You may be a child of the 80's if......

[Foxyangel0425]

I saw this on another site and thought all you older guys and gals would like to go back in time.....


You may be a child of the 80's if . . .



Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you actually learned the English language

You know what a "burnout" is.

You owned/operated a 'Trapper Keeper'

You know what "Psych" means.

Once, while spending hours in the arcade, you actually lined up quarters on the top panel of the game -- to "reserve" your spot.

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

You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer".

You can name at least half of the members of the elite "Brat Pack".

You know who Tina Yothers is.

You wanted to be a Goonie.

You felt ashamed when Rob Lowe got in trouble for sex with minors and videotaping it, because you liked him.

You had top-of-the-line Commodore 64s in your jr. high computer lab

You know who Max Headroom is.

You even wore fluorescent, neon if you will, clothing.

You could breakdance, or wish you could.

You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.

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 can, right now, hum to yourself the theme to 'Inspector Gadget'

You wanted to be on Star Search.

You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off.

You wore a banana clip at some point during your youth, or knew someone who did.

You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout".

You HAD to have your MTV

You remember when Kramer was on a show called 'Friday's'

You hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future".

You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name".

You thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool.

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

You heard of Garbage Pail Kids.

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

You actually saw Ted Danson as the MacDaddy he played "Sam" to be.

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

You own(ed) any 'cassette singles'

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

You remember And/or own any of the Care Bear Glass collection from Pizza Hut. Or any other stupid collection they came out with.

Poltergeist freaked you out.

You carried you lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunchbox.

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

You know what a Doozer is.

You wore bike shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish, or knew someone who did.

You ever had a Swatch Watch.

You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.

You had Wonder Woman or Superman underoos.

You know what a "Whammee" is

[Nutster_98]

Brings back some hella good old memories......Dig Dug rocked!




Nut

[FourFiftyFour]

:blah: :blah: I remember most that stuff lmao

[spincr4hire]

good stuff...man that makes me feel old.

Does anyone remember when The Hulk, Dukes of Hazard, and Dallas used to be the friday night lineup on CBS ?

[UglyMotha™]

Originally posted by spincr4hire
good stuff...man that makes me feel old.

Does anyone remember when The Hulk, Dukes of Hazard, and Dallas used to be the friday night lineup on CBS ?


do i ever, dukes of hazard was the ****, i hated dallas though

and OH YAH! i can vividly remember my "METAL" ET lunchbox, brings a tear to my eyes "those were the days":p

[400exdad]

I thought I was the only one who watched Fridays! Melanie Chartoff was so hot! Anybody remember her? I'm know I'm getting old when VH1 Classics is showing mostly 80's stuff!

Originally posted by spincr4hire
good stuff...man that makes me feel old.

Does anyone remember when The Hulk, Dukes of Hazard, and Dallas used to be the friday night lineup on CBS ?

Good stuff man good stuff.... :)

Now TV is mostly GAY :ermm:

[UglyMotha™]

Originally posted by Rico
Good stuff man good stuff.... :)

Now TV is mostly GAY :ermm:




heck no, watch cartoon network every sunday night and ya got 4hrs worth of the old bugs bunny cartoons and a whole half hour of the the popeye show, those were the greatest cartoons now days cartoons suck

[L.Vegas400]

Originally posted by UglyMotha™
heck no, watch cartoon network every sunday night and ya got 4hrs worth of the old bugs bunny cartoons and a whole half hour of the the popeye show, those were the greatest cartoons now days cartoons suck
i thought they outlawed the good stuff, in favor of the jap cartoons:grr: believe you me, ill be checking that out this sunday.

[chevy71]

Ah yes. Good times, Good times, my friends......

Not like the crap they have today.

Who else thought the pants with 10 different zippers were cool??!! Yea. I had a pair.

[spincr4hire]

...and what about Hee-Haw? I bet ol Grandpa wished he had himself some Viagra, those chicks were always HOT on there...

[UglyMotha™]

HHHHHOOOOOWWWWDDDDDYYYYYYY :p

[Pappy]

yes....i owned a pair of parachute pants back in the day:o

[UglyMotha™]

i had i don't know how many pants with all the freaking zipper pockets, and what about jams those were from the 80's too weren't they ooooh and can't forget about he member's jackets i had a navey blue one:o now that i'm remembering what i used to wear, god i musta looked stupid:huh

[Pappy]

i threw mine away after some chic unzipped the wrong pocket and i lost my wallet:mad:

[p@iNn3ck]

Originally posted by Pappy
i threw mine away after some chic unzipped the wrong pocket and i lost my wallet:mad:

ROFLMAO! Yup, parachute pants, Members Only jacket, and fat laces...... wtf..

[spincr4hire]

Originally posted by Pappy
i threw mine away after some chic unzipped the wrong pocket and i lost my wallet:mad:

I thought you were going to say 'after some chick zipped my wiener up', lol...

[Pappy]

Originally posted by spincr4hire
I thought you were going to say 'after some chick zipped my wiener up', lol...


:o ill let them unzip only:devil:

[zzbudzz]

Originally posted by Pappy
i threw mine away after some chic unzipped the wrong pocket and i lost my wallet:mad: lmao!...You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny< now, it really is a sad show! and cdalechic how do you remember this stuff aren't you 17 or 18?:confused: :D

[UglyMotha™]

Originally posted by zzbudzz
lmao!...You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny< now, it really is a sad show! and cdalechic how do you remember this stuff aren't you 17 or 18?:confused: :D


she probably watches the history channel:o

Rap was Rap back then too,,what little there was.. NO hip hop gangsta I shoot u up sucka and take yo wife away BS like they have today.. :rolleyes:

I had me several pair of the parashut pants and mom made us jam shorts...we was too poor to pay out $30 for a pair of hawiian britches that came down over your knees.:D

I"m still a hair metal freak and listen to old bands all the time. and as someone menioned yes we did look like complete dorks in our getups back then.. bandana's around your neck, collar flipped up like a jackass, big rolled up cuffs on your pant legs....LMFAO I won't even go into girls hair do's.....:eek: I think they killed about 30% of the ozone layer with all the aquanet used during the 80's.....:(

[Pappy]

ROTFLMFAO:D

I remeber well the "LAID LOOK" and trying to find a spot where the chic could redo her hair before taking her back home:devil:

i never went for the 900 bandanas around yer leg:ermm: wtf was that all about:confused:

rap....lil run dmc...tone loc...whodini...lmao redneck with a 12 inch sub behind the seat:D

and then there was the whole "MALL" thing

[UglyMotha™]

yes rap was good, LONG LIVE THE BEASTIE BOYS :cool:

[Natertot426ex]

I always like watching "Knight Rider" and Air Wolf. I saw Knight Rider on cable the other day and just then realized that David hasselhoff was the main dude. Well Back then I didn't even know who he would be until Baywatch came. Oh many memories though.

[UglyMotha™]

hasselhoff was like the george clooney of the 80's:eek2:

[Tommy 17]

i reconize some of the stuff...


pappy and rico u both look like huge dorks back in the 80s...


no better then me i guess though... i still fit in the same pants that i wore in 6th grade thats how big i had them!!! i use to be a wigger and a half:blah:

[spincr4hire]

Germans love David Hasselhoff...:confused2

[Tina]

Dig Dug! I loved Dig Dug!! I had Jams, rolled my pants and flipped my collar! I can't stop laughing at this post. LOL! I watched Dirty Dancing about 150 times, Aqua Net was my best friend and my family still talks about the time I was Break Dancing at my Aunt's wedding.:confused:

[Pappy]

christ i can remeber our first vcr...and microwave:rolleyes: and lets not forget lil pat benatar(damn i had a crush on her) and the punk scene(we beat up the first kid that came to school with spiked hair:eek: ummm....oh yeah that raising the drinking age really pissed me off:mad: damn yall bringin back memories here:devil: trojans were king:D now theres like 50 brands:eek2: i dunno about 60's free love but the 80's were the years of "just do it":devil: aids was a homo only disease.....that was kinda scary come the early 90's:ermm: then theres star wars....and indian jones....oh chit....did anyone ever go to the movies just to make out:o yep i held the record....i made out with a girl named katie sullivan thru the double feature of 9 to 5 and smokey and the bandit:macho ahhh the good ol' days

[Juggalo]

why that the child of the 80's thing is lame: http://www.geocities.com/gcrites80s/lameemail.htm
check it out..its really funny!

[AtvMxRider]

I bet people looked at us the way we look at kids today ":huh ". lol

[250x#93]

I remember most of that stuff:D And I'm 17


...and what about Hee-Haw?

HAHA Yeah I remember watchin that, no one else round here remembers that show:huh

[Pappy]

Originally posted by AtvMxRider
I bet people looked at us the way we look at kids today ":huh ". lol


not exactly...i could go to church without having to get a make over and taking off nose rings and chit:devil:

[AtvMxRider]

Originally posted by Pappy
not exactly...i could go to church without having to get a make over and taking off nose rings and chit:devil:


LMAO Tru dat Brotha:D

[Pappy]

yep lookin back id say 80's girls were easy:devil: i miss the 80's:(

[Pappy]

whoooooaaaa...who can forget fast times at ridgemont high:devil: american pie was funny....but give me spicoli blazin in the van and that pool scene anyday:macho

Originally posted by Pappy
whoooooaaaa...who can forget fast times at ridgemont high:devil: american pie was funny....but give me spicoli blazin in the van and that pool scene anyday:macho

Here that dude...... that's my skullll.........huh huh huh

vans shoe's that looked like checker boards. :D

VH1 has a 80's flashback show on all the time and it's great... It goes over every year in the 80's....


Well tomorrow is my 30th birthday and this thread is not makin me feel any younger......:mad:

[spincr4hire]

Originally posted by Rico
Well tomorrow is my 30th birthday and this thread is not makin me feel any younger......:mad:

ahhh, turning 30 is so depressing, I'm still trying to get over it...:(

[AtvMxRider]

Originally posted by spincr4hire
ahhh, turning 30 is so depressing, I'm still trying to get over it...:(


I'm 32 and still haven't got over it yet.............:(

[Pappy]

man and i almost dont remeber the ozzy concerts:cool:

[F-16Guy]

Those Doozers worked around the clock, and for what?!! Some Fragel to come and eat their building!!! :mad: It's just not right.:grr:

[RED121572]

The opening remarks in this thread, pretty much some up everyday life for me.:D

[RED121572]

Originally posted by Rico
Here that dude...... that's my skullll.........huh huh huh

vans shoe's that looked like checker boards. :D

VH1 has a 80's flashback show on all the time and it's great... It goes over every year in the 80's....


Well tomorrow is my 30th birthday and this thread is not makin me feel any younger......:mad:

Congrats Rico, I went through it last December. :devil:

[blondie69]

Originally posted by 250x#93
I remember most of that stuff:D And I'm 17



HAHA Yeah I remember watchin that, no one else round here remembers that show:huh


i used to watch that show i think when i was lil with my grandparents:huh .......i think......

but i'm 15 and i still remember alota that stuff:huh i remember my dad with a mullet.....my mom wearing these bright pink and purple jeans...my brother wearing bright pink and purple tees (wait...would that be the 80's or something else :eek2: )....oh gawd.....:eek: well....that'd be the early 90's but thats the tail end of some of the 80's stuff....

[Tina]

Rico,

You could always remain 29 forever, like me.:D I've been 29 for a few years now....:cool:

[jay's 300]

That's funny! I remember just about everything on that list! I had the E.T. metal lunch box, also had an E.T. bicycle and the superman undies! Great times for a youngin'!

[Foxyangel0425]

Originally posted by AtvMxRider
I'm 32 and still haven't got over it yet.............:(

I just turned 30 last weekend (24th) and boy did it suck!! LOL

[cjpoole1]

Originally posted by Rico
Well tomorrow is my 30th birthday and this thread is not makin me feel any younger......:mad:

I'm lucky then, I've still got 2 years to go:D

[Foxyangel0425]

enjoy it while u still can..... :eek2:

[jcv400ex]

Ahhh the eighties. Fraggle Rock ruled! Yeah, we beat the piss out of a kid that came to our small town with that punk look too...he had those damn Converse Allstars that would lace up to your knees.....and they where orange on the outside, and yellow on the inside!??! WTF where they thinking??? I had Dukes of Hazzard everything....little metal lunch pail, with my 6oz thermos...ahhh. lol

Funky Cold Medina......and the best movie of all time....Porky's!!!!:devil: :devil:

[400exdad]

Speaking of Fast Times at Ridgemont High, I saw it on sale the other day at Target and grabbed it! Next on the list is Valley Girl. Nicholas Cage as a punked up metal guy! :) Remember, he's in Family Man now.... Hmmm, his roles are aging like me... :D

[SGA]

Yeah, i remember the 80's. Well, most of it:rolleyes:
Remember when everyone would gather around a TV to watch Miami Vice, also music videos on TBS on the weekend, we wuz too po to have MTV.

[QuadJunkies]

Originally posted by Natertot426ex
I always like watching "Knight Rider" and Air Wolf. I saw Knight Rider on cable the other day and just then realized that David hasselhoff was the main dude. Well Back then I didn't even know who he would be until Baywatch came. Oh many memories though. LOL!!! Thats the first thing that comes to mind when we bought my Sons mini quad,:p the running light on it.....aweeeeee the good ole days......

[popo]

The Muppets ruled. Animal is ta man.

http://users.iglide.net/gbelbeck/animal.jpg

[blondie69]

Originally posted by popo
The Muppets ruled. Animal is ta man.

http://users.iglide.net/gbelbeck/animal.jpg

Aminam roxs.......well for the mupets anyways......cuz he plays the drums....mind u way more hardcore then i do....but thats wicked awesome:D

[joeroadking]

Originally posted by p@iNn3ck
ROFLMAO! Yup, parachute pants, Members Only jacket, and fat laces...... wtf.. wow there is a image that was so tramatic from my youth that I actually blocked it out as though it never occured, members only,parachute pants , oh god and most freightning molly ringwald sp? ha brings me back !! not sure it is a good thing:confused2

[KJ#14]

I've been a member of the over 30 club for a few weeks now:eek2:

Did you guys forget about the Rubics Cube..........:confused:

I remember saying screw it!! and I ripped it apart and put it back together all solved.....I cheated:D

[p@iNn3ck]

I think Im gonna go play kick the can this weekend...... just for old times sake..... or maybe pull out the old Atari and play Defender! (yup, still got one.)

And did ya check out that website, WTF

[RED121572]

Originally posted by KJ#14
I've been a member of the over 30 club for a few weeks now:eek2:

Did you guys forget about the Rubics Cube..........:confused:

I remember saying screw it!! and I ripped it apart and put it back together all solved.....I cheated:D

Was there another way to solve the rubics cube? ;)

[Tommy 17]

Originally posted by RED121572
Was there another way to solve the rubics cube? ;)

take the stickers off and put them back on:blah:


actually there is a trick to doin it;)

[p@iNn3ck]

or these guys?

[SGA]

Here Pappy;)

[SGA]

:p He** yeah. Judas Priest- Breaking The Law

[SGA]

:eek2:

[SGA]

:D

[batgeek]

DEVO rules! i still love their stuff.

i have never, and will never own riding gear with pink on it.

i miss mall rocker chicks with New Jersey hair :(

i DONT miss Valley Girls. i dont miss The Cure, Depeche Mode, etc...

glad i grew up in the eighties, something about 70's fashion and disco music makes me wanna throw up.

[AtvMxRider]

Originally posted by SGA
:eek2:


Howard is that a pic of you?..........:eek: :D ;)

[QuadJunkies]

Originally posted by batgeek
DEVO rules! i still love their stuff.

i have never, and will never own riding gear with pink on it.

i miss mall rocker chicks with New Jersey hair :(

i DONT miss Valley Girls. i dont miss The Cure, Depeche Mode, etc...

glad i grew up in the eighties, something about 70's fashion and disco music makes me wanna throw up. DEVO was the bomb!!! SGA, I remember a few pics of me with all that BIG hair too!!! LMAO! RED, I did figure out how to solve the rubics cube:D ........ noiw the 80's had some killer bands I remembertoo!!! I think my BIG hair days come from BON JOVI:o Aldo Nova.Foreinger,April Wine,Def Leppard,ect... Twisted Sister..lol didnt last long........

[Sick0]

Yor making fell real old now.

[QuadJunkies]

Originally posted by Sick0
Yor making fell real old now. what about me ?:huh LOL Im older than you are!!!:p ;)

[AtvMxRider]

Originally posted by QuadJunkies
what about me ?:huh LOL Im older than you are!!!:p ;)


And alot better looking.........;)

[crday98]

ahhhh,remember the big movies back then
gremlins
back to the future
et
revenge of the nerds
fast times at ridgemont high
the breakfast club
better off dead
wierd science
16 candles
can't buy me love
3 O'cloch high
men at work
bill & ted's excellent adventure/bogus journey
one crazy summer
iron eagle
ferris beuller's day off
risky business
hell anything with anthony michael hall or john cousack was hip at the time.
what is sad is i'm pretty sure every one of us can remember a quote from each one of those movies :o
don't even get me started on the horror movies:D

[QuadTrix6]

LMAO :D

[KASCHAK]

i remember most of that stuff the people wearing funny clothes my aunt and most of my older friends grew up in the eighies. i was the kid that was 7 years younger then everyone else but i was cool and everone wanted to play with me. i was a crazy mf on a bike. peddle bike. i remeber the street lights thing. the tin luch boxes. i was grounded one day and i played with an eroblcs qube i got 4 sides done the otherw ere all done except the middle one so i said f i and i peeled the stickers off i had all them cept 2. that brings back so many memories. being little wish i was still in like 1 grade that was the life. no worries. dont know about anyone else but did you and your friends have a club, like in the original little rascals. i remeber the dukes too wathcin them every wendsday at 4 i think it was. i cant believe i remeber all this stuff im ony 16. this was all in the early 90 91 92. eighty chit was still going on tho.

mr. roboto and besie boys i just download 'fight for your right to party" the rab back them was cool too. run dmc with the open adidas with no laces. that was good rap not ill kill your wife with my bens running on dubs.

[blondie69]

Originally posted by 400ex_kaschak
i was grounded one day and i played with an eroblcs qube i got 4 sides done the otherw ere all done except the middle one so i said f i and i peeled the stickers off i had all them cept 2.

heehee i always did that:p but we had like 4 of those cube things so i didn't get in trouble.

but u said something about childhood clubs or watever? i had some....but i can't remember the names of them:rolleyes: its weird....a few of the kids i hanged around w/ when i was like...5 or 6...now turn out to be... not enemies....but not friends......:rolleyes:

[JTRtrx250r]

LMMFAO!!!:D .....the sad thing is,...if I could do it all over again.......I probably would haha:D I haven't even thought of 90% of those things in yrs,thanks for the laughs:p

[Pappy]

karate kid:macho bananarama.....adam ant.....flashdance.....lmfao my brain is in retro mode after this thread:scary:

[QuadJunkies]

Originally posted by Pappy
karate kid:macho bananarama.....adam ant.....flashdance.....lmfao my brain is in retro mode after this thread:scary: footloose, poison, MTV first came out.Pat Benetar, flock of seagulls......:p

[Pappy]

tears for fears....the whole techno crowd:rolleyes: i never got into that much...if it wasnt hard or something the girls liked it didnt get played:p oh my....i remeber my senior week(sort of) they tied me in a jeep and left me in the parking lot drunker then a skunk singing "no sleep till brooklyn":devil:

[SGA]

Originally posted by Pappy
i remeber my senior week(sort of) they tied me in a jeep and left me in the parking lot drunker then a skunk singing "no sleep till brooklyn":devil:
Pappy got into the brass monkey:o

[SGA]

Originally posted by AtvMxRider
Howard is that a pic of you?..........:eek: :D ;)
Ya, that was back in my drag queen days. Dont tell anyone though:o

[adam250r]

Originally posted by Pappy
yep lookin back id say 80's girls were easy:devil: i miss the 80's:(

word

[UglyMotha™]

Originally posted by Pappy
tears for fears....the whole techno crowd:rolleyes: i never got into that much...if it wasnt hard or something the girls liked it didnt get played:p oh my....i remeber my senior week(sort of) they tied me in a jeep and left me in the parking lot drunker then a skunk singing "no sleep till brooklyn":devil:



All hail the Beastie Boys :cool:



or is it hale:confused:


oh well never was good at phonics:huh