Ok - unusual blog for me! But I saw this on facebook and I got soooooo excited! Sorry for all those non-80's people! But this is soo cool!
Description: You know you were a kid in the 80s if any of these are familiar.....
Um Bongo, Um Bongo, They drink it in the Congo Yup
Friendship bracelets were ties that couldn't be broken. Yup
You know all the words to "Ice Ice Baby". Nope – but remember the song!
You wanted to be on "Jim'll Fix It". Yup – Lee wrote in like every week!
You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before he had plastic surgery. Yup
You had one of those T-shirts that changed colour with heat (Global Hypercolour). Nope
You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off". Huh?!
You were upset when She-ra, Princess of Power and He-Man got cancelled. Yup but He-Man was the best!
You remember Madonna in her cone stage outfit. Yup
You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince." Yup
You wore fluorescent-neon clothing... (if you can call it clothing!) Yup! And shell suits!
You remember when Amiga was a state of the art video game system. Yes yes yes – Oh how I miss it!
You remember M.C. Hammer. Sort of
You can still sing the rap to "Fresh Prince of Bel Air".... Yes – I really can!
You can remember when it was Jazzy Jeff and The fresh Prince and NOT just plain Will Smith! No!
You own any cassettes. Yup!
You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins, ALF or ET lunchbox. Yup, I think I might have had Alf – I also had my little pony.
You have ever pondered on why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf. Didn’t really watch the smurfs
My Little Pony, Gummy Bears and Transformers are familiar to you. Yes, yes! Transformers, robots in disguise! And Lee used to sing My little pony, skinny and bony at me!
You had a Swatch Watch. Don’t think I ever actually had one? Did I?
You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!" Yes yes! The power of greyskull!
Big wheels and BMX's were the way to go. Yup
You sang to Kylie and Jason! Yes!
You owned Polly Pocket or Micro Machines. Polly pocket – yes! Why were they so cool?!
Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away. Ha ha! Yes it really did!
You knew that Transformers were "more than meets the eye". Yeah!
You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living in space. Ha ha! Not sure I ever believed it!
Girls - You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish. Yes – so that I could do handstands in the playground!
You recorded songs off the radio. Yes yes!
You wore those wide, colourful shoelaces. Oh yeah!
You never questioned why the A-Team were always imprisoned in places that had sufficient tools to build an armoured tank. Absolutely not – the A-Team were simply incredible – you didn’t question them!
Dungeons & Dragons was your favourite programme...you understand why they couldn't leave the unicorn. Wasn’t my favourite, but I remember it.
You 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. Yeah! And those toggles were well cool!
Your new winter coat was best used to demonstrate that your wings were like a shield of steel. What?!
You remember watching a house inhabited by a jester, a pantomime horse and a woman who sneezed, and thinking that this was perfectly normal. Nope! What was that?
You tried to convince your Dad to fit a strip of red lights on the front of a Capri so it looked like KITT. No – huh?! - Oh night rider! I loved night-rider!
You had more than 10 sweets in a 10p mix-up. Yes – so true!
You hid behind the sofa whenever you heard the word "Exterminate!". Yeah! Exterminate, exterminate.
Boys - You wore pale grey shoes with white towelling socks. Ha ha!
You held a chicken in the air or stuck a deckchair up your nose. What?!
Your best mate had a Soda Stream at home and you were jealous. Not my best mate – but my Nan had one and we seriously loved it! Those were the days when soda streams had glass bottles – none of this plastic rubbish!
Any elderly Scottish lady sounds like Supergran. yeah yeah yeah!
You remember playing British Bulldog, Yep!
When 'Computer' Tennis, Pac-Man and Donkey-Kong ruled yeah!
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. Yeah! (Not a cider lolly, but the other two definitely!)
Water balloons were the ultimate weapon. Yeah!
Important decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo." Yes yes yes!
Incidently, I can't believe they haven't mentioned great things such as 'Thundercats - HO!' and Bananaman and Knightmare, The care bears and all the other great shows!
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Hey Kirst - I can't believe you included the care bears in your list of great shows!! And what about your big brothers favourite super hero of all time?? Does super Ted not deserve to be there?? You might like to check out www.80snostalgia.com. This is a great site.
Lee
Oh yes, indeed. Super Ted was absolutely wonderful. What a show!
The chicken and deckchair thing was from Spitting Image - cutting edge rubber puppets on a Sunday Evening!
Kirsty, just for you I have provided a comprehensive education tool in my blog if you'd like to check it out.
Oh and as for "my wings are like a shield of steel" - Batfink!
Liz - Wasn't there a line in the Chicken song that said "pretend your name is Keith"???!
Rentaghost on Saturday mornings - that's what the pantamime horse and all that is about. Something to keep the kids occupied whilst Mum and Dad try to grab a Saturday morning lie in!
Surely being a kid when we were was far better than being a kid now?!!
I 100% agree! I feel sorry for kid's these days...(how old do we sound Jo!)
You might well be right there G!
K and Jo - I think kids have it good in this day and age as far as TV goes. About a million channels to choose from and really good high quality American...imports?!
Maybe you are right.
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