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

Posted : 2/14/2007 7:10:24 PM

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-excited 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"

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 cheeks 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 you 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.

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 your jeans.

36. You owned a banana 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! [

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Xerxes

Posted : 2/14/2007 7:13:39 PM

Wow like 15 or more of those applied to me! And yes I'm still singing that song in my head!

Thanks!

TAOofGoldyShep

Posted : 2/14/2007 7:27:22 PM

OMG! ...I am roaring...[sm=rotfl.gif]

My favorite identifiers are: 5, 10, 11, 12, 18, 38 ..."what you talkin' 'bout Willis?"

alieliza

Posted : 2/14/2007 7:55:13 PM

That is hilarious!
I only do not identify with 6 of them!

Michelle

Posted : 2/14/2007 8:08:08 PM

Okay, I graduated high school in 1980, so I missed a few of these, can any of you slightly younger pups help me out with:

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

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

28. You thought Samantha Micelli was hot.

jode88

Posted : 2/14/2007 9:00:58 PM

You wore legwarmers

You had really big hair

You drove a Nova but wanted the Trans Am with the big bird on the hood

Tore your jeans on purpose

snownose

Posted : 2/14/2007 9:09:04 PM

I loved torn jeans...........but, now I pay for jeans that are totally worn out, when they are brand new...........what is going on?[&:]

keedokes

Posted : 2/14/2007 9:38:22 PM

Hah! You can actually play MASH online now... [linkhttp://www.playmash.com/]http://www.playmash.com/[/link]

edited to add: it cut out my husband on the first pass...

) I guess I won't be marrying him afterall.

Boxermom4

Posted : 2/14/2007 10:19:44 PM

Ummmm, I still have a banana clip.............................is that wrong?[&:]

NicoleS

Posted : 2/14/2007 11:02:11 PM

Okay, I graduated high school in 1980, so I missed a few of these, can any of you slightly younger pups help me out with:

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

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

28. You thought Samantha Micelli was hot.

Well, Skip-It was this thing you put on one ankle and it was about 2 feet long with a ball on the end, and you had to swing it around and jump over it..... had a counter on it so you could tell how many times you got it before messing up.

MASH has already been explained.

And I don't know who Samantha Micelli is.

I do just want to comment that although born in '84 and hence not remembering the majority of the 80's I still do identify with WAY too many of these things!!!

Stephanie Book

Posted : 2/15/2007 12:26:47 AM

I only identified with a few of them, but that's ok, because I didn't grow up in the 80's [8D] They still have Skip-Its because we had one not too long ago, that thing was fun [

] I've also played MASH, but only a couple of times and I wish I could play it more! I'll have to check this out online. I also recognize a couple of the phrases ("Where's the beef?" and "I've fallen and I can't get up") but I don't have any idea where they came from.

gayle

Posted : 2/15/2007 1:21:00 AM

who doesn't remember alf?! a true 80's child will recall harry and the hendersons. [

] i was born smack dab in the middle of the eighties, but i am familiar with all but 2 or 3 of them. cowabunga dudes.

Xebby

Posted : 2/15/2007 1:24:28 AM

27. You remember watching both Gremlins movies.

he he, why do you think I named my dog "Gizmo"[

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I can almost relate to most of thoes[

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Benedict

Posted : 2/15/2007 4:34:50 AM

Samantha Micelli was Alyssa Milano's character on Who's The Boss.

And ALL of those applied to me. How sad am I?

Kate

MissMandy

Posted : 2/15/2007 8:44:26 AM

No, you're not sad! I am definitely guilty of the majority of them as well! Sheesh!!

Too funny! [

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