[jlove973]

***very long thread***

CHILDREN OF THE 80's

Being born in 1973 and graduating from high school in 1992, I am definitely a child of the 80's. I was old enough during the 80's to truly appreciate and remember it all but not old enough to be cynical about all the crazy stuff we did. Below I've compiled 100 examples of how to tell if you are a child of the 80's too. Lots of them are from other lists I have seen but many of the entries I came up with myself from my own personal 80's experience. Enjoy!

You know you are a child of the 80's if...

1. Your first date took you to the roller rink and you held hands for "Couples Only" skate.
2. You wore a banana clip at some point in your youth.
3. You carried a big colored comb in your back pocket.
4. You know what "Push Up" ice cream is.
5. You know the profound meaning of "Wax on. Wax off" and one of your favorite movies was Karate Kid
6. You know who Tina Youthers is.
7. You wanted to be a Goonie
8. You know who Max Headroom is.
9. You ever wore fluorescent or neon clothing.
10. You could breakdance or wish you could.
11. You wanted to dress like the Hulk or She-Ra at Halloween.
12. You believed the "By the power of Greyskull," you had the power.
13. Partying "like it was 1999" seemed sooo far away.
14. You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
15. You wanted to be on Star Search.
16. You remember Michael Jackson when he was still black.
17. Your first sony Walkman (came out in 1979)weighed about as much as a brick.
18. You owned a doll with "Xavier Roberts" signed on its butt, or knew someone who did. (Cabbage Patch Kids)
19. You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout".(Different Strokes)
20. You HAD to have your MTV
21. You hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future."
22. You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name."
23. You thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool.
24. You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.
25. You have heard of the "Garbage Pail Kids" and possibly owned and traded them with friends.
26. You owned a Little Professor Calculator
27. You knew "The Artist", when he was humbly called "Prince".
28. You stared a SLAM book or wrote in one.
29. You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game.
30. You own any cassettes or records.
31. You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon.
32. You remember and/or owned any of the CareBear glass collections from Pizza Hut.
33. Poltergeist freaked you out.
34. You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunchbox.
35. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female Smurf.
36. You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish, or know someone who did.
37. You ever had a Swatch Watch, and a Swatch Guard for it.
38. You had a crush on one of the Corey's (Haim or Feldman)
39. You had to stay after class to scrub your desk because your silver Outliner pen leaked through.
40. You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
41. You were in Cub Scouts or Girl Scouts but now you have no idea what all the badges you got were for.
42. You know what a "Whammee" is.
43. You had a crush on Jon Bon Jovi, or know someone who did.
44. You thought eating Reeses Pieces would attract your own alien.
45. Your name is Jennifer or Jason.
46. You have ever called 867-5309.
47. You had a poster of Rob Lowe, Kirk Cameron, Christian Slater, Michael J. Fox or Don Johnson on your wall. For Men Alyssa Milano, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy
48. You held the top score on PacMan.
49. You had MALL Hair.
50. You owned a T-shirt that said, "I shot J. R. " or know someone who did.
51. If you ever said "I pity the fool".
52. Your dream car was either: the A-team van, KITT or The General Lee.
53. You knew who Max's boss Jonathan Hart was.
54. You were sad when the "Where's the Beef" lady died.
55. You remember when Ricky Martin was a member of Menudo.
56. You wore a feather roach clip in your hair from the local carnival because you didn’t know what it really was.
57. You remember when cellular phones weighed 15 lbs. and had to be carried over your shoulder. (First Cellphone made in 1973)
58. You had to come in the house when the street lights came on.
59. You still know the Big Mac song. "Two all beef patties, special sauce…"
60. You own a real Rubik’s Cube
61. You think there should be a Kids Incorporated original cast reunion.(FERGIE started on Kids INC)
62. You used to own a Snoopy Sno Cone Machine.
63. You have a tendency to turn the collar up on your Polo shirts.
64. You know what the "P" in Alex P. Keaton stands for.
65. You remember exactly where you were when you heard the space shuttle had exploded.
66. You know all of the words to at least one of the Schoolhouse Rock songs.
67. You could go through a case of Aqua Net hairspray in a week.
68. Your first computer was a Commodore 64 or an Atari 800.
69. You thought being a latch key kid was completely normal.
70. You were disappointed when an episode of 3-2-1 Contact didn’t include a Bloodhound Gang segment.
71. There were days that the homework just had to wait until the ABC Afterschool Special was over.
72. You know what movie the phrase, "Number 5 is alive!" is from.
73. You remember when Molly Ringwald was on Facts of Life.
74. You tried a can of clear Pepsi but hated it like everyone else did.
75. You wore the little bootie socks with the colored balls on the back.
76. You wrote your boyfriends name on the side of your canvas Keds.
77. You just had to have a Trapper Keeper to stay organized at school.
78. You remember when McDonald’s served their burgers in styrofoam boxes.
79. You remember when you could buy half cans of soda (great for field trip days!).
80. You like the guy who played Freddy Kruger better as Willie on "V".
81. You hid out behind the gym during recess to read "Are you there God, it’s me Margaret?" with your friends.
82. Four-square was THE playground game.
83. You were afraid of the Sleestacks on Land of The Lost.
84. You know who Derek Wildstar, Mark Venture, Captain Avatar, Nova and Desslock are.
85. You chewed Dr. Pepper bubble gum.
86. You remember Dirk Benedict as Starbuck long before he played Face.
87. You know who played Uncle Ned, Elyse’s brother, on Family Ties.
88. You skipped school on the day Luke and Laura got married on General Hospital.
89. You never thought they’d be able to top the special effects in TRON movie
90. You freaked out a little when you realized you fall into the "26-50" category of most surveys.
91. You played with Lego’s when they were just blocks of various sizes, not any of the special little parts.
92. You made Star Wars shrinky dinks in your oven.
93. You know who Spuds McKenzie, The Noid, and Joe Isuzu are.
94. The TV movie "The Day After" still scares the heck out of you.
95. Pierce Brosnon will always be Remington Steele, not James Bond.
96. You owned at least one Choose Your Own Adventure book.
97. You watched Mary Lou Retton win the gold.
98. The Dark Crystal is still one of your favorite movies.
99. In many of your childhood photos you are wearing something plaid.
100. Labyrinth movie rocked and you loved David Bowie. You thought he was sexy here

Hope you enjoyed reminising as I did.
Jlove

[sabby]

This was fun jlove! I wasn't a child of the 80's but I had 2 kids who were, and I was still young enough at heart too! LOL

Thanks for the laughs. I do remember most of the things on the list

Hugsssssss
J

[Bloo]

Haha!!! I was playing with a Rubik's Cube this weekend!!! I still have my original cube from 1981. It's solved right now; I can't remember how it solve it!

And to think I saw Huey Lewis and the News and Adam Ant in 1985...oy!

hey I remember those cell phones. You did not lose them!
Huey lewis

Those phones should make a come back.LOL

[jbug]

I took the stickers off my sister's rubix cube to solve it and didn't put them back on the right sides and got in trouble lol.

Jbug

[desirae]

ah!..I love this. I was young in the 80's, very young, but I remember almost all this stuff..it sort of sucked through to the 90's, my mother made it that way. Lovin it.

[mrb020377]

65. You remember exactly where you were when you heard the space shuttle had exploded

I was sitting in 3rd grade art class in Sonora TX!!!!!!!!

2. You wore a banana clip at some point in your youth.

i hated those things!!!!!


i remember alot of these! being born in 1977 and graduating in 1995... i too was a child of the 80's!!!!!

[lenjan]

I was in high school and college in the 80s and I remember almost all of these -- do I still count as a "child," given my age then?

omigod i ticked every box just about lmao really good fun, thanks for that lol!!!!!!

jinny xxx

[desperado]

Yeah, that was a good post; thanks.

[therealme]

oooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh ive just had a flash back to the 80's, mmmmmmmmm the a team, knight rider. mr T . does anyone remember a us series called "automan"

[SpazKatt]

I was born in 1983, I indeed had a snoopy snow cone maker AND a cabbage patch doll which my grandma STOOD in line to get! Sadly, I hated it and currently am still afraid of dolls, I think I have it STILL in the box. I loved the smurfs and had an awesome smurf bucket which we used when we were sick. I however saw ET too young and have been terrified of it ever since. I also think being afraid of dolls has to do with all those scary Chucky movie posters! Sometimes my parents would let me stay up "late" to watch cheers with them and I was actually watching the challenger launch on TV when it exploded. I remember watching shuttle launches when I was litte were a BIG thing, my mom started to cry after it exploded and I was confused why she was crying. I was young, but remember quite a few things!

[mrb020377]

i used to love watching Cheers and M*A*S*H