You Know You Grew Up In The 80's IF
1. Girls wore biker shorts under their skirts and felt stylishly sexy.
2. You owned those lil' Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.
3. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock ".
4. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars...
and "spokey-dokes" or playing cards on your spokes for that incredible sound effect.
5. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales ". (Woo ooh!)
6. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.
7. When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
8. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on the big screen... and still know the turtles' names.
9. You tight rolled your jeans.
10. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.
11. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF".
12. You wanted to be a Goonie.
13. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. (some of us... head-to-toe)
14. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off and his cheeks shifted.
15. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
16. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.
17. You still get the urge to say "NOT " after every sentence.
18. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.
19. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band.
20. You thought She-ra (Princess of Power!) and He-Man should hookup.
21. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.
22. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes. (and like #24, probably in neon colors, too)
23. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.
24. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds.
25. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement.
26. "Don't worry, be happy"
27. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.
28. You wore socks scrunched down (and sometimes still
do...getting yelled at by "younger hip" members of the family)
29. You remember boom boxes. and walking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that.
30. You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies.
31. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!"
32. You remember watching "Rainbow Bright" and "My Little Pony Tales "
33. You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot.
34. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.
35. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool... and don't even flinch when people refer to them as "NKOTB".
36. You know all the words to Jon Bon Jovi's - "SHOT THROUGH THE HEART. "
37. You just sang those words to yourself. :-P
38. You remember watching Magic vs. Bird.
39. Homemade Levi shorts. (The shorter, the better)
40. You still sing "We are the World"
41. You owned a banana clip.
42. You're still singing "shot through the heart" in your head,aren't you!
awwww!i'm such an 80s thoroughbred!!!!this post brought back a flurry of memories.....and i'm still humming "we are the world..."
lol Azi, yep they say your only as old as you feel, i too feel it...
YUP..the good old days...lol
I feel old already :-)
Aaah thank for posting Azi, the good old days...
But now I know you're a post-war baby boomer generation. *winks*
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
Yes, I watched 2001:A Space Odyssey in a theater, heero! And I was probably wearing a tie-dyed shirt and love beads at the same time.
Mandi
Duh heero. Where else could you watch a movie, besides in a theater? ;-)
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
Jeez I'm old :-/
Ok, I'm posting the '70s version for the more,uh, mature QLers. You youngsters can laugh all you want....
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
break dancing started the 80's as well..right after bagets movie came out in 84 if i remember it right.
PEOPLE POWER and Philippines had it's first LADY PRESIDENT :-P
In the 80's, Britain redeiscovered patriotism and won back the Falkland Islands..
What about the flared trousers?
I found some months ago a polaroid of me and my cousins in one of my birthdays...
or maybe it was 70's?
In 80s were drainpipe trousers, isnt it?
Well, my mother was always a little a little old fashioned to dress her sons...
LOL!
War looking for peace,
is like fornication looking for virginity.
and danced the "ROCK LOBSTER"?... :-P
My mother made me wear those striped (above the)knee high socks with my peploom shorts. I thought it was stylish then, but when I see my old high school photo with my hair tied in a side pony tail, I look like a a Christmas sugar cane...lmao
I'm almost in my 40's...and the thought of my daughter turning 18 y/o in 4 months time is already giving me a bittersweet feelings :')
If it was Azilana 7037 who posted the forum topic.
:)
Default Nick - I don't think I am lucky. This is the fruits of a lot of hardwork & Dedication with Brain Power.
BTW _ I have spent 15 Years in Singapore before coming here :)
Ban Spoon Feeding not Me
hehe that was all sooo true...
of those worn by (american)football players.
And those high-tissed hair with gels with glitter dust...lol
It seems you were grown up in a place where only the strong survives and you are here now. So arent you thinking that you are lucky?
"What doesn't kill me; makes me stronger..."
You still watching Star Trek and Star Wars for the 300th time in your life....
“Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful,”
azilana7037 - "I work part time as a cleaner and sell homemade sweets to my classmates"
Nobody wants to engage a part time slave in my village those days. So how?
Ban Spoon Feeding not Me
I think I only remember a tenth of those things, I'm a little young me thinks.
charanmafiriyals give my luxuries to me i can live without my needs.
"What doesn't kill me; makes me stronger..."
My father earns just enough to support our family and put me and my siblings in a good school. For me to have those "luxuries", I work part time as a cleaner and sell homemade sweets to my classmates.
It wasn't a nice teenhood when you get looked down only because you had "hand-me downs" clothes...so who's FORTUNATE, you say?
he's definitely cute then...:-)
lol. who's samantha micelli?
gee, i was only born yesterday.. Ha-ha!
but i wish i was born in the 60's..
cheers,
paul
azilana7037 - We didn't have Electricity & Running Watar in our village at that time. How to have those luxuories you mentioned above.
You know we are not fortunate as you :(
Ban Spoon Feeding not Me
mistake was "intentional"?...lol
It's a copy and paste thing but I deleted most of them as I was reminiscing "my" 80's teenhood :-)
azi... how's life? :)
and to you too, GreenTEa
36. Do you mean Livin' on a Prayer?
Did you Google it first?
We are the children...We are the ones who make a brighter day so let's start giving...there's a choice we're making
we're saving our own lives....It's true we'll make a better day ... Just you and me
can still see clearly the music video in my mind :)
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