You Know You Grew Up In The 80's IF

azilana7037
By azilana7037

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!

By svelte_saggi• 9 Nov 2008 12:05
svelte_saggi

awwww!i'm such an 80s thoroughbred!!!!this post brought back a flurry of memories.....and i'm still humming "we are the world..."

By nadt• 8 Nov 2008 23:25
nadt

lol Azi, yep they say your only as old as you feel, i too feel it...

By azilana7037• 8 Nov 2008 23:20
azilana7037

YUP..the good old days...lol

I feel old already :-)

By nadt• 8 Nov 2008 21:09
nadt

Aaah thank for posting Azi, the good old days...

By heero_yuy2• 8 Nov 2008 21:09
heero_yuy2

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

By Mandilulur• 8 Nov 2008 21:05
Rating: 2/5
Mandilulur

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

By anonymous• 8 Nov 2008 21:04
anonymous

Duh heero. Where else could you watch a movie, besides in a theater? ;-)

By heero_yuy2• 8 Nov 2008 20:56
heero_yuy2

"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach

By anonymous• 8 Nov 2008 20:54
anonymous

Jeez I'm old :-/

Ok, I'm posting the '70s version for the more,uh, mature QLers. You youngsters can laugh all you want....

By heero_yuy2• 8 Nov 2008 20:39
heero_yuy2

"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach

By tortor• 8 Nov 2008 14:59
tortor

break dancing started the 80's as well..right after bagets movie came out in 84 if i remember it right.

By azilana7037• 8 Nov 2008 14:38
azilana7037

PEOPLE POWER and Philippines had it's first LADY PRESIDENT :-P

By britexpat• 8 Nov 2008 12:28
Rating: 3/5
britexpat

In the 80's, Britain redeiscovered patriotism and won back the Falkland Islands..

By eu61• 8 Nov 2008 12:23
eu61

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.

By azilana7037• 8 Nov 2008 11:25
Rating: 2/5
azilana7037

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

By azilana7037• 8 Nov 2008 11:20
azilana7037

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 :')

By Greeker• 8 Nov 2008 11:13
Rating: 4/5
Greeker

If it was Azilana 7037 who posted the forum topic.

:)

By anonymous• 8 Nov 2008 11:11
anonymous

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

By anonymous• 8 Nov 2008 11:11
anonymous

hehe that was all sooo true...

By azilana7037• 8 Nov 2008 11:06
azilana7037

of those worn by (american)football players.

And those high-tissed hair with gels with glitter dust...lol

By Default Nick• 8 Nov 2008 10:22
Default Nick

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..."

By anonymous• 8 Nov 2008 10:20
anonymous

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,”

By anonymous• 8 Nov 2008 10:15
anonymous

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

By Absolutejaguar• 8 Nov 2008 10:12
Absolutejaguar

I think I only remember a tenth of those things, I'm a little young me thinks.

By Default Nick• 8 Nov 2008 10:12
Default Nick

charanmafiriyals give my luxuries to me i can live without my needs.

"What doesn't kill me; makes me stronger..."

By azilana7037• 8 Nov 2008 10:08
Rating: 2/5
azilana7037

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?

By azilana7037• 8 Nov 2008 10:03
azilana7037

he's definitely cute then...:-)

By who.am.i• 8 Nov 2008 10:01
who.am.i

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

By anonymous• 8 Nov 2008 09:59
Rating: 4/5
anonymous

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

By azilana7037• 8 Nov 2008 09:54
azilana7037

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 :-)

By greentea• 8 Nov 2008 09:54
greentea

azi... how's life? :)

By azilana7037• 8 Nov 2008 09:52
Rating: 3/5
azilana7037

and to you too, GreenTEa

By baldrick2dogs• 8 Nov 2008 09:50
Rating: 2/5
baldrick2dogs

36. Do you mean Livin' on a Prayer?

Did you Google it first?

By greentea• 8 Nov 2008 09:49
greentea

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 :)

By SPEED• 8 Nov 2008 09:45
SPEED

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