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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 11:50

SuperTed

tiffini · 10/07/2005 11:50

Zig & Zag

jessicaandbumpsmummy · 10/07/2005 11:51

zig and zag..... oh yes! couldnt go to school in the morning without having seen them on the big breakfast!!!

swiperfox · 10/07/2005 11:51

Tiffini - the pink windmill

tiffini · 10/07/2005 11:52

Supergran.

THEME TUNE WAS;

stand back superman
iceman spiderman
batman and robin too

munz · 10/07/2005 11:52

oh yes grotbags that's the one I was thinkin of.

I loved zig and zag as well.

tiffini · 10/07/2005 11:52

Aah, I thought it was something to do with pink.

swiperfox · 10/07/2005 11:52

Do you remember wizbit? Wasn't it paul daniels who used to sing the stupid song.....

'Ha ha this-a-way
Ha ha that-a-way
Ha ha this-a-way
my o my'

tiffini · 10/07/2005 11:54

swiperfox

I remember the song but not the programme.

jessicaandbumpsmummy · 10/07/2005 11:54

Bitsa... the make stuff out of junk programme....

bitsa this, bitsa that, put it all together and what have you got....

munz · 10/07/2005 11:55

loved jelly shoes, always had to get a new pair at the beach! lol, how about jam sandwiches in your lunch box?

jessicaandbumpsmummy · 10/07/2005 11:56

oh yes, jam sandwiches.... Blue Ribbond biscuits and frazzle crisps!

munz · 10/07/2005 11:57

ooh yes, and in our schol u could get a dinner for 75p then use the other 25 p to buy a packet of chrisps from the tuck shop for 16 p!

jessicaandbumpsmummy · 10/07/2005 11:57

yep - used to get £1 left for "hot dinners" - meand 50p on chips and 50p tuck money for sweets!

Flamesparrow · 10/07/2005 12:09

Wizbit was great - a big yellow cone doing magic tricks.

My DD plays with my cabbage patch doll, and fraggle rock was the first video she sat all the way through (all 22 mins of it )

Munz - Very much a CBBC person here. The broom cupboard on weekdays (with the Friday Film Special), and Going Live on Saturday. Remember Dark Towers too "Come with me, come with me to Dark Towerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrsssssssssssss".. and Badger Girl.

How has no-one mentioned Press Gang???

You should all be ashamed of yourselves!

jessicaandbumpsmummy · 10/07/2005 12:10

Press Pack on Newsround.....

munz · 10/07/2005 12:10

ooh yes badger girl - are you a fellow southerner by any chance?

Flamesparrow · 10/07/2005 12:11

Bournemouth

You?

munz · 10/07/2005 12:12

woohoo - portsmouth!

swiperfox · 10/07/2005 12:18

lol Bang in the middle.... Southampton!

munz · 10/07/2005 12:19

ooh SF - u're not r u? what part - if it's hamble saide u're ok cos u're near to us if it's the otehr side that's ok nr new forest - but central - URGHH!!!! lol. good shops thou!

swiperfox · 10/07/2005 12:22

no idea! lol We're in Bitterne but have only just moved here so i'm totally lost!!!!

sweetmonkey · 10/07/2005 12:23

i remember the get along gang had a tape and book "when you hear this noise (ding) turn the page!!!" ha ha

and mr makeja with his funny hair and stuff
supergran was funny too , used to watch that and the a team on a sat afternoon round my nans

jessicaandbumpsmummy · 10/07/2005 12:25

cant believe no one remembered Worzel Gummage!!!!

munz · 10/07/2005 12:25

oh that's not too bad that's still our side, it's two stops further down the train line (I think)