For children of the 70's 80's (well not strictly)

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Hello children of the 70's 80's. Read this, it will
take you back but be careful 'cause it will
also make you realise that you are now actually
OLD!!

It's scary....very scary!!!!!



Snap bracelets were always getting you in
trouble at school.

Um Bongo, Um Bongo, They drink it in the Congo

You played with "My Little Ponies."

Friendship bracelets were ties that couldn't be
broken.

You ever read Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, The
Babysitters Club, Forever or Sweet Valley High.


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 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).

You had slouch socks and puff painted your own
shirt at least once.

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 can remember watching Saved by the Bell

You remember Madonna in her cone stage.

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

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

Not only did you wear fluorescent-neon
clothing, but they were mismatched with
fingerless gloves and toweling socks.

You could break dance (ok, you WISHED you
could)

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, Thundercats and

Transformers are familiar to you.

You ever had a Swatch Watch.

You actually spent countless hours trying to
perfect the "Care Bear stare."

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

You spent hours in the basement building and
re- building Lego cities.

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

With your pink (or blue) portable tape player,
you sang to Kylie and Jason!

If you ever owned Polly Pocket or Micro
Machines.

Mallet's Mallet was the greatest game show in
the world.

If you ever made Ken fall in love with Barbie.

You know what "Psyche" means.

Partying "like its 1999" seemed SO far away.

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

You wore a banana clip at some point during
your youth.

You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a
REALLY good film.

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

You know what leg warmers are and probably had
a pair.

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

You had to change into play clothes after
school.

You recorded songs off the radio with your boom
box.

Somehow you still know all the words to songs
played on VH1's "Big 80s".

Your arm was full of rubber bracelets.

You wore those wide, colourful shoelaces.

You still don't like going in the sea because
of Jaws.

You remember Now compilations that had the pig
on the front cover.

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
cartoon/programme. (and still should be!)

You've ever said "bright light, bright light"
in a strange high-pitched voice.

You fell out with friends during heated
arguments about the relative merits of Matt &
Luke.

Cerise pink, electric blue and banana yellow
have

Ever featured in your wardrobe or make-up
collection.

You ever 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 still remember when the A-ha video was the
pinnacle of modern technology and you can still
sing all the words.

Your best party dress was either a ra-ra or
puff-ball skirt.

You wondered why a popular kids TV programme
told you to "Turn off your TV set and go and do
something less boring instead".

You were shocked by the controversial plot
lines in Degrassi Junior High.

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 Capri so it
looked
Like KITT.

You've ever seen a girl, a clown and noughts
and crosses on your TV.

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

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

You could have got away with it if it wasn't
for those meddling kids.

(Girls) You owned a pair of Pixie boots,
generally worn with leg warmers.(Boys) You
owned a pair of pale grey slip-ons, generally
worn with white toweling socks.

Ooh, you could crush a grape!

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

You wore legwarmers & tried to do the splits
while jumping in the air while singing you were
going
to live forever.

You remember Fingermouse and Dangermouse (not
forgetting his trusty sidekick Penfold!)

Trains in Wales went "Pshh-t-cuf, pshh-t-cuf,

pshh-t-cuf, pshh-t-cuf, pshh-t-cuf".

You know all the words to "Hey Mickey" (well,
nobody knows past the>first verse anyway).

You remembered Look In magazine, and when it
was only 20p and Monster Munch when they were
10p

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

Any elderly Scottish lady sounds like Supergran

You remember crying on the beach building
sandcastles in the rain.

Hide and seek in the park, the corner shop,
Hopscotch, butterscotch, skipping, handstands,
football in the park/street, British Bulldog,
Beano, Twinkle, Hula Hoops, jumping in enormous
puddles and building dams

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.

You got up extra early, especially to watch
Saturday Morning cartoons

You were occasionally allowed to stay up late
for Howard's Way, Dallas, Dynasty or Minder.

Running till you were out of breath.

Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt.

Using the bed as a trampoline.

Pillow fights.

Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down
made you have a fit of the giggles, being tired
from playing.

Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.

It wasn't odd to have two or three "best"
friends.

You didn't sleep a wink on Christmas Eve.

You remember when 25p was decent pocket money
and you'd reach into a muddy gutter for 10p.

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

Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better
and taking drugs meant orange-flavoured
chewable aspirin.

Abilities were discovered because of a
"double-dare".

Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but
also the fiercest protectors,

 

Don't remember much of that, can you do one for children of the sixties.

 

Well I can remeber most of those, I was born in 83, but some of them are past me probably cause they were the 70's

 

Well if I strain I remember it all, most of the things are late eighties I am born 80. Ah those were the days.

[This message has been edited by joacqin (edited March 10, 2002).]

 

Heh; I was born in 83 but its still scary how much of that I can remember. Well done.

 

My God, that post makes me feel old!

I'm born in 75 and I think I remember everything in that post
I must add I recently came across some She-Ra episodes and my daughter loves them as much as I did. Some things never die

 

I can't remember *all* of that since I only moved to the UK in 83, and some of the kids stuff from the 70's had never made it to Norway.

Still, I don't feel old. Madness are still the greatest. And I NEVER wore white socks. Honest. Sigh, oh well, perhaps just the once.....

Love that list.

 

If thers somthing i miossed feel free to add it to the list

 

Im also born in 83 and remember a lot from that list, but i will add something that made me feel old:

You know that you are old when you write your name, surname, gender, address, your birth place, birth date and you stop and think: WoW, im old!

But as i said, i was born in 83, so it cant be that bad!

"...Always look on the bright side of your life..."

 

Well you think 83 aint that old, just think 2 years till your 20, the first yea you cant use the excuse "im a teenager what do you expect"

 

i agree with viking. you'd have to have lived in the UK for most of your life to remember the majority of that stuff. born in '79 btw.

 

How about remembering when "Space Invaders" really was state of the art, and "Galaxians" when it came out was in colour! WOW

Anyone else play the text adventure just called "Adventure" (I think). Loads of little dwarves throwing axes at you, and words like: "Plower" and "Fee, fie, foe, fum" should ring a bell. Can't remember what the News paper was clled for the final bonus point though.

 

I remember most of it as well, and I was born in 1985 outside of US... Having a sis that is 10 years older than I am might have helped

Ara
(Life is pain, but I don't care for the moment)

 

I know I've said this somewhere but...

The LOTR movie was a cartoon.

TRON was such a cool movie and coin op machine.

Every girl you thought cool had "big" hair.

New wave (A Flock of Seagulls, etc...)

The synthesizer was the coolest musical instrument.

You wondered about the funny looking dice that you would fill out with crayons which your friends tossed around.

The only basketball players you knew were Larry Bird, Dr. J, Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

You always got in a fight with your best friend because the Lion Voltron was a lot better than the Vehicle Voltron.

The X-Men were teens.

You wanted to be Bruce Lee.