You Know Your Grew Up In The 80's If....

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


  • You ever ended your sentence with "psych"
  • You solved the Rubics cube.....by peeling off the stickers
  • You watched the pound puppies
  • 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 thought it would be great to have a friend named "boner"
  • You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales"
  • 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
  • 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 got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school
  • 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
  • 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 took Lunch pales to school
  • You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf
  • You remember the craze, and also the banning of slap bracelets
  • You still get the urge to use "NOT" at the end of every statement you make
  • You remember Hypercolor T-shirts
  • Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band
  • You remember Punky Brewster
  • You loved Howard the duck
  • You thought Sheera and He-Man should hook up
  • You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged
  • ”friendship bracelets"
  • You ever owned a pair of Jelly Shoes
  • 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 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 'skip-it'
  • 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 had a Glow Worm or watched the cartoons
  • You remember dancing along with the Bangles in "Walk Like An Egyptian"
  • 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 remember Popples
  • Four words: 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 remember watching both "Gremlins" movies
  • You remember the gimp fad
  • You remember the Transformers
  • You knew what it meant to say: "Care bear stare!!" and you had a favorite
  • You remember Rainbow Bright and MY Little Pony Tails
  • You remember watching TV thinking doogie howser was hot!
  • You emember Alf, the little furry brown alien from Malmac
  • You remember the large amounts of hairspray used
  • You remember those very stylish headbands
  • You remember Vicky the Robot
  • You remember Eve Garland from Out of this World and how she could stop time by pressing the tips of her index fingers together and talking to her dad through a glowing cube in her bedroom
  • You remember the beginning of New Kids on the Block
  • You remember watching The Cosby show
  • You remember Mr. Belvadier
  • You remember Michael J. Fox in Family Ties and Back to the Future

             Special thanks to Al Darkow for supplying me with this list.

            Got an item from the 80's that wasn't on here? Email it to me and I'll put it on here.

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