Children of the 8o's do you remember?

Hello children of the 80's. Read this, it will take you back but be careful cause it will also make you


realise that you are now actually OLD!!





Um Bongo, Um Bongo, They drink it in the Congo.





Friendship bracelets were ties that couldn't be broken.





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 had one of those T-shirts that changed colour with heat (Global Hypercolour).





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 Saved by the Bell.





You remember Madonna in her cone stage.





You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly titled "Prince."





You wore fluorescent-neon clothing... (if you can call it clothing!).





You could break dance (ok, you 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 just plain Will Smith!





You own any cassettes.





You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins, ALF or ET lunchbox.





You have ever pondered on why Smurfit was the ONLY female surf.





My Little Pony, Gummy Bears and Transformers are familiar to you.





You had a Swatch Watch.





You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the "Care Bear stare."





You believed that "By the power of Grey skull, you HAD the power!"





Big wheels and Box’s were the way to go.





With your pink (or blue) portable tape player, you sang to Kylie and Jason!





You owned Polly Pocket or Micro Machines.





You made Ken fall in love with Barbie.





Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.





You knew that Transformers were "more than meets the eye".





You wore a banana clip at some point during your


Youth.





You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY


good film.





You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all


be living in space.





You know what leg warmers are and probably had a pair.





You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.





You had to change into play clothes after school.





You recorded songs off the radio with your boom box.





You wore those wide, colourful shoelaces.





You still don't like going in the sea because of Jaws.








You never questioned why the A-Team were always imprisoned in places that had sufficient tools to build an armored tank.





Dungeons %26amp; Dragons was your favourite programme.





You said "bright light, bright light" in a strange high-pitched voice.





You fell out with friends during heated arguments about the relative merits of Matt %26amp; Luke.





Cerise pink, electric blue and banana yellow have ever featured in your wardrobe or make-up collection.





You did the top toggle of your coat up around your neck without having your arms in the sleeves, and you


knew you looked like a superhero.





Your new winter coat was best used to demonstrate that your wings were like a shield of steel.





You still remember when the A-ha video was the pinnacle


of modern technology and you can still sing all the words.





Your best party dress was either a ra-ra or puff-ball skirt.





You remember watching a house inhabited by a jester, a pantomime horse and a woman who sneezed, and thinking that this was perfectly normal.








You tried to convince your Dad to fit a strip of red lights on the front of a Capri so it looked like KITT.








You had more than 10 sweets in a 10p mix-up.





You hid behind the sofa whenever you heard the word "Exterminate!".





Girls - You owned a pair of Pixie boots, generally worn with leg warmers. Boys - You owned a pair of pale grey slip-ons, generally worn with white toweling socks.





You held a chicken in the air or stuck a deckchair up your nose.





You wore legwarmers %26amp; tried to do the splits while jumping in the air while singing you were going to


live forever.





You remember Fingermouse and Dangermouse (not forgetting his trusty sidekick Penfold!).





You know all the words to "Hey Mickey"(well, nobody knows past the first verse anyway).





Your best mate had a Soda Stream at home and you were jealous.





Any elderly Scottish lady sounds like Supergran.





You remember playing British Bulldog.





When 'Computer' Tennis, Pac-Man and Donkey-Kong ruled.








You remember hearing the tune then running out to buy an ice cream cone on a warm summer night - 99's, screwballs or a cider lolly.





You got up extra early, especially to watch Saturday Morning cartoons.





You were occasionally allowed to stay up late for Howard's Way, Dallas, Dynasty or Minder.





Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.





You remember when 25p was decent pocket money and you'd reach into a muddy gutter for 10p.





Important decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo."





Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.





Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable aspirin.





Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors.

Children of the 8o's do you remember?
oh thanks a lot, i turned 20 yesterday (OK so I'm still the youngest person to answer this question) and after reading this i feel Ive just waved goodbye to my youth. oh here are a few more to make you smile.





raggy dolls, can you name them all.





teenage mutant ninja turtles, again, can you name them all, including the baddies.





rainbow with bungle, zippy and the extremely camp George, which at the time never occurred to you.





rainbow bright.
Reply:I'm only 16, and I remember quite a few of those things from the 90's.





Especially the "enny-menee-minee-mo" thing. Lol. Report It

Reply:Not only do I remember MC Hammer but I remember wearing a pair of those ridiculous pants he always had on as well. I thought these looked great teemed with a pair of purple kickers or green wallabies.


Batfink was one of my favourite cartoons along with Hong Kong Fuey and Captain Caaaaaaaavvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeman


Does anyone remember Josseys Giants? it was a BBC kids TV programme about a kids football team.
Reply:Parents of 80's children remember all this too because we had to buy it or watch it. "By the Power of Greyskull!". And you forgot Pob btw.
Reply:Spot on. apart from dirty dancing an the banana clip, do a wicked impression of Uni from D %26amp; D, an I have wings of steel whoosh ching. Always wanted that Soda stream, even though they tasted naf. lol





Major flash backs LOL Thank you.
Reply:Oh man...did you bring back some memories...(born in 1977)
Reply:How could you forget any of that?





The D%26amp;D cartoon is now available, as are almost all of the great cartoons of the 80s, on DVD.





The song is "Oh Mickey".





I remember when a dollar bought a 10 oz soda and 2 crocodiles. Oh those were the days. Now you can't even get a soda for a dollar.





Now that I am a new dad and get up early every morning wit my daughter, I miss all of the great early morning cartoons and especially the Saturday morning cartoons. Now there isn't anything on except infomercials. How depressing for the kids of today.
Reply:Ah, those were the days. Any self respecting child of the 80's should also remember:


Dogtanian and the three muskahounds


Mysterious Cities of Gold


Thundercats


Defenders of the Earth


Button Moon and the fashion statement that was very large bright Fila Trainers
Reply:This made me chuckle yet also feel melancholy. Ah, my lost youth. lol.





You'd also remember a lilt like drink with uber cool adverts ending in the whispered word "Quatro"


Metal Mickey would have made you laugh (boogie woogie)


You'd have owned at least 2 pairs of neon socks just so you could wear a different colour on each foot.


Good things were "skill"
Reply:How true.
Reply:sooo true! and shellsuits, dont forget them!!!!
Reply:brilliant, brought back so many memories, thank you
Reply:haha your spot on with it all im 28 and remember them all to well..xx does this mean i am old?? lol.x
Reply:yeah I remember all that and I still have my lucky yellow ra-ra shirt and pink leg warmers...x
Reply:omg! im ollllldddddd
Reply:I'M OLD,





boo hoo hoo
Reply:hmmm...well honestly...i'm not that 80's....





But i remember all of that....
Reply:I remember nearly all that stuff because I was a child, then a teenager in the 1980s, but I still don't consider myself THAT OLD!!! Now, I'm a little more than a little older than a teenager though. I'm still young at heart!
Reply:hahaha, those were the days, remember quite afew of those things.
Reply:my parents remember this
Reply:so many memories which bring a smile xx thank you
Reply:I was born in 72, so maybe a little old and I wasn't into Kylie and Jason at 16 and I've never heard of British Bulldog (as I wasn't allowed out at playtime for medical reasons), but everything else is so true. No more details as a lot of it has brought back so many embarassing, and yet cool memories. The 80's ruled full stop! I wish it was still like that!
Reply:I'm a parent of 3 80's kids and i remember all of that. i was quite upset when they changed he-man but the kids didn't care.
Reply:Ahh, good times. I was born 11th december 1989 - a whole 3 weeks of the 80s lol!





I got love for you if you were born in the 80s! :P (don't tell me you didn't see that coming! :P)