you know you are a child of the '80's when....

[Lady Dame]

-you know the profound meaning of "wax on, wax off"
-you wanted to be a goonie
-you remeber when ATARI was a state of the art video game system
-you actually thought Dirty Dancing was a good movie
-you hold a special place in your heart for Back to the Future.
-you can remeber what Michael Jackson looked like when he was black and before his nose fell off
-you were lead to believe that we would all be living on the moon
-you carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or ET lunch box
-you remember and or own any of the Care Bears glass collection
-you have ever ponderd why smurfette was the ONLY female smurf
-you thought that Transformers were more then meets the eye
-you ever wore fluorescent clothing
-you wore biker shorts undernieth a short skirt and felt stylish
-your lego collection started with the free sets in a happy meal
-you remeber when happy meals came in a box, not a paper bag
-you know what "push up" ice cream is
-you owned or knew somebody with a Commodore 64
-you recorded songs off the radio with your boom box
-you wish you had a light saber
-somehow you still know all the words to songs played on vh1s "Big 80s"
-your arm was full of rubber braceletts
-you have ever said, "gag me with a rubber spoon"
-you have ever wondered what happened to saturday morning cartoons
-you ever had to get up to change the channel, or had one of those "clicky boxes"
-you thought the Thriller video was pretty cool
-when you watched...Romper-Room, Mr.Dress-up, and the Friendly Giant
-Remeber the Teeny weeny furniture you wished you had!!?!?!
-you wore those wild colorful shoelaces
-Quiet Riot's "come on feel the noise"was the best song-ever
-you know where "i want my two dollars" came from
-you still cant go into the water because of that damn movie Jaws
-you remeber life before minivans and SUV's
-cars...Gremlins were cool - pacers were not
-El Debarge's "get a beat to the rythm of the night" plagued the radio every hour
-you know what the word "sike" means
-you know what leg warmers are, or probably had a pair
-you know the other name for a keyboard is a "synthesizer"
-you know who Mr.T is
-you had a swatch watch, with a swatch guard.
-you could breakdance, or wish you could
-you wanted to be the HULK for halloween
-you remeber when saturday night live was funny
-you knew that "knowing is half the battle"
-you wanted to be on star search
-you remeber the cabbage patch kids
-run row raggy, and zoinks
-you HAD to have your MTV
-you know who Fat Albert, and that old boy with the pink mask are
-you owned any cassettes
-you were led to believe that in year 2000 we'd all be living in space

[crookedking]

-you wore biker shorts undernieth a short skirt and felt stylish

that is a lie!

-you still cant go into the water because of that damn movie Jaws

that one is true!

[crackdragon]

- you have ever wondered what happened to saturday morning cartoons.

Saturday mornings were a time of worship. I fasted many a morning in praise of the cartoon gods.

[sass69]

aww i loved Sat morning cartoons especially ghost busters and ninja turtles...cartoons are sooo different now

[crookedking]

they didn't say anything about he man?

[Revolver]

^thats cause shes only 18
but i still love her dearly.

how about the smurfs?



who eles remembers dumb shit from the 80's?

[Miss T]

wow, i knew/thought/owned too many of those! too funny the things we forget about as we get older!!

[crookedking]

run row raggy, and zoinks

what are those?

[Sue Bitch]

-you wanted to be on star search


the original all the way
i once meet Ed McMan at the empires hotel when i was staying there when i was like 9 so cool

[MistressSpankME]

I STILL want to be on star search!!!

[PHOTONIC]

hey.. do you guys remember like.. saturday mornings.. i tihnk it was channel 13 or sumthing.. in the commercial breaks. they had the little green clay aliens... "after these messages, we'll be riiiight back" i loved the 80s

[Mr.Wrong]

Originally posted by revolvers_angel
-you hold a special place in your heart for Back to the Future.

yes

-you carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or ET lunch box

i used a paper bag

-you have ever ponderd why smurfette was the ONLY female smurf

why why why
insanely jealous serial killer?

-you thought that Transformers were more then meets the eye

they are

-you ever wore fluorescent clothing

guilty.

-your lego collection started with the free sets in a happy meal

and ended.


-you wish you had a light saber

i do

-you have ever wondered what happened to saturday morning cartoons

someone answer this

-you ever had to get up to change the channel, or had one of those "clicky boxes"

i used a stick

-you thought the Thriller video was pretty cool

saw this yesterday, mini-movie
very creative video

-Remeber the Teeny weeny furniture you wished you had!!?!?!

i had those little fuzzy chairs with tha sesame street muppets on em

-you still cant go into the water because of that damn movie Jaws

amen

-you know who Mr.T is

YES

-you wanted to be the HULK for halloween

i was batman

-you wanted to be on star search

that show ruled

-you owned any cassettes

i still have my MC HAMMER "please hammer dont hurt em"
i used ta ride to DO THA BARTMAN an my ALVIN AND THA CHIPMUNKS cassetee

[sweet~kandy]

lol heheheh some of these are really good,

[Lil Jenna]

What about Fraggle Rock? Any one remember that?

[Lil Tiff]

Originally posted by Lil Jenna
What about Fraggle Rock? Any one remember that?

Oh ya! i remember that show, i have a bunch of fraggle rock books too!! and i still watch saturday morning cartoons...actually i watch cartoons everyday! lol :p

[kandy kid]

Originally posted by crookedking
run row raggy, and zoinks

what are those?

From Scooby doo.
It should be: ruh row raggy, it's scooby saying uh oh shaggy, and wasn't it shaggy who always said zoinks?

[PinkBunnyCandy]

haha i was born in the middle of the 80's but mostly all of those apply haha i love the 80s!!!!!

[kAyB]

hehe aww i remember the late 80's i miss those days *sigh* why cant they play the old skool cartoons still

[PHOTONIC]

cartoons suck... ya, maybe that was wrong in my earlier post, that was prolly early 90s. but was still cool... i miss childhood you guys

[crookedking]

Originally posted by kandy kid


From Scooby doo.
It should be: ruh row raggy, it's scooby saying uh oh shaggy, and wasn't it shaggy who always said zoinks?

i never watched the show, but it seems right.

[Bevvy Swift]

you know you are a child of the 80's when....

you jack pages from the nwss yearbook! hahahaha crystal yur so funny

[Kraig]

I posted that list awhile ago... ohhh yeah... good times.. and good shows!

Different Strokes
Dallas
The Dukes of Hazard
Perfect Strangers
Private Benjamin
MASH
The Jeffersons
The Greatest American Hero
Three's Company
The Love Boat
Happy Days
Magnum PI
A-Team
Kate & Allie
The Cosby Show
Family Ties
Night Court
Cheers
Miami Vice
Who's the Boss
Growing Pains
ALF
Matlock
Rosanne
L.A. Law
Hunter
Head of the Class
The Wonder Years
Knight Rider
Silver Spoons
Hawaii 5-0
Brady Bunch

PS: Romper Room was the bomb.

[kAyB]

aww i miss wonder years and growing pains damnit why cant they show re-runs

[beat_farmer]

From what it seems, half the people on this site were still breastfeeding during most of their eighties stint..........dont know howd they would remember a whole lot :P




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