You Know You Grew Up In The 80's or Early 90's If...
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You Know You Grew Up In The 80's or Early 90's If...
1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word "SIKE"
2. You watched the Pound Puppies.
3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Belair" ..and can do the "Carlton".
4. Girls wore biker shorts under their skirts and felt stylishly sexy.
5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own.
6. You owned those lil' Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.
7. You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on Blossom.
8. Two words: Hammer Pants
9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock"
10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars... and "spokey-dokes" or playing cards on your spokes for that incredible sound effect.
11. You can sing the entire theme song to "DuckTales" (Woo ooh!)
12. It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.
14. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on the big screen...and still know the turtles names.
15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
16. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.
17. You played the game "MASH" (Mansion, Apartment, Shelter,House)
18. You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it.
19. L.A. Gear....need I say more?
20. You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in Kindergarten. (She's truly outrageous.)
21. You remember reading "Tales of a fourth grade nothing" and all the Ramona books.
22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF"
23. You wanted to be a Goonie.
24. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. (some of us... head-to-toe)
25. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off and his cheeks shifted.
26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
27. You took lunch boxes to school... and traded Garbage Pail Kids in the schoolyard.
28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.
29. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence.
30. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.
31. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band.
32. You thought She-ra (Princess of Power!) and He-Man should hook up.
33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.
34. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes. (and like #24, probably in neon colors, too)
35. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?"
36. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"
37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.
38. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide.
39. You have ever played with a Skip-It.
40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds.
41. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement.
42. You remember "Popples".
43. "Don't worry, be happy"
44. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.
45. You wore socks scrunched down (and sometimes still do...getting yelled at by "younger hip" members of the family)
46. You remember boom boxes.. and walking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that.
47. You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies.
48. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!!"
49. You remember watching "Rainbow Bright" and "My Little Pony Tales"
50. You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot.
51. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.
52. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool... and don't even flinch when people refer to them as "NKOTB".
53. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell"
54. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.
55. You just sang those words to yourself.
56. You remember watching Magic vs. Bird.
57. Homemade Levi shorts.. (the shorter the better)
58. You remember when mullets were cool!
59. You had a mullet!
60. You still sing "We are the World"
61. You tight rolled your jeans.
62. You owned a bannana clip
63. You remember "Where's the Beef?"
64. You used to (and probably still do) say "What you talkin' about Willis?"
65. You had big hair and you knew how to use it.
66. You're still singing shot through the heart in your head, aren't you!!!
#'s 41, 55 and 66: Busted!
Literally the only ones I didn't actually experience are 59, 60 and 64!
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ROFL!!! I'm a Jersey Girl... so Jon Bon Jovi was a GOD growing up!! And there are only about 5 of these I don't remember... but tight rolled jeans, clipping your shirt to the side, scrunched scoks... all What were we thinking fashion moments!!!
I forgot about wearing more than one pair of colored socks! I remember in the 7th grade going to school in yellow sandles that had the straps that you laced around your ankle, with matching yellow stirrup pants, a yellow tiger pattern shirt and a banana clip in my hair and those black jelly braclets-a ton of them on one wrists! Every one kept saying how they liked my outfit..I look back now and laugh at myself!
These were great! 
Mara
ROFL!! A couple of those are a little behind me, but most describe my youth perfectly! LOL. I completely forgot about the Oregon Trail on the computer, but boy, I did love that! 54 and 55 had me laughing. Yup, I did start singing it!
Well, all of those describe my kids' youths, and some of them even apply to me.
And BTW - I listened to that Bon Jovi CD on the way home from work today!
Those were hilarious... and so true!
Nope. I was all grown up by 1980. It only barely describes my kids. Sarah was born in 1989 and Emily in 1992. They were too little for a lot of this stuff.
The saddest part is...all that stuff is slowly coming back! If it isn't the toys it is the clothes! A lot of girls here are starting to tie their shirts to the side..LOL
Also MASH brings back some very faint memories, but I can't quite put them together..some one want to explain it better?
And Bon Jovi, I really thought we might marry one day, then he married someone named MiMI, I think!
What a blast from the past! We used to play MASH like it was our jobs!
OMG! I am guilty of all except having a mullet...thank god!
The one about wearing flourescent clothes had me cracking up! We actually kicked a girl out of our little group in 6th grade because she wore those clothes! Of course she was our friend again by like 8th period probably and is still a good friend today...so don't think i'm a terrible person or anything!
Kaye-the MASH game. Draw a box. At the top write M-A-S-H (Mansion, Apartment, Shack, House). Along the side, write four boys names (potential husbands). The bottom, four numbers (number of kids) and the other side, locations (where you will live). Start in the middle of the box and draw around in circles. When you stop, count all the lines. Starting at the M, count around that number of times, scratching off whatever you land on. At the end you will know what type of house you will live in, who you will marry, how many kids you will have and where you will live. LOL. (Can you tell how many times I played that game??)
oh yeah...i think i blacked that out of my memory!
Nope, not me either. I never heard of most of those, but I graduated high school in 1981 and college in 1986 (which means I was drunk most of 1981-1986). And my son wasn't born until 1994.
Wow, how weird being so totally out of the loop!!
Never played the MASH game! LOL!
Mommmmie, you are my youngest sister's age. I graduated from high school in 1978!
ROFL...I almost woke up my dd! Too funny, every part of it! Talk about bringing back some memories.
Thank you! What a trip down memory lane. Now, those were the days, weren't they??!?!
Just a few thoughts -
Oriental Trading Company still sells slap bracelets!
That "I've fallen and I can't get up" commercial still plays.
I have a picture of me in the 5th grade with a ponytail on the side of my head.
I loved the hypercolor shirts - I still think they are way cool, LOL
And, I still get the urge to play MASH - why won't anyone ever play with me?? They just laugh at me and think I've gone nuts. *sniffle*
OMG i sooooo did sing shot through the heart and was soooo still singing it at the end....there wasnt one single one of those that i dont remember....how sad is that! That was to funny! Oh and i still have my hypercolor shirts and even a sweatshirt that belonged to an ex boyfirend from 10th grade...now i am blushing..
Now I vaguely remember the MASH game...
When I got this it didn't apply to me, but some to my DS I had to laugh especially at 3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Belair" ..and can do the "Carlton". My DS always sang the song when it came on!!! I emailed this to him.
My DH gets teased by the kids' friends because his hair is very reminiscent of a mullet! LOL
Amy, I thought those shirts were cool too! And I thought scrunched down socks over leggings were cool. I had a pair of L.A. Gear high tops with 2 pairs of laces - one of them was bright turquoise. UGH!
....and I still say *NOT* - but I'm not the only one! I've *seen* many of you say it too! LOL
Karen, I still use "NOT" myself! Just can't get out of the habit!
Okay, who was hiding in my closet during high school??? Although, I never did see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the theater. Not into that sort of cartoon then. I graduated in 1989.
Just a couple months ago Robin had to have blood drawn and the tech got about an inch from his arm with the needle and he yelled, "Ouch!!! --- Psych!" All the techs in the room laughed SO hard. One of them said, "I haven't heard that forever!"
And yes, Karen, I'm guilty of using "Not!" sometimes.
CATTTTTTTTTTT...teenage mutant ninja turtles was NOT a cartoon in the theatre...ROFLOL it was a movie with real people....and how horrible is it that i own both of those movies and still watch them? in fact i will tell you that i had the sheet set all through high school! ROFLOL!!!!
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I'm new here but I think I there was only ONE of those I didn't know! Anyhow do you know they now sell a MASH book at Toys R Us, yes a book its a three fold with all the categories and a dry erase marker!
ROFL - I just played mash with a friend of mine the other day, just for kicks! Yes, I'm a big nerd, lol
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