You Know You Grew Up In The 80's If...

[anaBROLIC]

You Know You Grew Up In The 80's If...

1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE".

2. You watched the Pound Puppies.

3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Belair " ...and can do the "Carlton".

4. Girls wore biker shorts under their skirts and felt stylishly sexy.

5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own.

6. You owned those lil' Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.

7. You know that "WOAH " comes from Joey on Blossom.

8. Two words: Hammer Pants.

9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock ".

10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars... and "spokey-dokes" or playing cards on your spokes for that incredible sound effect.

11. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales". (Woo ooh!)

12. When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.

14. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles " on the big screen... and still know the turtles names.

15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.

16. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.

17. You played the game "MASH ". (Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House)

18. You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it.

19. L.A. Gear... need I say more.

20. You wanted to change your name to "JEM " in Kindergarten. (She's truly outrageous)

21. You remember reading "Tales of a fourth grade nothing " and all the Ramona books.

22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF".

23. You wanted to be a Goonie.

24. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. (some of us... head-to-toe)

25. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off and his cheeks shifted.

26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

27. You took lunch boxes to school... and traded Garbage Pail Kids in the schoolyard.

28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.

29. You still get the urge to say "NOT " after every sentence.

30. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.

31. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band.

32. You thought She-ra (Princess of Power!) and He-Man should hookup.

33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.

34. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes. (and like #24, probably in neon colors, too)

35. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?"

36. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"

37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.

38. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide.

39. You have ever played with a Skip-It.

40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds.

41. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement.

42. You remember Popples.

43. "Don't worry, be happy"

44. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.

45. You wore socks scrunched down (and sometimes still do...getting yelled at by "younger hip" members of the family)

46. "Miss MARY MACK MACK MACK, all dressed in BLACK BLACK BLACK "

47. You remember boom boxes. and walking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that.

48. You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies.

49. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!"

50. You remember watching "Rainbow Bright" and "My Little Pony Tales "

51. You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot.

52. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.

53. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool... and don't even flinch when people refer to them as "NKOTB".

54. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By the Bell ", the ORIGINAL class.

55. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.

56. You just sang those words to yourself.

57.You remember watching Magic vs. Bird.

58. Homemade Levi shorts. (the shorter the better)

59. You remember when mullets were cool!

60. You had a mullet!

61. You still sing "We are the World"

62. You tight rolled your jeans.

63. You owned a bannana clip.

64. You remember "Where's the Beef?"

65. You used to (and probably still do) say "What you talkin' about Willis?"

66. You had big hair and you knew how to use it.

67. You're still singing shot through the heart in your head,aren't you!

[_Tiger_]

Goonies Never say die!

[MilitiaGuy]

by they way her in lebanon the slap bracelets got banned 2 in the 80's anyone know why?

[anaBROLIC]

i think the plastic was cutting peeople

[Billy_Bathgate]

15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.

i always wrote like ASS on the tombstone heading

[skiing]

When the first concert U wnt to was the Thompsin Twins

[Tazwell]

what? no thunder cats..

good stuff though, thanks for the memories.

[skiing]

what? no thunder cats..

good stuff though, thanks for the memories.

True thunder cats HOOOOOOOOOe

[*Narkissos*]

"By the power of Grayskull...."

Transformers.

The A-team.

Centurions.

Michael J. Fox: "Family Ties"




Dammit AnaBrolic...you brought back some memories

[MilitiaGuy]

yea and dont forget the jeans pants that are loose on the legs and get tighter on the clafs

[Blown_SC]

Wow... lmao man! That was hilarious...

[OSTIE]

You Know You Grew Up In The 80's If...

62. You tight rolled your jeans.

Man.... I used to be obsessed with makin sure the bottom of my pants were tightly rolled right above the top of my old school rebooks or J-Bones

Or wearin guess bib jeans/shorts, but lettin the bib part hang down...

The memories

[Deezuhl]

this thread is great.. I did a thread liek this about what toys we had int he 80's growing. it was nuts to think how cool simple shit was back then..

[decadbal]

good post bro..lolq

[Bigen12]

Guilty as charged

[Seajackal]

What about A-Ha's good songs?!?!? E.T. phoned home too!
Friday the 13th series...
Bushy pussies on the porn videos all the way.
Nice post Brolic!

[ttuprincess]

oh wow.. i am an 80's baby.. i just nodded my head in agreement to EVERY ONE of those. lol and im still singing that damn song

[BUBBA74]

15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.

i always wrote like ASS on the tombstone heading

Billy you my long lost brother?!?!?!?!?!

[Veretta21]

Explain MASH---sounds very familiar--but its blurry

[Booz]

miami-vice mate you forgot MIAMI-VICE!!!

[fighteveryone]

here's one to add:

68. your first pet was a rock.

[stayinstacked]

Yeah, Oregon Trail was the bomb, it made school so much cooler

[fighteveryone]

Yeah, Oregon Trail was the bomb, it made school so much cooler

the best is when one of your kids gets dysenteria.

[PaRiS2005]

And what about tapes?!

Great post man!!

[TheNatural3456]

old school WWF is my favorite

the ultimate warrior...
macho man randy savage and elizabeth
Jake the Snake
all that good stuff



also the best on oregon trail was hunting....lol or when u try 2 ford a river and lose all kind of supplies....

mike tysons punch out

more just keeps coming to mind

[Prime]

Whats scary is in the next 4 years or so we could have members on here who wernt born till after teh 80's!

[timvds]

A-team. Dukes of Hazard. GI Joe. To name a few Old School shows.

[MatrixGuy]

What about Knight Rider?! QUALITY.

[MatrixGuy]

Knight Rider was the best. I dont what was better, KITT or David's hair!! I bought a Knight Rider DVD a few months back and it made me mad because i could see the guy hidden in the seat when it was supposed to be driving itself!

[CRUISECONTROL]

Awsome thread....... Also loved "The Fall Guy" (Heather Locklear) oh yeah............Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, oh yeah and Revenge of The Nerds!!! "We've got bush"

[CRUISECONTROL]

What about Knight Rider?! QUALITY.

LOL just as I posted I thought about Knight Rider

[mark956101957]

I missed the 80's, was in Germany till 87 oh well doesnt' look like I missed that much!

[chest6]

ya i remember theM! I was 3 by '90!

[SplinterCell]

Dude, i grew up in the 90's and I remember most of those! KICK ASS LIST!

[MatrixGuy]

ya i remember theM! I was 3 by '90!

You were only 3 in 1990 bro? That makes you 17/18?! I thought you were older than that?

[chest6]

You were only 3 in 1990 bro? That makes you 17/18?! I thought you were older than that?

Im 18 man. sorry to disappoint haha

[SexyKitty]

You Know You Grew Up In The 80's If...


55. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.

56. You just sang those words to yourself.



67. You're still singing shot through the heart in your head,aren't you!

Oh fvck! I swear I started singing it as soon as I read the words! "Shot through the heart, and your to blame, darlin you give loooove a bad name...."


Maybe this is just for us weirdo Canadian 80's kids but what about:

- Having a pear of Treetorns with EVERY colour "swoosh" (especially the plaid ones)
- The Mini Pops - "Eye of the Tiger" was the best, especially for the roller rinks!
- Pinning you Pants


If your from TO, you know whad I'm talking about.

[SexyKitty]

When the first concert U wnt to was the Thompsin Twins

Mine was Depeche Mode

And wait! What about Atari and Coleco Vision, common, who can forget space invaders and Pong! Pong was the best, only video game I was ever good at

[Tazwell]

You Know You Grew Up In The 80's If...



12. When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

ahh.. my favorite thing to do as a kid; get up at 8:00 am saturday morning to watch cartoons while eating breakfast my mom made.

[anaBROLIC]

duckhunt on nintendo..