Hello children of the 80's. Read this, it will take you back
It's scary....very scary!!!!!
Snap bracelets were always getting you in trouble at school.
Um Bongo, Um Bongo, They drink it in the Congo
You played with 'My Little Ponies.'
Friendship bracelets were ties that couldn't be broken.
You ever read Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, The Babysitters Club,
Forever or Sweet Valley High.
You know all the words to 'Ice Ice Baby'.
You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.
You wanted to be on 'Jim'll Fix It'.
You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before he had
plastic surgery.
You wore one of those slap-on wristbands at somepoint...or heaven
forbid one of those T-shirts that changed colour with heat (Global
Hypercolour) or one of those t-shirt rings on one side.
You wore multiple pairs of socks in the middle of the summer just so
you could be 'hip.'
You had slouch socks and puff painted your own t-shirt at least
once.
You know the profound meaning of 'Wax on, Wax off'.
You were upset when She-ra, Princess of Power and He-Man got
cancelled.
You can remember watching Saved by the Bell for endless hours, back
when they were new episodes.
You have seen at least 10 episodes of Fraggle Rock.
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 wanted to be a Goonie. ('Goonies never say die.')
You remember Madonna in her cone stage.
You rememeber Cyndi Lauper and her ' newspaper ' skirt.
You knew 'The Artist' when he was humbly called 'Prince.'
You even wore fluorescent-neon clothing... (if you can call it
clothing!)
Not only did you wear fluorescent-neon clothing, but they were
mismatched with fingerless gloves and toweling socks. And who can forget those shellsuits!!!
You could break dance (ok, you wished you could)
You know, by heart, the words to any 'Weird' Al Yankovic song
You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.
You remember M.C. Hammer.
You can still sing the rap to 'Fresh Prince of Bel Air'....
You can remember when it was Jazzy Jeff and The fresh Prince and NOT
just plain Will Smith!
You own any cassettes.
You owned a pair of L.A. Gear, Keds, or Converse tennis shoes.
You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins, ALF or ET lunchbox.
You have ever pondered on why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.
My Little Pony, Gummy Bears and Transformers are familiar to you. You ever had a Swatch Watch.
You wore a plastic tennis viser or jelly shoes all summer
You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the 'Care Bear
stare.'
You had Wonder Woman or Superman undies.
You believed that 'By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!'
You spent hours in the basement building and re-building Lego cities.
You remember the first time 'Space: Above and Beyond' aired - it was called 'Battlestar Galactica'
Big wheels and BMX's were the way to go.
With your pink (or blue) portable tape player, you sang to Kylie and Jason!
If you ever owned Polly Pocket or Micro Machines.
If you ever made Ken fall in love with Barbie.
You know what ' Psyche' means.
You were shocked and horrified at the Challenger explosion (which you were probably watching in school at the time).
Partying 'like it's 1999' seemed SO far away.
You knew that Transformers were 'more than meets the eye'.
You wore a banana clip at some point during your youth.
You actually thought 'Dirty Dancing' was a REALLY good film.
You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'dall be living in space.
You know what leg warmers are and probably had a pair.
You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.
You had to change into play clothes after school.
You wore acid washed jeans
Sported at least one tye dyed shirt Jean cutoffs, or cut sweathsirts seemed -really- cool
Scooters were in
Watching Neighbours was considered essential
You recorded songs off the radio with your boom box.
Somehow you still know all the words to songs playedon VH1's 'Big 80s'
Your arm was full of rubber bracelets.
You can still sing 1 to 12 from the Pinball machine song on Sesame Street.
You wore those wide, colourful shoelaces.
You still don't like going in the sea because of Jaws.
You remember Now compilations that had the pig on the front cover.
You never questioned why the A-Team were always imprisoned in places that had sufficient tools to build an armoured tank.
Dungeons & Dragons was your favourite programme.
You've ever said 'bright light, bright light' in a strange high-pitched voice.
You fell out with friends during heated arguments about the relative
merits of Matt & Luke.
Cerise pink, electric blue and banana yellow have ever featured in
your wardrobe or make-up collection.
You ever did the top toggle of your coat up around your neck without having your arms in the sleeves, and you knew you looked like a superhero.
Your new winter coat was best used to demonstrate that your wings were like a shield of steel.
You still remember when the A-ha video was the pinnacle of modern technology and you can still sing all the words.
Your best party dress was either a ra-ra or puff-ball skirt.
You wondered why a popular kids TV programme told you to 'Turn off your TV set and go and do something less boring instead'.
You know what 'sike' and 'not!' mean
You were shocked by the controversial plot lines in Degrassi Junior High.
You remember watching a house inhabited by a jester,a pantomime horse and a woman who sneezed, and thinking that this was perfectly normal (RentaGhost v.cool!!)
You tried to convince your Dad to fit a strip of red lights on the front of Capri so it looked like KITT.
You've ever seen a girl, a clown and noughts and crosses on your TV.
You've ever had more than 10 sweets in a 10cents mix-up.
You hid behind the sofa whenever you heard the word 'Exterminate!'.
You could have got away with it if it wasn't for those meddling kids. (Girls) You owned a pair of Pixie boots, generally worn with leg warmers. (Boys) You owned a pair of pale grey slip-ons, generally worn with white towelling socks.
Ooh, you could crush a grape!
You ever uttered the word 'Radical!'
You've ever held a chicken in the air or stuck a deckchair up your nose.
You wore legwarmers & tried to do the splits while jumping in the air while singing you were going to live forever.
You remember Fingermouse and Dangermouse (not forgetting his trusty sidekick Penfold!)
Trains in Wales went 'Pshh-t-cuf, pshh-t-cuf, pshh-t-cuf, pshh-t-cuf, pshh-t-cuf'.
You know all the words to 'Hey Mickey' (well, nobody knows past the first verse anyway).
You had a crush on one of the New Kids on the Block members
You wanted to be on StarSearch.
You remembered Look In magazine, and when it was only 20cents and Monster Munch when they were 10cents.
All you needed to be a princess was high heels and an apron;
The Sit'n'Spin always made you dizzy but never made you stop;
Pogoballs were dangerous weapons
Chinese Jump Ropes never failed to trip someone.
And in your treehouse you were king
Hide and seek in the park, the corner shop, Hopscotch, butterscotch,
skipping, handstands, football in the park/street, British Bulldog, Beano, Twinkle, Hula Hoops, jumping in enormous puddles and building dams
When 'Computer' Tennis, Pac-Man and Donkey-Kong ruled
You remember hearing the tune then running out to buy an ice cream cone on a warm summer night - 99's, screwballs or a cider lolly (cider lolly? - cherry brandy lolly - yum!!).
You got up extra early, especially to watch Saturday Morning cartoons (and Going Live!)
You were occasionally allowed to stay up late for Howard's Way, Dallas, Dynasty or Minder.
You know who shot J.R.
Running till you were out of breath. Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt.
Using the bed as a trampoline. Pillow fights.
Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down made you have a fit of the giggles,being tired from playing.
Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.
We collected Garbage Pail Kids and Cabbage Patch Kids
It wasn't odd to have two or three 'best' friends.
You didn't sleep a wink on Christmas Eve.
You remember when 25p was decent pocket money and you'd reach into a
muddy gutter for 10p.
Important decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-mo.'
Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better and taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable aspirin.
Abilities were discovered because of a 'double-dare'.
Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors.
Dr. Pepper. 'I'm a Pepper, you're a Pepper, wouldn't you like to be a Pepper, too?' Shasta was for losers. TAB was a laboratory accident. Capri Sun was a social statement.
I listened to John COUGAR Mellencamp sing about Little Pink Houses for Jack and Diane.
I was bewildered by Boy George and the colors of his dreams, red, gold, and green.
MTV played videos.
Nickelodeon played 'You Can't Do That on Television' and 'Dangermouse.'
On weeknights Daisy Duke was my brothers future wife. I was going to own the General Lee and shoot dynamite arrows out the back.Why did they weld the doors shut?
At the movies the Nerds Got Revenge on the Alpha Betas by teaming up with the Omega Mus.
I watched Indiana Jones save the Ark of the Covenant,
And wondered what Yoda meant when he said, 'No, there is another.'
I got up on Saturday mornings at 6 a.m. to watch bad Hanna-Barbera cartoons like 'Snorks,' 'Jabberjaw,' 'Captain Caveman,' and 'Space Ghost.
Pass this on to anyone who needs a break - I DOUBLE-DARE YA!!!
