Name all the funny, outdated things you remember from the 70's and 80's?

Question

I just love to think of all the wacky products and gadgets. Help me think of some good ones.

Answer 1

Pet rocks
jelly bracelets / shoes
tight rolling your jean cuffs
friendship pins (safety pins w/ beads on them)
crimped hair/ big hair
disco balls/ lava lamps
shag carpeting
plat form shoes on men
8 track
Holly Hobby
Rubics cube (sp)
big wheels

Answer 2

1) Racism 2) Hooligans fighting or making caos 3) flares 4) referees that are on the score are 90% of the time without saying a word or helping the main ref 5) economic crisis!

Answer 3

i loved the wheel-o, still have my Barbies and Cabbage Patch Kids. I have tons of Beatles memorabilia, some original, some reproduced. I still have my cut-off sweatshirts, they come in handy for 80's parties. we still play Twister and toss-across (with my kids). my most treasured items are my cap and gown from highschool (class of 84).

Answer 4

When tube tops first came out, one of my cousins (5 years old) announced loudly, "Look, Mama! That lady is wearing a steering wheel cover!"

Answer 5

How could anyone forget Pet Rocks and Mood Rings?

Answer 6

Bedaziler, Sit & spin, Slinky, Pet rocks, Tye dye, Disco, Just to name a few..

Answer 7

Madonna spandex and flashdance shirts (off the shoulder) (80"s) and leg warmers.

Answer 8

Vinyl disks. Tape recorders. Huge computers. Not so many, come to think of it.

Answer 9

Everything about the video clip "Jump" by Van-Halen.

Answer 10

Polyester slacks.