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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

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HappyMumof2 · 10/07/2005 10:23

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Miaou · 10/07/2005 10:24

I remember thinking that David Hasselhoff in Knight Rider had the coolest hairstyle ever..... now to think of it...

nikcola · 10/07/2005 10:25
Grin
dizzymama · 10/07/2005 10:26

Anyone admit to wearing grolsch (sp?!) bottle tops of their shoes a la Bros?!!
Oh and I had a baseball jacket with one side almost completely covered in badges!!

nutcracker · 10/07/2005 10:30

My brother did Dizzymama

jessicaandbumpsmummy · 10/07/2005 10:30

doc martin boots

nikcola · 10/07/2005 10:31

i had a naf naf jacket, and baggy jeans with a pic of a spilf on the back and slavanian families and polly pocket i loved them !

dizzymama · 10/07/2005 10:32

and you had Frankie says tee's..
legwarmers (i had a very weird pair with postman pat on them!)...
You must also remember Hamburglar!!!!!!

nutcracker · 10/07/2005 10:32

I had a naf naf jacket too Nik, it was black with naf naf in bright colours

dizzymama · 10/07/2005 10:34

pineapple dance studio tops!!!!

Aimsmum · 10/07/2005 10:35

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nikcola · 10/07/2005 10:36

i had la gear trainers pink ones

nutcracker · 10/07/2005 10:36

Just found a piccie of me with my permed hair and I have one of them black bands on.

No weirdly coloured clothes though.

HappyMumof2 · 10/07/2005 10:37

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nikcola · 10/07/2005 10:38

i used to wear a green shell suit with a mustard coulor bommer jacket !

nutcracker · 10/07/2005 10:39

Think i had a black and pink shell suit , and a pink and green one YUCK

sweetmonkey · 10/07/2005 10:39

i used to have big jumpers that used to be reversible.they were really heavily padded but i used to think they were great. also those spokey things for yr bike. used to get them in cereal boxes

HappyMumof2 · 10/07/2005 10:39

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nikcola · 10/07/2005 10:40

cycling shorts omg i had neon pink ones ! oh the shame

Aimsmum · 10/07/2005 10:42

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burstingbug · 10/07/2005 10:45

Gosh, this takes me way back, I was born in 1980 so remember all which has been mentioned and more!
My DH on the other hand was born in 1972 and can remember shed loads from then onwards like swapshop on 01 811 8055

sweetmonkey · 10/07/2005 10:45

does anyone remember pugwall as well? it was about a group of australian kids that were in a band. not as good as saved by the bell though
also used to love getting home on a friday afternoon to watch zzap. the comic book kids shoe where they had differnt stories
and wheres wally

burstingbug · 10/07/2005 10:48

Late 80's early 90's was New kids on the block, I remember liking them a lot

jessicaandbumpsmummy · 10/07/2005 10:49

PUGWALL!!! Yeah - deffo!!!!

sweetmonkey · 10/07/2005 10:49

i was a take that girl. still have all my posters, watches, alarm clocks, t shirts and jumpers with "claire loves mark" on the back, sticker albums, videos , cds ,tapes keyrings etc all up in the loft