You Know Your Stuck In The 80's If.......

[apirateslifeforme]

And fringe! Has anyone mentioned fringe yet?

And of course, it had to be fringe with denim. Acid washed, preferably.

Here's a pic to remind you of the good old days:

Ooh! Ooh, ooh, ooh...I still have my faded, oversized, rhinestone-studded denim jacket that my mother gave me for Christmas 1986! Does that count?

I also had a fringed denim shirt kind of like the jacket in the picture. The part above the fringe was silver metallic floral lace, then the white fringe, over faded denim (not acid-washed, just faded). I loved that shirt.

 

[glitterkittyy]

And I can't believe I'm doing this, but here is me in 1985. Ignore the fact that I was a band geek. I had a mullet AND high-waisted jeans AND an Ipod shirt with the collar popped.

Awesome!! Like gnarly to the max!

 

[fortheluvofpooh]

you are stuck in the 80s if you have hair like this. Photoshopped to protect identity.

 

[djm99]

If you still wear a fanny pack!!! I see a lot of those in WDW.

BTW, I just bought The Goonies for my 9 year old - she loved it. I didn't realize how bad their language was. After we finished the DVD, I watched the extras. Basically it was all the Goonies all grown up talking about the film. So basically it was ME watching the now adult goonies watching themselves as children. They did a commentary of the entire film.
It is still a good movie.

 

[TennisGirl80]

I have the greatest email...

You Know You
(or your kids)
Grew Up In the 80's IF:

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 theCarlton


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.
(I dont know this one...lol)


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 Pail Kids 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. (or spit, or blood)


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. (thought this was 90s)


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. Can't everyone?


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


33. You just sang those words to yourself. I really was too!!!!


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!


PASS THIS ON TO ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS WHO GREW UP IN THE 80s or Early 90s!!!

OMG - I am crying I'm laughing so hard at this list!!!! My kids think I'm nuts, but its so funny - so funny because its so true!!!!!! I bolded the ones that we the most true for me!

Sadly, its most of them!

 

[LuvOrlando]

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[chloe770]

let's not forget every man's fragrance...Drakkar

That stuff smelled bad

Did we all not forget " Like oh my god or like gag me with a spoon fer sure ". Valley girl talk was like so totally cool.

 

[cheermom1]

ok thanks can't get duran duran outa my head! (shot through the heart and you're to blame)

 

[glitterkittyy]

ok thanks can't get duran duran outa my head! (shot through the heart and you're to blame)

When did Duran Duran cover Bon Jovi songs? THAT I'd like to hear!

 

[cheermom1]

That stuff smelled bad

Did we all not forget " Like oh my god or like gag me with a spoon fer sure ". Valley girl talk was like so totally cool.

yep i sooo said that like fer sure like totally

 

[OhMari]

7. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
(I dont know this one...lol)

My kids played this on old Apple Computers.
Did you ever play the Sims or any reality computer games, this had to be the first.
Anyhow, my kids would starve their pioneers going out West.

I had all my kids in the 80's
I just remember really cool maternity clothes started coming out.

 

[cheermom1]

When did Duran Duran cover Bon Jovi songs? THAT I'd like to hear!

opps sorry you're right my bad!

 

[ckay87]

I was at Kohls last night looking for hoodies for my teen boys...so this was in the young men's section...and it appears that 80s colors and patterns are making a comeback. Like the pastelly zigzags and checkers, etc. I picked one up for my 16 year old, just out of curiousity. Figured I'd take it back if he didn't like it. He LOVED it; is wearing it today.

 

[OK!]

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

My brother got me a shirt a few years ago for my birthday that said, "I'm what Willis was talkin' 'bout!"

 

[OK!]

My kids played this on old Apple Computers.
Did you ever play the Sims or any reality computer games, this had to be the first.
Anyhow, my kids would starve their pioneers going out West.

My brother and I used to shoot everything that moved--for sport only. We left every buffalo where it fell and raced against time and starvation and scurvy and God knows what else to get to where we were going. That's the only way to rock Oregon Trail.

 

[swald91]

When did Duran Duran cover Bon Jovi songs? THAT I'd like to hear!

Hahahahahahahaha-I was wondering that myself-I LOVED Duran Duran!!!!!!!!! I love this thread-so funny..SO SCARY!!!!!

 

[bbwfan]

prairie skirts
panyhose
Hightop shoes unlaced or laced backwards with bow by the toe
penny loafers
mocasins with beaded birds on them
gasoline jeans with fold down flaps on them
bright colored carpentar pants
melt your eyeliner with match and then put on the rim of your eye
spray hair with hairspray BEFORE you wrap it around your curling iron
big combs in backpockets
cassette players in cars were cool
WWF wrestling every Saturday night
Porky's movies
St Elmo's Fire, Breakfast Club, Vision Quest, Pretty in Pink watched until you nearly wore out the VHS tape
Telephone conected to the wall and party lines (Grew up in the country)
Electric youth, Navy, and Exclamation perfumes
Putting a penny on your needle to prevent your record from skipping
having your Cassette recorder next to the radio to tape the Casey Kasem top 40
An allowance of $5 a week was allot
A $1 could buy a pop, candy car and bag of chips
Arcade games
Attari

 

[monorailsilver]

I had every color Esprit pants back in the mid-80's.

I had an air brushed Michael Jackson sweatshirt.

Two toned jeans.

Reebok high tops.

Friendship bracelets (or were they the 90's?). And I had these barretts that I made with ribbon & you criss crossed them so the ribbon hung onto your hair. As well as the paper clib beaded things we would put on our sneakers.

About 2 weeks ago I was in Walmart checking out & the lady at the next register (checking out also) had feathered hair. I couldn't help but stare at her & her perfectly Farrah hair. Feathered sides, parted middle & straight in the back & sides where the flip was not. And she had 2 teenage boys with her. OY!

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

You wait for the "Bud Bowl" at halftime during the SuperBowl.

You dance either by doing a head down type of hokey pocky or with your hands behinnd your back.

 

[cheermom1]

my favorite song was poor some sugar on me by deff lepord