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    Children of the 80's LOOK.

    I thought this was funny

    * You know what "Sike" means.
    * You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off."
    * You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer."
    * You can sing the McDonald's Big Mack,Filet-o-fish, quarterpounder, and French fry song.

    * You know who Mr. T is.
    * You know who Fat Albert is. And who was old boy with the pink mask?

    * You ever wore fluorescent, neon clothing.
    * You could breakdance, or wish you could.
    * You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.
    * You Believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power.

    * Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.
    * You thought that Transformers were "more than meets the
    eye".

    * You knew that knowing is half the battle.
    * You wanted to be on Star Search.
    * You can remember Michael Jackson when he was black.
    * You wore a banana clip at some point during your youth.
    * You remember the garbage pail kids, and owned some.
    * You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."
    * Rut row raggy. and Zoinks.
    * You HAD to have your MTV.
    * You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.
    * You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game.
    * You owned any cassettes.
    * 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 wore your Izod shirt with the collar up.
    * You had a Swatch Watch with the Swatch Guard.
    * Your Legos collection started with the free sets in a Happy Meal.

    * You remember when Happy Meals came in a box, not a paper bag.

    * You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
    * You had Wonder Woman or Superman underoos.
    * You know what a "Push Up" ice cream is.
    * You had to come in the house when the street lights came on.
    * You had to change into play clothes after school.
    * You owned, or knew somebody with a Commodore 64.
    * You hated Scrappy Doo.
    * You recorded songs off the radio with your boom box.
    * You wished you had a light saber.
    * Somehow you still know all the words to songs played on VH1's "Big 80s"

    * Your arm was full of rubber bracelets.
    * You have ever said, "Gag me with a spoon."
    * You have ever wondered what happened to Saturday morning cartoons.

    * You had to get up to change the channel, or had one of those noisey "clicky boxes".

    * You can still sing 1 to 12 from the Pinball machine song on Sesame Street.

    * You thought the Thriller video was pretty cool.
    * You remember the first time you went in to a video store to rent a movie.

    * Canadians watched...Romper-Room, Mr. Dress-up, and the Friendly Giant - remember the teeny weeny furniture you wished you had?!

    * You wore those wide, colorfull 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 cannot go in to the water because of that damn movie Jaws.

    * El Debarge's "Get a beat to the Rhythm of the night" plagued the radio every hour.

    * You remember life before minivans and SUVs.
    * Cars...Gremlins were cool - Pacers were not!



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

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    Damn Damn Damn !!
    What about if youve ever said the phrase " Kiss my grits " LOL !!

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    Icey Coke, thick shake, sundaes and apple pies.

    Yeah, this is me.....thanks for the memories.

    Oh and Little Girl will back me on this one.... Dirty Dancing WAS good!!!!

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    I miss those orange push up pops. I used to steal those out of the ice cream bend in the lunch line at school.

    And I used to get down with my synthesizer.



    "Wookin pa nub in all da wong puaces"

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    They are making a dirty dancing II !! I cant beleive it. Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Gery are going to be Grandarents .
    Hmmmmm - Mabye we could cast Partyboy as a dancer

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    heh im totally a child of the 80's
    i remember 99% of that =P

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    I'm going to pretend I know nothing....

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    Great memories, what about:

    Playing "pencils" during class breaks
    Saying "Like a mug"
    Owned a Generra "Hyper Color" shirt (the one that changed colors)
    Wore overalls cuz you thought they were cool
    Had a walkman with no reverse, only fast-forward
    Owned all the MASK and GO BOTS figurines.
    Owned a LunchBox, and thought it was cool to brown bag your lunch with a Capri Sun

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    What about that kick ass 80's tune "Don't do, Electric Avenue"

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    I'm not a child of the 80s, but how come I know all of this stuff?

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    Originally posted by Little Girl


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    PS: Sorry, but Dirty Dancing is still a good movie!!!
    OOPS!! I meant IS a good movie!

    Sylvia!! Yes Micki? How do you call your loverboy? C'mere loverboy!! And if he doesn't answer? Oh loverboy! And if he STILL doesn't answer?? I simply say Baaaaby...OOOOooh Baby!! My sweet baby...You're the one!!!

    (I know you're singing with me. )

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    Great list. Thanks for the laugh.

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    Then you guys would remember this look...Funny thing is it is titled "80s Child Abuse"


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    Originally posted by Vegas Kid
    Great memories, what about:

    Playing "pencils" during class breaks
    Saying "Like a mug"
    Owned a Generra "Hyper Color" shirt (the one that changed colors)
    Wore overalls cuz you thought they were cool
    Had a walkman with no reverse, only fast-forward
    Owned all the MASK and GO BOTS figurines.
    Owned a LunchBox, and thought it was cool to brown bag your lunch with a Capri Sun
    Damn I remember all this shit!! Thanks for making me feel old!! HAHAHA Just kidding, thanks for the trip back in time...I caught myself laughing at a few of these...not because they were funny, but laughing in disbelief that I actually did 90% of this shit!!

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    Playing pencils was probably the dumbest and most mindless thing i ever did...besides pegging my pants. Oh no, i did both of those at the same time, i'm a habitual 80's offender.

    Don't forget the vuarnet t-shirts and the tees that changed color when someone touched that area...the infamous "give 7th grade guys another reason to try and touch a girl's chest" shirt.

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    Please tell me that I wasnt the only one to copy "The Boz" and shave shit into my head.....I was such a geek, still am.

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    lol I liked "were not gonna take it" from Twisted Sister better then Quiet Riot. BTW who did shoot JR?? i remember the hypercolor shirts, and the brushes in the back pocket always.

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    Originally posted by FaTbAcK
    Please tell me that I wasnt the only one to copy "The Boz" and shave shit into my head.....I was such a geek, still am.

    You're not the only one bro. I used to have the lines in my hair too, and when i played ball i used to get my number shaved on the back of my head..

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    hahahah very funny shit

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    How 80's is this: I used to have to lay on my bed with either a pair of plyers or a clothes hanger and my brother would squeeze my hips to zip up my skin tight jeans!

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    Re: Children of the 80's LOOK.

    Originally posted by MindBomb

    1) Quiet Riot's "Come on feel the noise" was the best song - ever.
    2) You know where "I want my two dollars" came from.[/SIZE]
    1) Closely followed by Twisted Sisters -We're Not Gonna Take it

    2) The Movie "Better Off Dead" starring John Cusak and directed by "savage" Steve Holland.

    BTW....I can relate everything on that list including Romper Room, The Friendly Giant and Mr. Dressup.

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    loved the french girl in that movie Pete!

    Anyone remember cheap knockoffs of folding "ferrari" sunglasses?

    How about AC/DC?

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    Did anyone else fold the bottom of their pants (the cuffs) up so that they were really tight around your ankles?

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    Originally posted by Vegas Kid
    Did anyone else fold the bottom of their pants (the cuffs) up so that they were really tight around your ankles?
    I used to do that. Then they came out with Z Cavariccis that had it all taken care of for ya. Damn those pants were ugly.

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    Believe it or not I had to have those, with the label down the crotch. Then it was Mate Francious Gerbaud (sp)

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    Originally posted by Vegas Kid
    Believe it or not I had to have those, with the label down the crotch. Then it was Mate Francious Gerbaud (sp)

    Yeah, i had a few of both brands. Thinking about it makes kind of scared to look up old childhood photos. The style of that time was absolutely Doodoo.
    kind of makes you wonder what we're going to think of what we wear now in about 15 years.

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    Actually now all I wear is t-shirts and shorts or jeans whenever I can. I don't really care about fashion any more.

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    How about Varnet France T-shirts that you had to have or the penny laufers?

    This is all some very funy s**t!!!

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    dude! the 80s rocked!! totally!

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    What about that "Flock of Seagulls" look?? I know I wasn't the only one who shaved my head except for the long, top heavy bangs and bleached it "Billy Idol" white!!

    SKIN tight jeans, converse high tops (multi-coloured), long shirts that fell off one shoulder with a BIG wide belt rested on one hip! OMG does that ever sound tacky now!!!

    What's scary is the sneakers (running shoes) that we used to wear back then are now back in style!! Remember Adidas Stan Smiths and the canvas Nike's in all the pastel colors?? Young kids are paying close to $100.00 for them now! I read an article that said almost half of Adidas' profits from shoes are from the retro collection! (I think it was Adidas...maybe it was Nike. It doesn't really matter, you get the point!)
    It's supposed to be hard! If it was easy, everyone would do it! It's the "hard" that makes it great!

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    I thought my commodore 64 was the top of the line shit back then!
    Who else watched different strokes religiously? musta been just me.

    I had a pair of converse high tops too, and yes they're making quite the comeback. In fact alot of retro style things are coming back now. Funny how it is.

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    memories.. and for the canadians out there, remember the cigarette machines? the americans still have them i believe however.

    super mario 3 was $86 bucks canadian, now its only worth is personal.

    that pissed the hell out of me, when McDonalds stopped making the happy meal boxes.

    ninja turtle were at an all time high around the end of the 80's i believe

    what about snap braclets? those were cool. But i bet today they'd find a 1000 reasons to bands them. "warning : maybe used to slit peoples throats"

    the best was the shoes tho,, that and my neon laces

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    Parachute pants,mullett haircuts,white button up dress shirts (untucked)with black corduroy jeans and I never once tied my shoe strings in the 80's!

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    mate "the facts of life" that show rocked.tutti lol what a name.......HITMAN

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    let's get it under control....anyone ever here of Bad Brains......Minor Threat........Fishbone.....

    2 all beef patties special sause lettus .......cheese ...it came from the 70's and yes I rember them too.

    the late 80's were a blast..........life was a beach

    any rember depuity dog .....


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    anyone remeber the Mcdonalds rap? if you knew the entire rap, you could go into any mcdonalds, rap it to the person taking your money, and get a free bigmac or something to that effect! the 80's sucked, but i have some damn good memories...

    gi joe, transformers, and the wrestling cartoon with hulk hogan and friends were my favorites...and Commando was my first "R movie"..LOL

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    nothing beat "Donkey Kong" and wasn't E.T. the most watched movie of the 80's?

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    how about. totally awsome. trippin dicular. anybody where the bandana around there legs. this was all me

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    I have no idea what your talking about

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