You Know You Grew Up in the 80s If...

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sfdude posted 11 months ago

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The Goonies are good enough.

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

2. You watched the Pound Puppies.

3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Belair " ...and can do the "Carlton".

4. Girls wore biker shorts under their skirts and felt stylishly sexy.

5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own.

6. You owned those lil' Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.

7. "WOAH " comes from Joey on Blossom.

8. Two words: Hammer Pants.

9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock ".

10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars... and "spokey-dokes" or playing cards on your spokes for that incredible sound effect.

11. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales ". (Woo ooh!)

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

13. When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

14. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles " on the big screen... and still know the turtles names.

15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.

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

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

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

19. L.A. Gear... need I say more.

20. You wanted to change your name to "JEM " in Kindergarten. (She's truly outrageous)

21. You remember reading "Tales of a fourth grade nothing " and all the Ramona books.

22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF".

23. You wanted to be a Goonie.

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

25. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off and his cheeks shifted.

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

27. You took lunch boxes to school... and traded Garbage Pail Kids in the schoolyard.

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

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

30. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.

31. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band.

32. You thought She-ra (Princess of Power!) and He-Man should hookup.

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

34. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes. (and like #24, probably in neon colors, too)

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

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

37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.

38. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide.

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

40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds.

41. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement.

42. You remember Popples.

43. "Don't worry, be happy"

44. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.

45. You wore socks scrunched down (and sometimes still do...getting yelled at by "younger hip" members of the family)

46. "Miss MARY MACK MACK MACK, all dressed in BLACK BLACK BLACK "

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

48. You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies.

49. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!"

50. You remember watching "Rainbow Bright" and "My Little Pony Tales "

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

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

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

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

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

56. You just sang those words to yourself.

57.You remember watching Magic vs. Bird.

58. Homemade Levi shorts. (the shorter the better)

59. You remember when mullets were cool!

60. You had a mullet!

61. You still sing "We are the World"

62. You tight rolled your jeans.

63. You owned a bannana clip.

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

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

66. You had big hair and you knew how to use it.

67. You're still singing shot through the heart in your head,aren't you!

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14 comments

	megloveskyle said: Omg..SKIP IT, BSC, Carebears, Stawberry shortcake...o the memories... posted 11 months ago.

	KARYNrocks said: shot through the heart! haha! posted 11 months ago.

	msqueenbea said: i was such an 80s kid, who didn't want to be a goonie, ET always made me cry. I also wanted to grow up to be madonna, wow that is so sad. posted 11 months ago. last edited 11 months ago

	goebygeez said: I grew up mostly in the 90s and I remember alot of that stuff. posted 11 months ago.

	caintil31 said: i was born in the 90s but i remember most of this. I've even done most of this. posted 10 months ago.

	Gypsy said: These always make me smile. I think some of these ones are particular to the US but the amount of them I've done is still scary! posted 10 months ago.

	edennirvana said: Oh man! Slap bracelets, Rainbow Brite and in my mind I was already a Goonie...Those were the days! posted 9 months ago.

	surlana said: I remember the "Jellies" plastic shoes (which are back in style now) I remember leaving the house in one red one and one pink one by accident. posted 9 months ago.

	okierunner said: I had big hair AND a mullet! ugh! but who didnt? posted 8 months ago.

	Buslady said: I'm laughing cos the first Ninja Turtles movie was not the 80's; but it came out March 1990. I'm still a fan since then, since high school. I was born in '71; I got to remember everything 80's. posted 7 months ago.

	Jillyb85 said: Completely forgot to mention John Hughes movies... Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller. I also began my love of John Cusack in the '80s posted 7 months ago.

	ParamedicsGirl said: Oh man great stuff LOL remember all of that posted 6 months ago.

	eagle said: I still had 8 track player and I would fold napkin to shim the 8track to get it to play. I was sad when the BellBottom pants went away but it was even trade for the funky two step dancing where you swign your arms sides to sides. Sex, Drugs and RocknRoll. I saw the movie Meta www.meta.kumafilms. Its kick back to the 80. posted 5 months ago.

	madeline3 said: I had the jelly-shoes, that my mom would make me wear, with all my fluorescent color cloths. "It was Sad" posted 1 month ago.

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