Eighties Kids (you know you're one!)

it's a living was a show about a fancy restaurant that had a maitre d that was an older woman and cute waitresses and a slimey piano player lothario. My parents watched it sometimes. it had sheryl lee ralph and that blond lady that was famous for having breast cancer (i can't remember her name now).

Wow.. great thread! Brings back memories...I still LOVE Journey!! I can hear a Journey song, and I am right back in high school...And thanks to Boonesfarm Strawberry Hill, I cant remember anything about my prom after the trip to the county line....is it too late to sue????

Ya all remember "The facts of Life"?

You know you grew up in the 1980's when....

You know what "sike" means. yep

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

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

You can sing the McDonald's Big Mack, Filet-o-Fish,quarter pounder, French-fry song. to this day; was just singing it a couple days ago in fact
You know who Mr. T is. I pity the fool

You remember the Thundercats and Strawberry Shortcake. yep

You ever wore fluorescent, neon clothing. nope

You could breakdance, or wish you could. yep and yep

You wanted to be The Hulk or Barbie for Halloween. nope

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

Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away. yep

You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye. nope

You have had at least one Cabbage patch kid doll. nope

You knew that knowing is half the battle. still say this to this day too

You wanted to be on Star Search. nope

You can remember Michael Jackson when he was black. lol...that's good stuff right there

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

You remember the garbage pail kids, and owned some. had a bunch of the cards (maybe the entire set)

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

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

You owned cassettes. still do

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

You remember and/or owned any of the Care Bear Glass collection from Pizza Hut or the Muppets glasses from McDonalds. nope

Poltergeist freaked you out. no but the nightmare on elm streets, friday the 13ths and halloween's did

You knew who Ben Stein was before you could win his money, "Bueller?" anyone anyone anyone

You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins, ET, Dukes of Hazzard, Knight Rider, Strawberry Shortcake, My little Pony or A-Team lunch box. nope

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

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

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

You wore your Izod shirt with the collar up. collar down

You had a Swatch Watch with the Swatch Guard. nope

You had so much hair spray in your hair that you could lift a whole
section by pulling one strand. nope

You remember when Happy Meals came in a box, not a paper bag. yep

You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny. never got into that much

You had Wonder Woman or Superman underoos. superman

You know what a "Push Up" ice cream is. yum

You had to come in the house when the street lights came on. no

You had to change into *play* clothes after school. no--1 in the same

You owned, or knew somebody with a Commodore 64. yep

You hated Scrappy Doo. nope

You recorded songs off the radio with your boom box. yep

You wish you had a light saber. had one...does plastic count?

Somehow you still know all the words to songs played on VH1's "Big 80's"
Your arm was full of rubber bracelets. nope

You have ever said, "Gag me with a spoon." nope

You have ever wondered what happened to Saturday morning cartoons. yep

You had to get up to change the channel. yep

You can still sing 1 to 12 from the Pinball machine on Sesame Street. nope

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Class of '87 here.


I was a master on the Atari. Pacman anyone?

You know you grew up in the 1980's when....

You know what "sike" means. yes

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

You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer". love the sound of that word. much more descriptive!


Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away. AND You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon.


You can remember Michael Jackson when he was black. yes

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

You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie. You mean it's not???

You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system. Yes, and Pong before it!

You owned cassettes. yes... and I still have them... in a box... in the basement!

You remember and/or owned any of the Care Bear Glass collection from Pizza Hut or the Muppets glasses from McDonalds. yes - among other glass sets!

Poltergeist freaked you out. No -- I saw it with my friend and her brother... who held my hand during the scary parts! ("This house is clean" -- btw, I pictured her as Delores Umbridge in Harry Potter!)


You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins, ET, Dukes of Hazzard, Knight Rider, Strawberry Shortcake, My little Pony or A-Team lunch box. Barbie in the 70s. But, I had David Hasselhoffs picture taped in my locker!

You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf. and the only one with any sense.

You know what leg warmers are and probably had a pair. yes...and no.

You had to come in the house when the street lights came on. unless all the parents were outside, too!

You owned, or knew somebody with a Commodore 64. not until college.. got it from my boyfriend when he got the C 128!

You recorded songs off the radio with your boom box. yes!

Somehow you still know all the words to songs played on VH1's "Big 80's" yes, but now I am buying my favorite 80s songs from iTunes!!

You have ever said, "Gag me with a spoon." I actually managed to go see the Gallaria in the '90s!

You have ever wondered what happened to Saturday morning cartoons. I set an alarm to wake me up for them!

You had to get up to change the channel.until we got our first wired remote control tv!


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