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You can tell if someone is a GenXer by asking them to count to 12. (Admit it, you're singing the song now aren't you?)

Posted by KissMyAlien@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 51 comments

1 2 3 4 5, 6 7 8 9 10, 11 12!

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DaniiMinoguh@reddit

Wait. It's the ladybugs right?
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LaceyBloomers@reddit

I was thinking of ladybugs, too! One two three Four five six Seven eight nine Ten eleven twelve And they all played games At the Ladybugs Picnic!
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mopmn20@reddit

They played jump rope But the rope it broke So they all sat around Telling knock knock jokes The lady bugs 12 At the ladybug picnic
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LaceyBloomers@reddit

You have a good memory!
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mopmn20@reddit

For sesame Street things, I do. Can't remember what I had for breakfast or if I even ate breakfast now, so... I sang this song w my kids. Also all the rubber duck songs during bath time.
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LaceyBloomers@reddit

Rubber duckie, you’re the one You make bathtime lots of fun! Rubber duckie I’m awfully fond of youuuu!
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mopmn20@reddit

💕💕💕💕. We sang this one too https://youtu.be/W6_d22aMqZs?feature=shared
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LaceyBloomers@reddit

A loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter. A loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick butter. 😁
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mopmn20@reddit

YES!!!!!
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KissMyAlien@reddit (OP)

That was later on. Us older Xers remember the pinball lol.
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nikkazi66@reddit

I'm 58 and it's ladybugs for me. And then it's right into 'Nancy don't be a ninny, never nibble nails while nibbling on noodles'.
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pagit@reddit

Ladybug picnic first 1972 https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Ladybugs%27_Picnic Pinball count 1977 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinball_Number_Count
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Affectionate-Bee5433@reddit

This is the one I remember!
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KissMyAlien@reddit (OP)

Thst came later. I remember them too.
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GenX-ModTeam@reddit

Nobody can keep up with everything posted here, so reposts happen from time to time. Let’s try to keep them at least three months apart.
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oldschool_potato@reddit

Greetings! I am The Count. They call me the Count because I love to count ... things!
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Dark-Empath-@reddit

1….hahahaha 2……hahahaha Etc Etc
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TheDaddyShip@reddit

This is where I went
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chickenstastefunny@reddit

I take one, one, one cause you left me And two, two, two for my family And three, three, three for my heartache And four, four, four for my headaches And five, five, five for my lonely And six, six, six for my sorrow And seven, seven n n n no tomorrow And eight, eight, I forget what eight was for And nine, nine, nine for a lost god And ten, ten, ten is for everything, everything
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DertBuggy@reddit

Not only did I sing it, I was visualizing the pinball machine.
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KissMyAlien@reddit (OP)

![gif](giphy|3ov9jLtFu1B11MxZ1S|downsized)
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pej69@reddit

The people that you meet? When you’re walking down the street?
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ZweitenMal@reddit

BOB!
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KissMyAlien@reddit (OP)

Gotta love Bob!
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mishaado@reddit

You're goddamned right.
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bonapersona@reddit

Not all GenXers are Americans, lol.
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Dark-Empath-@reddit

I’m not American and I immediately understood the reference. Perhaps you didn’t get Sesame Street where you were raised?
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bonapersona@reddit

Yes, there were other shows when I was a kid.
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Select-Belt-ou812@reddit

I don't think sesame street was only in the u.s. either, though
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KissMyAlien@reddit (OP)

It's worldwide.
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Select-Belt-ou812@reddit

... which is why your post is so relevant <3
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KissMyAlien@reddit (OP)

Sorry. Meant to reply to the comment above you.
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45thgeneration_roman@reddit

I don't have any idea what song you're talking about. Sorry
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RiffRandellsBF@reddit

Ask them to count to 100 by 5s. If you know, you know.
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Dark-Empath-@reddit

I have Pinball Number Count on my playlist. My daughter actually likes it
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kagiles@reddit

I remember both the ladybugs and the pinball. But the ladybugs melody is different.
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kagiles@reddit

I hate that Sesame Street is struggling PBS too. sigh
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Baloney_Boogie@reddit

Vocals by the Pointer Sisters!
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BarnabyBundlesnatch@reddit

1 2 3 4 ![gif](giphy|Rjz8xl9WlMgXC)
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SeattleUberDad@reddit

Yes, I remembered as soon as I saw the hand.
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FaithlessnessLegal11@reddit

It’s all about the pinball baby
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root_fifth_octave@reddit

Three, three, three for my heartache?
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AryuOcay@reddit

That’s how we get to ten.
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crotchetyoldwitch@reddit

Of course I am.
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jtrades69@reddit

nice
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stu378@reddit

Of course we are singing it. You might as well said “GenX!!!!! Assemble!” And we all step through the portals singing our hearts out. Lol
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KissMyAlien@reddit (OP)

Lol.
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After_Evidence_3020@reddit

This and the 20 pickle pie song.
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Melekai_17@reddit

This is the way.
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GetTheSweetSpot@reddit

Never heard it.
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Select-Belt-ou812@reddit

yes. yes I am <3
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