Something I found.. Some of them are actually funny (brings back some memories)...

You know you grew up in the 80's if..

1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE".

2. You watched the Pound Puppies.

3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Belair"

4. You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish.

5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tired to start a club of your own.

6. You owned those lil Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.

7. You know that "WOA" comes from Joey on Blossom.

8. Two words: M.C. Hammer

9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock".

10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars.

11. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales".

12. When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

13. You wore a pony tail on the side of your head.

14. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on the big screen.

15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trai! l day in computer class at school.

16. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.

17. You played the game "MASH" (Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House) with friends at school.

18. You wore Jordache jean jacket and you were proud of it.

19. L.A. Gear.....

20. You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in Kindergarten.

21. You remember reading "Tales of a fourth grade nothing" and all the Ramona books.

22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF"

23. You wanted to be a Goonie.

24. You ever wore, fluorescent, if you will, clothing.

25. You can remember what Micheal Jackson looked like before his nose fell off...

26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

27. You took Lunch Pales to school.

28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.

29. You still get the urge to say! "NOT" after every sentence.

30. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.

31. Barbie and the Rockers was your favourite band.

32. You thought Sheena and He-Man should hook up.

33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged friendship bracelets.

34. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes.

35. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know what you are, but what am I?"

36. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"

37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were in-line skates.

38. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide.

39. You have ever played with a Skip-It.

40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds.

41. You've gone through this list occasionally saying "This wasn't from the 80's!"

42. You remember Popples.

43. "Dont worry, be happy"

44. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.

45. You wore socks scrunched down.

46. "Miss Mary MACK MACK MACK, all dressed in BLACK BLACK BLACK"

47. You remember boom boxes vs cd players.

48. You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies.

49. You know what it maeant to say "Care Bear Stare!!"

50. You remember watching Rainbow Bright and My Little Pony Tales"

51. You thought Doogie Howser was hot.

52. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.

53. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool.

54. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By the Bell", the ORIGINAL class.

55. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THRU THE HEART

This is sad... Originally posted by sHosts

2. You watched the Pound Puppies.

3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Belair"

7. You know that "WOA" comes from Joey on Blossom.

8. Two words: M.C. Hammer

10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars.

11. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales".

12. When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

14. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on the big screen.

21. You remember reading "Tales of a fourth grade nothing" and all the Ramona books.

22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF"

23. You wanted to be a Goonie.

24. You ever wore, fluorescent, if you will, clothing.

25. You can remember what Micheal Jackson looked like before his nose fell off...

26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

27. You took Lunch Pales to school.

28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.

29. You still get the urge to say! "NOT" after every sentence.

30. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.

32. You thought Sheena and He-Man should hook up.

33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged friendship bracelets.

35. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know what you are, but what am I?"

36. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"

38. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide.

39. You have ever played with a Skip-It.

40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds.

42. You remember Popples.

43. "Dont worry, be happy"

45. You wore socks scrunched down.

46. "Miss Mary MACK MACK MACK, all dressed in BLACK BLACK BLACK"

47. You remember boom boxes vs cd players.

48. You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies.

49. You know what it maeant to say "Care Bear Stare!!"

50. You remember watching Rainbow Bright and My Little Pony Tales"

51. You thought Doogie Howser was hot.

52. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.

53. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool.

54. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By the Bell", the ORIGINAL class.

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All of those really do apply to me. :bawling:

That's just spooky!!!

Don't forget untied hightops and the refusal to pick up your feet when you walked.... along with the bandannas around the legs...

I can't deny having "big hair" with a pink streak...

I'm going to go be depressed about my age now. Thanks for ruining an otherwise good day :stickout:

I tie into about half of those.

Depressed about your age? Tchah - until we're in the triple digits, I'm not going to worry. And by that time, all senior citizen homes will be equipped with Internet connections so we can all blog at each other and leave the attendants alone :)

And that list leaves off such golden phrases as "Gag me!" and the delightsome accompanying gesture. Always remember, if you're going to actually do that for whatever silly-arse reason, do not bite down on your own finger. It looks pathetic, and can hurt if you have a strong jaw.

I just recently met Debbie Gibson. She's gorgeous :D

Hmmm I was born in 87 and most if not all of those apply to me too :) Kinda scarey :( I gotta show that to my sister...

2, 9, 14, 36, 37,46, 48, 52

22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF"
As one of the turtles so plainly put it: Doesn't Everybody?

Anyone else run right out and buy a fedora just like Indiana Jones had in Raiders Of The Lost Ark? I still have mine somewhere.........:o

You remember boom boxes vs cd players.


What was this all about?

someone get the 90's list because half of the people who run web hosting businesses around here grew up during that time :D

Now that's sad, I think I can relate to all of them. :(

Originally posted by RjackSaun
Anyone else run right out and buy a fedora just like Indiana Jones had in Raiders Of The Lost Ark? I still have mine somewhere.........:o

No but my mom was forced to make replica outfits from Karate Kid for my brother and me:) I wonder where those went...

Anyone actually have the fraggle rock theme song? I think I have it somewhere on my computer:-p

11. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales".

Life is like a hurricane,
Here in Duckburg!
Racecars, lasers, aeroplanes, it's a duckblur!
Might solve a mystery, or rewrite history,
Ducktales, woo hoo!

Every day they're out there making Ducktales, woo hoo!
(Something something) look behind you,
There's a stranger out to find you,
(Something something)
Just grab on to some Ducktales, woo hoo!

Now let's see who can remember the Talespin, Care Bears, Rainbow Bright, and My Little Pony themes. :blush:

Sad enough, even at 18, I can remember 90% of those things, except the NKOTB; I had heard of them, but thats about it, even at that, I did not think they were cool so to speak :).

I am sure the list could be extended :)

Just about everyone of those apply to me.

When I was 5, I use to think I was Punkie Brewster. I use to wear different colored socks...and bandanas on my legs... and two different shoes... I use to have a pair of Cons like she wore on the show... lol


Originally posted by timechange
I just recently met Debbie Gibson. She's gorgeous :D

Funny you should mention Deborah (as she likes to be called). She's actually my idol. I've been a fan (yes, still am a fan), of her's since Out of the Blue came out. I wrote her letters many times, and every single one of them she wrote back to me (yes, it was her handwriting). And I have numerous autographs, magazine clippings and posters (yup, still).

She's the reason why I got into singing, playing the piano, and performing. I spent many an hour singing along with her tapes. Perfecting my voice. Granted I don't have perfect pitch like she does... but I'm very close to it.

I owe everything to Deborah.

Call me sad... but I'm still a fan of her's... and a long time member of her fan club (yup, still am! lol).

:blush:

I'm a very sad sad person....

I know the fraggle rock theme song... by heart... (I have half a dozen videos - my 3 year old son loves them).

Dance your cares away,
Worry's for another day.
Let the music play,
Down at Fraggle Rock.

Work you cares away,
Dancing's for another day.
Let the Fraggles play,
We're Gobo, Mokey, Wembley, Boober, Red.

Dance your cares away,
Worry's for another day.
Let the music play,
Down at Fraggle Rock.
Down at Fraggle Rock.
Down at Fraggle Rock.

I remember 99% of that. :)

Originally posted by sHosts
Something I found.. Some of them are actually funny (brings back some memories)...

You know you grew up in the 80's if..



Parachute pants, where is parachute pants? You can't have M Jackson mentioned without mentioning parachute pants. You know, the ones that made the WHOLE school go sweesh sweesh sweesh when the bell rang?
Where is Atarii?
Where is the portable Atarii consoles, anyone remember those? Many an hour I spent moving that little stick around on that stupid thing, my highest score was about 6 double a batteries :lol:

Pack-man, Asteroids, Space invaders. Double Pack-man at the Pizza Hut on Saturday night, right after a good sweating romp at the old Skate-a-way rink, nothing would make that huge bump on your head, and those carpet burns from the walls of the skating rink feel better than double-pack-man, pineapple pizza and a Dr. Pepper with peanuts.

Where is those laser disks, you know, the ones that were 78 rpm's in a case (no not THOSE rpm's, the ones that turned in circles), can't remember the name (oh no, is this what old age feels like!), Saw my first Friday the 13th on those disks, and ring of bright water <sniffle>, and can anyone say----Airplane....

Fraggle rock did rock, I occasionaly see them on PBS now, not the originals though :(

How about when meet me after school meathead meant someone was going to get a bloody nose, and didn't mean bring your UZI or your dope (well, maybe bring the dope :D )?

Riding in the back window of dad's t-bird looking at the stars go by on long trips, pondering the simple things, like when is dad going to hit the brakes again and slide my but back in the floor.

The shuttle Columbia?

....and one thing that still bothers me to this day, Why was smurfette the only girl? Why was brainy so stupid sometimes, and why didn't old what's his name just use sticky mouse traps and swat the little buggars before they had a chance to come up with an escape plan?

Damn, I want to go back, if I knew then what I know now, I'd sure as heck want to do more of it :)

Atarii - is that the one with LYNX in orange? Because I still have one of those with games.

And then we have McGyver and Miami Vice, and a few other TV-shows like that :)

And synth-music...

The 80's... I was just the right age to remember that, as well as the transfer from the 70's.

You hear something on the radio, and you think " that's a nice song" even if you don't really like it, just because it used to be on the radio all the time during the 80's.

Now everybody together: NOSTALGIA!!!!

Originally posted by ViperHost
Sad enough, even at 18, I can remember 90% of those things, except the NKOTB; I had heard of them, but thats about it, even at that, I did not think they were cool so to speak :).

I am sure the list could be extended :)


Yea I was born in 84.. And I know all of those, so I think most of them were a mix of late 80s and 90s... :D

But the bad thing is, I've watched the VH1 I love the 80s and remember most of the music :D

Im with ViperHost...

i was born in mid 80's and I remember 70-80% of this. kinda funny.

"26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf. "

You wonder why they are all blue... ;) (little kids wont understand this...hehe)

Oh the cartoons were so much better then. I can remember them all :) and how could you forget G.I. JOE?

DarkTides: "I remember 99% of that." How could that be... theres about 50? You remember 49 1/2 of them? hehe :P i know what ya mean.

Parachute pants goes with MC Hammer I think. Its the same bandwagon. haha

Yup, Parachute pants goes with MC Hammer.. :)

Michael Jackson either wore leather pants... or regular black pants...

Well.................. busted :o

You grew up in the 80s if laptops weighed over 7 pounds and got hot fast..You used those huge cellular phones (motorolla), there were no flat screen monitor.. Cant think of many ..

Originally posted by sHosts
You grew up in the 80s if laptops weighed over 7 pounds and got hot fast..You used those huge cellular phones (motorolla), there were no flat screen monitor.. Cant think of many ..

I was a teenager in the late 80's, weighed over 70 pounds, frequently got hot fast and had huge.......Oh nevermind...

Damn... Way scary!! 100% true! What is the 90s generation growing up on? Last I saw most of those things were still 'cool'... I think anyways.

Originally posted by rockergrrl
Yup, Parachute pants goes with MC Hammer.. :)

Michael Jackson either wore leather pants... or regular black pants...

If I recall correctly, (dates are fuzzy) that Michael Jackson wore a red leather jacket and black parachute pants in his video for thriller (colors might have been reversed), or was it that other billy jean video, but yeah, late 80's parachutes came in and died before the end of 1990. But I never remember him wearing anything "normal" :) Reason I remember him wearing parachutes is my "at the time" girlfriend was a MJ nut, and she didn't start wearing those stupid things until she saw him wearing them once.

Didn't he catch on fire about that time?