Thursday, January 31, 2013

The Gen X Chronicles: Part Seven - Just Say No.

More from the Reagan Museum...here we have a sampling of the "Just Say No!" campaign of the 80s...


It's "The Just Say No!" board game to enjoy with neighborhood friends. 





"The Just Say No" Basketball






"The Just Say No!" Baseball Bat - fully worthy of an exclamation mark. And not aerodynamic. 




Remember these bulletin board maps that would show you places where stuff happened and colored string to show you the journey someone took to get there? These days with infographics and other digital options, I'm not sure who would have the patience to put something like this together...do all the pins and strings just fall out when you move the map? Also, did Nancy care about the kids in the Midwest as much as the other kids? This map might say otherwise - and I don't see that she stopped off in my southwest state. At least we got DARE T shirts after some local speaker gave a speech about drugs in our gym, and I think maybe we got a bumper sticker or two to take home that none of our parents wanted to put on their cars.



A bejeweled "Just Say No" pin?  I don't know about you, but I would've been beat up in the school parking lot for wearing something like this...maybe it was for old ladies of the 80s to wear to their high teas where they would talk about semi-hopeless social causes...like us ruffian 80s kids....





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