Hello children of the 80s...
Read this, it will take you back but be careful as it will
also make you realise that you are now actually OLD!!!
- Snap bracelets were always getting you in trouble at
school
- You played with "My Little Ponies."
- Friendship bracelets were ties that couldn't be broken.
- You ever read Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, The Babysitters
Club, or Sweet Valley High.
- You know all the words to "Ice Ice Baby.
- You wanted to be on "Jim'll Fix It"
- You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before
he had plastic surgery.
- You wore one of those slap-on wristbands at some point...
or heaven forbid one of those T-shirts that changed
colour with heat
- You had slouch socks (oh yeah baby!) and puff painted
your own shirt at least once.
- You know the profound meaning of Wax on, Wax off."
- You were upset when She-ra, Princess of Power and He-Man
got cancelled.
- You can remember watching Full House and Saved by the
Bell (ahhh)
- You remember Madonna in her cone stage.
- You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called
"Prince."
- You even wore fluorescent-neon clothing... (if you can
call it clothing!)
- You could breakdance, or wished you could.
- You remember when amiga was a state of the art video game
system.
- You remember M.C. Hammer.
- You can still sing the rap to "Fresh Prince of Bel
Air"
- You can remember when it was Jazzy Jeff and the fresh
Prince and NOT Will Smith!
- You own any cassettes.
- You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET
lunchbox.
- You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female
smurf.
- My Little Pony, Gummy Bears and Transformers are familiar
to you.
- You ever had a Swatch Watch.
- You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the
"Care Bear stare."
- You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you
HAD the power!"
- You thought that Transformers were more than meets the
eye.
- You spent hours in the basement building and re-building
Lego cities.
- Big wheels and BMX's were the way to go.
- With your pink (or blue) portable tape player, you sang
back up to Kylie and Jason!
- If you ever owned Polly Pocket or Micro Machines
- If you ever made Ken fall in love with Barbie
If you can identify with at least half of these, you are a
child of the 80's!
Send this to everyone who would appreciate going back to this
wonderful [scary] decade!