hey all, i received this in email today at work. i always find these remember things funny, 70's or 80's...
but as i was reading this list, it got me thinking about some of the things i don't truly remember (okay, i remember but they were no-no's) because of my jw enforced childhood. so here's the list with some of my comments:
You know you grew up in the '80's 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
* 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" (what show was that from???)
* You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales"
* You played the Chipmunks Christmas album all year long (umm nope!)
* The crypt keeper really freaked you out (yes he did, but i had to sneak to watch to show)
* 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 (too bad i had to get up early to go to bs and fs. but staying home sick AND getting up early...hehe)
* You wore a pony tail on 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
* 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 meaning of "Wax on, Wax off"
* You wanted to be a goonie
* You ever wore flurosescent, neon if you will, clothing
* You wanted to be on Star Search
* You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose
fell off
* You took lunch pails to school
* You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf (and maybe as a jw you wondered what the big deal was regarding smurfs in the first place!)
* You remember the craze, and then banning of slap bracelets
* You still get the urge to use "NOT" at the end of ever statement
you make
* You remember hypercolor T-shirts
* Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band
* You remember Punkie Brewster
* You loved Howard the Duck
* You thought Shee-ra 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 McDonalds (nope, not me)
* You wanted to go to Degrassi High
* You ever sat on or used one knee on a skateboard
* You learned the 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"
* You remember Heathcliff, the orange cat
* You saw the California Raisins Christmas claymation special (missed that one, wonder why? hehe)
* 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 "Gremlin" movies (if you were lucky and had not very strict jw 'rents)
* You remember the gimp fad
* You remember the Transformers
* You knew what it meant to say: "Care bear stare!!" and had
your favorite
* You remember Rainbow Bright and My Little Pony Tails
* You remember watching TV thinking Doogie Howser was hot
* You remember Alf, the little fuzzy 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 (mom never found out about this show!)
* You remember the beginning of 'New Kids On The Block'
* You remember watching The Cosby Show (was on thursday nights, meeting night :(:( )
* You remember Mr. Belvedere
* You remember Michael J. Fox in Family Ties and Back To The Future