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

[WWF Diva]

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

1-)You ever ended your sentence with "psych"

2-)You solved the Rubics cube.....by peeling off the stickers

3-)You watched the pound puppies

4-)You can sing the rap to "the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"

5-)You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish

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

7-)You owned those little Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls

8-)You know who Six is from Blossom

9-)Three words: M.C. Hammer

10-)You can sing the entire theme song! to "Duck Tales"

11-)If you played the chipmunks Christmas album all year long!

12-) The crypt keeper really freaked you out

13-) Remember reading Kool-Aid man comics

14-)You ever watched Fraggle Rock

15-) You had plastic streamers on the handle bars of your bike

16-) When it was actually worth getting up early on Saturday to watch cartoons

17-)You wore a pony tail to the side of your head

18-)You saw the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the big screen

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

20-) You made your mom buy you one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side

21-)You had a Kirk Cameron poster on your bedroom wall

22-) You played the game "Mash" with friends at school

23-)You wore a Jordache jean jacket and you were proud of L.A. GEAR

24-)Your mother wouldn't let you have garbage pail kids

25-) You remember reading "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" and all the Ramona books

26-) You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off"

27-) You wanted to be a Goonie

28-)You ever wore fluorescent, neon if you will, clothing

29-)You wanted to be on StarSearch

30-)You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off

31-)You took Lunch boxes to school

32-)You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf

33-) You remember the craze, and then the banning of slap bracelets

34-) You still get the urge to use "NOT" at the end of every statement you make

35-) You remember Hypercolor T-shirts

36-)Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band

37-) You remember Punky Brewster

38-) You loved Howard the duck

39-) You thought Sheera and He-man should hook up

40-) You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged "friendship bracelets"

41-)You ever owned a pair of Jelly Shoes

42-) After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you couldn't stop saying "I know you are but what am I?"

43-) You remember "I've fallen...and I can't get up!"

44-)When you watched Family Matters and wanted to beat Steve Urkels ass

45-)You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates

46-)You ever got seriously injured on a slip and slide

47-)You know not to mix poprocks and soda

48-) You have played with a 'skip-it'

49-)You had or went to a birthday party at McDonald's

50-) If you've ever wanted to go to Degrassi High

51-)You ever sat on or used one knee on a skateboard

52-)You learned oldies songs by watching Alvin and the Chipmunks

53-)You had a Glow Worm or watched the cartoon

54-)You remember dancing along with the Bangles in "Walk Like An Egyptian"

55-) If you remember Heathcliff the orange cat

56-) You saw the California Raisins Christmas claymation special

57-)You've gone through this list occasionally saying "That wasn't from the 80's"

58-) You remember Popples

59-) DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!

60-) You wore socks over tights with high-top Reeboks

61-)You wore like 8 pairs of socks at once, scrunched down

62-) MISS MARY MACK MACK MACK ALL DRESSED IN BLACK BLACK BLACK.....

63-) You remember boom boxes instead of CD players

64-)You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies

65-) You remember the gimp fad

66-) You remember the Transformers

67-) You had to buy a pair of overalls when everyone started wearing them

68-) You knew what it meant to say: "Care bear stare!!" and you had a favorite

69-) You remember Rainbow Bright and MY Little Pony

70-)You remember watching TV thinking Doogie Howser was hot!

71-)You remember Alf, the little furry brown alien from Malmac

72-) You remember the large amounts of hairspray used

73-) You remember those very stylish headbands

74-) You remember Vicky the Robot

75-)You remember Eve Garland from Out of this World and how she could stop time by pressing the tips of her index fingers together and talking to her dad through a glowing cube in her bedroom

76-)You remember the beginning of New Kids on the Block

77-) You remember watching The Cosby show

78-)You remember Mr.Belvedere

79-)You remember Michael J. Fox in Family Ties and Back to the Future

[MerrySunshine]

:o Oh, dear. :o Oh so many of these apply to me . . . then again, I am 31, soooooo . . . . :o

[sophisticatedmoma]

I like reading these things cause it takes me back to childhood when life was much more simple.....nothing to do but go to school and worry about what boy you had a crush on for the week. ;)

[ellenmed]

Mom was at home when the kids got home from school.

When nobody owned a purebred dog.

When a quarter was a decent allowance, and another quarter, a huge bonus.

When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.

When all of your male teachers wore neckties and female Teachers had their hair done and wore high heels.

When you got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, all for free, every time. And, you didn't pay for air. And, you got trading stamps to boot.

When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents.

When the worst thing you could do at school was smoke in the bathrooms, flunk a test or chew gum.

When a '57 Chevy was everyone's dream car .. to cruise, peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, and people went steady and girls wore a class ring with an inch of wrapped yarn so it would fit her finger.

And no one ever asked where the car keys were 'cause they were always in the car, in the ignition, and the doors were never locked. And you got in big trouble if you accidentally locked the doors at home, since no one ever had a key.

Remember lying on your back on the grass with your friends and saying things like "That cloud looks like a ... "

Remember jumping in and throwing leaves that you just raked.

And playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the rules of The game. Back then, baseball was not a psychological group learning experience-it was a game.

Remember when stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic seals 'cause no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger.

And with all our progress ... don't you just wish, just once, you could slip back in time and savor the slower pace ... and share it with the children of today...

Remember when being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home.

Basically, we were in fear for our lives, but it wasn't because of drive by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc.... Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! But we all survived because their love was greater than the threat.

Go back with me for a minute.... Before the Internet or the MAC Before semi automatics and crack Before SEGA or Super Nintendo...Way back ....

I'm talkin' bout hide and go seek at dusk. Red light, Green light. Kick the can. Playing kickball & dodge ball until your porch light came on. Mother May I? Red Rover. Hula Hoops Roller skating to music Running through the sprinkler Wait ....

Catchin' lightning bugs in a jar Christmas morning .... Your first day
of school Bedtime Prayers and Goodnight Kisses Climbing trees Getting an Ice Cream off the Ice Cream Truck A million mosquito bites and sticky fingers Jumpin' on the bed. Pillow fights Runnin' till you were out of breath Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt Being tired from playin'.... Your first crush ....Remember that? I'm not finished yet....


Kool-aid was the drink of summer Toting your friends on your handle bars Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school Class Field Trips When nearly everyone's Mom was at home when the kids got there.

Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that! There's nothing like the good old days. They were good then, and they're good now when we think about them.

Share some of these thoughts with a friend who can relate,

Then share it with someone that missed out on them. I want to go back to the time when............

Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo" Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do it over!" "Race issue"; meant arguing about who ran the fastest. Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "Monopoly" Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening. It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.

Being old, referred to anyone over 20. The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties. Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better. It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the "big people" rides at the amusement park. Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true. Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare" Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles. The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team. Water balloons were the ultimate weapon. Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors.

If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!!

[NikDC]

Good times...

I peeled my stickers on my Rubic's cube. And when that became obvious, I pulled the cube into pieces and put it back together finished. Damn thing really can't be solved otherwise.

[LJK]

Anybody remember raking leaves and then burning them?

[MerrySunshine]

We just jumped into the pile of them. :D

Raked them up again . . . and then my mom used them as mulch for the garden.

[WWF Diva]

ocka bocka soda croka ocka bocka boo, in comes uncle sam and out goes Y-O-U...

[Patrick McIrish]

That brought back some memories.

[kentuckychic]

I remember burning leaves...still do it as a matter of fact. Of course that's after Little Man and I have raked them up and jumped in them about a hundred times.

Tuesday I took Little Man to the doctor to get his shots for school and he is now the magical 48 inches tall. When I told him he could ride the big rides at KY Kingdom now he started jumping up and down.

That's the thing about living in a place like Waddy. We're still stuck in the "old days".

[vester]

Remember going on family vacations in the car?

MOM! She's looking at me!
MOM! She's breathing my air!
MOM! She's copying everything I'm saying!

Seat belts? We don't need no stinkin' seat belts!

[NikDC]

Aww, v brought back the fond memories of "Will you stop touching me?!" and "If I have to pull this car over, all 3 of you will be sorry!"

And the race for the front seat regardless of who called it as well as the fun of riding in the "way back" (the only place in the car where Dad couldn't reach ;) )

[kentuckychic]

Who had "lines" across the backseat of their car? You know....he's on my side of the line.

We had a big ole boat of a car (it was orange) that had a HUGE back window. I remember laying up in the back window (where the speakers are) of the car looking up at the sky as it flew past.

Those were the days.....

[MerrySunshine]

There was a big stripe down the middle of the backseat of the car (about four inches wide) that was "no man's land," but on either side of the stripe was mine and my brother's personal territory. :p Never should you cross the stripe! ;)

Also, apparently, I made the whole drive from Texas to Colorado when I was seven with my feet planted on the ceiling of the car, laying in the back like ky did . . . . That's what my mom says anyway . . . .

[kentuckychic]

Can you imagine a policeman's reaction to seeing a child laying in the back window of a car nowadays? The parents would probably go to jail and the child placed in foster care. I don't even think back windows are big enough to lay in anymore (I haven't tried for many years ;) ).

[ellenmed]

my-mother
told-me
to-pick-the-very-best-one
and-you-are-NOT-going-to-be-it!

we were such cruel kids :D

[WWF Diva]

LOL!! The many times I would get in the car, in the back seat there was an arm rest, and we would fight over who got to use it.. It would start some mass arguments between my brother and me.. Till it ended up no one got to use the arm rest..

My brother would look at me, I'd try to get him in trouble... We'd do those stupid things like his foot would move over and it would be near mine so I'd kick him.. And he'd kick me back and I'd cry..

No wonder my parents hated taking us in car trips.. My dad's hair went gray by the time he was 30.. He blames us for it..

[WWF Diva]

What was another one.. Bubble gum, bubble gum, red, yellow, blue, my mother told me not to pick you..

[MerrySunshine]

Remember those goofy little songs we used to sing . . . the ones where you would almost cuss and you thought it was so funny. Here's my favorite one:

Miss Mary had a steamboat
Her steamboat had a bell
Miss Mary went to Heaven
Her steamboat went to
Hello, operator
Give me number nine
And if you don't connect me
I'll kick you from
Behind the 'fridgerator
There was a piece of glass
Miss Mary sat upon it
And hurt her little
Ask me no more questions
I'll tell you no more lies
The cows are in the pasture
Making chocolate pies
And lemonade!!!!!

We were so scandalous! :p ;)

[vester]

I've been singing that song all afternoon Mer! :D
And I TOTALLY used to lay in the back window of the big 'ol car. It would feel like you were flying!

I remember when my sister said she threw my teddy bear, Ted, out the window. Damn near closed down the I-95! For those of you interested, she hadn't, she had just hid it. Whew.

[insearchofjason]

I'm impressed Mer remembered that whole thing! :)

Bravo!

[MerrySunshine]

How about these:

Oh, so happy:

Hey, hey my playmate
Come out and play with me
And bring your dollies three
Climb up my apple tree
Slide down my rainbow
Into my cellar door
And we'll be jolly friends
Forever more
One, two, three, four!

And the more sinister:

Hey, hey my enemy
Come out and fight with me
And bring your shotguns three
I'll hang you from a tree
Slide down my razorblade
Into my cellar door
Cuz we'll be enemies
Forever more
One, two, three, four!

[vester]

Oh wow!
Rainman? Zat you?
What time does Wopner come on at? ;)

[MerrySunshine]

Fount of useless knowledge, me. ;)

[vester]

Knowledge. Yes.
Useless? Never! :)

[Berly]

5-)You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish

*ahem* I WAS stylish. ::snaps fingers::

[WWF Diva]

Miss Susie had a baby, she named him Tiny Tim,
She put him in the bath tub to see if he could swim
He drink up all the water
He ate up all the soap
He tried to eat the bath tub but it wouldn't fit down his throat
Miss Susie called the doctor,
Miss Susie called the nurse,
Miss Susie called the lady with the aligator purse.
In came the doctor,
In came the nurse,
In came the lady,
With the alligator purse
Mumps said the doctor,
Measles said the nurse,
Hiccups said the lady
With the alligator purse
Miss Susie punched the doctor,
Miss Susie kicked the nurse,
Miss Susie thanked the lady
With the alligator purse


LMAO.. Another version I found of the Steamboat one..

Miss Susie had a steamboat the steamboat had a bell
Miss Susie went to heaven the steamboat went to
Hello operator please give me number nine
and if you disconnect me I'll kick you from behind
the refrigerator there was a piece of glass
Miss Susie sat upon it and cut her little
ask me no more questions tell me no more lies
the boys are in the bathroom zipping up their
flies are in the meadow, the bees are in the park
Miss Susie and her boyfriend are kissing in the
dark is like a movie a movie's like a show
a show is like a TV screen and that is all
I know I know my ma I know I know my pa
I know I know my sister with the 80 acre alligator bra

[Fly_Chiquita]

HAHAHAHAH i miss the eighties so much...i just remember wanting to be jenny on doogie howser more than anything. I watch smurfs on cartoon network a lot. I like azriel the cat so much. I want it. And i thought i was cool b/c my name is Brittany like Alvins girlfriend. Yeah that was pretty cool. I miss He man. SKELETOR WAS COOL!

[SidewaysY]

We used to sing:

On top of old smokey
All covered with sand
I shot my poor teacher
With a red rubber band
I went to her funeral,
I went to her grave
Everyone threw flowers
But I threw a grenade.

and this one would get you arrested these days:

Glory, Glory Halelujah,
Teacher hit me with the ruler
Met her at the door with a loaded 44
And she ain't my teacher no more.

I loved the line about thinking "Hey, that wasn't from the 80's." (Guilty as charged.)

[WWF Diva]

Our version was

On top of spagehtti all covered with cheese, I lost my poor meatball, when somebody sneezed.. It rolled off the table, and onto the floor.. And then my poor meatball, rolled right out the door.

[SidewaysY]

....it rolled through the garden, and under a bush
and then my poor meatball, was nothing but mush.

The mush was delicious, and tasty indeed,
Now here is some advice
Some day you may need.

While eating spaghetti, all covered with cheese, hang onto your meatball, and don't ever sneeze.

Yep, I recall that too.

and

Say say my playmate, I can't come out today
Because of yesterday
They said it wouldn't hurt
To stick it up my skirt.
My Mom got mad, my dad got angry
My Grandma jumped for joy
... it was a baby boy.


and

(Fingers on eyes, mushing them around)
CHINESE, JAPANESE
(Then hands on knees)
DIRTY KNEES
(Shirt over head)
LOOK AT THESE!

[pen&kev]

Pinch, poke you owe me a coke!

[kentuckychic]

PENNY!!!! Hey, it's good to 'see' you!!! :D