Wednesday, April 15, 2009

for the love of ALL things 80's....as in the 1980's!

SERIOUSLY funny, copied, not mine...but boy oh boy will you get a laugh if you grew up in the 80's! You gotta love the 80's....they STILL are providing some seriously good laughs!
ENJOY!


* You remember Don Johnson when he was "cool" (i have a whole previous post dedicated to Don!)
* You know who shot J.R
* You remember when Michael Jackson was actually considered something of a sex symbol
* You practiced getting in and out of your car through the windows
*You owned at least one skinny leather tie.
*Your first Walkman weighed 10 pounds and was the size of a brick.
* You wore L.A. Gear tennis shoes.
* You know the meaning of Wax on/Wax Off
* You're always "in the mood for dancing"
* If you can "See Better" with sunglasses that have paint splattered all over the lenses.
* You wore lace gloves with the fingers cut off, bangle bracelets up to your elbows, bright redReebok high tops and parachute pants to a school dance
* You need a shopping cart to carry your personal stereo with you.
* You remember what Michael Jackson looked like before the surgery.
* You go rollerskating every Friday night (not to skate, but to 'hang out')
* You still want to take Karate...(after you move to California)
* You watch NYPD Blue thinking, "Well, they're no Crockett and Tubbs, that's for sure".
* "Outrageous!" is the term to describe something neat and cool
* You think that Garbage Pail Kids are your children's worst enemy
* You had a poster of Bo, Luke & Daisy Duke
* There was nothing to question about Bert n' Ernie living together
* The feeling in your thumb is only now just returning after holding down the Atari joystick tocontrol the racecar in Enduro Racer
* You went out and purchased the sound track for 'Miami Vice'
* You remember the magazines of song lyrics
* If you think Hulk Hogan is the best wrestler of all time.
* If the best non-slasher movie in your opinion is An American Werewolf In London.
* Two words: The Clapper.
* Six words: "This is your brain on drugs."
* You STILL want to live in 'the Valley'.
* Ferris Bueller was your idol...."Bueller, Bueller..."
* You watched 'Star Search' on a regular basis.
* You can sing all the words to "One Night in Bangkok" by Murray Head, and now you understand that it is about chess.
* You had an entire wardrobe of Esprit clothing (or coveted one.)
* If you know the words to the "Oscar Mayer" theme songs
* Your bangs are teased perfectly to 7 inches above the rest of your hair.
* Have multi-colored earrings that touch your shoulders
* Played Upwords, Boggle or Trivial Pursuit (the original) on a rainy afternoon
* You're still bitter that WHAM broke up
* You know whose phone number is 867-5309 ("jenny i got your number...")
* You drink Diet Coke because Max Headroom told you to
* You can feel St. Elmo's fire burnin' in you.
* You still wear a bandana tied around your leg and/or a ponytail off-center on the side of your head. (OH! MY! GOSH!!! FUNNY! FUNNY!)
* You have the tendency to turn up the collar of your polo shirts
* You never go out for a night on the town without frosted blue eyeshadow and feathered bangs
* Everything in your wardrobe is either pastel or fluorescent
* People are constantly "gagging you with spoons"
*You know all the words to "I'm just a bill, sitting up on Capitol Hill" and "School House Rock."
*The phrase "Where's the beef?" still doubles you over with laughter.
* You still can't believe that Milli Vanilli was deceiving you all that time
* Every now and then, you blurt out: "Ooh noo, Mr. Bill!!!"
* You still watch things on Beta tapes
* You know who Martha Quinn is.
*You still carry your boom box on your shoulder
* You think David Hasselhoff was awesome in Knight Rider but sucks in "Boob Watch" aka "Bay Watch."
* You wanted to be "The Hulk" for halloween
* A piece of folded paper and two hands could tell your fortune.
* Knickers and leg warmers were cool
* If you remember Bruce Willis from Moonlighting, not Die Hard
* You had ringside seats for Luke and Laura's wedding
* You ever had a Dorothy Hammill haircut.
* You thought a Commodore 64 was the highest technology available
* When you saw luging at the Winter Olympics you poured water down your driveway and tried ityourself.
*You want to be "Where Everybody Knows Your Name"
* 'A Different World' kicked butt
*Remember "Dancin' to a Big Mac at McDonalds!"
* You know who played Magnum P.I. and thought he was SO HOT!
*One Phrase, "The Plane, The Plane"
* You can name at least three members of the Brat Pack
* Still think banana clips were a godsend
* Still wear Wet n' Wild makeup (oh come on ...who doesn't?)
* If your idea of hi-tech toys is still the heat-sensitive color-changing sticker on Transformers
* You ever wanted to learn to play "Stairway to Heaven" on the guitar and choreographed "Dancing Queen" by yourself in your room.
* You still wear your "Members Only" jacket.
* You still have a couple of those barrettes made of woven ribbons.
* You had snap bracelets
* You remember when Pee-Wee wasn't a pervert.
* You had had five pairs of socks on at any given time
* You still think Donkey Kong can beat Mario up
* If you still have your scratch-n-sniff sticker collection
* If you ever used Lee Press-On Nails
* If you ever wore jelly shoes
* If you remember when you heard that drinking soda and eating Pop Rocks would make your stomach explode
*You still play with that CASIO SK-1 Keyboard
* You're still hoping for a New Kids on the Block reunion tour
* You still argue over who was better: Tiffany or Debbie Gibson
* Every time you hear the "OH YEAH..." song you think of "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"
* You still watch tapes of Stingray, McGyver, and Airwolf

6 comments:

Heather said...

that is like totally outrageously righteous! this author has been blogging about the 80's too...but not as good as your list! too funny...good times!

http://www.jennsylvania.com/jennsylvania/

Rigby Fam said...

I love the 80's. It's scary that some of that stuff is back. At least I think it is. Isn't it? Did it ever go out????

Keely said...

sigh.....I so miss the 80's!!!!
(hehe!!)

Libbi said...

My top three...
1. I didn't have an entire wardrobe of espirit - but boy I COVETED one.
2. I loved St. Elmo's fire... (racey)
3. I watched Luke and Laura - and their wedding....every day.

Good times.

The "K" in JKD said...

aaahhh the memories. Scary thought, but I think some of those trends are starting to return.

Amy said...

Those were the days........life was so much easier!