NinjaChick, I will now tell you a story to make you feel better.
I recently went to my youngest BIL’s wedding, and for a while was sitting next to my husband’s aunt, who is now about 70. She told me it would make her very happy if I put my two daughters in martial arts classes, because she thinks they’re great and especially important for girls. I think I made her day when I told her that the oldest is in kung fu (the younger one is 4).
Chupa Chups! Oh man, I had them all! I loved the stickers, too. Although, my favorite was Ginger and it seemed that hers was always the hardest to find. 
No one noticed who wrote the article? Fay Weldon CBE
All I know is when I was stuck in many a hotel in some part of Europe in the late 1990’s with no English television or radio, they were about the only media I would consistently hear that was in English. Like a Spice Girls lifeline from London to rural Portugal. So some of their stupid jingly songs are still on my Zen because they bring back memories of other things.