JadeIcing
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[align=center]You know you grew up in
the 80's if...
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[align=left]1. You ever ended your sentence with "psych"
2. You solved the Rubics cube.....by peeling off the stickers
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[align=left]3. You watched the pound puppies
4. You can sing the rap to "the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"
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[align=left]5. You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish
6. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own.
6. You owned those little Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls
7. You know what 'Whoa' comes from Blossom
8. Three words: M.C. Hammer
*You cant touch this.*
9. You thought it would be great to have a friend named "boner"
*Um OK*
10. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales"
11. If you played the chipmunks Christmas album all year long!
*I still love that album! Only now it only comes out for
Christmas. Me I want a hula-hoop.*
12. Remember reading Kool-Aid man comics
*I loved the comics. I also loved my Kool-Aid man pitcher.*
13. You ever watched Fraggle Rock
*This is my absolute favorite thing that came from the 80s.
I still watch my old Fraggle Rock tapes. I've been known to
force my little cousins to watch them. Im all about the
Fraggles! I still have my Gobo and Red dolls and
everything. And yes I am aware that I have no life.*
14. You had plastic streamers on the handle bars of your bike
*Of course! They were Rainbow Bright ones.*
15. You remember When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons
*Im still trying to figure out what went wrong in the past
20 years that sent Saturday morning cartoons down the
crapper.*
16. You wore a pony tail to the side of your head
*It was either in a side pony tail or crimped. Remember
crimping your hair. We all looked like a bunch of Troll dolls.
Remember those?*
17. You saw the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the big screen
*Sadly I did. There was some rocking music in that film.*
18. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school
*Oregon Trail was the best. Theyve tried to improve it over
the years and it just doesnt compare. It was also quite
exciting when it was Carmen Sandiago day or Super
Munchers day in the computer lab. Such great graphics!!*
19. You made your mom buy you one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side
*For a while I was inventive and just used a rubber band,
but I was soon overtaken with the urge to be hip and I just
had to have the actual plastic clip that was pink and
shaped like a heart.*
20. You had a Kirk Cameron poster on your bedroom wall
*I liked Kirk Cameron just fine, but the space on my
bedroom wall was reserved for New Kids On The Block.*
21. You played the game "Mash" with friends at school
*All the time! I dont remember how to play it anymore
though. How sad!*
22. You wore a Jordache jean jacket and you were proud of it
*That was the coolest jacket I ever owned! It was all faded
and stuff.*
23. L.A. GEAR
*Get into the gear!*
24. Your mother wouldn't let you have garbage pail kids
*Ick*
25. You wanted to change your name to Jem in Kindergarten
*YEP*
26.You remember reading "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" and all the Ramona books
*I remember Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and
Superfudge and Fudgeamania however I don't think I
ever read Ramona.*
27.You know the profound meaning of "Wax on,Wax off"
*Sure do!*
28.You wanted to be a Goonie
*Yeppers*
29.You ever wore fluorescent, neon if you will, clothing
*I think my closet might have been radioactive.*
30.You wanted to be on StarSearch
*I could have done better than Brittany Spears.*
31.You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off
*Michael used to be so cool.*
32.You took Lunch pales to school
*You bet I did!*
33.You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf
*I still don't get it. Where did all the smurfs come from?
Who were their mothers?*
34.You remember the craze, and then banning of slap bracelets
*What was that about? I loved my slap bracelets! Then all
of a sudden you weren't allowed to wear them in school
because they could be used as a weapon. It just doesn't
make any sense.*
35.You still get the urge to use "NOT" at the end of every statement you make
*I got over that. Really I did. NOT*
36. You remember Hypercolor T-shirts
*I had a purple one that turned pink. After a couple of trips
through the dryer it was permanently pink, but that's OK.*
37.Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band
*Actually the Chipmunks were my favorites, but Barbie and
the Rockers came in a close second.*
38.You remember Punky Brewster
*I wanted to be Punky. She was so cool. I actually watch
that incredibly stupid Sabrina the Teenage Witch show
just because Punky is on it. Also got it on DVD.*
39.You loved Howard the duck
*I must have slept through the whole Howard the Duck
phase cause I don't have any idea who Howard is.*
40.You thought Sheera and He-Man should hook up
*I used to want them together, but looking back on those
shows I think He-Man was all about the Men.*
41. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged "friendship bracelets"
*Yeah that one worked out really well.*
42. You ever owned a pair of Jelly Shoes
*I loved my Jelly Shoes! I think I had about 5 pairs.*
43. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you couldn't stop saying "I know you are but what am I?"
*Don't you think I've admitted to enough already? You
really don't want me to have to admit to this one too. It will
ruin me.*
44. You remember "I've fallen...and I can't get up!"
*Yeah. What was that about again?*
45. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates
*Yes. And I also remember that Skateland used to have one
Friday (or maybe it was Saturday) a month where they
were opened all night and my mother would never let me
go.*
46.You ever got seriously injured on a slip and slide
*I think I still have the bruises. I remember thinking it was
so cool though. We had one and all of the neighbor kids
came over and we were all black and blue for the rest of the
week.*
47. You know not to mix poprocks and soda
*Your stomach will explode. And then you'll die. Watch the
movie Urban Legends. Learn the evils of mixing poprocks
and soda.*
48.You have played with a 'skip-it'
*I still remember the song from the commercial. But I won't
sing it. Those things lied to you any ways. I counted how
many times I skipped and then I looked at the number on
the 'skip-it' and it was not the same.*
49. You had or went to a birthday party at McDonald's
*I never had one, but my sister did. She also had one at
Circus Pizza.*
50. You learned oldies songs by watching Alvin and the Chipmunks
*Most definitely. I have their record. Yes a record. That I
played on my little record player all of the time. Uptown
Girl. Good times!*
51. You had a Glow Worm or watched the cartoons
*I had one of the first glow worms. It was green with a
green night cap. Completely ugly. Then a couple of years
later my sister got one and hers was all pretty and pink
with butterfly wings. But I loved my glow worm. I wonder
what happened to him. He's probably in a box with my light
bright and leftover Shrinky Dinks.*
52.You remember dancing along with the Bangles in "Walk Like An Egyptian"
*Sure do. The Macarena has nothing on Walk Like An
Egyptian.*
53. If you remember Heathcliff the orange cat
*I don't think I liked him.*
54. You saw the California Raisins Christmas claymation special
*I think we taped it. ~Hangs head in shame~*
55. You've gone through this list occasionally saying "That wasn't from the 80's"
*No I haven't cause I completely gullible and if you tell me
it's from the 80's I'm going to believe you.*
56. You remember Popples
*I had a popples sleeping bag. And someone in my house
had a popples toy. I used to watch the cartoon.*
57. DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Ever since I went to Florida that song annoys the ****
outta me. The car rental place played that song over and
over and over on our shuttle bus from the airport.*
58. You wore socks over tights with high-top Reeboks
*Hey that was cool! I also rolled my jeans.*
59. You wore like 8 pairs of socks at once, scrunched down
*I don't know if I had 8 pairs on, but they were definitely
scrunched down and sometimes there was a pair of leg
warmers to be worn.*
60.MISS MARY MACK MACK MACK ALL DRESSED IN BLACK BLACK BLACK.....
*With silver buttons all down her back, back, back*
61. You remember boom boxes instead of CD players
*Going to school in the ghetto if you didn't have a boom
box you were nobody.*
62. You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies
*I haven't seen those. Did I miss something?*
63. You remember the Transformers
*I had one that 'transformed' into a gay looking robot. I
mean really it looked like a drag queen or something.*
64. You knew what it meant to say: "Care bear stare!!" and you had a favorite
*I LOVE Grumpy*
65. You remember Rainbow Bright and MY Little Pony Tales
*I remember them well. I had Rainbow Bright towels in the
bathroom and I had a ton of My Little Pony figurines.*
66. You remember watching TV thinking Doogie Howser was hot!
*Are you trying to say he wasn't hot?!?*
67. You remember Alf, the little furry brown alien from Melmac
*Yep. And not just from the 10-10-220 commercials. I want
to send my aunts cat to Alf.*
68. You remember the large amounts of hairspray used
*We all caused the hole in the o-zone layer.*
69. You remember those very stylish headbands
*I had tons of them. And Banana clips. You can't forget the
Banana clips.*
70. You remember Vicky the Robot
*I don't care what anyone says. She was a great actress!*
71. You remember Eve Garland from Out of this World and how she couldstop time by pressing the tips of her index fingers together andtalking to her dad through a glowing cube in her bedroom
*I'm still kind of confused by that show, but I watched it
faithfully.*
72. You remember the beginning of New Kids on the Block
*Oh yes! I loved JOEY!!*
73. You remember watching The Cosby show
*Remember watching it? I still watch it. Gotta love
syndication.*
74. You remember Mr.Belvadere
*Who doesn't?*
75. You remember Michael J. Fox in Family Ties and Back to the Future
*Good old Alex P. Keaton. And we had the Back to the
Future sun glasses from Pizza Hut.*
76.You know all the names of the gang from "Saved by the Bell"
*Zack, Kelly, Slater, Jesse, Scheech, and Lisa. That was the
show! It broke my heart when Kelly dumped Zack for Jeff.
But it's OK. They made a TV movie. Zack and Kelly got
married. They are living happily ever after. I went to
California last year and they had all kinds of people from
the ABC prime time shows at Disney's California Adventures
and I got to see ZACK! He was there promoting NYPD Blue
cause he's on that show now. Any ways I got to see him.
He waved at me. Zack Morris waved at me! I have it on
film!! That was a cool vacation. We also saw Drew Carey
and the guys from Who's Line and a bunch of other people.
And then when we were at the Hard Rock in Hollywood we
were sitting at a table next to Hillary Duff. She's on the
Disney channel show Lizzie McGuire I love that show!
Cause I'm a 20 year old dork who loves watching the
Disney channel. I'm going to be in Therapy forever. I know
this.*
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[align=center]You know you grew up in
the 80's if...
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[align=left]1. You ever ended your sentence with "psych"
2. You solved the Rubics cube.....by peeling off the stickers
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[align=left]3. You watched the pound puppies
4. You can sing the rap to "the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"
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[align=left]5. You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish
6. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own.
6. You owned those little Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls
7. You know what 'Whoa' comes from Blossom
8. Three words: M.C. Hammer
*You cant touch this.*
9. You thought it would be great to have a friend named "boner"
*Um OK*
10. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales"
11. If you played the chipmunks Christmas album all year long!
*I still love that album! Only now it only comes out for
Christmas. Me I want a hula-hoop.*
12. Remember reading Kool-Aid man comics
*I loved the comics. I also loved my Kool-Aid man pitcher.*
13. You ever watched Fraggle Rock
*This is my absolute favorite thing that came from the 80s.
I still watch my old Fraggle Rock tapes. I've been known to
force my little cousins to watch them. Im all about the
Fraggles! I still have my Gobo and Red dolls and
everything. And yes I am aware that I have no life.*
14. You had plastic streamers on the handle bars of your bike
*Of course! They were Rainbow Bright ones.*
15. You remember When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons
*Im still trying to figure out what went wrong in the past
20 years that sent Saturday morning cartoons down the
crapper.*
16. You wore a pony tail to the side of your head
*It was either in a side pony tail or crimped. Remember
crimping your hair. We all looked like a bunch of Troll dolls.
Remember those?*
17. You saw the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the big screen
*Sadly I did. There was some rocking music in that film.*
18. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school
*Oregon Trail was the best. Theyve tried to improve it over
the years and it just doesnt compare. It was also quite
exciting when it was Carmen Sandiago day or Super
Munchers day in the computer lab. Such great graphics!!*
19. You made your mom buy you one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side
*For a while I was inventive and just used a rubber band,
but I was soon overtaken with the urge to be hip and I just
had to have the actual plastic clip that was pink and
shaped like a heart.*
20. You had a Kirk Cameron poster on your bedroom wall
*I liked Kirk Cameron just fine, but the space on my
bedroom wall was reserved for New Kids On The Block.*
21. You played the game "Mash" with friends at school
*All the time! I dont remember how to play it anymore
though. How sad!*
22. You wore a Jordache jean jacket and you were proud of it
*That was the coolest jacket I ever owned! It was all faded
and stuff.*
23. L.A. GEAR
*Get into the gear!*
24. Your mother wouldn't let you have garbage pail kids
*Ick*
25. You wanted to change your name to Jem in Kindergarten
*YEP*
26.You remember reading "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" and all the Ramona books
*I remember Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and
Superfudge and Fudgeamania however I don't think I
ever read Ramona.*
27.You know the profound meaning of "Wax on,Wax off"
*Sure do!*
28.You wanted to be a Goonie
*Yeppers*
29.You ever wore fluorescent, neon if you will, clothing
*I think my closet might have been radioactive.*
30.You wanted to be on StarSearch
*I could have done better than Brittany Spears.*
31.You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off
*Michael used to be so cool.*
32.You took Lunch pales to school
*You bet I did!*
33.You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf
*I still don't get it. Where did all the smurfs come from?
Who were their mothers?*
34.You remember the craze, and then banning of slap bracelets
*What was that about? I loved my slap bracelets! Then all
of a sudden you weren't allowed to wear them in school
because they could be used as a weapon. It just doesn't
make any sense.*
35.You still get the urge to use "NOT" at the end of every statement you make
*I got over that. Really I did. NOT*
36. You remember Hypercolor T-shirts
*I had a purple one that turned pink. After a couple of trips
through the dryer it was permanently pink, but that's OK.*
37.Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band
*Actually the Chipmunks were my favorites, but Barbie and
the Rockers came in a close second.*
38.You remember Punky Brewster
*I wanted to be Punky. She was so cool. I actually watch
that incredibly stupid Sabrina the Teenage Witch show
just because Punky is on it. Also got it on DVD.*
39.You loved Howard the duck
*I must have slept through the whole Howard the Duck
phase cause I don't have any idea who Howard is.*
40.You thought Sheera and He-Man should hook up
*I used to want them together, but looking back on those
shows I think He-Man was all about the Men.*
41. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged "friendship bracelets"
*Yeah that one worked out really well.*
42. You ever owned a pair of Jelly Shoes
*I loved my Jelly Shoes! I think I had about 5 pairs.*
43. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you couldn't stop saying "I know you are but what am I?"
*Don't you think I've admitted to enough already? You
really don't want me to have to admit to this one too. It will
ruin me.*
44. You remember "I've fallen...and I can't get up!"
*Yeah. What was that about again?*
45. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates
*Yes. And I also remember that Skateland used to have one
Friday (or maybe it was Saturday) a month where they
were opened all night and my mother would never let me
go.*
46.You ever got seriously injured on a slip and slide
*I think I still have the bruises. I remember thinking it was
so cool though. We had one and all of the neighbor kids
came over and we were all black and blue for the rest of the
week.*
47. You know not to mix poprocks and soda
*Your stomach will explode. And then you'll die. Watch the
movie Urban Legends. Learn the evils of mixing poprocks
and soda.*
48.You have played with a 'skip-it'
*I still remember the song from the commercial. But I won't
sing it. Those things lied to you any ways. I counted how
many times I skipped and then I looked at the number on
the 'skip-it' and it was not the same.*
49. You had or went to a birthday party at McDonald's
*I never had one, but my sister did. She also had one at
Circus Pizza.*
50. You learned oldies songs by watching Alvin and the Chipmunks
*Most definitely. I have their record. Yes a record. That I
played on my little record player all of the time. Uptown
Girl. Good times!*
51. You had a Glow Worm or watched the cartoons
*I had one of the first glow worms. It was green with a
green night cap. Completely ugly. Then a couple of years
later my sister got one and hers was all pretty and pink
with butterfly wings. But I loved my glow worm. I wonder
what happened to him. He's probably in a box with my light
bright and leftover Shrinky Dinks.*
52.You remember dancing along with the Bangles in "Walk Like An Egyptian"
*Sure do. The Macarena has nothing on Walk Like An
Egyptian.*
53. If you remember Heathcliff the orange cat
*I don't think I liked him.*
54. You saw the California Raisins Christmas claymation special
*I think we taped it. ~Hangs head in shame~*
55. You've gone through this list occasionally saying "That wasn't from the 80's"
*No I haven't cause I completely gullible and if you tell me
it's from the 80's I'm going to believe you.*
56. You remember Popples
*I had a popples sleeping bag. And someone in my house
had a popples toy. I used to watch the cartoon.*
57. DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Ever since I went to Florida that song annoys the ****
outta me. The car rental place played that song over and
over and over on our shuttle bus from the airport.*
58. You wore socks over tights with high-top Reeboks
*Hey that was cool! I also rolled my jeans.*
59. You wore like 8 pairs of socks at once, scrunched down
*I don't know if I had 8 pairs on, but they were definitely
scrunched down and sometimes there was a pair of leg
warmers to be worn.*
60.MISS MARY MACK MACK MACK ALL DRESSED IN BLACK BLACK BLACK.....
*With silver buttons all down her back, back, back*
61. You remember boom boxes instead of CD players
*Going to school in the ghetto if you didn't have a boom
box you were nobody.*
62. You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies
*I haven't seen those. Did I miss something?*
63. You remember the Transformers
*I had one that 'transformed' into a gay looking robot. I
mean really it looked like a drag queen or something.*
64. You knew what it meant to say: "Care bear stare!!" and you had a favorite
*I LOVE Grumpy*
65. You remember Rainbow Bright and MY Little Pony Tales
*I remember them well. I had Rainbow Bright towels in the
bathroom and I had a ton of My Little Pony figurines.*
66. You remember watching TV thinking Doogie Howser was hot!
*Are you trying to say he wasn't hot?!?*
67. You remember Alf, the little furry brown alien from Melmac
*Yep. And not just from the 10-10-220 commercials. I want
to send my aunts cat to Alf.*
68. You remember the large amounts of hairspray used
*We all caused the hole in the o-zone layer.*
69. You remember those very stylish headbands
*I had tons of them. And Banana clips. You can't forget the
Banana clips.*
70. You remember Vicky the Robot
*I don't care what anyone says. She was a great actress!*
71. You remember Eve Garland from Out of this World and how she couldstop time by pressing the tips of her index fingers together andtalking to her dad through a glowing cube in her bedroom
*I'm still kind of confused by that show, but I watched it
faithfully.*
72. You remember the beginning of New Kids on the Block
*Oh yes! I loved JOEY!!*
73. You remember watching The Cosby show
*Remember watching it? I still watch it. Gotta love
syndication.*
74. You remember Mr.Belvadere
*Who doesn't?*
75. You remember Michael J. Fox in Family Ties and Back to the Future
*Good old Alex P. Keaton. And we had the Back to the
Future sun glasses from Pizza Hut.*
76.You know all the names of the gang from "Saved by the Bell"
*Zack, Kelly, Slater, Jesse, Scheech, and Lisa. That was the
show! It broke my heart when Kelly dumped Zack for Jeff.
But it's OK. They made a TV movie. Zack and Kelly got
married. They are living happily ever after. I went to
California last year and they had all kinds of people from
the ABC prime time shows at Disney's California Adventures
and I got to see ZACK! He was there promoting NYPD Blue
cause he's on that show now. Any ways I got to see him.
He waved at me. Zack Morris waved at me! I have it on
film!! That was a cool vacation. We also saw Drew Carey
and the guys from Who's Line and a bunch of other people.
And then when we were at the Hard Rock in Hollywood we
were sitting at a table next to Hillary Duff. She's on the
Disney channel show Lizzie McGuire I love that show!
Cause I'm a 20 year old dork who loves watching the
Disney channel. I'm going to be in Therapy forever. I know
this.*
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