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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:
burstingbug · 10/07/2005 11:05

Big red fun bus, shoe people.

jessicaandbumpsmummy · 10/07/2005 11:05

Raggy Dolls!

misdee · 10/07/2005 11:06

rupert bear toys.

burstingbug · 10/07/2005 11:06

Fire man Sam, Portland Bill

sweetmonkey · 10/07/2005 11:07

poddington peas

and the group big fun
and worlds apart

misdee · 10/07/2005 11:07

your mother wont like it!!!

burstingbug · 10/07/2005 11:12

Jamie and his magic torch, Thomas the tank engine

jessicaandbumpsmummy · 10/07/2005 11:12

Fun House

misdee · 10/07/2005 11:13

button moon

misdee · 10/07/2005 11:13

omg POB!!! that dirty puppet who spat on teh screen!!

sweetmonkey · 10/07/2005 11:14

i always wanted to go on fun house!! and does anyone remember spatz. about the fast food restaurant

misdee · 10/07/2005 11:15

yes lol.

swiperfox · 10/07/2005 11:16

I'm so sad. I've still got my cabbage patch kid, a pund puppy and a rainbow bright doll lol

Have just remembered another 80's advert that i loved.....

Ki-ora

'We all adora ki-ora.....i'll be your dog'!!!

jessicaandbumpsmummy · 10/07/2005 11:17

Pound Puppies!!!!! YEAH!!!!

Elf1981 · 10/07/2005 11:17

Born in 1981 and remember all of this. Also, did anybody else (big thing in my village) used to take the plastic tags that used to seal the loafs of bread (before they replaced them with the sticky stuff) and put the tags on the brake wire of their bikes? ALL the kids in the village I grew up in did that.

And I can't believe nobody has said marbles!

swiperfox · 10/07/2005 11:18

No. 73, rent-a-ghost and .......... oh my god the name has just completely gone....programme that was on in the school holidays. Loads of kids and each would do an activity/make something/cook etc what was it called?????

misdee · 10/07/2005 11:18

POB

jessicaandbumpsmummy · 10/07/2005 11:19

Playbus.... Playdays

nutcracker · 10/07/2005 11:20

This thread is great.

I had one of them Keepers things too, and Pound puppies, a flump, and Rainbow bright and sprites.

swiperfox · 10/07/2005 11:20

I remember the perishers too. they were my fav. I had perishers wallpaper and on my 4th b'day charles and di got married and my Dad gave me a glass of wine and i remember sweating and hanging onto my bed screaming for my mum because the room was spinning and the perishers were running round and round lol

munz · 10/07/2005 11:21

lol, don't forget edd the duck! and the brook cupboard, we had those! OMG that's all so true and I was born 82.

swiperfox · 10/07/2005 11:21

lol i remember keepers - i had the big snail one.

"Keepers, keeprs, whats inside those keepers......" lol

burstingbug · 10/07/2005 11:22

Spot the Dog - I had a lunch box with him on.

munz · 10/07/2005 11:22

I had a cabbage patch doll as well - u know how old I feel now sayign to my littel 7 yr old cousin - I had an origional one of those! - OMG how old! lol.

does anyone else remeber puddle lane and burther?

munz · 10/07/2005 11:23

lol, yes I had keepers and used to hide all my little toys in there from my brother - or nick his stuff and hide it in there!