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You know you're an 80's kid if...

April 2nd 2008 01:34

For more posts, articles and books by Jarrah Loh, visit his website:
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There are certain things that you can identify with if you grew up in a certain era. Certainly the 80's is no exception

Here's a funny list that may bring back some memories.
A few are region-related, so you may not get all of them.

You know you grew up in the 80's if...

1. You had a crush on one of the New Kids on the Block members.
2. You wanted to be on StarSearch.
3. You ever uttered the word "Radical!"
4. You wore jelly shoes and jelly bracelets
5. You thought "Ghostbusters" was by far the coolest movie
6. You remember watching shows like "Punky Brewster" , "Webster", "You Can't Do That On Television" "Wild & Crazy Kids" and "Double Dare"

7. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off. Or even when he had those freaky eyes in "Thriller" at the end of the video.
8. You wore a banana clip in your hair or one of those slap on wrist bands at some point during your youth.
9. You rolled up the bottoms of your splatter painted jeans.
10. You wore loafers with everything, and you put the laces in those little rolls.
11. You had slouch socks, and puff painted your own shirt at least once.
12. You owned a doll with 'Xavier Roberts' signed on it's butt.
13. You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."
14. You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off."
15. You can name half of the members of the elite "Brat Pack."
16. You can remember watching Full House and Saved by the Bell for endless hours!
17. You have seen at least 10 episodes of Fraggle Rock.
18. You yearned to be a member of The Babysitters Club, and tried to start a club of your own.
19. You sat on your back porch, playing with your "My Little Pony" , "Rainbow Brite" , and "Strawberry Shortcake" dolls
20. You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer."
21. You hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future."
22. You know where to go where everybody knows your name.
23. You thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool.
24. You know what "sike" and "not!" mean
25. You fell victim to 80's fashion : big hair, crimped, combed over to the side, big hoop earrings, and possibly the worst:you wore spandex pants.
26. You wanted to be a Goonie, or Elliot from E.T.
27. You owned an extensive collection of Cabbage Patch Kids and trolls.
28. You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince."
29. You actually saw Ted Danson as the MacDaddy he played "Sam" to be.
30. You ever wore flourescent -neon if you will clothing....
31. You could breakdance, or wished you could.
32. You know who He-Man and She-Ra are.

33. You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.
34. You know all the words to "Ice Ice Baby".
35. You remember MC hammer well.
36. You can still sing the rap to "Fresh Prince of Belair".
37. You own any cassettes.
38. You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon.
39. You remember and/or own any of the CareBear Glass collection from PizzaHut.
40. Pizza Hut was the coolest place to hang.
41. Poltergeist freaked you out.
42. You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an E.T. lunchbox.
43. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.
44. You wanted to communicate with some being named Cinergy, or you wanted green hair like that lead singer of the Misfits.
45. You totally LOVED Barbie's cooler, punkier counterpart, "Jem" and her "Rockers"
46. You wanted to have an alien like Alf living in your house.
47. You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.
48. You wore tights under shorts and felt stylish.
49. You layered your multi-colored slouch socks, and added suspenders to make your outfit complete.
50. You ever had a Swatch Watch.

51. You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the care-bear stare.
52. You had a crush on one of the Coreys
53. You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
54. You had WonderWoman or Superman underwear.
55. You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.
56. You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power"
57. You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
58. Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away!
59. You watched the Pound Puppies.
60. You know that "WOAH " comes from Joey on Blossom.
61.You know what Parachute Pants look like and feel like.

62. Skateboards had tailguards, nosegaurds, rails and one kick.
63. You know what Parachute Pants look like and feel like.
64. It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday Morning to watch cartoons.
65. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.
66. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on the big screen...and still know the turtles names.
67.You traded Garbage Pail kids in the schoolyard.
68. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.
69. Sunnyboys!
70. You remember going to the rink before there were inline skates.
71. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds.
72. Your motto was "Don't worry, be happy."
73. The A-Team

This list could go on forever - bring back a few memories?

'C'mon! It's the 80's now!'

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Comment by Nomad

April 2nd 2008 02:19

Awesome Food

um, i've still got a swatch watch. are you telling me they're not cool anymore?

i will say that i did upgrade from the plastic version to the leather band and cool analogue stop watch system.

yes i still think i'm cool

Nomad

Comment by RubySoho

April 2nd 2008 02:48

Music Zone
Thought Zone

I pity the fool who didn't grow up in the eighties...

Comment by Michaelie

April 2nd 2008 11:55

Flick Wit

3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 43, 46, 47, 48, 49, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 71.

Yes, definitely a child of the eighties. God I loved slap bands, and I still have ALF! And getting my first pair of skates - was I cool or what. I was the sh*t, I'm telling you, cruising about the rink in my fluoro get-up.

Michaelie

Comment by James Rickard

April 3rd 2008 01:31

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Check this out...

God! I feel old!

Comment by linzi

June 22nd 2008 12:06

BEING YOUNG AND FOOLISH
when the travellers move in
acid colours

YES YES I REMEMBER, I REALLY WANTED TO BE IN FAME THE SERIES I LOOVED MY FRANKIE SAYS YES T SHIRT AND WATCHING THE YOUNG ONES SMOKING A ROLLED UP FAT ONE SINGING THE HOLE IN MY SHOE. THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT FEELING IN LOVE IN THE EIGHTYS WITH ANYTHING THAT MOVED, MAYBE THE SPLIFF WAS GOING TO MY HEAD. LETS NOT FORGET THE RUBEX CUBE, OR WAS THAT THE 70 S.AND YES MY MOTHER BOUGHT ME A JONNY(CONDOM) COAT IN SEE THROUGH PINK I WAS GETTING STOPPED IN THE STREET OFF FOLK ASKING ME WHERE I BOUGHT IT , I FELT SO COOL. THANKS FOR REMINDING US. HAVE YOU NOTCED A BIT OF THE EIGHTYS FASHION COMING BACK THIS SEASON I ONLY WROTE ABOUT IT, THE HAIRSTYLES ARE CERTAINLY EIGHTYS WITH A MODERN TWIST NOT SO MUCH KAGAGOOGOO OR BOY GOERGE JUST 2008 THROW BACK. BYE 4 NOW

Comment by Karyn Wiffen

December 15th 2008 09:46

Twenty Something
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Haha - yeah I nodded my head to pretty much every single one of those!!!! haha. ahhhhh good times!

Comment by Anonymous

February 22nd 2009 21:31

Um, I read that list and you don't necessarily have to be a kid from the 80's to know that. Although I will say that I do love the 80's and probably know more because of that even though it's not my generation.

Comment by Anonymous

April 4th 2009 23:43

No way, i was talking to my girlfriend about all the things we had in the 80s and i had to look!

just looked at Garbage Pail Kids...NICE!
good site!

Comment by Anonymous

April 30th 2009 22:28

what about My pet monster, tailspin, the Land Before time, pogo balls and big wheels ( i think they actually had those in the 70's but us 80's kids perfected the slide down the driveway with the brakes on!!"

Comment by Anonymous

June 16th 2009 18:17

Hey...I'm a nineties kid and I know most of these!! If not all!!! I so desperately wanted to be on star search and I SO tried to start a babysitters club LOL

Comment by Figment

September 28th 2009 11:25

To all of you "I remember these and I'm not from the 80's" You must understand that this list is meant to show who is TRULY a child of the 80's. Yes, you MAY have grown up on this stuff... But WE tested it. WE Scraped our elbows when the bigwheel spun out and hit a high edge. WE made ALF cool. WE proved that Slap wrist bands were THE item to have. WE Memorized all the lines to The Goonies, Back to the Future, The Breakfast Club, 16 Candles, Weird Science and the Karate Kid.
Not only did WE do this, but we did it FIRST.

I'm not saying you guys weren't cool... But you're just not 80's kids is all.

And for the record, a recent trip into one of the boxes in my storage unit revealed NOT ONLY my still working Atari2600, but an old slap bracelet as well... It's a little worse for wear, a tad bit of rust...but still slappable. (My wife had a field day when I walked into the kitchen wearing it) "What the HELL is that thing??"

Comment by girl 81

December 2nd 2009 07:36

Remember these Toys?

1. My buddy and kid sister dolls
2. Teddy Ruxpin talking bear toy
3. Chia Pets
4. Glow worm
5. PJ Sparkles

Comment by Anonymous

December 28th 2009 11:19

The TRS-80 computer from radio shack with 16K of memory for us poor folk that couldn't afford a Commodore 64, The day they strung cable TV through our backyards, Coleco vision game system? Getting kicked out the house until the streetlights came on, The cadillac of big wheels is the Green Machine. Rotary dial telephones and leather furniture. The day dad brought home the microwave and I ate untoasted melted cheese sandwiches and liked it. Parents shopped at K-mart, Hills or the mall. I wanna go back to then.

Comment by lipps

February 20th 2010 21:22

Your text goes herePINCH ROLLED JEANS!! need i say more.............

Comment by Anonymous

August 25th 2010 07:02

dude so forgot about the swatch phone!! You could pick up the base and use the back to talk.....

Comment by Anonymous

March 22nd 2011 02:25

uhh! What about those charm bracelet things. You know the -frying pan with the eggs! I remember those things on backpacks, shoes, and necklaces. Those were coool.

Comment by Anonymous

May 11th 2011 20:14

A few weeks ago, I took my 10 yr-old nephew to the Smithsonian, and he absolutely could not grasp the appeal of the Lite Bright and the Speak and Spell which were displayed on the wall. Yes, our childhood toys are now memorialized in a museum. God I feel old.

Comment by Anonymous

May 13th 2011 15:28

Being BORN in the 80's and being a KID of the 80's are definately not the same thing! If you were born after 1985, you really don't remember any of the 80's. So you really had to be born in the late 70's to get the full "child of the 80's" effect.

Comment by Anonymous

May 25th 2011 19:44

Gremlins were real and you collected Furbies! You can sing the tune to Fraggle Rock and wanted to live under water with the Snorkles. And as a teen a bottle of hair spray would last 2 days if you were lucky!!!

Comment by Anonymous

May 25th 2011 19:47

Just thought of another thing. Sea Monkeys were the coolest pet to have.

Comment by Anonymous

July 26th 2011 21:52

The 80s were the best decade to grow up in. I'm absolutely an 80s kid and feel for the kids now who don't know the innocence and imagination of that time.

Comment by M.C.

January 4th 2012 19:10

I miss that decade...being born in the late seventies and now totally nostalgic about the era thanks to this site. That was the greatest time ever, together with the nineties. No high-tech stuff, just your own imagination to keep you busy. Playin' outdoors, sneakin' away without your parents knowin' it. What I wouldn't give to turn back time... Life after thirty isn't so much fun, is it?
Great site, part of my favorites now....

Comment by Trigger

February 28th 2012 15:08

I think it's funny we were always groggy waking up for school, but we can be up at 530 on Saturday for cartoons. Shows like Jem and SilverHawks and the Dinosaucers...I still remember when A-Team had their own cartoon!

Comment by Clarice

March 17th 2012 18:10

I was born in 1973 so I can say I was 7 years old in 1980, I even vaguely remember what happened with John Lennon, but also the good times with the Atari games

..I also had this fourascent clothes and ponytail, and Full House seemed cool, and my first casette I bought in 1982(my mom bough me) Nik Kershaw

.. I was terrified of Gremlins, and fascinated by Neverending story.
To the owner of the globe, you forgot the Muppet show

Comment by Anonymous

May 2nd 2012 01:10

I was born in 1985. I consider myself to be an 80's baby/90's kid. I remember certain things from the eighties but those things were still popular in the early 90's. I wore jelly sandals, and snap bracelets. I had a speak and spell. I watched Punky Brewster religiously. I also had a huge crush on Joey McIntyre from New Kids on the Block. I had a VHS with some of the music videos, interviews and behind the scenes footage of New Kids and I watched it until the VCR ate my tape. I also had Garbage Pail Kids trading cards. I used to watch Double Dare and for a REALLY long time my favorite movies were Willow and Batman(I watched the hell out of Batman. My parents still talk about it to this day). I also had cassette tapes and vinyls. I used to listen to stories like Bony Legs and the Gingerbread man(both of which terrified me) on vinyls. I remember playing my parents Cyndi Lauper vinyl to no end and wishing that i could grow up and wear a newspaper skirt like she did lol. I definitely remember a decent amount of things from that period but like I said these same things were popular in the early 90's as well. I think to get the full spectrum of the 80's you definitely had to be born before 85. I think I got the aftermath of the 80's lol.

Comment by Chilliliz

May 14th 2012 09:58

Movies:
I adored Willow, karate kid and Neverending story.

TV:
McGuyver, airwolf and the A team were cool. Webster, Alf and Growing pains as well. Oh and Murder She wrote.

Animation:
Gummi Bears, Ducktales and Brave Starr

Famous people:
Madonna, Cindy Lauper, Tom Cruise and the Coreys

Food:
I still remember when my town got it's first Pizza Hut!

Oh, those were the days!

Comment by Anonymous

June 9th 2012 10:23

WOW that was fun reading all that i really got a kick out of it.....Ok what about the commercial not to do drug... 2 eggs in a frying pan..
This is your brain. This is your brain on drug any questions.... HA HA HA
Heck at the time it scared the h*ll out of me..

Comment by Anonymous

June 9th 2012 10:31

I had such a great time reading this!!!!!!! Im so proud i grew up in the 80s.. Now with todays kids u have to be soooo carefull. Im glad i dont owen a gaming machine... My kids are being raised the way i was well for the most part... And they are turning out pretty great.. Heck my daughter wants to be Punky. Heck most kids today have no idea who she is lol..

Comment by 80's rocks.. my mom says so

June 23rd 2012 18:14

Your text goes hereYour text goes hereYour text goes here What are light brights and where can I get some... p.s. that is my sister's nickname, "lightbright"
p.s.s. what are click clacks?

Comment by M.C.

October 4th 2012 13:11

I've read this list numberous times now, and it still hits me every time: for a kid growin' up there simply was no better era.
Could somebody please turn back time? Just to let us relive it consciencely?

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