you know you were a kid of the 80's when........

[flashy]

pinched this off facebook, my apologies if someone has put it on previously....



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

Friendship bracelets were ties that couldn't be broken.

You know all the words to "Ice Ice Baby".

You wanted to be on "Jim'll Fix It".

You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before he had
plastic surgery.

You had one of those T-shirts that changed colour with heat (Global Hypercolour).

You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off".

You were upset when She-ra, Princess of Power and He-Man got
cancelled.

You remember Madonna in her cone stage outfit.

You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called
"Prince."

You wore fluorescent-neon clothing... (if you can call it clothing!)

You remember when Amiga was a state of the art video game system.

You remember M.C. Hammer.

You can still sing the rap to "Fresh Prince of Bel Air"....

You can remember when it was Jazzy Jeff and The fresh Prince and NOT just plain Will Smith!

You own any cassettes.

You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins, ALF or ET lunchbox.

You have ever pondered on why Smurfette was the
ONLY female smurf.

My Little Pony, Gummy Bears and Transformers are familiar to you.

You had a Swatch Watch.

You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"

Big wheels and BMX's were the way to go.

You sang to Kylie and Jason!

You owned Polly Pocket or Micro Machines.

Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.

You knew that Transformers were "more than meets the eye".

You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living in
space.

Girls - You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.

You recorded songs off the radio.

You wore those wide, colourful shoelaces.

You never questioned why the A-Team were always imprisoned in places that had sufficient tools to build an armoured tank.

Dungeons & Dragons was your favourite programme...you understand why they couldn't leave the unicorn.

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.

Your new winter coat was best used to demonstrate that your wings were like a shield of steel.

You remember watching a house inhabited by a jester, a pantomime horse and a woman who sneezed, and thinking that this was perfectly normal.

You tried to convince your Dad to fit a strip of red lights on the front of a Capri so it looked like KITT.

You had more than 10 sweets in a 10p mix-up.

You hid behind the sofa whenever you heard the word "Exterminate!".

Boys - You wore pale grey shoes with white towelling socks.

You held a chicken in the air or stuck a deckchair
up your nose.

Your best mate had a Soda Stream at home and you were jealous.

Any elderly Scottish lady sounds like Supergran

You remember playing British Bulldog,

When 'Computer' Tennis, Pac-Man and Donkey-Kong
ruled

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.

Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.

Important decisions were made by going
"eeny-meeny-miney-mo."

[jimmi5bellies]

And Tonka toys were massive and made out of steel.

[emzy]

Originally Posted by jimmi5bellies

And Tonka toys were massive and made out of steel.

I remember that!! You could sit on them and race them down a paved street time and time again

[jaysay]

Eeny-meeny-miney-mo flashy, thats still used today on a regular basis, ask Gordon Brown

[booth76]

Nice thread. Anyone remember Oink! Comic?

[shillelagh]

20 and i aint saying which 20 either!!!

[K.S.H]

None - they must be before my time

[flashy]

Originally Posted by K.S.H

None - they must be after my time

yeah i noticed you werent a kid in the 80's ken

[K.S.H]

CB - you work it out

[panther]

im a kid of the 80's!! , i used to own shocking green ankle socks!, now those are back in

Also do you remember when the lads grew their hair long and curled it at the back?..also wore bootleg pants...yeh that were the lads, they looked stuuupid! LMAO

[pussycat]

Ripped jeans and grolsh bottle tops , lol, i was a kid in the 80,s

[MUMMIBOO]

I remember all of them yes i was a kid of the 80s shame cant go back!

[cashman]

i'm still a kid n its 2009.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by cashman

i'm still a kid n its 2009.

I'm with you cashy, after all we've both started to dribble a bit these days

[panther]

shoulder pads!!