You know you're a product of the 80s if/when.......?

Answer 1

You were named after Smerfs.

Answer 2

The Sony Walkman was THE item to own!

You felt very privileged when your family bought a CD player and CDs!

You remember watching your aunty use a knitting machine to make a bat-wing jumper.

Saturday mornings meant getting up to watch :~
The Raccoons ; Going Live ; Chucklevision ; The 8:15 from Manchester ; The Raggy Dolls

Weekday children's TV was presented from a broom cupboard, and the presenter had a small glove puppet as his co-prestenter!

You know who these characters are :~
MoonCat ; Mop & Smith ; Victoria Plum ; Robin & Rosie ; The Fraggles

You saw Paul McCartney's 'Rupert and the Frog Song' {I still have the vhs tape!}.

You think Jill Murphy's 'The Worst Witch' books are far better than Harry Potter, and you remember the original 80's film and hate the 00's TV series!

You find yourself screaming in dispair when teenagers of today refer to 1980's music as 'Really Old' :(

Answer 3

Can I still answer this question if I was born in the '70s but I grew up in the '80s? If so, I know I'm a child of the '80s EACH AND EVERY DAY and I don't need anything to happen for me to remember that!

Answer 4

You remember when MTV actually played music videos, you had to get up to change the channel on the TV, you owned an Atari, phones always had cords, walkmans were the rage, records were large discs that played music, the boom box was a must have for all break dancers, a home computer was a novelty and there was no internet, you owned anything in neon colors, and you had headbands to match your leg warners.

Answer 5

1. If you didn't worry and were happy
2. If your cell phone was bigger than you palm.
3. If you were way down in Co-co-mo.
4. If you uttered a careless whisper.
5. If you walked like and Egyptian.
6. If you did the walk of life.
7. If you had Betty Davis eyes!
8. If you paid less than 3.00 a gallon for gas!
9. If you were born in the USA
10. If you came from the land down under !

Answer 6

You still have jackets with shoulder pads.


You had several Cabbage Patch kid babies along with tehir precious certificate of "birth"


You were scared to death with that Thriller video and that errible movie Jaws.

You know who Shre'rah, Mun-Rah and He-man is.

You wore jelly bracelets up to your elbows and have Converse boots in all colors.

You know (and still have) Lp's in yoru basement.

Have no doubt of what a DeLorian is.

Had a huge crush on Micheal J Fox

Cried when Freddy Mercury died,

Had yoru bangs lookking like Alf's (you know who Alf is, admit it).

Good luck

Answer 7

You remember She-ra, not just He-man. You owned the ORIGINAL Ninja Turtles movie. You got excited that a new Transformers was just released. You loved "hair bands" before they were actually called hair bands. You know who Bret Michaels is. You know how to do the typewriter.

Answer 8

Married With Children was the No 1 comedy on TV

Answer 9

You still think big hair looks better on you.
You can remember having indiscriminate, unprotected sex and the only worry was pregnancy.
You think remote controls are one of the greatest inventions ever.
You still refer to new musical releases as so and so has a new album out.
The songs you liked as a kid were on 45's.
You know what a 45 RPM record is.
You still have some of those red thingys that you had to put on your record player so the 45's would spin correctly.
In times of stress, you're tempted to say things like "So? So buttons on your underwear!"

Answer 10

You recognize the sax music, playing in Carless Wisper song of Wahm

Answer 11

You attended the premiere of the movie Can't Buy Me Love starring Patrick Dempsey as a teenager