Growing Up in the 80's

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  • You Know You Grew Up In the 80's if:

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


    2. You can sing the rap to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and can do the Carlton


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


    4. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock"



    5. It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons .



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



    7. You got super-exci ted when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.



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


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



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


    11. You know the profound meaning of " WAX ON , WAX OFF" < FONT face=Tahoma size=4>



    12. You wanted to be a Goonie.



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



    14. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off and his che eks shifted.


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



    16. You took lunch boxes to school...and traded Garbage Pailkids in the schoolyard.



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



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



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



    21. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes.


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



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



    24. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates. < SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">



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


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



    27. You remember watching both Gremlins movies.




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



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


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


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


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


    33. You just sang those words to yourself.


    34. You still sing "We are the World"



    35. You tight rolled y our jeans.

    36. You owned a bannana clip.


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



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


    39. You're still singing shot through the heart in your head, aren't you!
  • Lol!
  • haha -- yep! shot through the heart, and you're to blame, you give love a bad name (bad name)!
  • Ahhhh, the memories!! I remember how HORRIFIC my feet smelled after a day in the jelly shoes. And this morning I watched the episode of SBTB where Zach and Kelly get married.LOL!
  • Oh MAN--- what I wouldn't do to have enough room in my shirts NOWADAYS to wear those stupid clips that bunched it all to one side!!!!

    I freaking LOVED slap bracelets---- was so angry when they were banned in 4th grade!
  • You know, I was at World Market not too long ago and they had a bunch of slap bracelets. I seriously considered buying one... But they would never live up to my favorite neon pink cheetah print one I had in elementary school!
  • OMG Loved the jelly shoes!!! Did you NKOTB are coming back!!
  • Come on everybody if you wanna take a chance! Just get on the floor and do the New Kids dance! LOL!

    OMG, who can forget Duran Duran and Tiger Beat magazine!! I had the posters ALL OVER my walls!!!

    I saw them in concert a few years ago and was 16 all over again!!
  • I used to love those banana clips...
  • Yeah, I did keep singing Bon Jovi in my head! This post is hysterical! I can relate to all of it. I remember saving really hard, a whole $16, for a NKTOB pillow. Oh man...the 80's, such a slower paced, innocent time. Sometimes I wish I could go back.
  • I LOVED my Skip it. Granted, I only lived 6 years in the 80's, but I remember using a Skip it. I also liked the jelly shoes, the slap bracelets and the leggings! I also remember my older cousin (she was thirteen) loved the New Kids on the Block and collected their figurines, but I just didn't quite get it then. =D
  • NKOTB was my first concert haha I had the dolls to remember those I had a Donnie and a Jordan doll.

    Did anyone out there have a pogo ball I loved mine It was a pink ball with a black and white checkered foot platform.

    Also you know you are an 80s girl if your BFF was a cabbage patch doll!
  • LOL!!! That was great! I LOVED Doogie Howser. And the fluorescent colors-I was one of those that wore them head to toe-probably a little longer than I should have!
  • I remember this ALL! =D
  • I remember this all, but I especially remember wanting a slap bracelet and wanting a pair of pink jelly shoes FOREVER! I finally got them and I was so excited ^^ Hee hee