You Know You Were An 80's Child If.....
Posted on 2002-12-23
Hello children of the 80's. Read this, it will take you back but be careful 'cause it will also make you realise that you are now actually OLD!!!
- 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 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 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 some point..... or heaven forbid one of those T-shirts that changed colour with
heat (Global Hypercolour).
- You had slouch socks and puff painted your own 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.
- You remember Madonna in her cone stage.
- 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.
- You could break dance (ok, you wished you could!).
- You remember when Amiga 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 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 actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the Care Bear stare.
- You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"
- You spent hours in the basement building and re-building Lego cities.
- 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.
- 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'd all 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 recorded songs off the radio with your boom box.
- Somehow you still know all the words to songs played on 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 Goss.
- 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 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.
- You tried to convince your Dad to fit a strip of red lights on the front of his 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 10p 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'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 and 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, shh-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 remembered Look In magazine, and when it was only 20p and Monster Munch when they were 10p.
- Your best mate had a Soda Stream at home and you were jealous.
- Any elderly Scottish lady sounds like Supergran.
- You remember crying on the beach building sandcastles in the rain.
- 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.
- You got up extra early, especially to watch Saturday morning cartoons.
- You were occasionally allowed to stay up late for Howard's Way, Dallas, Dynasty or Minder.
- 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.
- 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".
I hope this brought back some happy memories for you.