Thursday, September 8, 2011

Flashback 1974


Around about this date 37 years ago, I got:
  • Humphrey B. Bear;
  • Romper Room paraphernalia to assist in my aspirations to be a do-bee; and
  • Bat Girl. Bat Girl had wonderful fire-engine-red hair and she smelt newly plasticky.
I blew out three candles, and generally wore ugg boots about the place.
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  1. JaneSeptember 8, 2011 at 4:47 AM

    Oh Carmel, welcome to the big four-oh then! It's an exclusive club and quite entertaining - I can vouch for it ☺. Happy birthday, my friend. J x

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  2. LittlemissairgapSeptember 8, 2011 at 4:53 AM

    Yes, welcome to your 40's! I so wanted to be on Romper Room & play with the Punch-a-Balls & walk around the room with those plastic baskets on my head "See me walk so straight and tall, I won't let my basket fall. Eyes ahead & don't look down. Keep that basket off the ground." Happy Birthday MMMC!!!

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  3. theoldboathouseSeptember 8, 2011 at 5:04 AM

    Aww shucks what a cutie!! You know you actually still look exactly the same...but for the record I'm sure you sit in a more lady like fashion and the hair is neater. Happy Birthday !!

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  4. Meg and Mum'sSeptember 8, 2011 at 5:05 AM

    Happy Birthday Lady! xx

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  5. HelenSeptember 8, 2011 at 5:15 AM

    Oh you do have a way with words ;)

    Happy birthday :D

    I don't suppose that dress is making a birthday party appearance??

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  6. MakeminemidcenturySeptember 8, 2011 at 5:25 AM

    Jane,
    I'm glad to hear 40 is entertaining. I was struggling to think of any positivages!

    LittleMissA-G, I bet Miss Helena never said, 'And I can see Little Miss Air Gap' as she gazed through her magic mirror which we all knew wasn't magic at all and that some producer had just given her a list of dumb names to read off a cue card. I'm not upset though.

    OBH, yes, what's with the hands on the undies? Show some decorum, please child.

    Megs, I'm glad you're still talking to me.

    Helen,
    Happy Birthday to you too! The dress is making a birthday party appearance tomorrow night, at an old school-friend's birthday, and I like the idea of being at a birthday party on one's birthday without much expense, or clean up, involved.

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  7. MLCSeptember 8, 2011 at 5:38 AM

    Happy Birthday! I am feeling very good about the forties, truly the most empowered and positive I've ever felt. Maybe as fabulous for you.

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  8. KylieSeptember 8, 2011 at 5:54 AM

    Hey, happy happy birthday Carmel...it's my b'day tomorrow too, fancy that! I'm a few years older than you though. Have a lovely day, is that what the crazy dress is for?

    p.s. my Mum tells me I had all that Romper Room stuff too, I can't remember it though so she could be fibbing...

    x

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  9. polkadotpeticoatSeptember 8, 2011 at 6:22 AM

    Happy 40 Momma......these are the best!
    loved your sweet picture!

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  10. DebSeptember 8, 2011 at 6:34 AM

    Happy Birthday MMMC!
    The best is yet to be
    For the lawyer with the C
    That rhymes with D
    And this poem is going nowhere fast.
    xo

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  11. annieSeptember 8, 2011 at 6:41 AM

    Happy, happy birthday you big, ol' 40 year old you! Romper room was my first TV love but they whisked me out West where there was no TV and I mourned for Miss Helena. So clever to do the twin party thing. Then all fresh on Saturday, you will wake up over the hump and ready for a new decade. Please give us a gander at the frock, preferably when your baskets are falling halfway through the evening.

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  12. CowRoadSeptember 8, 2011 at 8:17 AM

    Hieperdepiep Hoera!!! Some fun Dutch words for your birthday celebration! :-)

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  13. bobbiSeptember 8, 2011 at 10:07 AM

    I love that picture, you look just like your babies!! It's the proof they are really yours.
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! I hope a huge moomin comes to knock at your door with hands full of scandinavian gifts.

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  14. Ariane ReichardtSeptember 8, 2011 at 12:10 PM

    Oh, my God! Happy Birthday to you, dearest Carmel!
    Your kids looks very similar to you, babe... Fantastic genes.
    I hope you have got enough air in your lungs for the candles...

    All the best for you, hugs and kisses,
    Ariane.

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  15. Sarah BSeptember 8, 2011 at 1:41 PM

    Woohoooo!! Happy birthday to you! You beat me by just over a month. 1971 a great vintage!! X

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  16. FionaSeptember 8, 2011 at 2:02 PM

    I took up running when I turned forty.
    It was a toss up between athleticism and alcoholism. Some days I still question my choice.
    Isn't forty the new twenty-seven? Or something.
    Happy Happy Day to you.

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  17. brismodSeptember 8, 2011 at 2:46 PM

    Happy Birthday Carmel!! So that's what you're up to with your fabulous dress. Enjoy yourself. Wishing some mid century goodness your way. xxox

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  18. WendySeptember 8, 2011 at 3:53 PM

    Happy Birthday, Ms. MMM-C! Hope it's full of all kinds of good stuff...

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  19. Carey Brown StrombotneSeptember 8, 2011 at 4:01 PM

    wishing you a happy day, all the best for your birthday! you sure were (are) a cutie-pie!

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  20. DMCSeptember 8, 2011 at 5:57 PM

    Ah yes.
    I remember it well.

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  21. MaxSeptember 8, 2011 at 8:21 PM

    Happy birthday, hope you get some fun stuff this birthday too x

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  22. AmandaSeptember 8, 2011 at 11:13 PM

    Happy Birthday - love Bat Girl - I wonder what Bat Girl would do for her 40th birthday?

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  23. CurlyPopsSeptember 9, 2011 at 1:59 AM

    Oh my goodness - I completely forgot to wish you a happy birthday lastnight. I was far too fixated on Humphrey B Bear!

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  24. BungalowgirlSeptember 9, 2011 at 3:49 AM

    Happy birthday and yes 40 is the new 20. Meet you at the Zoo later, or is it the Beat? Actually lets make it Cloudland, the mohitos are fab. You looked like you knew how to party even at age 3. melx

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  25. LilliSeptember 9, 2011 at 3:50 AM

    ... I forgot too. Or actually, I thought it was today, so I messed up.
    Nevertheless, wishing you a happy, happy birthday and love through your 40s. It's not bad at all, being 40+, quite the opposite.
    Much love from all of us.
    xxx

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  26. Anna BartlettSeptember 9, 2011 at 6:11 AM

    Welcome to the other side oh fellow-71'er. We have been waiting for you.

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  27. Raine and SageSeptember 9, 2011 at 2:44 PM

    Nothing beat the smell of a new plastic toy. You look exactly the same!

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