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You Know You Grew Up In the 80's if:

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These are always fun!

1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word SIKE.


2. You can sing the rap to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and can do the Carlton



3. You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on Blossom


4. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock"



5. It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.




6. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.



7. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.



8. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.


9. You played the game "MASH"(Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House)




10. You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it.


11. You know the profound meaning of " WAX ON , WAX OFF"




12. You wanted to be a Goonie.




13. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. (some of us...head-to-toe)




14. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off and his cheeks shifted.



15. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.




16. You took lunch boxes to school...and traded Garbage Pailkids in the schoolyard.




17. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.



18. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence.



19. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.



21. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes.


22. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?"



23. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"




24. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.



25. You have ever played with a Skip-It.


26. You remember boom boxes and walking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that.



27. You remember watching both Gremlins movies.





28. You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot.




29. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.



30. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool...and don't even flinch when people refer to them as "NKOTB"




31. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell," The ORIGINAL class.




32. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.


33. You just sang those words to yourself.


34. You still sing "We are the World"




35. You tight rolled your jeans.



36. You owned a bannana clip.


37. You remember "Where's the Beef?"




38. You used to (and probably still do)
say "What you talkin' 'bout Willis?"



39. You're still singing shot through the heart in your head, aren't you!
 

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HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! SWEET! That was TOTALLY me!

What about Pogs? Remember those?

The "skip it"

He Man "BY THE HONOUR OF GREY SKULL, I HAVE THE POWER!"

She Ra "BY THE HONOUR OF GREY SKULL, I AM SHE RA!" And then she'd point her sword at her horse Spirit and he'd grow wings and turn into "Swift Wind"

LOL!!! Good times!
 
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The Archie Comics
Josie and the [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] Cats Comics
Casper the Friendly Ghost Comics
Lil' Hot Stuff Comics
Richie Rich Comics

LOL! I forgot about all those!
 
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Whenever I see any of those "You know you grew up in the xx's if..." I always think how old it makes those people seem because so much has changed but I never realised so much has changed in twenty years

Who remembers the Gummi Bears?

*starts singing to herself*
"Gummi Bears, jumping here and there and everywhere..."

if anybody can remember the rest let me know.

I just remember the last few lines

"High adventure that's beyond compare, they are the Gummi Bears!"

I also loved My Little Pony, Care Bears and Pound Puppies.

Those were good times.
 
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YES! I remember those!!!! LOL!!!! (no, I don't remember the rest of the song)

But do any of you remember Astro Boy? "Flying high in the sky"... something something something..."Astro boy, Astro Boy..." LOL!!!
 
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I remember most of that list from back when I was 5, I swear. We lagged a few years behind when we growing up. Heck, I remember watching stuff on my family's Betamax deck. Yeah. (And I actually have a Beta tape sitting on my shelf not five feet away from me right now)

How about the Wuzzles? I loved that show. I still remember console televisions. We had one until 1997 when it finally died. I remember when Jurassic Park came out, and I wasn't allowed to watch it even after my grandparents got it for me for my birthday (like a year and a half later; when it actually took a year and a half for stuff to get to video).

Remembering stuff from the early to mid 90s (SWAT Kats, anyone?) is starting to get to be the same way, while stuff from the late 90s is beginning to seem increasingly dated. Despite that, I can't bring myself to think that so much has changed - save the advent of better computers (including consumer-priced broadband internet) and crappier mainstream music, I can't see current culture being too out of place if it were plopped down in '95 or '96.
 
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Oh my gosh! I remember ALL of those! I love this thread!

Anyone remember:

The Friendly Giant, Mr.Dressup, Under the Umbrella Tree, Today's Special....

And one of my all time favourites...

"If there's something strange, in the neighbourhood, who you gonna call?" (say it for me LOL!)
 
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The only one I know is the last line, SA missed out on alot of stuff that America/Canada had.

But do you remember the cartoon series of that movie?
 
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The only one I know is the last line, SA missed out on alot of stuff that America/Canada had.

But do you remember the cartoon series of that movie?
defenitly remember the cartoon series ghostbusters. Slimer was cool.


By the way Shot through the heart is still going through my head thank you very much.
 
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I forgot about Slimer! He was cool! Didn't they have the weird skull telephone that used to talk??
That was a different ghostbusters cartoon.


There were two different cartoons that were under the same name. How I don't know but there were.
 
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