On our way home from the grocery store tonight, I said to Anne, "Have you heard of this Tumblr called I'm Remembering?"
"No," she said, "what's that?"
"It's all these images and things from the eighties and early nineties, and it's pretty awesome." In spite of myself, I added with a rather copious amount of enthusiasm, "Yesterday, I saw a picture of the Swatch phone!"
She looked at me, blankly.
"You didn't have a Swatch phone?" I couldn't believe it. I mean, we both grew up in Los Angeles in the 80s. Swatch phones were practically issued at the border when they gave you your smog alert reference sheet.
"Dude, I didn't even have a Swatch."
I nearly crashed the car. "You didn't have a Swatch?!"
"Nope."
Luckily for us and everyone around us, we had stopped at a red light. "How could you not have had a Swatch?!"
"Well, in my defense," she said, "it was hard to get one." She paused for a long moment, looked at me, and added, "since you were wearing them all."
I opened my mouth to retort, but before I could say anything, she concluded: "At the same time."
Check. And. Mate.
The Lexus behind us honked to let me know the light had apparently been green for some time. I slowly pulled through the intersection.
"Well played, Mrs. Wheaton," I said. "Well played."
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NP, Would hate to see you loose out on a chance to win and then find out you missed the chance because you posted in the wrong area. Good luck.
Thanks for those suggestions 🙂 I have one child, a 7 yr-old, who adores homework. Her teacher gives her an extra spelling test each week and a month’s worth of extra credit to keep her occupied. My 5 yr-old is slightly more difficult. Like her sister she’s eager to DO her homework. She’s less than eager to listen to me explain HOW to do it properly. That’s where the fighting comes in 🙂
Oh, you got SO told.
While I never had a Swatch phone (they were hard to get, at least where I shopped – Bullock’s), I did have quite a few Swatch watches over the years. Even wore multiple at a time. It was the thing to do.
In fact, I recently blogged about it.
http://www.banalleakage.com/2010/11/13/retro-swatch-watches/
Gotta love Anne.
🙂
Anne is made of awesome!
Anne wins. If she had a newsletter I’d want to subscribe to it.
My only Swatch watch I accidentally left on the roof of my car and drove away. Never was able to get another one. 🙁
Poor Wil, you never had a chance. I never had a Swatch either, but they weren’t in style her in Michigan in the ’80s.
Nope, not in the 80’s. Like most fads in Michigan, I didn’t get my first Swatch until 1990. We were always the last kids to be cool in the country, and by that time we sooooo were not.
Oh Mrs. Wheaton, how you make me guffaw.
I believe that one will keep me in good spirits for at least a week!
Upboat for you and we award one internet for your wife!
If you like “I’m Remembering,” you should also visit the Institute of Official Cheer over at Lileks.com — it’s the original home of the golden oldies and more… http://www.lileks.com/institute/index.html
Hey, do you have an interest in an official Vancouver 2010 Swatch?