You Are A Child Of The 80's If:
 

YOU ARE A CHILD OF THE 80'S IF:

You had a crush on Jon Bon Jovi, or knew someone who did.
You know what a "burnout" is.
You wanted to be on Star Search.
You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off.
You wore a banana clip at some point during your youth.
You owned a doll with 'Xavier Roberts' signed on its ass.
You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."
You HAD to have your MTV
You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off".
You can name at least half of the members of the elite "Brat Pack".
You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer".
You hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future".
You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name".
You thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool.
You know what "Sike" means.
You know who Tina Yothers is.
You wanted to be a Goonie.
You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.
You felt ashamed when Rob Lowe got in trouble for sex with minors and videotaping it, because you liked him.
You have heard of Garbage Pail Kids.
You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince".
You ever wore fluorescent, neon if you will, clothing.
You could breakdance, or wish you could.
You know who Max Headroom is.
You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.
You own any cassettes.
You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon.
You remember and/or own any of the Care Bear Glass collection from Pizza Hut.
Poltergeist freaked you out.
You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunchbox.
You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female Smurf.
You know what a Doozer is.
You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.
You ever had a Swatch Watch.
You had a crush on one of the Corey’s (Haim or Feldman).
You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
You had WonderWoman or Superman underoos.
You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.
You Believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"
You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
You know what a "Whammee" is.
Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.

If you can identify with at least half of this list then you, my friend, are a "Child of the 80's".

I just have to say I'm glad I was a child of the 80's... Kids these days don't know what they missed.

I can identify with *a lot* of those, thanks, AOX81 that was hilarious!

Ktsnake, totally agree, the 80's was a great time to be kid...

This one "You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female Smurf." made me laugh especially because I was thinking about the smurfs last week or so. There was a TV Funhouse on SNL about Smurfette now-a-days ala Anna-Nicole Smith show and it was so funny because Anna-Nicole is so *NASTY*.

I could identify with lots of them. :) It reminded me of this email I got about the 80's too. Here it is and Sorry if there are repeats of the original one.
You know you grew up in the '80s if....
>
> 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. (amen)
> You owned those little Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls
> You know what 'Whoa' means from 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!
> The crypt keeper really freaked you out
> Remember reading Kool-Aid man comics
> You ever watched Fraggle Rock
> You had plastic streamers on the handle bars of your bike
> 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" 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
> You have played with a 'skip-it'
> You had or went to a birthday party at McDonald's
> If you've ever wanted to go to Degrassi High
> You ever sat on or used one knee on a skateboard
> 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 gimp fad
> You remember the Transformers
> You knew what it meant to say: "Care bear stare!!" and you had a favorite
> You remember Rainbow Bright and MY Little Pony Tails
> You remember watching TV thinking Doogie Howser was hot!
> You emember Alf, the little furry brown alien from Malmac
> 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.Belvadier
> You remember Michael J. Fox in Family Ties and Back
> to the Future

Bravo!! *clap clap clap*.. Best thread of the day!!! Definately brings me way back, makes me want to be 5 again. Hahaha. Great times. Thanks for the nostalgic post!

malmac eyes
 

are those the glasses with springs attached to eyeballs?

I am definitely a kid of the 80s. Thanks for sharing! :)

You are a child of the 80s if you...

~remember who the N.K.O.T.B. were
~remember the jingle to the "Kid Sister" and/or "My Buddy" commercials
~dreamed of having a robot to do your homework/chores for you
~remember when MTV actually played music videos
~remember when Nickolodeon actually had decent programming
~know who Mark Sommers is and kept close tabs on his various career ventures
~were amused by people being "slimed" or going down the "pie slide"
~ever wore a bubblegum machine ring while chanting, Earth! Wind! Fire! Water! and thought you could save the world
~had to have a WalkMan tape player for Christmas
~ever listened to a Vanilla Ice tape on your WalkMan
~spent your lunch money on Ring Pops, BubbleTape, Nerds, and bubblegum cigarettes
~had to have a pair of L.A. Gear "high tops" or you would just DIE
~wore stretch pants to school and everyone asked you where they could buy a pair
~got in trouble at school for willingly smacking yourself on the wrists repeatedly with bracelets
~use to own a crimping iron

quick note on that...anyone who was a TRUE fan remembers that He-Man and She-ra were brother and sister (and more specifically, twins...yeah, I'm THAT big of a dork and actually know that...)! By the power of Grayskull, if they got together, that would be f*cked up!

LOL....I don't remember them being brother and sister, let alone twins!!

I am almost in tears remembering these things from the childhoods of my oldest 3, now in college.

Doozer! That was little Ballerina's nickname!

Anyone remember Q*Bert? He had a cartoon and a video game..

Oh yeah wasn't he like a nerdy lil guy with glasses?

Anyone remember "The Hendersons" ??? (the show about the family who ran into a "Big Foot" with their car and let him live with them) Or was that an early 90s show? I can't remember now.

I rember him! I remember him!

What about PacMan, Ms. PacMan, Baby PacMan - the video and the cartoon???

Do you remember Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr.?
Space Invaders?
What about Thundercats, Transformers, or Voltron??

Makes you sad almost... all kids have these days is Power Rangers and Barney..

-used to own a crimping iron


I was a child of the 80's and used to do this. I now teach high school, and my students are doing this again!!!! I show them pictures from my high school yearbook of everyone with crimped hair, and they freak out. They hate it that it isn't new, and that I actually approve of their fad.

I'm not sure about that? I started high school in 1989 and I had a friend who used to love Duck Tales when we were in Junior High, even though she knew she was too old for it....

And besides, MC Hammer, Ninja Turtles etc. yes it may have been early 90's, BUT we were teenagers by then, maybe even late teenagers- thus we were CHILDREN in the 80's. That's what I figured they meant by putting in some of those later things.

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I got this in an email today, and it reminded me of this thread...


THE CLASS OF 2005
>
>Just in case you weren't feeling old enough today, this will certainly change things. Each year the staff at
>Beloit College in Wisconsin puts together a list to try to
>give the Faculty a sense of the mind-set of
>this year's incoming freshman.
>
>Here is this year's list:
>
>The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1983.
>
>They have no meaningful recollection of the Reagan Era and probably did not know he had ever been shot.
>
>They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf War was waged.
>
>There has been only one Pope in their lifetime.
>
>They were 10 when the Soviet Union broke apart and do not remember the Cold War.
>
>They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.
>
>Tianamen Square means nothing to them.
>
>Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.
>
>Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums! The expression "You sound like a broken record" means nothing to them.
>
>They have never owned a record player.
>
>They have likely never played Pac Man and have never heard of Pong.
>
>They may have never heard of an 8 track. The Compact Disc was introduced when they were 1 year old.
>
>They have always had an answering machine.
>
>Most have never seen a TV set with only 13 channels, nor have they seen a black and white TV. They have always had cable.
>
>There have always been VCRs, but they have no idea what BETA was.
>
>They cannot fathom not having a remote control.
>
>They don't know what a cloth baby diaper is, or know about the "Help me, I've fallen and I can't get up" commercial.
>
>Feeling old yet? There's more:
>
>They were born the year that Walkmen were introduced by Sony.
>
>Roller-skating has always meant inline for them.
>
>Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
>
>They have no idea when or why Jordache jeans were cool.
>
>Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
>
>They have never seen Larry Bird play.
>
>They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
>
>The Vietnam War is as ancient history to them as WWI, WWII and the Civil War.
>
>They have no idea that Americans were ever held hostage in Iran.
>
>They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.
>
>They don't know who Mork was or where he was from. (The correct answer,
>by the way, is Ork)
>
>They never heard: "Where's the beef? ", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel,"
>or "De plane, de plane! "
>
>They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. was.
>
>Michael Jackson has always been white.
>
>Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama are places, not bands.
>
>There has always been MTV.
>
>They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
>
>Do you feel old yet? If you do, then pass this on to some other old fogies . . . but don't send it back to me, I feel old enough.
>
>

i was born in 1980 and basically grew up in the 80's. every time i see a 80's list i remember 90% of the stuff. i think it would have been cool as hell to he in high school in the mid 80's, and to be in college late 80's/early 90's.

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this does make me feel old. i remember so much of this stuff...

Does anyone else the cartoon MASK, where the cars turned into planes and helicopters? What a trip.

Care Bear Stare!
 

The cartoon may be coming back. I've seen commercials for the bears on Nickelodian! Woo Hoo :)

I've never pondered why Smurfette was the only girl. I KNOW why she's the only one. She was created by Gargamel. She orginally had black hair but when she "changed to good" her hair turned blonde.

Thunder Thunder Thudercats!!!!!!!!!!

Not only did I have a crimping iron, but I had a crimped PERM.

Before that, I had a triangle perm - the rods were angular. It looked so cool, having zigzags all over! But boy, did that ruin my hair!!! http://www.gamers-forums.com/smilies...rri_manthy.gif

I remember the movie "Harry and the Hendersons." My younger sister and I watched that movie all of the time! It was great! We still have the movie somewhere. :D

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ROTFL! We spent years trying to convince ASLFrose that he's not white! Even if we showed her an old picture labeled with his name, she'd insist that it wasn't the same guy.

Years later we found out that the whole time, BlazerCheer and Ballerina believed that he was black but had always thought he was a girl.:(

Tracy's Cool Eighties Experience...

A long spiral perm with poofy bangs that fell just so over my right eye. And the left side sprayed (frozen!) back with Spritz Forte.

Jeans (pinstriped or stonewashed or with a floral pattern) that were so tight around the ankles they were hard to pull on. I STILL practically have to force myself to buy flared pants :(

Beads, lots of 'em

High heeled pumps and ankle socks

Wearing 3 or 4 SwatchWatches at once, complete with Swatch Guards of course!

"Disco bags", small satin drawstring pouches with long cords that were used as purses.

Alligator Shirts

Side ponytails

My ultra-modern graphite tennis racquet (I think they carry them at Target now)

Sweatshirt dresses from Express; worn with big, dangly earrings also from Express

Guess jean jackets festooned with pins of every kind

Cutting off the legs of tights and using them as headbands

Black eyeliner. Lots of it.

"Bubble dresses"

"The Prairie Look" (sadly, I think it's making a comeback)

Mini skirts worn with ankle boots and slouch socks

Jansport backpacks

Freddy Kreuger

Flashdance (the first big movie filmed in my hometown of Pittsburgh. People who lived there were confused by some scenes in the movie..."why are they dancing in the Carnegie museum?" "Why did she take the Incline up Mt. Washington but end up on the South Side?" "How did she learn to weld at such a young age?")

"Forever" by Judy Blume. We thought it was SO racy! I re-read it a few months back and thought, "What a piece of crap!"

That's it for now :)

I know someone mentioned Thundercats somewhere in here?!!! Jeez I loved that show. So many of these things are coming back...they now have Care Bears out at the stores to buy, just like the old ones. I work at an afterschool program at a country club, and these kids have a PS2, PS1 and a Sega Genesis to play with. Guess which one sits untouched? Oh yeah, the Genesis, because they know if they try to play the counselors, we will kick their butts! They have no clue as to what it is, let alone what an Atari is!

I don't even know why they put other cartoons on TV... 80's cartoons were just better than anything they have these days.. Some of the animated violence type stuff like in GI-Joe would probably start a riot somewhere though with its use of guns.

Our toys were better also.. Look at some of these action figures they have these days.. I mean come on.. He-Man, Transformers, GI-Joe stuff, Voltron... It was so much better than Power Rangers.

FYI, Max Headroom reruns now come on Tech TV.

I caught a glimpse of it the other day, and I RAN, freaking out, to tell my little sister (15) on Instant Messenger. Apparently she doesn't remember it. It was an exciting moment anyway :p

Personally, I like the early 90's better. :)

I have not read through all the posts... So forgive me if this is a repeat...

Two words...... Speed Skates...

Roller Skating was big in Virginia Beach in the early 80s!!!!!!!! And if you were cool you had speed skates, they looked like black sneakers with white racing strips and cool special wheels.... And if you were really cool you could do fancy line skating...

Yes indeed... loved late grammer school.

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Okay, sorry to burst peoples' bubbles, but I was born in 1983, and I remember MOST of those things!!! Some of them may have been things I "heard" about later on, but many I actually remember/know about.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by deltaphi94
[B]>The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1983.
**uh, I started college LAST fall, and I was born in '83!

>They have no meaningful recollection of the Reagan Era and probably did not know he had ever been shot.
**I knew about him being shot even though it happened before I was born, and I also vividly remember the election year George Bush, Sr., was FIRST running for office, because I said to my grandma something about "I can't believe the fat man won and not the skinny man." LOL

>Atari predates them
**my best friend in 3rd grade had one of these

>They have likely never played Pac Man
**I played Pac Man plenty of times!

They don't know what a cloth baby diaper is
**My mom used these on me!

or know about the "Help me, I've fallen and I can't get up" commercial.
**We used to joke about this ALL THE TIME in elementary school.

>Roller-skating has always meant inline for them.
**Yes, I had both the nice leather roller SKATES as well as the crappy plastic skates that you could buy at your local gas station waaaay before I ever got rollerblades.

>They have no idea when or why Jordache jeans were cool.
**I had a few pairs, they were still cool all through the '80s.

>They have never seen Larry Bird play.
**True, BUT, I did know who he was even back in the '80s cuz we talked about him in West Virginia History class since he used to play for WVU.

>They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
**I saw this movie plenty of times when I was small, even though the first one came out about a yr or two before I was born.

>They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.
**my mom told me she used to have some

>They don't know who Mork was
**I watched re-runs of this all the time.

>They never heard: "Where's the beef? ", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel," or "De plane, de plane! "
**I've heard about all of these.

>They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
**We had one when I was little. We didn't have a computer until 1996!

You know what....Skeletor could kick HeMan's ass.

i wish i couldve been in college in the 80's, the music, the musclecars, reagan, good times!!!!

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If this is Larry Bird the former Boston Celtic, I THINK he went to Indiana State. But I could be wrong.

Re: another related list...
 

This e-mail is a big piece of crap. I got it when I started college in 1998. The exact same email. It was about the class of 2002. It even made it into Dear Abby. It certainly wasn't true for my class - but with each year, it does get more and more true...

Although...Jay Leno took over the tonight show in 1992 - the class of 2005 was 8 then. I think most 8 year olds know the difference between Johnny Carson and Jay Leno :p

I was born in 1980. Part of me will always live in the 80s. Friday night, while waiting for take-out, my boy and I squared off at a game of Pac Man. On one of the 2 player tables. Damn, those things are cool. I so want one for my house.

I'm wearing my Care Bears t-shirt right now. They have Care Bear slippers at Hot Topic. They are so cool!

I rememeber Beta! Haha. Also, growing up in the 80's i was well aware of the cold war. :( :)

I still have my family's BetaMax, along with the collection of tapes...one of them being the only copy of my appearance on MTV's Remote Control (1988)...wearing a KD jersey, of course.

My "kinky perm" & subsequent Flock-of-Seagulls hairstyle had grown out by then, since it was a few months before graduation & I figured I needed to have somewhat normal hair to interview.... this was the 80's Corporate America, ya know... ;)

Yeah, being a collegian during the 80s was really fun... http://smilies.crowd9.com/contrib/bl...milecrunch.gif