Growing up in the 80's & early 90's...

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shellie
You Know You Grew Up In The 80's or Early 90's If:


1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word "SIKE"
2. You watched the Pound Puppies.
3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" 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. You know that "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 o! n your spokes for that incredible sound effect
11. You can sing the entire theme song to "DuckTales" (Wooooh!)
12. It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch
cartoons.
13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.
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. Yo u wanted to be a Goonie.
24. You ever wore fluorescent clothing.
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 hook up.
33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you
exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.
34. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes.
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
46. You remember boom boxes. . and walking around with one on your
shoulder like you were all that.
47. You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies.
48. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!!"
49. You remember watching "Rainbow Bright" and "My Little Pony Tales"
50. You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot.
51. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alie! n from Melmac.
52. You remember New Kids on the Block when the y were cool... and
don't
even flinch when people refer to them as "NKOTB".
53. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved
By The Bell," The ORIGINAL class.
54. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.
55. You just sang those words to yourself.
56. You remember watching Magic vs. Bird.
57. Homemade Levi shorts..
58. You remember when mullets were cool!
59. You had a mullet!
60. You still sing "We are the World"
61. You tight rolled your jeans.
62. You owned a bannana clip.
63. You remember "Where's the Beef?"
64. You used to (and probably still do) say "What you talkin' about
Willis?"
65. You had big hair and you knew how to use it.
66. You're still singing shot through the heart in your head,
aren't you!!


laughing out loud this list brought back memories for me

Silver Stardust
OMG....

laughing

That list is great!!! I found myself nodding yes to every single thing....

Blind-Enemy
eek! i remember the teenage mutant ninja turtles movie!!!!!

lil bitchiness
Hehe, cute!

SlipknoT
embarrasment

Rogue Jedi
i remember acid wash jeans. remember when rolling up the cuffs of your jeans tight against your ankle was the fashion thing?

Silver Stardust
Yes! I remember that! laughing

Rogue Jedi
i SO did that. that, along with izod shirts.

chelsea17
omg i remember a lot of that stuff

DarkAge
Leonardo, Donatello, Michaelangelo and Raphael. Yep, still remember their names.

She-ra kicked ass. So did He-man. I used to have that green tiger that grew huge when it was freaked out... hey, come to think of it, that was a Hulk rip off!

JToTheP
We need a '90's '00's list now to. stick out tongue laughing out loud eek! POUND PUPPIES! laughing Happy Dance

Rogue Jedi
talk about nostalgia.

Silver Stardust
I still have a bunch of pound puppies and my little pony and strawberry shortcake stuff from when I was like 5 years old...and now it's all becoming popular again...

Solo
..........My secret is out.

SlipknoT
POWER RANGERS!?????????????? WHy isnt that on the list?

lil bitchiness
Cos they suck cry

Solo
Oh know you didn't. mad

SlipknoT
shock Ill pretend I didnt hear thatglare

shellie
blink Power Rangers did suck

Silver Stardust
I loved Power Rangers!!!

Granted, I WAS 7 years old when it game out...laughing out loud

DarkAge
Power Rangers were from the mid 90s. But they did suck though.

Except the Green Ranger's Dragonzord.

Silver Stardust
Power Rangers were from 93, which is still early 90s.

Rogue Jedi
remember thundercats?

Raven Guardia
that list is like De javu (sp?)

SlipknoT
yea

Raven Guardia
I loved My little ponies and rainbow bright and carebears they were like some of fav shows.......That list brings back fond memories *sigh*

Silver Stardust
I know, same here...I had a Rainbow Brite backpack when I was in kindergarten laughing out loud

Tptmanno1
lol,
I remember most of that stuff....

Raven Guardia
you had a Rainbow Brite back pack thats so awesome!!! eek!

Silver Stardust
It was awesome big grin

Damn, I was in kindergarten 14 years ago....I feel old...laughing out loud

Rogue Jedi
remember when ding dongs came wrapped in foil?

Raven Guardia
RJ> I dont remeber embarrasment...but I'm only 17 so that might why

shellie
you wanna know something sad....when i was little and my sisters and i wanted a Slip and Slide and our parents wouldnt bother to get onesad ....we used trashbags and made our own...erm


laughing out loud omfg...the memories....

rajah kalantiaw
oh, man... that was f*cking awesome. i remembered all of that sh!te. that was the ilove the 80's on kmc.








and i still think doogie howser's hot...

Silver Stardust
Haha I did that!!!

drunk_nazgul
Alf! Oh, gah, Alf was the greatest!

shellie
eek! im not the only one

drunk_nazgul
I loved the little ties on the side of my shirt. And I still have my stonewashed denim jacket. embarrasment

Raven Guardia
does anybody remember Full House! eek!

Silver Stardust
eek! I watched that show every day!!!

Raven Guardia
you did?eek!...that show was great!

Silver Stardust
I loved it! eek!

Oh, memories...

Raven Guardia
those were the days

shellie
still watch it yes

Rogue Jedi
i remember the dukes of hazzard and the cosby show, along with cheers.
miami vice, anyone?

shellie
me in 1989 blink

rajah kalantiaw
i remeber knight rider and airwolf! eek!





FYI: mr feeny is the voice of kitt...

shellie
droolio i lovered both

oooooo eek! and the A-Team

Rogue Jedi
the a team!!!

rajah kalantiaw
mr. T! i pity the foo!

SlipknoT
Full House was the worst show ever

Rogue Jedi
mr. t in rocky 3. remember that?

shellie
Yo Adrian....


big grin Rocky was cool

rajah kalantiaw
bill and ted's excellent adventure.... duuuuuude!!!

Silver Stardust
eek!

SlipknoT
eek! I love that movie

angelsflame265
that used to be my favorite show embarrasment

shellie
most excellent big grin

SlipknoT
Rightouse big grin

shellie
duuuuude big grin


embarrasment you'll have to excuse me tonight...to much rum wacko

angelsflame265
I still watch the Fresh Prince of Bel Air to

SlipknoT
wink

Rogue Jedi
fast times at ridgemont high.

shellie
rolling on floor laughing


eek! The Breakfast Club
Pretty in Pink
16 Candles

happy

Silver Stardust
I love those movies eek!

Rogue Jedi
weird science.

shellie
droolio love that movie

shellie
me too big grin

and John Cusack movies....One crazy summer.... laughing

SlipknoT
A Nightmare on ELm street

angelsflame265
the princess bride

Silver Stardust
That is one of my favorite movies EVER eek!

"As you wish...."

shellie
Ryan > yes watched them , loved them


angelsflame> indeed laughing out loud

angelsflame265
mine to!!!!

Rogue Jedi
i remember seeing return of the jedi when it first came out.

TheFilmProphet
Elm Street movies, happy

Rogue Jedi
terminator one.

TheFilmProphet
Of course, I forgot to mention that one and Conan The Barbarian.

shellie
http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/80/80movies.htm


blink Killer clowns From Outer Space

Rogue Jedi
escape from new york!!!!!!! "call me snake."

Silver Stardust
Haha, f*cking awesome...

shellie
hysterical Four Rooms


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113101/

1995 but funniest movie rolling on floor laughing the dead whore ....

angelsflame265
Has anybody seen the movie Clue? its based off of the game

Rogue Jedi
hell yeah, funny as hell!!!

angelsflame265
Finally! It seems like nobody has seen it! and its a shame!

shellie
rolling on floor laughing i laugh every time i think of it

shellie
this one ?

http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vlink/097360184044IE.html

angelsflame265
yeppers!

shellie
its been sooooo long since ive seen this movie but certainly a goodie to watch

what about Beetle Juice yes

laughing out loud

angelsflame265
wow i havn't seen that in ages!! I don't even know if I own it anymore

shellie
some more


http://www.imdb.com/chart/1980s


laughing out loud Christmas Story , certainly a classic

and this ....


http://www.johnrausch.com/PuzzleWorld/puz/img/rubiks_cube_1.jpg

angelsflame265
oooo i hated that cube. . ..*glares at it*

Morning_Glory
I grew up in the early 90s!!!! SIKE!

smile

Morning_Glory
punk

http://www.subtrivial.com/subman/images/gb2000/nirvana.jpg

shellie
confused who is it ?

Rogue Jedi
kurt cobain.

shellie
embarrasment i didnt recognize hom

DarkAge
Totally. Even watching it as a little kid I remember thinking how stupid it was.

angelsflame265
I liked full house, it was a cute show

Morning_Glory
i hated the olsen twins when they were babies on that show

i dont like them much now either no

DarkAge
Me watching Full House: tv_horror

Morning_Glory
I liked Wonder Years

SlipknoT
notworthy

shellie
blink i loved that show

SlipknoT
That show was great eek!

Morning_Glory
i know roll eyes (sarcastic)

Morning_Glory
i loved Wayne!! and the older sister - whatever her name was - Karen or something? the hippie

sniper
shell, that list was amazing.... i remember almost all of that...

including when i was dressed in a NEON GREEN MESH TANK TOP

i knew nothing stick out tongue

shellie
blink i demand pics :P


j/k laughing out loud


here for the Wonder Years fans....


http://www-personal.umich.edu/~kpearce/wy.html

sniper
sorry shell, no pics, i was like, 6

Morning_Glory
remember David Schwimmer (Ross from Friends) was on Wonder Years

shellie
why not , i have pics of when i was 6 stick out tongue

sniper
i dont have pics of that shirt, and i cant get one now

shellie
tis ok hug wanna see me at 6 ?

Morning_Glory
i think im the only one on this thread that grew up in the 90s as a grunge kid

sniper
eek!
ya ya ya

shellie
im the oldest there 6 years old happyubber cuteness

sniper
big grin

shellie
big grin

SlipknoT
We need the Wonder Years on DVD

Morning_Glory
cute pics Shellie in_love

Morning_Glory
I think there is Wonder Years on DVD - on ebay- but I think they are crap copies not sure ???

Myth
I miss Oregon Trail days at school. sad

SlipknoT
Oh, I dont want crappy copies

shellie
what hell was that , its one thng on the list i didnt know ?

Morning_Glory
yea i hate crap copies

http://i22.ebayimg.com/01/i/03/4b/d9/f5_1_b.JPG

http://i20.ebayimg.com/03/i/03/4c/26/35_1_b.JPG

shellie
indeed was a cute program happy

SlipknoT
It was a computer game in school where you shot bufalo and fished

Myth
Well, I didn't know all schools did it but it is one of two things and I think its the 2nd but I did the first as well.

1. There was a game that a class would play where you had a group of about 5 people as a team and there was a giant map of the trail for the class and each wagon represented a group. You had to achieve certain things to advance like roll a certain number with dice or throw a bean-bag into the garbage from a certain distance. If you were successful, you moved forward. It took like 2 weeks to do the game (just because teachers don't want to spend more than a certain amount of time in class with one game at a time) and the first team to finish the trail wins.

However, I think this was only a local thing although every elementry school in my area played it. I believe for the list, it may be the following:

2. The classic Oregon Trail video game for computers. Entire classes would be excused for computer time and everybody played this game. Educational AND fun! You could name every member on your wagon and sometimes you'd get attacked by indians, or get sick and die. You also made attempts to cross the rivers but if it was too deep, you watch your oxen drag the wagon under water and the message says how much supplies you lost and if anybody died. Freakin funny. My favorite part: You could name somebody "Jim" and it may say "Jim got sick and died". So I would name people "Nobody" or "Everybody" so it would say "Everybody died" even when only one person died. Quite funny when you are in 2nd grade.

Myth
I didn't realize that other schools did actual time for the game like mine did. That is awesome.

SlipknoT
yea i loved that game

sniper
i actually still have the disks for that game eek!
3x5 floppies, im so gonna play that in classes on my laptop

shellie
cry but i didnt get computer time

big gay kirk
we weren't allowed to touch the computers, unless you had a computer at home... our school had 900 students, and three computers.... each one with a whopping great 32k RAM.... let me add a few for our British posters....

You know you grew up in the eighties when...

You remember begging your mum to let you stop up on Sunday night to watch The Professionals...
You saw girls arguing about whether Bodie or Doyle was sexiest...
You really really REALLY wanted a Ford Capri...
You thought you looked really cool wearing deely-boppers...
You thought nothing of wearing polo shirts with suit jackets with their sleeves rolled up, with rope soled shoes and NO SOCKS!!!!
You remember how to get a chart hit you had to let Stock Aitken and Waterman be involved...
You remember Status Quo's first ever retirement and comeback gigs....
You took O-levels, not GCSEs....
You rememmber when most of your schoolmates didn't go onto further education...
You knew there was a very good chance that you would not find a job within two years of leaving school...
You remember the first episode of Only Fools and Horses, and how most people didn't think it was all that good...
You remember when to go to McDonalds meant a trip to the nearest large city...
You thought the ZX81 micro computer was a great innovation...
You had a Spectrum 32...
You actually wanted a Raleigh Grifter...
You still call Snickers bars "Marathons..."
You can still answer the question "What has a hazelnut in every bite?"...
You remember when Garage music was what musos played in their mum's garage...
You remember starting school in the infants, moving up to third year then fourth year juniors, then starting big school as a first year.....

Jackie Malfoy
I was born in 1990 so I miss that list.But I wish I was born in the eightys that would be so cool!I like your list!JM

Corran
lol, I still say 'What you talkin about Williis'

oh BGK - iit'ss Topic stick out tongue

Korri
i wish i was a teenager in the 80s sad

Clovie
theoretically it should have fitted with me confused
but totally doesn't messed

Korri
it would have with me sad

Clovie
how? huh

Silver Stardust
I LOVED Oregon Trail!!!! My friends and I still play it sometimes laughing

Korri
there was so much cool sh!t in the 80s

Alpha Centauri
Fraggle Rock was one of the most imaginative, mind-capturing cartoons of the 80s/90s.

Another one was Trap Door. I dunno if people remember that though.

I was raised on Transformers and M.A.S.K.

-AC

Silver Stardust
Hmm...anyone besides me remember VR Troopers? That show that was like Power Rangers?

Korri
I rmeember Trap Door that was pretty sound i loved the theme tune laughing out loud

Alpha Centauri
Yeah.

With the dude who lived in the giant tower and transformed into an evil overlord with monsters, as they had a habit of doing back then.

I even remember the theme. Hated the show though.

-AC

Korri
sounds like something out of an Maiden song laughing out loud

It was on Nickelodion all the time i used to watch it when i was at my grans house

Napalm
I got like 4

Rogue Jedi
i remember the back to the future movies.

Korri
ha!

Rogue Jedi
"hello, mcfly, anybody home?"

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