U know you were a child in the 80's if?

Question

-ou can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off. Or even when he had those freaky eyes in "Thriller" at the end of the video.
-ou wanted to be on star search
-Poltergeist" totally freaked you out
-u carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunchbox
-You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish
-u ever had a Swatch Watch
-u remember when Saturday Night Live was funny
-u ever dressed to emulate a person you saw in either a Duran Duran, Madonna, or Cyndi Lauper video
-u actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie
-u have heard of "Garbage Pail Kids" (and perhaps still have a collection of them).
-You held the top score on Pac-Man
-3 words: "Atari" "IntelliVision" and "Coleco". Sound familiar?
-You've recently horrified urself by using any one of the
following phrases:
When I was younger
When I was ur age
U know, back when
Because I SAID so, that's why
What the HECK is this noise on the radio

TO VAl...OMG i completly remember that circle thing with the line in the middle for the shirts...LMAO oh gosh too funny

Answer 1

You wore jelly shoes.

You remember all of the words to Pac-Man Fever.

You owned a crimping iron.

You wished like hell that you could be a member of the Brat Pack.

You remember when the 2 Coreys were cute and popular, and even had their own 1-900 number.

You though no show could ever be as good as Silver Spoons, except maybe The Cosby Show.

You ever wore a banana clip in your hair.

You remember when MTV played videos all day long.

You ever owned a t-shirt that read "Frankie Say Relax."

Answer 2

Ok, I am so an 80's child. I remember all of that plus I wanted to be a Solid Gold Dancer. Don Johnson was the hottest thing on TV. Rob Lowe was dreamy and Mollie Ringwald was so cool. I loved watching the Brat Pack movies, The Goonies and Space Balls. What a great decade. lol Great Question!

Answer 3

If you know Jem, the girls that was truly amazing, or if you used to collect the Michael Jackson cards that had a stick of gum in it and the back of the cards were pieces to a poster puzzle....
um let's see, Punky Brewster and Webster and Leave it to Beaver, Perry mason and What about "Out of this World" where the little girl had those powers. Key chains with the bottle nipple on it...and various other key chains

Answer 4

That is so funny!!
I was a child of the 80's also.
-I carried my lunch in a Snorks lunch box.
-I totally remember the the Garbage Pail Kids
-I wore the bike shorts under a skirt, also I used those plastic things that look like a no symbol (circle w/ line through it) to tie up the bottom of my shirts.
~And I have definitely noticed myself saying such things as "When I was a kid...." lately. Scary isn't it! When did we become grownups!?!

Answer 5

Yes to all the above! And what the hell is with the rap today? Old School Hip-Hop was awesome! - Sugarhill Gang, Grandmaster Flash and Kurtis Blow. *Sigh* It's just an indication of how the world changes for the worse.

Answer 6

The only things I have to say is
shell suits! or
Blue suede jackets or
Baggy Muscle Trousers

btw I was only 7 when it became the 90s

Answer 7

You wore skids, STILL know all the words to Ice Ice Baby, have Mumra's castle with battle damage Lion-o from thundercats.

Answer 8

Sounds like the eighties to me, you missed Boy George but you did a great job at catching everything else. =)

Answer 9

If you remember watching Ghostbusters and Terminator (the original, first one) when they first came out on VHS.

Answer 10

For all of you 80's children(including me), check out retrojunk.com. You will love this site. And yes, I remember all of that. Am I really that old? LOL