You know you grew up in the 1980s if...

[SuiteDisney]

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

 

[Katie]

oh man..I am soo old...

don't forget Footloose and breakdancing!!!!!!!

 

[Goofyposter]

Groosch!!! I guess I really did "grow up" before the '80's.....I dernt knoe half of that stuff!!!

 

[cotye]

SIGH, really feel ancient now.

 

[Serena]

Before the 80's, but barely.

 

[Wagamama]

gosh i feel old....thanks!!!

 

[CBRorBust]

That is hilarious!

I was born in 1983 and remember about 95% of those!

 

[supercarrie]

hahaha i remember too much from this list!

oregon trail at school! + i wore a carebears sweatshirt today...lol

my life revolved around most of that stuff when i was little...hehe

 

[Debi]

Gosh, I really do feel old now - I remember all of these things! *sigh*

 

[Straycat]

those were the days......not

i know lots of those, sike, not, slap bracelets, la gear, wax on wax off, neon clothes(cant believe i wore that stuff), pop rocks, walk like an egyptian, howard the duck, michael j fox, gremlins....

btw, i still love my high top reeboks, they are so comfortable, at least i dont do the socks over tights with them anymore...

thanx for the memories, will have to send it to my sisters.

 

[CamColt]

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

You were reading my mind!!!!!!
I will admit I dont know what some of these are, but the ones I know, sure bring back great memories!

 

[Beauty]

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

OMG how many times did I play that game!! Except the "s" wasn't Shelter it was Shack.

Oh I remember so many of those. I had Michael J. Fox all over my wall. I was truly in love with him for years...lol!

You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf

Heck I still wonder that!

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

You wore a pony tail to the side of your head

I love this thread!!!!

 

[LuvTigger]

And how about those super-thick belts that really didn't hold anything up, lace gloves with cut-off fingers, and those cutesie little socks from ZZTop's "Legs" video...

 

[caitycaity]

 

[Eileen226]

I have the chipmunk album, but it was called (I was born in 1961) Woody the Woodchuck Christmas Album. I know all the words to the Christmas song, footloose(played at my wedding in '84) and who doesn't know "whoe" from Joey on Blossom. But, did you ever notice the opening shot on the Brady Bunch was usually the station wagon pulling into the driveway?

 

[BabyLove99]

I was born in 1985 but I can identify with like 75% of that list lol

 

[damom2daboyz]

The other day at work we were talking about the eighties...I described how I shaved one half of my hair off, spiked the other side, and grew a long rat tail. Black cigarette skirt, paisley button down shirt with giant rhinestone brooch, and black high top granny boots.

Remember Wham. Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

Don't forget tubular man!

Oh well...memories. sigh.


Debbie

 

[damom2daboyz]

"Don't you forget about me"-Simple Minds (Breakfast Club)

 

[PhotobearSam]

...You knew all the names of the Duran Duran Band members...

You wore legwarmers and wanted to Flash Dance...

Voltron was on the Saturday morning cartoons.

You thought Menudo were hot.

Gag me with a spoon was a popular saying.

Choose life and Drug-Free were on a lot of T-shirts.

Big hair and Spiral perms were inn.

You wore a piece of lace in your hair and had cut-off lace gloves.

You bought Thriller on a 33 LP

Tried to do the Moonwalk.

Molly Ringwall was a Star


I'm stuck in the 80's and I refuse to grow up

 

[browneyes]

Originally posted by ***********

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

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

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

Three words: M.C. Hammer

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

L.A. GEAR

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

You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf

You remember Punky Brewster

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 had or went to a birthday party at McDonald's

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

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

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

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

You remember boom boxes instead of CD players

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 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

I'm guilty of these. Don't tell my brother I'm the one that did that to his rubic's. I'm gonna have nightmares of going to that stupid New Kids on the Block concert, I just know I am.

Two other biggies from the 80's- Bill and Ted movies AND playing Air Guitar.