Growing Up in the 80's

Vehemence · Post by **Vehemence** » Mon Jun 11, 2001 4:54 am

You Know You Grew Up in the 80's When

You know what "Sike" means.

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

You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer".

You can sing the McDonald's Big Mac, Filet-o-fish, quarter pounder and French fry song.

You know who Mr. T is.

You know who Fat Albert is. And who was the old boy with the pink mask?

You ever wore fluorescent, neon clothing.

You could breakdance, or wish you could.

You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.

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

Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.

You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.

You knew that knowing is half the battle.

You wanted to be on Star Search.

You can remember Michael Jackson when he was black.

You wore a banana clip at some point during your youth.

You remember the garbage pail kids, and owned some.

You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."

You knew "Rut row raggy" and "Zoinks."

You HAD to have your MTV.

You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.

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

You owned only cassettes.

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

You remember and/or owned any of the Care Bear Glass collection from Pizza Hut or the Muppets glasses from McDonalds.

Poltergeist freaked you out.

You knew who Ben Stein was before you could win his money, "Bueller?"

You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins, ET, Dukes of Hazzard, Knight Rider, Strawberry Shortcake or A-Team lunch box.

You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female Smurf.

You know what leg warmers are and probably had a pair.

You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.

You wore your Izod shirt with the collar up.

You had a Swatch Watch with the Swatch Guard.

Your Legos collection started with the free sets in a Happy Meal.

You remember when Happy Meals came in a box, not a paper bag.

You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.

You had Wonder Woman or Superman underoos.

You know what a "Push Up" ice cream is.

You had to come in the house when the street lights came on.

You had to change into play clothes after school.

You owned or knew somebody with a Commodore 64.

You hated Scrappy Doo.

You recorded songs off the radio with your boom box.

You wish you had a light saber.

Somehow you still know all the words to songs played on VH1's "Big 80's" ("it's been 7 hours & 15 days...")

Your arm was full of rubber bracelets.

You have ever said, "Gag me with a spoon."

You have ever wondered what happened to Saturday morning cartoons.

You had to get up to change the channel.

You can still sing 1 to 12 from the Pinball machine on Sesame Street.

You thought the "Thriller" video was pretty cool.

You remember the first time you went into a video store to rent a movie.

You wore those wide, colorful shoelaces.

Quiet Riot's "Come on feel the noise" was the best song - ever.

You know where "I want my two dollars" came from.

You still cannot go in to the water because of that damn movie - Jaws.

El Debarge's "Get a beat to the Rhythm of the night" plagued the radio every hour.

You remember life before minivans and SUVs.

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Mon Jun 11, 2001 5:05 am

ROFLMAO - I did or know at least 95% of that list, i am ashamed...

You know your an eightys child when:

YOu had a hair cut that resembled some form of fish

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Mon Jun 11, 2001 5:20 am

You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.

Whaddya mean "thought" it was good??

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Mon Jun 11, 2001 5:25 am

That is a peice of seminal movie making

It is almost better than Flashdance

Kayless · Post by **Kayless** » Mon Jun 11, 2001 5:25 am

LOL! My god I feel old.

*Sigh* I miss Masters of the Universe, G.I. Joe, Thundercats, and all the other kickass cartoons of 80's. Not to mention the fond memories I have of playing Packman and Donkey Kong. And who can forget the Ninja Turtles? (Well, probably a few of you but I digress) And we didn't have any weenie Pokemon in the 80's, no! We had the Transformers and He-Man! You kids today have no idea how spoiled you are! In my day we had only 8-bit video games, and we were grateful to have em!

Vehemence · Post by **Vehemence** » Mon Jun 11, 2001 5:29 am

Hmm.. yes well, all I can say is that I've got the figurines to Every cartoon you mentioned, Kayless, except thundercats... don't think they made action figures for that one

Thundercats.. thundercats.... Hoooo!!!

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Mon Jun 11, 2001 5:29 am

Masters of the Universe

That was fantastic, how about Transformers, now that was class

scully1 · Post by **scully1** » Mon Jun 11, 2001 5:44 am

*sniff* I'm getting nostalgic...

Here's one for y'all: a few years back the kids next door (they were about 8/9 at the time) told me they saw Star Wars on video. And I said "I remember seeing that in the movies when it first came out." Ha, big mistake. "You saw that in the MOVIE THEATRE?!?!?!" they said, astounded. So I hobbled in to get my cane...

Kayless · Post by **Kayless** » Mon Jun 11, 2001 5:54 am

Originally posted by Vehemence:
Hmm.. yes well, all I can say is that I've got the figurines to Every cartoon you mentioned, Kayless, except thundercats... don't think they made action figures for that one

Thundercats.. thundercats.... Hoooo!!!

They did indeed make Thundercats action figures. I still have them all. In fact I have every single toy I ever owned in a large box in my bedroom closet (with the exception of Grimlock and Optimus Prime who stand proudly atop my PC). My most valued toy is probably one of an adult Anakin Skywalker from Return of the Jedi that was never released in the U.S. (I sent away for it). If I had kept him in his original package he'd be worth more then $5000 today.

Though I believe that toys should be played with and not kept cooped up. Besides, I like the pseudo-status symbol of owning such a rare figure.

[ 06-11-2001: Message edited by: Kayless ]

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Mon Jun 11, 2001 5:57 am

Originally posted by loner72:
*sniff* I'm getting nostalgic...

Here's one for y'all: a few years back the kids next door (they were about 8/9 at the time) told me they saw Star Wars on video. And I said "I remember seeing that in the movies when it first came out." Ha, big mistake. "You saw that in the MOVIE THEATRE?!?!?!" they said, astounded. So I hobbled in to get my cane...

LOL

Now I don't feel so old anymore...

One of the earliest movies I remember seeing was Jungle Book

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Mon Jun 11, 2001 5:58 am

I must have lost over 50 figures playing with them

i lost so many in our pond if i dragged the bottom i would find a metaphorical gold mine

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Mon Jun 11, 2001 6:10 am

Hmmm, 80s nostalgia... I have just heard Wheatus' new single, A Little Respect on the radio... anyone else remember the 1988 original by Erasure?

Darkpoet · Post by **Darkpoet** » Mon Jun 11, 2001 6:16 am

Where did all the drive in theaters go?
When Van Halen was a real band.

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Mon Jun 11, 2001 6:16 am

Yes and i actually like it, maybe a bit of my feminine side coming out

The wheatus effort however is not good, i find it amusing that they can't hit the notes so they make this warble effect instead, just like A1 did with Ah-Ha.

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Mon Jun 11, 2001 6:23 am

Feminine side? Heck, in 1988 there was nothing wrong with liking Erasure

You're right about the Wheatus version though. And how dare A1 even try and cover Take On Me?

@DP Van who?

Darkpoet · Post by **Darkpoet** » Mon Jun 11, 2001 6:27 am

Originally posted by Georgi:
Feminine side? Heck, in 1988 there was nothing wrong with liking Erasure
You're right about the Wheatus version though. And how dare A1 even try and cover Take On Me?

@DP Van who?

You are right Van ???????

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Mon Jun 11, 2001 6:30 am

Wasn't Van Halen the Drummer, like in Fleetwood Mac?

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Mon Jun 11, 2001 6:33 am

Originally posted by Mr Sleep:
Wasn't Van Halen the Drummer, like in Fleetwood Mac?

He went on to do solo stuff though didn't he?

And it depends whether you're talking about the "Fleetwood" or the "Mac" part

Darkpoet · Post by **Darkpoet** » Mon Jun 11, 2001 6:34 am

Originally posted by Mr Sleep:
Wasn't Van Halen the Drummer, like in Fleetwood Mac?

Ah no, Van Halen is a band. There are two Van Halen brother's and they have had three different lead singers.

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Mon Jun 11, 2001 6:39 am

Shucks, i knew there was some connection there though (however tenuous) i actually thought he was a guitarist but i hedged my bets on drummer oh well,