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Calling children of the 80's!! (and others!)

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LilMissy · 10/07/2005 00:27

Children of the 80's How true is this, aah the good old days! Hello children of the 80's. Read this, it will take you back but be careful 'cause it will also make you realise that you are now actually quite old.......

1.. Um Bongo, Um Bongo, They drink it in the Congo.

2.. You played with "My Little Ponies."

3.. Friendship bracelets were ties that couldn't be broken.

4.. You ever read Nancy Drew.

5.. The Hardy Boys, The Babysitters Club, Forever or Sweet Valley High.

6.. You wanted to be on "Jim'll Fix It".

7.. You wore one of those slap-on wristbands at some point...or heaven forbid one of those T-shirts that changed colour with heat (Global Hypercolour).

8.. You were upset when She-ra, Princess of Power and He-Man got cancelled.

9.. You can remember watching Saved by the Bell.

10.. You even wore fluorescent-neon clothing... (if you can call it clothing!).

11.. You could break dance (ok, you wished you could).

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

13.. You remember M.C. Hammer.

14.. You can still sing the rap to "Fresh Prince of Bel Air".

15.. You can remember when it was Jazzy Jeff and The fresh Prince and NOT just plain Will Smith!

16.. You own ANY cassettes.

17.. You have ever pondered on why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.

18.. My Little Pony, Gummy Bears and Transformers are familiar to you.

19.. You ever had a Swatch Watch.

20.. You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"

21.. With your pink (or blue) portable tape player, you sang to kylie and Jason!

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

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

24.. You recorded songs off the radio with your boom box.

25.. Your arm was full of rubber bracelets.

26.. You wore those wide, colourful shoelaces.

27.. You never questioned why the A-Team were always imprisoned in places that had sufficient tools to build an armoured tank.

28.. You never did the top toggle of your coat up around your neck without having your arms in the sleeves, and you knew you looked like a superhero.

29.. You remember watching a house inhabited by a jester, A pantomime horse and a woman who sneezed, and thinking that this was perfectly normal.

30.. You've never had more than 10 sweets in a 10p mix-up.

31.. You could have got away with it if it wasn't for those meddling kids.

32.. You remember Fingermouse and Dangermouse (not forgetting his trusty sidekick Penfold!).

33.. You remembered Monster Munch when they were 10p.

34.. When 'Computer' Tennis, Pac-Man and Donkey-Kong ruled.

35.. You remember hearing the tune then running out to buy an ice cream cone on a warm summer night - 99's, screwballs or a cider Lolly.

36.. You got up extra early, especially to watch Saturday Morning cartoons.

37.. You remember Ant and Dec as PJ and Duncan.

38.. Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.

39.. It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.

40.. You remember when Snickers were Marathons and Starburst were Opal Fruits.

41.. You remember when 25p was decent pocket money and you'd reach into a muddy gutter for 10p.

42.. Important decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo."

43.. Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better and taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable aspirin.

44..You called Going Live on 081 811 8181.

45..And you had your own Gordon the Gopher

OP posts:
misdee · 10/07/2005 08:51

i wasnt allowed them either was looking at old school pic (86/87 i think) and loads of the girls were wearing them.

misdee · 10/07/2005 08:51

naffnaff jackets.

Distel · 10/07/2005 08:58

made me feel about 54, not 24!

Oh those were the good days

Donbean · 10/07/2005 08:59

Leg warmers
batwing jumpers
Big big hair or if it was short it was "flicked" sometimes to the side but mostly upwards "flock of seagulls" styley!

I was a child of the 70's so i wore all of this stuff as a teenager...knowingly!

golds · 10/07/2005 09:03

The good old days

Nemo1977 · 10/07/2005 09:04

oo what about the school bags that were just like weird plastic veg basket..lol

Flamesparrow · 10/07/2005 09:24

Awww Sylvanian Families.

I thought my Global Hypercolour t-shirt was the best thing ever - the sleeves were a different colour to the body part and was therefore so much cooler than my friend's! Never forget a family friend being very confused about why everyone kept touching my top - he was colourblind and couldn't see it change colour!

Did they ban the slap on wrist bands in the end cos they were meant to be slashing people's wrists or something?

hercules · 10/07/2005 09:26

anyone had a tshirt with a squeaky thing on it?

Flamesparrow · 10/07/2005 09:27

Hmmm... not remembering that.

Early 80s?

hercules · 10/07/2005 09:29

I would say mid 80's.

golds · 10/07/2005 09:29

yes I remember those school bags. Pedal pushers, rar-rar skirts, red hand gang, wouldn't it be lovely to go back. duran Duran, Culture Club aahhh

hercules · 10/07/2005 09:30

I touched Philip Schofield's bum!]

cant believe i used to fancy him

golds · 10/07/2005 09:33

he's lovely, I think he quite tasty now

Lonelymum · 10/07/2005 09:38

Well it sure makes me feel old as I have no idea about half those things and the other half I remember from the children I was teaching at the time!

Hulababy · 10/07/2005 09:41

LOL! I remember! Glad there are not too many photos pf then though

colditz · 10/07/2005 09:45

I had Global Hypercolour socks!

And a purple and green shell suit.

And a selection of satin Alice bands.

And a pair of Hectic-Tocs (blue suede, if you please) but never got the hang of the dance.

geekgrrl · 10/07/2005 09:59

oooh yes - I was fully neon-clad (this was in Germany but by goodness I was so flourescent you must have been able to see me from here) and had fluffy ear muffs...
What about jeans with elastic at the bottoms of the legs (as well as copious neon prints on them)? Was I the only sad person to wear those?

Miaou · 10/07/2005 10:05

Donkey jackets - did you have one of those?

tiffini · 10/07/2005 10:07

You were at the height of fashion if you had a 'getto blaster'

tiffini · 10/07/2005 10:08

I had a donkey jacket, i loved it.

Miaou · 10/07/2005 10:10

And big white trainers (before the days when they had to be Nike or Adidas - as long as they were big and white you were cool!)

tiffini · 10/07/2005 10:17

Permed hair, kept in place by a tin of hair spray

Aimsmum · 10/07/2005 10:18

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nutcracker · 10/07/2005 10:19

LOL that list is great.

I had permed hair Tiffini, used to carry my hairspray with me everywhere

tiffini · 10/07/2005 10:21
Grin