You know you're a child of the '80s when...

[mijan]

Okay, my cousin sent this to me, and I laughed my way through the entire thing.  Yes, I am indeed a child of the '80s.  Here's the list, with my commentary...

You know you're a child of the 80's when.....

1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word "SIKE"
It's "PSYCHE!" damn it!

2. You watched the Pound Puppies.
Who didn't?

3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Bel Air"... and can do the

Carlton.
Well this is a story all about how my life got flip turned upside down.  I'd like to take a minute - just sit right there - I'll tell you how I became the prince of a down called Bel Air...

4. Girls wore biker shorts under their skirts and felt stylishly sexy.
I didn't wear skirts.

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

My sister had the whole collection.  I won't admit to reading them.

6. You owned those little Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.

By the time they had all lived in the same container for a year, the scents melded together into fruit salad.

7. You know that "WOAH"; comes from Joey on Blossom

There are people who didn't know that?  WOAH...

8. Two words: Hammer Pants
STOP!  Hammer time!

9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock"
Dance your cares away!  *clap-clap!*  Worries for another day!  Let the music play!  *clap-clap!*  Down at 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.

I had a Strawberry Shortcake bike.

11. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales" (Woo ooh!)
Okay, I'm singing this right now... I've got to stop...

12. It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
WAH!!!  Garfield and Friends!  Heathcliff!  Spiderman!  *pouts*  Bring them back!

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

Er... I plead the 5th?

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

Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michaelangelo... Pizza, anyone?

15. You got super-excited when it was

Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
Okay, this one I didn't know.

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

There were clips for that?  We just knotted them.

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

I'm still not living in the mansion, damn it!

18. You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it.
Couldn't afford them.  The cool kids had them though.

19.

L.A. Gear.! ...need I say more?
See above.

20. You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in Kindergarten. (She's truly outrageous.)
Actually, she wore too much pink.

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

22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF"
Doesn't everyone?

23. You wanted to be a Goonie.
Heh heh heh.

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

Even the boys would wear hot pink.  It was cool with black and neon green.

25. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off and his cheeks shifted.
Back when he looked human?  Yes.

26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
We had a long discussion about that once...

27. You took lunch boxes to school... and traded Garbage Pail kids in the schoolyard.
I had this kick-ass Rainbow Brite lunch box.

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

Slap me!

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

I can admit... I have done that within the past year.

30. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.

*meeble*

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

No.  She-ra and Wonderwoman.  He-Man was busy getting it on in the Bat Cave.

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

But they worked!  I swear!

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

Green ones.

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

Okay, okay... I came THIS close to putting that line into a fanfic chapter before I caught myself.  BAD DOBBY!

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

37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.
I'm still a hot ticket on real roller skates.  Those are awesome.

38. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide.
CRASH!  Yes.  Yes I have.

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

40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds.
SQUEE!  Happy Meals!  Back when they came in boxes with games on them!

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

Er... oops.

42. You remember Popples.

I still have a Popple.

43. "Don't worry, be happy"

*begins humming*

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

Couldn't afford Reeboks, but they were The Thing.

45. You wore socks scrunched down

Uh-huh.

46. You remember boom boxes. . and walking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that.
Once again, I couldn't afford them... but the cool kids had them.

47. You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies.
And whatever you do, don't feed him after midnight...

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

Care Bears, ready!  Care Bears... STARE!

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

I believe I still have some of the movies and cartoons on VHS.

50. You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli were hot.

*pinches Doogie's cheeks*

51. You remember Alf, the little furry brown alien from Melmac.

And his love for cats...

52. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool... and! don't even flinch when people refer to them as "NKOTB"
I actually didn't like them.

53. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell: The ORIGINAL class".

Zack, Slater, Screech, Lisa, Jessi, Kelly, Mr. Belding, Miss Bliss... yeah.

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

SHOT THROUGH THE HEART!  AND YOU'RE TO BLAME!  YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME!

55. You just sang those words to yourself.

OOPS.

56. You remember watching Magic vs. Bird.
*grins*

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

Who wears short-shorts?

58. You remember when mullets were cool!

I'm sorry, but mullets were never cool.  Unless you were a redneck.  And I wasn't.

59. You had a mullet!

ARGH!  *runs away screaming*

60. You still sing "We are the World"

Back when Michael Jackson was still human.

61. You "pegged"/"tight" rolled your jeans.

*erp*

62. You owned a banana clip.

Everyone did.  Even though I had short hair.

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

WHERE'S THE BEEF?

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

*snicker*

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

So did Samuel "Screech" Powers.

65. You wanted to be a Thunder Cat. HO!!!!!!!!!!

Booyeah.

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

SHIT!  How did they know?

 

So, I guess that confirms it... Sad, but true.

And... you know you're getting old when your age group has a list like this.

*headdesk*

Comments

[awaywithpixie.livejournal.com]

:( I'm so NOT a child of the 80's... I think I just missed out on about 4/5ths of those mentioned there. But if it's 80's music you want... I got!

Runs around looking for child of the 70's lists.

*misses the 80s*

[lielabell.livejournal.com]

15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
Okay, this one I didn't know.

Oregon Trail was a super lame (yes, all my people ALWAYS died!) computer game. I sucked at it. I was *never* super-excited.

And I still have a popple. It is hot pink and laughs if you squeez it's ear.

Re: *misses the 80s*

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Aaah, my elementary school didn't have computers. Not really.

[quiet000001.livejournal.com]

I'm a little scared. I think I missed, like. One? Maybe two.

I feel old. :)

[klave.livejournal.com]

I missed all but 6 months of the '80s, and I *still* get excited about the Oregon Trail!!

[viridian-magpie.livejournal.com]

*peeks around the corner* Hi, I'm back.

Read the list and well, I had to plead guilty 10 times or so. Most of them had something to do with cartoons (the Ninja Turtles ruled!).

As for all the others... well, in 1989 I was five, so... umm... I guess one could say that I did some of the 10 things in the early 90s. I do remember that a friend of mine in primary school was quite a fan of the Gremlins and i've seen the films, too.

awww. *hugs* you're not old. you're simply very knowledgable about all things 80.

---

referring to your reply to my comment: the funny thing was. I had just eaten a cookie shortly before I read it.

[violarium.livejournal.com]

I feel a little concerned, haha - I came into the world in '85, yet I got every one of those questions except for two. o_O (Long live glam rock!!!)

I liked shooting things on the Oregon Trail game. But yeah, it was pretty lame - I always had bad luck crossing the rivers. *death*

[mijan.livejournal.com]

I was born in 1980. Hence... yeah. The whole '80s.

[zanai.livejournal.com]

I wasnt even born until 1989, and I still got over 70 percent of those. Thats what I get with an eighties-born sister and cousin around all the time. They were constantly forcing their eighties-ness onto me! I HAD EIGHT PAIRS OF JELLIES BY AGE EIGHT!

[tamerterra.livejournal.com]

Me too - and me being the eldest sister it was my parents that got all those pairs of Jellies! ^_^

[shezan.livejournal.com]

All right - NOT a child of the 80s. I'm scared that I only know the names of the Ninja Turtles, and the Gremlin movies.

Wait, wait, wait, this is for American kids. What about us Eurps?

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Ah, I have no idea what the '80s were like in Europe... fall of the Berlin Wall?

[child-labor.livejournal.com]

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

Argh! Because Gargamel created her to be a spy and infiltrate their camp but their inherent goodness turned her! Why does no one ever remember that?

Ahem. I'm fine, really. Wasn't alive for much of the eighties and I still got at least half of that list. How silly. The list is really cute, though I completely concur that mullets were never, and will never be, cool.

[singlewoman.livejournal.com]

Well, I am not a child of the 80's, in fact I was married for most of that decade, but who doesn't know "Shot Through the Heart"? Never had jellies, made my feet sweat. Can name the Turtles ( had boys who loved them). And why are there no decent cartoons on Saturday morning? Loved the list though, very funny.

[firebird157.livejournal.com]

I know some of these... I think others were primarily American but this one disturbed me (Not your answer the actual point)

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

Weren't Adam and Adora twins? I'm sure they were.

[tir-synni.livejournal.com]

Yep. They were twins. *coughs* I . . . just saw that not too long ago. ^^;;;;

[quickpixie.livejournal.com]

Oh god, you have no idea how disturbed I am to find that I missed three, maybe four, of those. I feel so old. *laughing*

PS - Oregon Trail ruled my world, mkay? Don't hate. :P

[kriken.livejournal.com]

PS - Oregon Trail ruled my world, mkay? Don't hate. :P

YES! ::loffs on Oregon Trail::

[violet-musings.livejournal.com]

I'm a child of the eighties, and I don't remember half of that stuff... *scratches head*

However, I do remember Cabbage Patch Kids, Transformers, Sweet Valley High, Kirk Cameron, "Save Ferris!", Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Tandy computers, big hair, Coreys Haim and Feldman, Muppet Babies, New Coke...

And I still want to be a Goonie.

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Oooh! Transformers! More than meets the eye!
And yes, I love the Muppet Babies.
*reminisces*

[kriken.livejournal.com]

I love these lists!!

Dude - why all the Oregon Trail hate? Computer club, after school twice a week, playing that, Where in the US is Carmen Sandiego, Transylvania... Some of my greatest memories from elementary school :D

[oboros.livejournal.com]

Oregon Trail - I owend that one. hee. Ahhh the 80s list. Fun Times.

[glockgal.livejournal.com]

Nooo! Noooo, these were the 90's weren't they? *sniffles desperately*

I understood EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE, but the best for me was this--

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

Because. YES. And also - Pegged jeans and snap bracelets. But but they forgot hypercolor t-shirts!! Maybe that was in the 90's... *G*

These were awesome. Awesomely DEPRESSING OMG. I'm gonna go clean my dentures now...

[mijan.livejournal.com]

I think some were from the '90s, but most were from the '80s. It's okay... we were all in the same boat. You know, I actually really liked the slap bracelets at the time. They were fun to play with.

*pets* It's okay. We'll all be old and decrepit together. Now where's my cane?

[eleal.livejournal.com]

Great list! I, too, got most of those.

16. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.
There were clips for that? We just knotted them.

They looked like no-smoking signs. A circle with a line going through it. They worked great for shirts that weren't quite long enough to knot. I mean, what? I never did that!

I'm also still a Goonies and Saved By the Bell fan. :)

[spirit-rider16.livejournal.com]

This was very amusing, since I got at least 75 percent of these and I was born in 1988! So it seems many of them apply to children of the 90s as well. *goes off to search for a 'you know you're a child of the '90s when...' list* But my question is...why does everyone hate oregon trail? I was so obsessed with that game! And OMG My Little Ponies rocked my world. And they soo got me with the Bon Jovi. XD

[frankenboob.livejournal.com]

Some of these were right on... but the author has his/her decades confused. Some of these are 90's... some are 70's. :/

[mijan.livejournal.com]

True, the list isn't a perfect '80s list, but it was sure funny to read!

[kurla88.livejournal.com]

So amused! Oddly enough, a decent number of those apply to me. o.o And I'm a NINETY'S child.

[mijan.livejournal.com]

'90s children scare me.

[elizabeth-rice.livejournal.com]

Me 80s child!! Me 80s child!! I thank God that living in Asia didn't mean missing out on the cool stuff. Mostly. The 80s were the best!!

[meshell-mybell.livejournal.com]

54. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.
SHOT THROUGH THE HEART! AND YOU'RE TO BLAME! YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME!

65. You had big hair and you knew how to use it.
So did Samuel "Screech" Powers.

Not only was I born in a time when all this was beyond relevant *cough1974* I lived in New Jersey, so you couldn't graduate highschool if you didn't know the words to his songs. (For extra credit you had to sing Jersey Girl and Born to Run by The Bruce.)

The hair thing was a given, in some regions of New Jersey you can still find the elusive 'Big Haired Guid-ette'. I'm thinking of starting a charity to keep those mousse-challenged girls around forever.

~Blue

[mijan.livejournal.com]

LOL. Actually, the biggest fashion mistake I remember from the '80s is the womans jeans with the waist-band that went almost up to their boobs. *shudders*

[coverd-n-rain.livejournal.com]

oh god. Im late 80's and still recognized everything on that list!

FRAGGLE ROCK! I new I wasn't crazy... none of my friends remember it! lol.

Right... runs off singing "Fresh Prince" ...

[ochibi-kun.livejournal.com]

I was born in '89 and I still remember most of this...

[ccck381.livejournal.com]

I must admit, I am a child of the 80s. I am only 20 though!!!

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Well, you were born mid-'80s, so you're part of the club. I was born in 1980, so I hit the whole decade.

[miss-charmed.livejournal.com]

Wow, I cannot relate. Heh.

[imperial-dragon.livejournal.com]

lol back when michael jackson still resembled a human being...
i am soo not a child of the eighties. although, i DID get into the teenage book phase... babysitters club, nancy drew, sweet valley *ducks head in a strange sense of pride and humiliation*...

[mijan.livejournal.com]

*laughs*
I actually didn't really read the Babysitter's Club books. Those were my sister's. I already preferred science-fiction and fantasy at that age.