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Remember the 80`s?



Can you remember ............



You know what a burnout is.

You know the profound meaning of Wax on, Wax off.

You know that another name for a keyboard is a Synthesizer

You can name at least half of the members of the elite Brat Pack.

You wanted to be a Goonie.

You felt ashamed when Rob Lowe got in trouble for sex with minors and videotaping it,because you liked him.

You know who Max Headroom is.

You wore fluorescent, neon clothing.

You could breakdance, or wished you could.

You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.

You Believed that By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power

Partying like its 1999 seemed SO far away.

You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.

You wanted to be on StarSearch or Solid Gold.

You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before

You thought his red leather jacket was cool.

You used to wear one woollen glove to school too.

You wore a banana clip at some point during your youth, or knew someone who did.

You HAD to have your MTV

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 actually thought Dirty Dancing was a REALLY good movie.

When you had fights with your siblings you'd say "Don't make me angry!" then pretend to turn your eyes green.

You have heard of Garbage Pail Kids.

You knew The Artist when he was humbly called Prince.

You actually saw Ted Danson as the MacDaddy he played Sam to be.

You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.

And ping-pong was tops until Donkey-Kong came along, which you thought would never be surpassed.

You own any cassettes.

You own any Tiffany cassettes.

You remember dancing to popsters like Debbie Gibson.

You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon.

Glow-worms? (Oh GOD!!! Them!!!!)

You remember And/or own any of the CareBear Glass collection from Pizza Hut or any other stupid collection they came out with.

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 Dozer is.

You wore bike shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish, or knew someone who did.

You ever had a Swatch Watch.

You had a crush on one of the Coreys (Haim or Feldman), or knew someone who did.

You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.

You had WonderWoman or Superman underoos.

You used to laugh at a hairy sock called Alf.

You remember that spiky flat-tops were the rave after Top Gun.

You know what a Whammee is.

You used to boast about how they would achieve those motorcycle formation shots in CHiPs.

You used to get into the family car by sliding through the open window of the closed car door.

You saw Ghostbusters 7 times.

You ran around the playground saying: "We came, we saw, we kicked ass!"

You knew all the opening monologues to: The A-team, StreetHawk, Knight Rider and AutoMan.

You thought that David Hasslehof looked good in that hair.

Theres photos of you dressed like this.

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

You Missed out the great Video for Godley and Creme's 'Cry' :wah:

And very short Football (Soccer :-5 ) shorts,





oh the pain just thinking about them. :-2

ALF OMG he scared the Bejeebers out of my oldest way back then. She hatd that creature ahahahahaha

oh the pain just thinking about them.


Maroon coloured hockey skirt as short as possible.

How I loved my school uniform

jennyswan wrote: Maroon coloured hockey skirt as short as possible.

How I loved my school uniform


By the sounds of it I would have as well. :sneaky:

By the sounds of it I would have as well.


:wah: :wah:

You can learn a lot in Catholic School :sneaky:

jennyswan wrote: :wah: :wah:

You can learn a lot in Catholic School :sneaky:


especially how to wear short maroon skirts.............so I have been told

ArnoldLayne wrote: musically I think the 80's was the weakest decade. There were exceptions I know, just more dissapointments than other decades before or since


You are talking about the Mighty Wah arn't you. :wah:

I got my first kiss in 1986 :-4

Had 3 kids in the 80s....................................

chonsigirl wrote: Had 3 kids in the 80s....................................


I had one in the 80's and one in the 90's

I was in my 20s, also, during the 80s. I was living in Houston for most of it and made my living as a diesel mechanic. I worked on heavy construction equipment... bulldozers, front end loaders, backhoes... I did a little roofing work too for a while, but that was kind of miserable out in the hot sun. I have to admit, I drank way too much back then (among other things). I had a few “Fear and Loathing” road trips with my buddies and I'm probably lucky to be alive considering some of the things we did. :wah:

I never got into 80s music very much except for Stevie Ray Vaughn. We lost some great musicians in the 80s -- Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, John Lennon, and Stevie Ray Vaughn to name a few.

orpheus wrote: You Missed out the great Video for Godley and Creme's 'Cry' :wah:

And very short Football (Soccer :-5 ) shorts,





oh the pain just thinking about them. :-2


Check out the guy on his arse. That was Colin Gibson in the season that we (Aston Villa) were European Champions. A good start to the 80's but we haven't had much to shout about since

[QUOTE=jennyswan]Remember the 80`s?

You have heard of Garbage Pail Kids.



I loved Garbage pale kids, I was a very avid collector. They were truly hilarious at the time. I wonder if they'd be so funny if I saw them now...Probably.

Uncle Kram wrote: Check out the guy on his arse. That was Colin Gibson in the season that we (Aston Villa) were European Champions. A good start to the 80's but we haven't had much to shout about since


Watford had a good start to the 80's....................and the 90's, then came that Italian person.

You have heard of Garbage Pail Kids.


I think we called them the 'Cabbage Patch Kids'. I didn't have one

I had a baby doll though

OK heres one you forgot too mention,Parachute pants.I had three pair.I was always the youngest kid in the neighborhood so I had alot of older Friends.And they turned me onto music that led too me picking up the drums in Jr. high.So by the time I got out of high school in 82 I was a full fledged rock and roll drummer.And with the explosion of heavy metal/hair bands I was on my way to stardom.Played with a few good bands and sat in with many more.Sex,drugs and OMG.I have pics of myself back then with long hair and parachute or spandex pants and sticks a fly'in.but it came too a end,we all went from cocaine too rogaine in one swoop and it was over.I always was in good shape and now I put that passion into my family and working out.If I could change one thing about back then..........................I would have partied twice as hard and went too L.A..