independent and unofficial
Prince fan community
Welcome! Sign up or enter username and password to remember me
Forum jump
Forums > General Discussion > Did you ever go to the skating rink as a kid and do the HOKEY POKEY?
« Previous topic  Next topic »
Page 1 of 2 12>
  New topic   Printable     (Log in to 'subscribe' to this topic)
Author

Tweet     Share

Message
Thread started 05/05/03 7:30pm

pejman

avatar

Did you ever go to the skating rink as a kid and do the HOKEY POKEY?

Don't lie and don't be shy. Although I never did myself...
-------------------------------------------------





MENACE TO SOBRIETY drink
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #1 posted 05/05/03 7:33pm

applekisses

Of course I did it smile Although, I didn't really like roller skating too much...I was a figure skater.
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #2 posted 05/05/03 7:36pm

cborgman

avatar

applekisses said:

Of course I did it smile Although, I didn't really like roller skating too much...I was a figure skater.



i never did the hokey pokey, but i did all the other silly ass rollerskating things, like the duck shoot, (which i rocked on), backwards skates, etc
Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #3 posted 05/05/03 7:42pm

Handclapsfinga
snapz

nope, i just went 2 the rink and skated my booty off...gee, i miss skate east.

sigh
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #4 posted 05/05/03 7:43pm

luv4thepurple1

avatar

YES!! nod I loved roller skating when I

was a kid. The skating rink use to hold our

junior high dances too! Too bad it closed down!
He calls me "Holi" cuz he says everyday w/ me is like a Holiday...
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #5 posted 05/05/03 7:48pm

LOVER

avatar

HHAHAHAHAHAH!! NOT ONLY DID I GO..WHICH I SUCKED AT BY THE WAY, BUT I WORKED AT THE ROLLER RINK...LOL..I THOUGHT I WAS SO COOL BECAUSE I WORKED THERE...nod
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I LOVE TIM'S ASS!!!

-LOVER
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #6 posted 05/05/03 7:52pm

sms102070

avatar

I did even better I did the funky chicken!
nod
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #7 posted 05/05/03 8:39pm

pejman

avatar

luv4thepurple1 said:

YES!! nod I loved roller skating when I

was a kid. The skating rink use to hold our

junior high dances too! Too bad it closed down!



Now how the hell they gonna close down roller rinks...Every kid should have the opportunity of showin off their skating skills...
-------------------------------------------------





MENACE TO SOBRIETY drink
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #8 posted 05/05/03 8:42pm

AzureStar

Yes... I did the Hokey Pokey. I was actually a damned great skater until I broke my back. My favorite song to skate to was Black Betty by Ram Jam.
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #9 posted 05/05/03 8:48pm

PERSIA

avatar

I will never forget where I would skate there was this older black fella who would always be skating backwards decked out in a hot pink vinyl one piece jumpsuit with an afro and a feather attatched to his earing. He used to come alone until after a while he found his soulmate. She was a shapely white gal who ended up wearing an outfit that matched his as well. They would skate together and do tricks.
“A poor man waited a thousand years before the gate of paradise. And, while he snatched a little sleep, it opened and shut.”
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #10 posted 05/05/03 8:50pm

sag10

avatar

I could do the Hokey Pokey but cannot IceSkate...
^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^
Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect, it means you've decided to look beyond the imperfections... unknown
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #11 posted 05/05/03 8:54pm

Phoenixxx

sag10 said:

I could do the Hokey Pokey but cannot IceSkate...



same here. i could roller skate my booty! off but couldn't figure skate to save my life disbelief
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #12 posted 05/05/03 9:08pm

Insatiable7

avatar

*I did!*
-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
.>hello operator, can you give me number 9? can i see you later? can you give me back my dime?<.
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #13 posted 05/05/03 9:14pm

tackam

Yes! That was always my favorite part.

If I tried to do it now I'd probably break bones. omg
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #14 posted 05/05/03 9:17pm

AzureStar

Phoenixxx said:

sag10 said:

I could do the Hokey Pokey but cannot IceSkate...



same here. i could roller skate my booty! off but couldn't figure skate to save my life disbelief


I'm with you two... I can't ice-skate either... sad I look like a new born foal taking its first steps.
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #15 posted 05/05/03 9:20pm

Revolution

avatar

WTF???

I lived weekends at the rollerskating rink,
and i never heard of doing the HOKEY POKEY on
skates...no no no!

My fav part was the anxious feelings of finding
the right girl to slow skate with...lol, i was
WAY too cool 4 my time... definately a ladies
man from the start. wink
Thanks for the laughs, arguments and overall enjoyment for the last umpteen years. It's time for me to retire from Prince.org and engage in the real world...lol. Above all, I appreciated the talent Prince. You were one of a kind.
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #16 posted 05/05/03 9:25pm

AzureStar

What color pom-poms did you guys have on your skates? I had these kick-ass white skates that had these HUGE crazy pom-poms on the front!
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #17 posted 05/05/03 9:27pm

pejman

avatar

Revolution said:

WTF???

I lived weekends at the rollerskating rink,
and i never heard of doing the HOKEY POKEY on
skates...no no no!

My fav part was the anxious feelings of finding
the right girl to slow skate with...lol, i was
WAY too cool 4 my time... definately a ladies
man from the start. wink




wow, where'd you skate at?
-------------------------------------------------





MENACE TO SOBRIETY drink
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #18 posted 05/05/03 9:28pm

pejman

avatar

AzureStar said:

Phoenixxx said:

sag10 said:

I could do the Hokey Pokey but cannot IceSkate...



same here. i could roller skate my booty! off but couldn't figure skate to save my life disbelief


I'm with you two... I can't ice-skate either... sad I look like a new born foal taking its first steps.



okay I won't lie I roller skated and ice skated...never bladed though...way before my time...
-------------------------------------------------





MENACE TO SOBRIETY drink
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #19 posted 05/05/03 9:31pm

AzureStar

The PERFECT song to skate to! I could tear it up to this song! lol

Black Betty
Ram Jam


Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)

Black Betty had a child (Bam-ba-Lam)
The damn thing gone wild (Bam-ba-Lam)
She said, "I'm worryin' outta mind" (Bam-ba-Lam)
The damn thing gone blind (Bam-ba-Lam)
I said Oh, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)

Oh, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)

She really gets me high (Bam-ba-Lam)
You know that's no lie (Bam-ba-Lam)
She's so rock steady (Bam-ba-Lam)
And she's always ready (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)

Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)

She's from Birmingham (Bam-ba-Lam)
Way down in Alabam' (Bam-ba-Lam)
Well, she's shakin' that thing (Bam-ba-Lam)
Boy, she makes me sing (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty
BAM-BA-LAM
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #20 posted 05/05/03 9:32pm

Revolution

avatar

pejman said:

Revolution said:

WTF???

I lived weekends at the rollerskating rink,
and i never heard of doing the HOKEY POKEY on
skates...no no no!

My fav part was the anxious feelings of finding
the right girl to slow skate with...lol, i was
WAY too cool 4 my time... definately a ladies
man from the start. wink




wow, where'd you skate at?


Toledo OH...we were always behind the times
there, so that's probably why...lol
Uh, no POM POMS on my skates, AzureStar no no no!
They're not COOL!
Thanks for the laughs, arguments and overall enjoyment for the last umpteen years. It's time for me to retire from Prince.org and engage in the real world...lol. Above all, I appreciated the talent Prince. You were one of a kind.
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #21 posted 05/05/03 9:34pm

pejman

avatar

Revolution said:

pejman said:

Revolution said:

WTF???

I lived weekends at the rollerskating rink,
and i never heard of doing the HOKEY POKEY on
skates...no no no!

My fav part was the anxious feelings of finding
the right girl to slow skate with...lol, i was
WAY too cool 4 my time... definately a ladies
man from the start. wink




wow, where'd you skate at?


Toledo OH...we were always behind the times
there, so that's probably why...lol
Uh, no POM POMS on my skates, AzureStar no no no!
They're not COOL!

They're sexy though...m wink
just playin...
-------------------------------------------------





MENACE TO SOBRIETY drink
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #22 posted 05/05/03 9:36pm

00769BAD

avatar

never did 'it' on skates
BUT i done The Hokey Pokey... Alot!!!
I AM King BAD a.k.a. BAD,
YOU EITHER WANNA BE ME, OR BE JUST LIKE ME

evilking
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #23 posted 05/05/03 9:37pm

AzureStar

You know what? I'm heading out the door right now to take my kids skating! Thanks, pejman!


I'm sure I've lost my touch, and I won't attempt any jumps and twists because I'll more than likely injure myself... but, I'm sure I can still skate... you can't really forget a thing like that, can you? We'll see...

smile
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #24 posted 05/05/03 10:22pm

luv4thepurple1

avatar

AzureStar said:

You know what? I'm heading out the door right now to take my kids skating! Thanks, pejman!


I'm sure I've lost my touch, and I won't attempt any jumps and twists because I'll more than likely injure myself... but, I'm sure I can still skate... you can't really forget a thing like that, can you? We'll see...

smile

Wish we still had one close by! The closest one I know
of is about 45 minutes from me. Me and my kids would be there all the time if it was closer. Not only a good way to tire out the kids but great excercise, too!
He calls me "Holi" cuz he says everyday w/ me is like a Holiday...
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #25 posted 05/05/03 10:25pm

pejman

avatar

luv4thepurple1 said:

AzureStar said:

You know what? I'm heading out the door right now to take my kids skating! Thanks, pejman!


I'm sure I've lost my touch, and I won't attempt any jumps and twists because I'll more than likely injure myself... but, I'm sure I can still skate... you can't really forget a thing like that, can you? We'll see...

smile

Wish we still had one close by! The closest one I know
of is about 45 minutes from me. Me and my kids would be there all the time if it was closer. Not only a good way to tire out the kids but great excercise, too!



what city luv4?
-------------------------------------------------





MENACE TO SOBRIETY drink
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #26 posted 05/05/03 10:37pm

origmnd

Everyboy knows NO ONE does the HP
like Ed Norton...
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #27 posted 05/05/03 11:57pm

AzureStar

luv4thepurple1 said:

AzureStar said:

You know what? I'm heading out the door right now to take my kids skating! Thanks, pejman!


I'm sure I've lost my touch, and I won't attempt any jumps and twists because I'll more than likely injure myself... but, I'm sure I can still skate... you can't really forget a thing like that, can you? We'll see...

smile

Wish we still had one close by! The closest one I know
of is about 45 minutes from me. Me and my kids would be there all the time if it was closer. Not only a good way to tire out the kids but great excercise, too!


WOW! Let me just say... that ROCKED!

lol

Here's the run-down... age ranges during the week in the afternoon were about 5-15 or so... Not too many young, young kids there. The very few adults that were there didn't seem to want to put on skates, as I was the only one above 15 with skates on! big grin

The first thing I wondered was, "Where in the HELL is the DJ?" There isn't one. Not during the week anyway. They have this juke-box that pulls songs, from pretty much any album as far as I could tell, off of the internet! (No file sharing... but it said internet something on it... and I am VERY sick of that song by Justin Timberlake... if it wasn't bad enough that the kids tortured me with it there, over and over and over, we heard it so much my kids are now singing it... ugh!)... So, anyway... because of this machine... I then made my kids sit on the bench and I went out to skate to BLACK BETTY! YAY! (I didn't do too bad... I did keep both feet firmly planted on the ground though).

Anyway, on the weekends they have a DJ come in to select the music and take requests and do the "all boy", or "all girl" skate, etc..


It was fun! I suggest you all go out and go skate! My kids were HILARIOUS on skates! They've never been... what a riot! big grin

Luv4thepurple1: Oddly enough we have two nearby... the one I went to is only about ten minutes away... the other is a bit longer of a drive.

Thanks again for the thread, pejman... without it I never would have even thought about going skating! smile
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #28 posted 05/06/03 12:02am

pejman

avatar

AzureStar said:

luv4thepurple1 said:

AzureStar said:

You know what? I'm heading out the door right now to take my kids skating! Thanks, pejman!


I'm sure I've lost my touch, and I won't attempt any jumps and twists because I'll more than likely injure myself... but, I'm sure I can still skate... you can't really forget a thing like that, can you? We'll see...

smile

Wish we still had one close by! The closest one I know
of is about 45 minutes from me. Me and my kids would be there all the time if it was closer. Not only a good way to tire out the kids but great excercise, too!


WOW! Let me just say... that ROCKED!

lol

Here's the run-down... age ranges during the week in the afternoon were about 5-15 or so... Not too many young, young kids there. The very few adults that were there didn't seem to want to put on skates, as I was the only one above 15 with skates on! big grin

The first thing I wondered was, "Where in the HELL is the DJ?" There isn't one. Not during the week anyway. They have this juke-box that pulls songs, from pretty much any album as far as I could tell, off of the internet! (No file sharing... but it said internet something on it... and I am VERY sick of that song by Justin Timberlake... if it wasn't bad enough that the kids tortured me with it there, over and over and over, we heard it so much my kids are now singing it... ugh!)... So, anyway... because of this machine... I then made my kids sit on the bench and I went out to skate to BLACK BETTY! YAY! (I didn't do too bad... I did keep both feet firmly planted on the ground though).

Anyway, on the weekends they have a DJ come in to select the music and take requests and do the "all boy", or "all girl" skate, etc..


It was fun! I suggest you all go out and go skate! My kids were HILARIOUS on skates! They've never been... what a riot! big grin

Luv4thepurple1: Oddly enough we have two nearby... the one I went to is only about ten minutes away... the other is a bit longer of a drive.

Thanks again for the thread, pejman... without it I never would have even thought about going skating! smile



woot! I am happy for you and your kids!!! Now I wanna go skate...I can see it already in my mind as I coordinate my feet not to fall flat on my arse!! One thing comes to mind from back in the day when all the girls would all line up along the wall and the lil boys would skate by slapping their hands... I admit it I was a major show off...hey nuttins changed.. wink
-------------------------------------------------





MENACE TO SOBRIETY drink
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #29 posted 05/06/03 12:07am

AzureStar

pejman said:

AzureStar said:

luv4thepurple1 said:

AzureStar said:

You know what? I'm heading out the door right now to take my kids skating! Thanks, pejman!


I'm sure I've lost my touch, and I won't attempt any jumps and twists because I'll more than likely injure myself... but, I'm sure I can still skate... you can't really forget a thing like that, can you? We'll see...

smile

Wish we still had one close by! The closest one I know
of is about 45 minutes from me. Me and my kids would be there all the time if it was closer. Not only a good way to tire out the kids but great excercise, too!


WOW! Let me just say... that ROCKED!

lol

Here's the run-down... age ranges during the week in the afternoon were about 5-15 or so... Not too many young, young kids there. The very few adults that were there didn't seem to want to put on skates, as I was the only one above 15 with skates on! big grin

The first thing I wondered was, "Where in the HELL is the DJ?" There isn't one. Not during the week anyway. They have this juke-box that pulls songs, from pretty much any album as far as I could tell, off of the internet! (No file sharing... but it said internet something on it... and I am VERY sick of that song by Justin Timberlake... if it wasn't bad enough that the kids tortured me with it there, over and over and over, we heard it so much my kids are now singing it... ugh!)... So, anyway... because of this machine... I then made my kids sit on the bench and I went out to skate to BLACK BETTY! YAY! (I didn't do too bad... I did keep both feet firmly planted on the ground though).

Anyway, on the weekends they have a DJ come in to select the music and take requests and do the "all boy", or "all girl" skate, etc..


It was fun! I suggest you all go out and go skate! My kids were HILARIOUS on skates! They've never been... what a riot! big grin

Luv4thepurple1: Oddly enough we have two nearby... the one I went to is only about ten minutes away... the other is a bit longer of a drive.

Thanks again for the thread, pejman... without it I never would have even thought about going skating! smile



woot! I am happy for you and your kids!!! Now I wanna go skate...I can see it already in my mind as I coordinate my feet not to fall flat on my arse!! One thing comes to mind from back in the day when all the girls would all line up along the wall and the lil boys would skate by slapping their hands... I admit it I was a major show off...hey nuttins changed.. wink


I'm almost tempted to go again this weekend... you know, just to go and report back to those who can't go. Not that I would WANT to skate or anything. wink

Yeah... I remember that, too. I also remember when the girl (or boys, when it was there turn), had to line up against the wall and the boys (or girls) would have to skate by and choose someone to skate with! That's when the turned the lights off and had the disco ball on! Whooo!

If you were good on your skates when you were younger, you shouldn't have a problem now... at first, I was like, "whoa"... but then after taking the kids out to hang on to their hands and skate them around I felt more comfortable... then, when I went out to skate by myself... it all came back. Skating forward... nearing a corner, turning around and skating backwards around it quickly so you can flip back around and go forward again... wind blowing through your hair! Good times! LOL... seriously, I loved it!

lol
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Page 1 of 2 12>
  New topic   Printable     (Log in to 'subscribe' to this topic)
« Previous topic  Next topic »
Forums > General Discussion > Did you ever go to the skating rink as a kid and do the HOKEY POKEY?