80's Flashback...

[Trip]

[FONT=Arial Black, Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]I live for all things 80's so had to share lol.... [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Black, Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]Here's a little flashback for those of us who knew the 80's![/FONT]
[FONT=Lucida Handwriting, Cursive]You know you grew up in the 80's if...[/FONT]
You ever ended your sentence with "psych"

You solved the Rubics cube.....by peeling off the stickers

You watched the pound puppies

You can sing the rap to "the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"

You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish

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

You owned those little Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls

You know that 'Whoa' comes from Joey on "Blossom"

Three words: M.C. Hammer

You thought it would be great to have a friend named, "Boner"

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

If you played the chipmunks Christmas album all year long!

Remember reading Kool-Aid man comics

You ever watched Fraggle Rock

You had plastic streamers on the handle bars of your bike

You remember When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons

You wore a pony tail to the side of your head

You saw the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the big screen

You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school

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

You had a Kirk Cameron poster on your bedroom wall

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

You wore a Jordache jean jacket and you were proud of it

L.A. GEAR

Your mother wouldn't let you have garbage pail kids

You wanted to change your name to Jem in Kindergarten

You remember reading "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" and all the Ramona books

You know the profound meaning of "Wax on,Wax off"

You wanted to be a Goonie

You ever wore fluorescent, neon if you will, clothing

You wanted to be on StarSearch

You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off

You took Lunch pales to school

You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf

You remember the craze, and then banning of slap bracelets

You still get the urge to use "NOT" at the end of every statement you make

You remember Hypercolor T-shirts

Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band

You remember Punky Brewster

You loved Howard the Duck

You thought Sheera and He-Man should hook up

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

You ever owned a pair of Jelly Shoes

After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you couldn't stop saying "I know you are but what am I?"

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

You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates

You ever got seriously injured on a slip and slide

You know not to mix poprocks and soda (but did it anyway!)

You have played with a 'skip-it'

You had or went to a birthday party at McDonald's

You learned oldies songs by watching Alvin and the Chipmunks

You had a Glow Worm or watched the cartoons

You remember dancing along with the Bangles in "Walk Like An Egyptian"

If you remember Heathcliff the orange cat

You saw the California Raisins Christmas claymation special

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

You remember Popples

DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!

You wore socks over tights with high-top Reeboks

You wore like 8 pairs of socks at once, scrunched down

MISS MARY MACK MACK MACK ALL DRESSED IN BLACK BLACK BLACK.....

You remember boom boxes instead of CD players

You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies

You remember the Transformers

You know what it meant to say "care bear stare!!" and you had a favorite

You remember Rainbow Bright and My Little Pony Tales

You remember watching TV thinking Doogie Howser was hot!

You remember Alf, the little furry brown alien from Melmac

You remember the large amounts of hairspray used

You remember those very stylish headbands

You remember Vicky the Robot

You remember Eve Garland from Out of this World and how she could stop time by pressing the tips of her index fingers together and talking to her dad through a glowing cube in her bedroom

You remember the beggining of New Kids on the Block

You remember watching The Cosby show

You remember Mr.Belvadere

You remember Michael J. Fox in Family Ties and Back to the Future

You know all the names of the gang from "Saved by the Bell"

You know all the words to Bon Jovi's "shot through the heart" song

Pass this on to anyone you know grew up in the 1980's.

 

[SizzlininIN]

Lordy ..... Lordy is there any hope for all of us that can raise our hands to these.

 

[kimbaby]

Awww The Good Old Days...

 

[phinz]

A lot of that is for those who were pre-teen in the '80s.

Me? I was raising Cain in Houston as a teenager in the '80s.

 

[SizzlininIN]

A lot of that is for those who were pre-teen in the '80s.

Me? I was raising Cain in Houston as a teenager in the '80s.

Agree but there's definetely some there that you and I both can relate too also.

 

[kimbaby]

I was a teen in the 80's and loved every single moment of it...
and I had a few pair of jelly shoes to boot... lol...

You thought it would be great to have a friend named, "Boner"
I named my gerbil that,really I did..

 

[texasgirl]

ooooooooooo, I love the 80's stuff!!! I still listen to the music!! What's funny, I still have to watch The Prince of Belaire, my youngest ds watches it on nick at nite or one of those channels.

 

[cara]

the 80's in Germany are quite similar to the ones over there...
don't forget all these TV- series, like Miami Vice or Dallas... or movies like Dirty Dancing... *sigh*
the good old times...

 

[SizzlininIN]

There's a few years there I'd like to totally forget though or maybe wished others would forget......but I had fun .

 

[texasgirl]

You wore a pony tail to the side of your head

What about wearing it on TOP of your head. Wearing the cotton mini skirts with leg warmers and ballerina shoes!!!!!

 

[-DEADLY SUSHI-]

Thanks. I have been working on trying to repress those memories.

 

[Trip]

whooo opened up a can of worms here... I actually was a preteen then lol.

 

[-DEADLY SUSHI-]

I was 19 when the 80's ended.

 

[Trip]

I was just thinking about it, but does anyone else remember "gimp" from the 80's?

 

[Angie]

Born in 1971, graduated in 1990...yeah, I can relate...

 

[middie]

I was 19 when the 80's ended.

Says you Sush. The 80's are still kickin in my house

Okay remember when Pac Man was a cartoon ?
Or Intellivision which was before Atari ???

That was my decade. Speaking of Strawberry Shortcake, I broke my wrist when I was roller skating in Strawberry Shortcake Roller Skates.

Oooh and the Cabbage Patch Rage. I hated them dolls but my sister loved them.

 

[Angie]

Says you Sush. The 80's are still kickin in my house

Okay remember when Pac Man was a cartoon ?
Or Intellivision which was before Atari ???

That was my decade. Speaking of Strawberry Shortcake, I broke my wrist when I was roller skating in Strawberry Shortcake Roller Skates.

Oooh and the Cabbage Patch Rage. I hated them dolls but my sister loved them.

We had an Intellivision and I kicked BUTT at Burger Time and Kool-Aid Man!

I had three Cabbage Patch Kids...Genevive Winny, Seymore Jess, and Irv Wallis.

I had almost ALL the Strawberry Shortcake dolls.

Barbies galore, Pink and Pretty was my favorite.

My brother had a CHIPS big wheel!

I had Smurf birthday party and an Annie birthday party....

I love the 80's. Hate the clothes but loved that decade!

 

[middie]

I was queen of Beauty and The Beast lol

 

[Angie]

The whole Saturday morning cartoons, though...that was HUGE. Now, Saturday mornings are nothing to kids!

 

[middie]

So true Angie. So true.
Cartoons back then were
the best weren't they ?