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    Child of the 80's

    Well I know I for one am, let's see how many others are.

    You are a child of the eighties if

    You ever ended your sentence with "psych"
    You solved the Rubics cube.....by peeling of the stickers
    You watched the pound puppies
    Your planning a dream vacation to Meepos! (and you hope to see Balky!)
    You can sing the rap to "the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"
    You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish
    You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own.
    You owned those little Strawberry Shortcake & pals scented dolls
    You know what 'Whoa' means from Blossom
    Three words M.C. Hammer
    You remember "Hello Kitty" and owned a bunch of the stuff.
    You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales"
    If you played the chipmunks Christmas album all year long!
    The crypt keeper really freaked you out
    Remember reading Kool-Aid man comics
    You ever watched Fraggle Rock
    You had plastic streamers on the handle bars of your bike
    When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons
    You wore a pony tail to the side of your head
    You saw the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the big screen
    You made your mom buy you one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side
    You had a Kirk Cameron poster on your bedroom wall
    You played the game "Mash" with friends at school
    You wore a Jordache jean jacket and you were proud of it
    L.A. GEAR
    Your mother wouldn't let you have garbage pail kids
    You wanted to change your name to Jem in Kindergarten
    You remember reading "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" and all the Ramona books
    You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off"
    You wanted to be a Goonie
    You ever wore fluorescent, neon if you will, clothing
    You wanted to be on StarSearch
    You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off.
    You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf
    You remember the craze, and then banning of slap bracelets
    You still get the urge to use "NOT" at the end of every statement you make
    If you can name the children on "The Cosby Show"
    You can remember your favorite Muppet Baby
    You remember Hypercolor T-shirts
    Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band
    You remember Punky Brewster
    You loved Howard the duck and Adventures in Babysitting
    You thought Sheera and He-Man should hook up
    You fell victim of "Legomania"
    You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged "friendship bracelets"
    You remember fighting with your friends about whether or not Latoya was Michael
    If you wanted Mr. Belvedere to be your butler
    You ever owned a pair of Jelly Shoes
    If you remember who Miss Bliss was
    After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you couldn't stop saying"I know you are but what am I?"
    You remember "I've fallen...and I can't get up!"
    You ever owned a record
    You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates
    You ever got seriously injured on a slip and slide
    You know not to mix poprocks and soda
    You have played with a 'skipit'
    Mr.Big was the only song played at a party
    You had or went to a birthday party at McDonald's
    If you've ever wanted to go to Degrassi High
    You ever sat on or used one knee on a skateboard
    You learned oldies songs by watching Alvin and the Chipmunks
    You know how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop
    You had a Glow Worm
    You know the theme to "Facts of Life"
    Not only did you own a TrapperKeeper, but you stored it in a tote tray
    You remember dancing along with the Bangles in "Walk Like An Egyptian"
    If you remember Heathcliff the orange cat
    You saw the California Raisins Christmas claymation special
    You've gone through this list occasionally saying "That wasn't from the 80's"
    You wore boxer shorts as shorts
    Three words, "DY-NO-MITE!!!"
    You remember Popples
    DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!
    You wore socks over tights with high-top Reeboks
    You wore like 8 pairs of socks at once, scrunched down
    MISS MARY MACK MACK MACK ALL DRESSED IN BLACK BLACK BLACK.....
    You remember boom boxes instead of CD players
    You almost cried when Fievel finally got home in the movie American Tale
    You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies
    You remember when cereal boxes had little toys in them
    You thought you were the bomb in your umbrella hat
    You wanted Scooby Doo to be your dog
    You always seemed to have ALMOST enough popsicle pete points for a mountain bike but ended up losing them
    You either had or envied those who had pogo balls.
    You have debated the merits of scooters over skate boards
    You remember the frustration when nobody believed Big Bird when he told them about Snuffalufagus or the sadness when Mr. Hooper died.
    You ever watched UNDER THE UMBRELLA TREE
    Hello?! New Kids?
    You were young enough to have once thought that Vanilla Ice was cool.
    You watched the original Muppet Show.
    As a young student you had trouble differentiating between
    Uninterupted Sustained Silent Reading and the United Soviet States of Russia
    You experienced the emotianal rollercoaster that was The Land Before Time.
    After watching E.T. you either boycotted(because of fear) or embraced (because of hope) reeses pieces.
    You wanted to be a MiniPop
    You still have a pink crimper for sentimental reasons
    You know the care bear stare
    Your barbies rode on my little ponies
    You reeped hours of amusement from your bubble wand
    You still remember at least one through fourteen of "Jumpsies"
    You're now trying to remember what you did with your jumpsies rope
    You sympathized with Jacob Two-two and hoped that the Hooded Fang wouldn't jump through your television
    Goonies never say die!



    Thanks Amy for the great sig!

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    lmao, i relate to more than half of those. especially the fresh prince of bel-air. i loved that show
    "now this is a story
    all about how
    my life got twisted,
    turned upside-down
    now, let me take a minute
    just sit right there
    i'll tell you how i became the prince of a town called bel-air"

    i would sing the whole song, but i know it

    “I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running
    from one falling star to another till i drop. This is the night, what it does to you.
    I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.”
    - Jack Kerouac; On The Road

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    Heehee I definatley am!!
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    Tooo funny!!!!

    And how sad ... we're getting old when "our generation" is now the stuff of "You know you're a ..." email.
    "We give dogs the time we can spare, the space we can spare and the love we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal man has ever made" - M. Facklam

    "We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers and discoverers - thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses. Let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams."- P.S. Beagle

    "All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king." - J.R.R. Tolkien

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    He he he!! That was hilarious!! Yup, I'm a child of the 80's. The jelly shoes thing made me crack up...I had forgotten them. Man oh man did I want a pair. My mom FINALLY gave it and got them, and then I hated the smell of them. They stunk! I was surprised they didn't say anything about Cabbage Patch Kids!?!

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    Originally posted by Cookiebaker
    The jelly shoes thing made me crack up...I had forgotten them. Man oh man did I want a pair. My mom FINALLY gave it and got them, and then I hated the smell of them.

    Stunk? How about the fact you fell out of them cause they were so jelly-ish OR, how they would melt on your feet!!! Man, give me those clogs anyday!!

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    Re: Child of the 80's

    Originally posted by Crikit

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

    Hahaha... me and a bunch others where singing this in first period the other dasy, it's math class but you'd swear it was chorus... i think our singing actually helps us stay on task lol.

    ~Kay, Athena, Ace, Kiara, Mufasa, & Alice!
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    Set ablaze the billboards and their advertisements
    Love with all your hearts and never forget
    How good it feels to be alive
    And strive for your desire"

    -rx bandits

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    That's so funny! I guess I am I got all excited over a BUNCH of that stuff!

    *sniff* Mr. Hooper

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    Those were funny... some I had totally forgotten about.. like fraggle rock. Me and my friend were looking at some old pictures of us and I couldn't believe she remembered the name HYPERCOLOR shirts! It was so funny! AND L.A. GEAR.... I wanted one of their jean jackets soooooooooo bad but my mom never got me one..
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    WOO HOO! I'm not alone I don't know if I should be proud of the fact that I remember quite a bit almost all of this stuff or embarassed by it...I'm leaning towards embarassed because some of it I still like or do.

    You know what I mean, I still want to be a goonie. Heck sometimes I walk around and quote it at times...which was really bad when I was watching Fellowship of the rings and the Two Towers.

    The Fraggle Rock theme song is actually the ring tone on my cell phone...sometimes I'm so busy singing along that I forget to answer it.

    I still listen to New Kids...it's something I proudly will admit to
    Constantly use Wax On and Wax Off...as well as Live or Die...death first...wrong *HONK*

    and I've had in depth conversations about why Smurfette was the only female smurf...all I can say is everytime we have that conversation, the outcome of it isn't very favorable in Smurfettes court.

    There are other things on the list I can admit to but I think I've proved myself a big enough geek as it already is thanks
    Goonies never say die!



    Thanks Amy for the great sig!

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    Ok - I am old! What were HYPERCOLOR SHIRTS?? Would I as a adult at that time worn one? (and didn't know it!) The 8o's doesen't seem like it was that long ago..................

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    Yup, more than half of them apply to me as well. The 80's were the good ol days Im proud to be a child of the 80's









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    Hypercolor shirts were heat sensitive...so if you placed your hand on the shirt, it changed color in the shape of your hand print...after many washes in the hot dryer...they didnt work as well









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    I am not alone!! Almost all of those applied to me I was a bit older than kindergarden when Jem was popular....

    Jem is truly outrageous, truly, truly, truly outrageous
    ohhhh, Jem the music's contagious...
    Jem is my name, no one else is the same, Jem is my name
    We are The Misfits
    Our songs are better
    We are The Misfits, The Misfits
    And we're going to get her!

    How sad is it that I remember the theme song for Jem! I could also finish the rest of the Fresh Prince theme song if ya want!

    You loved Howard the duck and Adventures in Babysitting ....Yes, definite sleep over movies along with Ferris Buhler's(sp?) Day Off.

    To this day, I can't stand in-line skate. Give me a skating rink with regular skates anyday!

    Hmmm...New kids, Debbie Gibson, Tiffany!

    Anybody have a Teddy Rupskin(sp?) Or watch the show Under the Rainbow?(I think that was what it's called...it was one of those educational shows we watched all the time in Second Grade...Levar Burton from Star Trek was one of the hosts)

    Yes I had a pink crimper, hair sprayed my bangs to the side, and wore side ponytails*shudder*

    Anyone remember jams? those florescent colored almost knee length shorts. or, the baby doll socks worn with heels? Yes, I had jellies!

    Slip and slides were made for skinned knees and bruises, but did that stop us? no!

    Anyone remember Popples or Puf-a-lumfs?

    I'll stop now. I could go on and on. My friends think I'm weird because with any 80s song that comes on the radio, I can usually name the song, artist and year in the 80s it was popular. Freaky, I know! :P


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    Scout, Gigi, & Bixby -the kitties
    Rory, Lola, Jax, Max, & Lulu -the ferrets

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    Chinadoll...LOL

    I have all of the Jem dolls and could sing the song right along with you!! She had the blinking earings and her boyfriend was named Rio

    The Lavar Burton show was Reading Rainbow...

    "i can do anything"
    "i can fly anywhere"
    "take a look"
    "its in the book"
    "reading rainbow"

    (now i feel really old, b/c i watch this everday with my son!! LOL

    Jams! Yup, I wore them.

    Ever have parachute pants...they were the material that you would think a parachute would be made of...

    I also had those rubber bracelets that you wore like 30 of them in different colors...

    We also had sticker books and we would trade stickers...ahh, to be a kid again









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