You know you grew up in the 80's if....

Evita · Jul 17, 2003

You know you grew up in the 80's if.... 
> You know who Mr. T is. 
>You know who Fat Albert is. And who was old boy with the pink mask? 
> You ever wore fluorescent, neon clothing. 
>You could break dance, or wish you could. 
>You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!" 
> Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away. 
>You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye. 
>You knew that knowing is half the battle. 
>You HAD to have your MTV. 
>You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie. 
>You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system. 
>You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf. 
>You know what leg warmers are and probably had a pair. 
>You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/grin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="

"><img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/grin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="

"> Its sad i know....HA,HA

TreeManEarthSteward · Jul 17, 2003

LMAO!!! <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/grin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="

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Kamila · Jul 17, 2003

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Christy · Jul 17, 2003

Has anyone else noticed that parachute pants are coming back? I'm not sure how I feel about this. 
Oh! And those awful primary colored polyester gym shorts like I had to wear in middle school! Oh, I hated those. I don't think the new ones are polyester, though.

Evita · Jul 17, 2003

>You had Wonder Woman or Superman underoos. 
>You know what a "Push Up" ice cream is. 
> You remember life before minivans and SUVs. 
>You wore those wide, colorful shoelaces. 
>You have ever wondered what happened to Saturday morning cartoons. 
>You had to get up to change the channel. 
>Somehow you still know all the words to songs played on VH1's "Big 80's" 
>Your arm was full of rubber bracelets.

Christy · Jul 17, 2003

-You had a microwave that was deep enough to come to the edge of the counter, and had a dial on it. 
-You played battle ball or dodge ball. 
-You went to a playground with metal and concrete, not rounded plastic. 
-You had "friendship" beads. 
(Sorry to jump in, it's just so much fun!)

Christy · Jul 17, 2003

-You had those wrestling boots. 
-You wore stirrup pants (wait, some people still do). 
-You had big hair, shellacked with Rave#3 or the like. (I've got pictures!)

smedley · Jul 17, 2003

and those "shoes" called jellies!! oh man my hair was the biggest--and definitely shellacked--i mean a bomb could not have moved it!!! oh those were the days!!

smedley · Jul 17, 2003

--flipping your collar up--if you were cool that is! 
--comb in your back pocket at all times

808veggie · Jul 17, 2003

I got all that beat.....I begged my mom to buy me the "make your own MJ glove" oh yeah it was a white glove that had silver sequin that you glued on.....I was so cool back then <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/cool3.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="

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punkmommy · Jul 17, 2003

Jelly shoes 
Jams 
Two different colored Chuck Taylors 
Record Players 
What's a helmet? Nothing like a litle head trauma while riding your bike.

kraftykraft · Jul 17, 2003

You drank capri suns 
wore neon pink, green, and clothes in combinations that it hurt to look at you and yet you thought you were cool 
Your clothes were three to four sizes too big for you 
you used aussie sprunch spray or aqua net in the girls bathroom in between classes to keep your hair as high as possible 
played with rainbow bright, transformers and care bears 
collected those plastic jelly bracelets 
listened to Wham! 
had caboodles to store your neon purple, blue and green eye shadow and mascera 
Love's Baby Soft was your favorite perfume

michael_veggie · Jul 17, 2003

LMAO

GhostUser · Jul 17, 2003

I grew up in the late 80's, but I remember most everything on here!!! 
Jellies - I wore those ALL the time, and had many blisters. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/grin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="

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Pony tail... ON THE SIDE! 
care bears ruled. 
Plastic bracelets 
I had this really freaky black, and neon colored dress. 
SLAPBRACELETS! I was obsessed! 
What are those thingies, that were plastic, and you put part of your t-shirt in it... They were round, and sometimes had rhinestones on it....? I dunno, but I wore that with spandex shorts, and a fanny pack. LOL. 
Best thing about being born at the time I was- is being able to appreciate Saved By The Bell!

kraftykraft · Jul 17, 2003

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<div class="quote-block">What are those thingies, that were plastic, and you put part of your t-shirt in it... They were round, and sometimes had rhinestones on it....? I dunno, but I wore that with spandex shorts, and a fanny pack. LOL.</div>
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LOL - I was trying to figure out what those things were called too - I used to wear them with my oversized New Kids on the Block t-shirts. 
To the jelly wearers - Did your jellies rip all the time - I seem to remember that after one wearing, I would have these rips in the heels. Yet I would still wear them!! they would be falling off with each step and I would try to gut it out until they were competely destroyed. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/smiley.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="

"> Also does anyone remember Candies?? They were like Jellies, but the weave was bigger?? 
man this thread is taking me down the memory lane <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/tongue3.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="

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michael_veggie · Jul 17, 2003

Being born in 1990 I know that Saved bythe Bell was the lamest show ever <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/smiley.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="

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GhostUser · Jul 17, 2003

You could qualify as a back up dancer for Paula Abdul-or maybe that was just me. I still remember all the moves from all of her music videos. Oh, and remember Top Gun? I was so in love with Val Kilmer well into my teens after seeing that. 
I had a flourescent orange fanny pack that I wore everywhere. I still have it, but I don't wear it anymore. I had the most uncomfortable Jellies. They cut into my skin a bit, but I wore them every other day. 
Were the eighties when we had the slap-on bracelets, or was that the early nineties?

GhostUser · Jul 17, 2003

Hey! I LOVED (or love, lol) Saved by the Bell!

GhostUser · Jul 17, 2003

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<div class="quote-block">Originally posted by michael_veggie Being born in 1990 I know that Saved bythe Bell was the lamest show ever <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/smiley.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="

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BLASPHEMY!! 
What do 90's kids know about taste?!?!?!?! hrmph!!!!

GhostUser · Jul 17, 2003

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<div class="quote-block">Originally posted by Cougar 
Were the eighties when we had the slap-on bracelets, or was that the early nineties?</div>
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not sure, but I posted about it anyway. hehehehe.

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