night! :lol: (my sister also knew FOL [we had limited channels back then, lol] )

Wow...I'll never forget "the night I was Tootie Ramsey"! :lol:

I once got to be "Tootie" for an entire night!

See, there was one night in my late teens when I went to visit my older sister in college (unlike Natalie's sister, the lines of existence with mine has never been blurred, haha), and one afternoon I put on my roller blades I'd brought with me, and I never took them off before bed. That afternoon, that whole evening, that whole night, wherever we went on campus or around town, I was rollin' on my wheels just like a tall Tootie! :lol: It was so much fun doing that, having "wheels growing from my feet", and I even made the Tootie reference during the night! :lol: (my sister also knew FOL [we had limited channels back then, lol] )

Wow...I'll never forget "the night I was Tootie Ramsey"! :lol:

Haha sounds fun! What was the reference?

Haha sounds fun! What was the reference?

Oh, you think I meant something specific; no, I made the general reference...just pointed out something like how I knew now what it felt like to be Tootie in season 1 of FOL, lol.

And yeah, it was really fun! You should try it sometime! :lol:

Oh, you think I meant something specific; no, I made the general reference...just pointed out something like how I knew now what it felt like to be Tootie in season 1 of FOL, lol.

And yeah, it was really fun! You should try it sometime! :lol:

Oh lol! So you didn't go, "Theres gonna be trouuuuuuubbbbblllllllllllllle?" ;)

Haha, not that I remember!

I once got to be "Tootie" for an entire night!

See, there was one night in my late teens when I went to visit my older sister in college (unlike Natalie's sister, the lines of existence with mine has never been blurred, haha), and one afternoon I put on my roller blades I'd brought with me, and I never took them off before bed. That afternoon, that whole evening, that whole night, wherever we went on campus or around town, I was rollin' on my wheels just like a tall Tootie! :lol: It was so much fun doing that, having "wheels growing from my feet", and I even made the Tootie reference during the night! :lol: (my sister also knew FOL [we had limited channels back then, lol] )

Wow...I'll never forget "the night I was Tootie Ramsey"! :lol:

Hahahaha! WOW!!! :lol:

We also had limited channels: four until about 1988, and then five until 1993, when we got Cable.

Hahahaha! WOW!!! :lol:

We also had limited channels: four until about 1988, and then five until 1993, when we got Cable.

We had "5 1/2", counting PBS (another network station came in kinda sorta somewhat, hence the "1/2", lol), until my folks got cable after I went to college. :lol: :rolleyes:

We had these channels:

ABC
NBC
CBS
PBS (crappy signal)
Fox (around 1988, very snowy, and in bad weather the signal was too poor to see clearly. They would air nothing except the Fox logo for 16 hours a day, and then air Married with Children and The Simpsons on Sunday nights only. Eventually, they added a few more shows)
Scary Religious Channel (it was only on the air for a few months, on channel 68 or something, and very snowy, too).

I had basic cable til I was about 5 then I got expanded. Didn’t get digital until around 2008

We had these channels:

ABC
NBC
CBS
PBS (crappy signal)
Fox (around 1988, very snowy, and in bad weather the signal was too poor to see clearly. They would air nothing except the Fox logo for 16 hours a day, and then air Married with Children and The Simpsons on Sunday nights only. Eventually, they added a few more shows)
Scary Religious Channel (it was only on the air for a few months, on channel 68 or something, and very snowy, too).

Holy cow...did you grow up in an even more "out-there" area than I did? I grew up in Sue Ann Weaver country, a.k.a., "the country", lol (and are you exaggerating, or would Fox really air their logo 16 hours a day?? We had Fox too, but I don't remember that! lol)

Also: only a crappy signal for PBS in childhood is one of the saddest things I've ever heard.


I had basic cable til 5 then I got expanded. Didn't get digital until around 2008.

Awwww, poor Lorsie-worsie onwy had hundweds of channews befowe he got miwwions, awwwww... :baby:

;)

I’ll have you know I only had like 12 channels! Then eventually 90 until we got digital.

Haha, well I'll have you know I couldn't resist teasin' ya :p

And still, that's more than twice what Retry and I had! lol

:crazy::lol:

Holy cow...did you grow up in an even more "out-there" area than I did? I grew up in Sue Ann Weaver country, a.k.a., "the country", lol (and are you exaggerating, or would Fox really air their logo 16 hours a day?? We had Fox too, but I don't remember that! lol)

In Fall 1987, Fox only aired on Sunday nights, and even then for only 2 and a half hours. The local stations were free to air local programs. But my local Fox affiliate didn't have local programs. They were a low-budget UHF station that had just recently signed on, and they had no money.

The FCC required, in that era, that all stations air something for 16 hours per day, so my local station broadcast the Fox logo... for 16 hours per day. No joke. They had nothing else, and they couldn't buy syndicated programming on no budget.

In Fall 1988, Fox added a second night of programming, on Saturday nights, and in 1990, they added a third night, on Mondays. But Fox had no budget and very few programs, and their shows were seen on stations with very weak signals. You'd have to add tin foil to your TV antennas. The situation was so bad that The Simpsons and Married With Children would make fun of the fact that they aired on Fox: "Assume Fox Network viewing positions!", Al Bundy would cry, and all the Bundy family would grab foil, wire hangers, etc (https://i.imgur.com/sXNTkyY.mp4), in an effort to watch Fox shows.

Fox wasn't profitable until 1994, when they outbid CBS for NFL football, and a bunch of local affiliates switched from NBC, CBS, or ABC to Fox (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_United_States_broadcast_TV_realignment). Until that time, Fox had to rely on very weak UHF stations that frequently went out of business. You can read about the history of what was then my local Fox station, KOCR-TV, here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KFXA). It didn't end well for them.


Also: only a crappy signal for PBS in childhood is one of the saddest things I've ever heard.

In bad weather, they had a ghost image (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghosting_(television)). Still a better signal than Fox.

In Fall 1987, Fox only aired on Sunday nights, and even then for only 2 and a half hours. The local stations were free to air local programs. But my local Fox affiliate didn't have local programs. They were a low-budget UHF station that had just recently signed on, and they had no money.

The FCC required, in that era, that all stations air something for 16 hours per day, so my local station broadcast the Fox logo... for 16 hours per day. No joke. They had nothing else, and they couldn't buy syndicated programming on no budget.



LOL wow! Talk about beating the system

Just learned today that a colleague who's stationed in a different location has --- mononucleosis!

Hope she has a quick easy recovery!

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Just learned today that a colleague who's stationed in a different location has --- mononucleosis!

Hope she has a quick easy recovery!

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Eh she's probably faking ;)

But seriously I hope she gets well soon.

Haha, I bet she wishes she was faking! No playacting in a blue bathrobe for her! lol

Also, this weekend I watched a PBS "Nature" episode about arctive wolves, and at one point the narrator was talking about how this one pack of wolves was very exclusive and wouldn't tolerate outsiders coming into their territory. And I said, "Oh, it's just like Nancy and The Group"! lol Poor Arctic Wolf Nancy! :lol: (Hey, "PAWN", haha)

"Come, Poor Arctic Wolf Nancy...let's put a flower in your snow white fur. :loveya: "

Haha, I bet she wishes she was faking! No playacting in a blue bathrobe for her! lol

Also, this weekend I watched a PBS "Nature" episode about arctive wolves, and at one point the narrator was talking about how this one pack of wolves was very exclusive and wouldn't tolerate outsiders coming into their territory. And I said, "Oh, it's just like Nancy and The Group"! lol Poor Arctic Wolf Nancy! :lol: (Hey, "PAWN", haha)

"Come, Poor Arctic Wolf Nancy...let's put a flower in your snow white fur. :loveya: "

LOL I wouldn't get too close to Nancy, she may bite.

LOL I wouldn't get too close to Nancy, she may bite.

Well "The Group" certainly bites, I can tell you that! lol

Well "The Group" certainly bites, I can tell you that! lol

Are they stoned?

The wolves are not, no. lol

Eh she's probably faking ;)


She's only faking if she says it's so bad that she's got stereonucleosis! :lol:

She's only faking if she says it's so bad that she's got stereonucleosis! :lol:

:lol: oh right

Ya know, with more guys posting on here lately, now it's like this board's got "10, 12 guys" posting. ;)

Ya know, with more guys posting on here lately, now it's like this board's got "10, 12 guys" posting. ;)
:lol:

But "ten, twelve guys" would just be Littlefield-speak for "seven guys"!

:lol:

But "ten, twelve guys" would just be Littlefield-speak for "seven guys"!
Well, I haven't counted the posting members for the last several days, but it sure is close to 7---much closer than Mr. Littlefield! lol

Well, I haven't counted the posting members for the last several days, but it sure is close to 7---much closer than Mr. Littlefield! lol

YEP! :lol:

So yesterday I was on a job assignment and my role was the least active. It went all day, and at one point I was like, "Ya know, I do have a book with me, I could discreetly hold it in my lap and read it while they're going on :read:", and it would have held my attention and helped me "wake up", but then I thought of Lisa and the "DRAMA" she caused on the season 2/3ish set when SHE would read during HER job, even though it wasn't hurting anyone or getting in the way of her work, so I thought the wiser of it and remained professional-looking and did not pick up my book. :lol:

Oh, and in case anyone's interested, though I don't expect you to be, lol, this is the book, lol:

(I'm an avid Greek mythology fan [this one covers Greek and Roman] --- and I've actually read this encyclopedia-form book once before from cover-to-cover :read:)

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So yesterday I was on a job assignment and my role was the least active. It went all day, and at one point I was like, "Ya know, I do have a book with me, I could discreetly hold it in my lap and read it while they're going on :read:", and it would have held my attention and helped me "wake up", but then I thought of Lisa and the "DRAMA" she caused on the season 2/3ish set when SHE would read during HER job, even though it wasn't hurting anyone or getting in the way of her work, so I thought the wiser of it and remained professional-looking and did not pick up my book. :lol:

Oh, and in case anyone's interested, though I don't expect you to be, lol, this is the book, lol:

(I'm an avid Greek mythology fan [this one covers Greek and Roman] --- and I've actually read this encyclopedia-form book once before from cover-to-cover :read:)

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:lol: Glad Lisa's book drama could be put to good use. FOL is great for life lessons, even off the show!

:lol: Glad Lisa's book drama could be put to good use. FOL is great for life lessons, even off the show!
Hahaha, great point! :rofl:

:lol: Glad Lisa's book drama could be put to good use. FOL is great for life lessons, even off the show!
I heartily agree.

Oh! I keep forgetting to tell you guys...a few years ago I was out at a zoo, patiently standing in line to feed a giraffe (the cousin of our unofficial group mascot, the okapi! lol). And while I was glancing at the people in line, I was totally struck by---OMG---you wouldn't believe it. This girl in front of me looked like Molly Ringwald! I don't mean "favored". I don't mean "resembled". I mean, she was practically a carbon copy! :eek: She was probably in her late teens or at the latest early 20s (she was quite young, and was with a guy just as young), and she looked SO much like Molly that I HAD to say something. I could not leave her presence without remarking on the strikingly uncanny likeness!

She even had a stylish "fun" hat on!

So, with a genial smile, I said in a friendly way, "Excuse me, but have you ever been told you look like Molly Ringwald?" (I smiled and was very friendly because I didn't want to offend her in case she took it as me saying she was just a copy of someone else and not her own person, lol) And she immediately went into a half-smile with a hint of an agreeable chuckle in it (just like Molly would!), and she said with that hint of a chuckle, "Actually, I have been told that before." I was SO glad she had, I just loved how much she TOTALLY looked like her!!

Even her voice sounded akin to Molly's! That same range and vocal quality.

And then her doofy boyfriend said, "Who's Molly Ringwald"?

:lol:

Oh, these kids! ;)

Okay, I don't really fault him for not knowing, 'cause the '80s are long gone, and most people but it was still funny. Well, when he asked, she turned to him and said, "She was an actress in the '80s", lol.

If I'd known I would "play" here with you guys, I would've maybe tried to take a discreet photo to share, but I had no idea back then I'd be cyber-socializing with other "Facts" guys, some of whom are total Lost Girl fanatics, lol.

Wow, I've met Molly Parker's doppelganger! :cheer:

Who's Molly Ringwald? :eek: Who asks that??? :lol: Great story Eights, thats the closest to meeting the facts girls any of us have come. Unless you count me watching Julie stream live. :lol:

Who's Molly Ringwald? :eek: Who asks that??? :lol:
Young people born after 1990! lol

Great story Eights,
I enjoy sharing it!

thats the closest to meeting the facts girls any of us have come. Unless you count me watching Julie stream live. :lol:
:lol:

Young people born after 1990! lol


I enjoy sharing it!


:lol:

:eek:

Especially young people born after 2000!! LOL

Especially young people born after 2000!! LOL

Well they're old enough to vote now :lol:

Oh! I keep forgetting to tell you guys...a few years ago I was out at a zoo, patiently standing in line to feed a giraffe (the cousin of our unofficial group mascot, the okapi! lol). And while I was glancing at the people in line, I was totally struck by---OMG---you wouldn't believe it. This girl in front of me looked like Molly Ringwald! I don't mean "favored". I don't mean "resembled". I mean, she was practically a carbon copy! :eek: She was probably in her late teens or at the latest early 20s (she was quite young, and was with a guy just as young), and she looked SO much like Molly that I HAD to say something. I could not leave her presence without remarking on the strikingly uncanny likeness!

She even had a stylish "fun" hat on!

So, with a genial smile, I said in a friendly way, "Excuse me, but have you ever been told you look like Molly Ringwald?" (I smiled and was very friendly because I didn't want to offend her in case she took it as me saying she was just a copy of someone else and not her own person, lol) And she immediately went into a half-smile with a hint of an agreeable chuckle in it (just like Molly would!), and she said with that hint of a chuckle, "Actually, I have been told that before." I was SO glad she had, I just loved how much she TOTALLY looked like her!!

Even her voice sounded akin to Molly's! That same range and vocal quality.

And then her doofy boyfriend said, "Who's Molly Ringwald"?

:lol:

Oh, these kids! ;)

Okay, I don't really fault him for not knowing, 'cause the '80s are long gone, and most people but it was still funny. Well, when he asked, she turned to him and said, "She was an actress in the '80s", lol.

If I'd known I would "play" here with you guys, I would've maybe tried to take a discreet photo to share, but I had no idea back then I'd be cyber-socializing with other "Facts" guys, some of whom are total Lost Girl fanatics, lol.

Wow, I've met Molly Parker's doppelganger! :cheer:

GREAT story, '80s! Thanks so much for sharing this story.

GREAT story, '80s! Thanks so much for sharing this story.
It was quite the experience! :)

It was quite the experience! :)

Was she a feminist too? :lol:

Was she a feminist too? :lol:
Haha, I should have asked!

"By chance, are you a strong proponent of feminism, environmental rights, animal rights, and folk music?"

:lol:

The line to feed the giraffe was certainly long enough to converse more.

Zookeeper: "Okay folks, if you'd like to feed our living tower here---"

Molly clone: "They're giraffes, okay, Mr. Zookeeper??"

Zookeeper: "Fine, Molly clone. I keep forgetting. They're 'giraffes'. :rolleyes:"

Haha, I should have asked!

"By chance, are you a strong proponent of feminism, environmental rights, animal rights, and folk music?"

:lol:

The line to feed the giraffe was certainly long enough to converse more.

Zookeeper: "Okay folks, if you'd like to feed our living tower here---"

Molly clone: "They're giraffes, okay, Mr. Zookeeper??"

Zookeeper: "Fine, Molly clone. I keep forgetting. They're 'giraffes'. :rolleyes:"

:lol::lol::lol:

"Zookeepers can't be trusteeeeed
This giraffe's heart feels like busteeeeeed
Boy are zoo guests disgusteeeeed
I got a right to sing the bluuuuuuuues"

So I'm doing something for work which discusses some documents, and one such document they say is labeled "2-T". Of course I thought, "Tootie", LOL, and of the computer in the year 2000 at Edna's Edibles & Advice: "Two Human Life Forms Approaching: Natalie and 2-T". :lol:

Hahahaha! That's very funny!

"Zookeepers can't be trusteeeeed
This giraffe's heart feels like busteeeeeed
Boy are zoo guests disgusteeeeed
I got a right to sing the bluuuuuuuues"

:brent

Thats hilarious. Molly really needs to get new material though if she wants to hit it big. ;)

There are still Moby Dick joints around here. Every time I pass one I think of FOL! I always hear Mrs. Garrett in my head sensuously saying, "A whale of a fellow!" haha!

There are still Moby Dick joints around here. Every time I pass one I think of FOL! I always hear Mrs. Garrett in my head sensuously saying, "A whale of a fellow!" haha!

Does it make you crave a sundae? ;)

Does it make you crave a sundae? ;)

A giant one! With hot fudge and whipped cream! And I wanna grab a booth and share it with Cinds and Mols! :loveya:

A giant one! With hot fudge and whipped cream! And I wanna grab a booth and share it with Cinds and Mols! :loveya:

What about marshmallow?

What about marshmallow?

That too! :lol:

The pink dress that Jo wore on her date in "The Academy" is SO like my prom dress that I wore in 1986.

The pink dress that Jo wore on her date in "The Academy" is SO like my prom dress that I wore in 1986.

lol, that's awesome.

A document I'm working on for work just referenced an "Eastland Mall" and "Kansas City, Kansas", lol---double reference! :D

I'm an aspiring writer like Natalie although I've never taken a journalism class or worked at a newspaper. I really wish I had, though.

lol, that's awesome.

A document I'm working on for work just referenced an "Eastland Mall" and "Kansas City, Kansas", lol---double reference! :D

:lol: Nice catch!

A co-worker and I talked about FOL on Thursday at work. Somehow, the subject of '80s television came up. I mentioned my sister and I were huge fans of FOL, and had seen all nine seasons. Co-worker loved FOL and also Diff'rent Strokes and Gimme a Break. Arnold's catch phrase was even mentioned.

:lol: Nice catch!

A co-worker and I talked about FOL on Thursday at work. Somehow, the subject of '80s television came up. I mentioned my sister and I were huge fans of FOL, and had seen all nine seasons. Co-worker loved FOL and also Diff'rent Strokes and Gimme a Break. Arnold's catch phrase was even mentioned.

A girl at a place I used to work liked telling the story of the current generation gap she's witnessed. She used to work somewhere with this younger girl like just out of college or something, and my former co-worker once said to her, in an imitation of Arnold, "What'choo talkin' 'bout, Willis?" and she said the girl looked at her with a straight face and said, "Why did you just call me 'Willis'?", and my former co-worker was like "Oh my God." lol

A girl at a place I used to work liked telling the story of the current generation gap she's witnessed. She used to work somewhere with this younger girl like just out of college or something, and my former co-worker once said to her, in an imitation of Arnold, "What'choo talkin' 'bout, Willis?" and she said the girl looked at her with a straight face and said, "Why did you just call me 'Willis'?", and my former co-worker was like "Oh my God." lol

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I'm sitting here at work and just remembered I had a dream this morning before I woke up about FOL! I can't remember all of it, but I kept seeing clips of "Molly's Holiday" in my dream, when I was somewhere and learned that MH had been voted "the quietest episode of the series". I don't even know why! :lol:

I'm sitting here at work and just remembered I had a dream this morning before I woke up about FOL! I can't remember all of it, but I kept seeing clips of "Molly's Holiday" in my dream, when I was somewhere and learned that MH had been voted "the quietest episode of the series". I don't even know why! :lol:

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That's a silly dream! Everybody knows the quietest episode is Season 4, Episode 3! ;)

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That's a silly dream! Everybody knows the quietest episode is Season 4, Episode 3! ;)

Bwahahaha! I thought you most likely meant TSoS, and sure enough! :lol:

Although, audience-wise, the quietest would be LMLD, or "Cruising", if you consider no audience altogether. :lol:

I'm sitting here at work and just remembered I had a dream this morning before I woke up about FOL! I can't remember all of it, but I kept seeing clips of "Molly's Holiday" in my dream, when I was somewhere and learned that MH had been voted "the quietest episode of the series". I don't even know why! :lol:

Quietest? With Mrs G yelling, "MOLLLLLLYYYYYYY!" :lol:

Quietest? With Mrs G yelling, "MOLLLLLLYYYYYYY!" :lol:

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Hey, I never said it made sense! lol

Also, Lorsie, you bring up a very interesting point! I bet that Mrs. Garrett never yelled any other girl's name LOUDER than she yelled "MOLLLLLLYYYYYYY!!" in that scene!

It was kind of up there with her beloved "Cousin Geri" line, "Uh, girls....girls?...GIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRLS!!!" :lol:

And then of course probably the loudest thing she ever yelled was "Fear Strikes Back" 's

"FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!"

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Hey, I never said it made sense! lol

Also, Lorsie, you bring up a very interesting point! I bet that Mrs. Garrett never yelled any other girl's name LOUDER than she yelled "MOLLLLLLYYYYYYY!!" in that scene!

It was kind of up there with her beloved "Cousin Geri" line, "Uh, girls....girls?...GIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRLS!!!" :lol:

And then of course probably the loudest thing she ever yelled was "Fear Strikes Back" 's

"FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!"

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Yep don't forget, "GET THE HELL OUTTA HERE OR I'LL BEAT YOU WITH A FRYING PAN!!!!"

Bwahahaha! I thought you most likely meant TSoS, and sure enough! :lol:

I knew you'd get the reference! :lol:


Although, audience-wise, the quietest would be LMLD,

Yep, I almost mentioned that myself!

Yep don't forget, "GET THE HELL OUTTA HERE OR I'LL BEAT YOU WITH A FRYING PAN!!!!"

Haha, that was great too!

And my favorite funny Garrett yell:

Mrs. Garrett: "Natalie, I'm getting angry. And when I get angry, I yell!"

Natalie: "So don't get angry!"

Mrs. Garrett: "IT'S TOO LAAAAAAATE!!"

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Haha, that was great too!

And my favorite funny Garrett yell:

Mrs. Garrett: "Natalie, I'm getting angry. And when I get angry, I yell!"

Natalie: "So don't get angry!"

Mrs. Garrett: "IT'S TOO LAAAAAAATE!!"

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Okay, get this: So my former office mate's last name was "Blair", and my new office mate's name is "Molly"! :lol:

I can't make this stuff up! :D

Okay, get this: So my former office mate's last name was "Blair", and my new office mate's name is "Molly"! :lol:

I can't make this stuff up! :D

Cool! Let us know when you get a "Tootie"! :lol:

Doesn't Molly know she was supposed to be your office mate in the first year?

(Sadly, my new office mate also has my first name, which is making for some confusing situations...)

Cool! Let us know when you get a "Tootie"! :lol:

Now that'll be the day! :lol:


Doesn't Molly know she was supposed to be your office mate in the first year?

:rofl:


(Sadly, my new office mate also has my first name, which is making for some confusing situations...)

Two "Retro"s?? That would be confusing! ;)

Okay, get this: So my former office mate's last name was "Blair", and my new office mate's name is "Molly"! :lol:

I can't make this stuff up! :D

No Sue Ann? :eek::lol:

No Sue Ann? :eek::lol:

Sue Ann must have been in the first season, before '80s was on the show! :lol:

Two "Retro"s?? That would be confusing! ;)

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Yeah, we keep having to say, "Do you mean RetroGuy or RetroDude?" It's so confusing!

I decided I'm gonna use Molly's name next week for the first time! I can't wait!! It's gonna be like a line of "Facts" dialogue written for me! :woohoo:


No Sue Ann? :eek::lol:

Nope! No one's named "Sue Ann" anymore! :lol:


Sue Ann must have been in the first season, before '80s was on the show! :lol:

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Yeah, we keep having to say, "Do you mean RetroGuy or RetroDude?" It's so confusing!

Put some butter on you, you're on a "roll"! :rofl:

Sue Ann must have been in the first season, before '80s was on the show! :lol:

Dang it! Another write off? Sue Ann cant catch a break! :(

So far I've said "Molly" twice! It's like I'm in season 1 in the dorm! :woohoo:

So far I've said "Molly" twice! It's like I'm in season 1 in the dorm! :woohoo:

The actress or the character? ;)

So, I've often thought that in certain photos and at certain moments, one of my aunts resembles "Blair" a bit. Here she is in a photo from the late '70s or early '80s (when "Facts" was on!)

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So, I've often thought that in certain photos and at certain moments, one of my aunts resembles "Blair" a bit. Here she is in a photo from the late '70s or early '80s (when "Facts" was on!)

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That's funny, because my aunt was nicknamed Tootie. It had nothing to do with TFOL because her nickname originated in the late 1950s, but I still find it interesting. They still occasionally call her that.

That's funny, because my aunt was nicknamed Tootie. It had nothing to do with TFOL because her nickname originated in the late 1950s, but I still find it interesting. They still occasionally call her that.

"Aunt Tootie", that's great! :lol:

I'm surprised no one's commented on my aunt and the Blair resemblance. I know they're not twins, but I think she has a Blair resemblance with some of her features.

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That is definitely Blair hair. And are those brown eyes?! Dare I ask... chestnut brown?

That is definitely Blair hair. And are those brown eyes?! Dare I ask... chestnut brown?

With green and gold flecks? :lol: They are brown, lol. To me I also see a "family resemblance" of something in her cheekbones and eyes and smile. I mean, I think she looks more like Blair than Blair's own mother, lol. ;)

"Aunt Tootie", that's great! :lol:

I'm surprised no one's commented on my aunt and the Blair resemblance. I know they're not twins, but I think she has a Blair resemblance with some of her features.

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I see a little Cindy in that

With green and gold flecks? :lol:

:brent


They are brown, lol. To me I also see a "family resemblance" of something in her cheekbones and eyes and smile. I mean, I think she looks more like Blair than Blair's own mother, lol. ;)

She is a dead ringer for Blair, in that photo. She could pass for her sister, or her twin.

She definitely looks more like Blair than Blair's mother, but which one?! :lol:

She is a dead ringer for Blair, in that photo. She could pass for her sister, or her twin.

She definitely looks more like Blair than Blair's mother, but which one?! :lol:

Haha, both! :lol:

And while Cheetara from the '80s 'toon "ThunderCats" never guest starred on "The Facts of Life" (although if she turned up in any episode, it would be "Running!" :lol:), in some photos with these certain kind of big colored glasses, my aunt reminds me of Cheetara! :lol:

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I just had a document at work that contained the phrase "bought and sold"!

I just had a document at work that contained the phrase "bought and sold"!

Haha nice

I just had a document at work that contained the phrase "bought and sold"!

Yeah, I had a text message today on my cell phone, warning of a "Flash Flood"! :lol:

Yeah, I had a text message today on my cell phone, warning of a "Flash Flood"! :lol:

That doesn't call for a "warning", that calls for a "CELEBRATION"! :woohoo:

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:lol::lol::lol::lol:

So I'm catching up on some neglected chores here at home during this isolation, and earlier I was scrubbing and scrubbing the kitchen sink, counters, and stove---I felt like one of Mrs. Garrett's girls slaving away in the Eastland kitchen! :lol:

So I'm catching up on some neglected chores here at home during this isolation, and earlier I was scrubbing and scrubbing the kitchen sink, counters, and stove---I felt like one of Mrs. Garrett's girls slaving away in the Eastland kitchen! :lol:

Really? Today, I was eating some cheese dip. I felt like one of Mrs. Garrett's girls not slaving away in the kitchen. :lol:

Really? Today, I was eating some cheese dip. I felt like one of Mrs. Garrett's girls not slaving away in the kitchen. :lol:

Dang it! I went in the wrong direction! :lol:

Dang it! I went in the wrong direction! :lol:

Ahahahaha!

You guys! It's raining and thundering here! Just like in "Flash Flood"!

Oohhhh, I hope the "electrility" stays on!!

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(Now there's lightning too!)

(Now there's lightning too!)

Hopefully it doesn't go on for months

You guys! It's raining and thundering here! Just like in "Flash Flood"!

Oohhhh, I hope the "electrility" stays on!!

😆

:lol::lol::lol::lol:

Hopefully it doesn't go on for months

Well I would love it if it did, IF the ground could take it, lol (rain and storms are my favorite weather! :loveya:).

Well I would love it if it did, IF the ground could take it, lol (rain and storms are my favorite weather! :loveya:).

Haha as long as your area is not prone to flooding

"Aunt Tootie", that's great! :lol:

I'm surprised no one's commented on my aunt and the Blair resemblance. I know they're not twins, but I think she has a Blair resemblance with some of her features.

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Oh my god: your auntie is almost the image of BLAIR and look at the hair wow!

And yes, i always thought that the actress who played MONICA on season 2 onward had no resemblance with BLAIR at all, whereas the first MONICA on season 1 did (except for the height):happyface:happyface:happyface

Oh my god: your auntie is almost the image of BLAIR and look at the hair wow!

Haha, thanks :)

So for work today a document I've got includes the following:


New York
Florida
California
"overcompensating"
"backflips"
"stand-up comedy"


If this isn't a "Facts" day I don't know what is! :lol:

So for work today a document I've got includes the following:


New York
Florida
California
"overcompensating"
"backflips"
"stand-up comedy"


If this isn't a "Facts" day I don't know what is! :lol:

:lol: wow

Right now I'm playing piano, like Jo :rolleyes:, only me doing it makes sense because I took lessons when I was growing up and kept my playing up off and on over the years. ;)

So for work today a document I've got includes the following:


New York
Florida
California
"overcompensating"
"backflips"
"stand-up comedy"


If this isn't a "Facts" day I don't know what is! :lol:

Is Cindy/Julie Anne doing the backflips?

Right now I'm playing piano, like Jo :rolleyes:, only me doing it makes sense because I took lessons when I was growing up and kept my playing up off and on over the years. ;)


Good one 80sSitcoms! (you didn't suddenly turn into a genius from one day to the other):lol::lol::lol:

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Is Cindy/Julie Anne doing the backflips?

That's who I'm assigning them to in my mind, lol.


Good one 80sSitcoms! (you didn't suddenly turn into a genius from one day to the other):lol::lol::lol:

:guitar::guitar::guitar:

Nope, definitely not claiming that, lol.