How to know you're a child of the 80's

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You're a child of the 80's if...


- You had a crush on one of the New Kids on the Block members.
- You wanted to be on StarSearch. (Come on, we all did)
- You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off. Or even when he had those freaky eyes in "Thriller" at the end of the video.
- You wore a banana clip or one of those slap on wrist bands at some point during your youth.
- You wore french rolls on the bottom of your splatter painted jeans.
- You had slouch socks, and puff painted your own shirt at least once.
- You owned a doll with "Xavier Roberts" signed on it's butt.
- You knew what Arnold was "talkin' 'bout."
- You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off."
- You can name at least half of the members of the elite "Brat Pack."
- You can remember watching "Full House" and "Saved by the Bell" for endless hours.
- You have seen at least 10 episodes of "Fraggle Rock".
- You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer."
- You hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future."
- You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name."
- You thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool. (Was there an 80's movie she WASN'T in?)
- You know what "Sike" means.
- You fell victim to 80's fashion: big hair, crimped, combed over to the side, and you wore spandex pants
- You wanted to be a Goonie ("Goonies never say die.")
- You've heard of Garbage Pail Kids.
- You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince."
- You actually saw Ted Danson as the MacDaddy he played "Sam" to be.
- You ever wore flourescent-neon if you will clothing...(or nailpolish)
- You could breakdance, or wished you could.
- You know who Max Headroom is.
- You remember when ATARI 2600 was a state of the art video game system. (Remember Pong?)
- You know all the words to "ice ice baby".
- You remember M.C Hammer.
- You can still sing the rap to "Fresh Prince of BelAir".
- You own any cassettes.
- You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon.
- You remember and/or own any of the CareBear Glass collection from Pizza Hut.
- Poltergeist freaked you out.
- You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunchbox.
- You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.
- You wanted to communicate with some being named Cinergy, or you wanted green hair like that lead singer of the Misfits.
- You know what a Doozer is.
- You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.
- You ever had a Swatch Watch.
- You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the "Care Bear stare."
- You had a crush on one of the Coreys (Haim or Feldman).
- You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
- You had WonderWoman or Superman underoos.
- You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.
- You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"
- You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
- You know what a "Whammy" is. ("No Whammy, no Whammy, stop!!")
- Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.
 

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Saturday Night Live was BEST when it first started out-in the 70's.

The Brat Pack was actually before my time and I'm a child of the 60's.

Molly Ringwald is back into TV, saw her and she must be close to 40 now.

I did the Farrah Fawcett big hair in the 70's.

I remember when a guy in our art studio brought back the first Apple b/w computer from a convention in '83, where it was debuted. I wasn't impressed.

Can't remember half of those things as being important in the 80's but I was too busy raising young children so maybe if it was about Sesame Street...or about just have to having a Cabbage Patch doll and the whole set of Mutant Ninja Turtles complete with their Cave thing.

Oh, and we still own cassettes...and 8 tracks and vinyl records LP's, albums, singles, and Beta tape,,,arghhh!

Or maybe this would have to be about a woman of the 80's then. ;) TW
 

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Don't forget...

-You remember the show "My Two Dads" and know it didn't have anything to do with a gay couple
 
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Ping898 said:
Don't forget...

-You remember the show "My Two Dads" and know it didn't have anything to do with a gay couple

Speaking of which...

- You didn't think there was anything wrong with Ernie and Bert living together.
 

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Ping898 said:
Don't forget...

-You remember the show "My Two Dads" and know it didn't have anything to do with a gay couple


Sure...

:wink:
 

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TigerWoman said:
The Brat Pack was actually before my time and I'm a child of the 60's.

I believe you're thinking of The RAT Pack (Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, etc. This is refering to The BRAT Pack (Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Demi Moore, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, etc). :)
 

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I misss the 80's! The break dancing battles, where someone would carry around and throw out a piece of linoleum or cardboard, and go at it! Big Boom boxes etc..

P.s. I still have cassettes. Another good point. People from them, myself included, still say, Do you have that tape? When asking others about music..LOL!
 

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You know you're a 90's kid if...

*You can sing the rap to "The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air".

*You've worn leggings and felt stylish.

*You yearned to be part of the Baby-Sitters club.

*You use to love playing with your MY Little Pet Shop.

*You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

*You wore a ponytail on the side of your head and had scrunchies.

*You remember reading "Goosebumps".

*You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, wax off".

*You have pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

*You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.

*You remember the craze then the banning of yo-yo's.

*You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence...Not...

*You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green Ranger were meant to be together.

*You collected pokemon cards.

*You wore socks over leggings scrunched down.

*You knew what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare"

*You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell".

*You played and or collected "Pogs".

*You used to pretend to be a MIGHTY MORPHIN Power Ranger.

*You had at least one GigaPet or Nano and brought it everywhere.

*You watched the ORIGINAL Care Bears, My Little Pony, and Ninja Turtles

*Yikes pencils and rubbers were the ****.

*You remember when the new Beanie Babies were always sold out.

*You used to wear those stick on earings, not only on your ears, but at the corners of your eyes.

*You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"

*You thought it would be so cool to be Alex Mack.

*You know the Macarena by heart.

*Talk to the hand" ... enough said.

* You thought Brain from 'Pinkey and the Brain' would finally take over the world.

*You were made to wear a pair of leggings with the straps on the bottom. ie: stir-ups

*Bum Bags, or Fanny Pax whatever you called them.

*You collected tazos.

*I'LL BE BACK!

*2 words ... SPICE GIRLS...
 

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Hand Sword said:
The big question... Debbie ot Tyfany?
NOOOO!!!!

I get flashbacks from that pair. Both were big on the radio late summer/early fall '86. I was in basic training, and at every meal we were tortured by the sound of that demonic duo playing through the mess hall.

The horror....the horror....the horror....
 

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Mr. Miyagi's first name is not Chojun.

You got a typewriter for your fifteenth birthday.

You're surprised that the eighties didn't end in a Nuclear Winter, but with the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
 

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