You Know You're From the 80's if...

[HG]

1. You can sing the theme song from ‘Fame’
2. You remember when Saturday morning TV was either ‘Tiswas’ or ‘Noel’s multi- coloured ‘Swap shop’
3. You had a rat’s tail, a mullet (the first time round) or used wet look gel
4. You remember reading ‘choose your own adventure’ books.
5. You remember the craze of ‘elastics’ and ‘Double Dutch’ skipping
6. You collected smelly rubbers
7. You had/wanted a B.M.X /a Chopper or a Raleigh Grifter
8. You remember when home freezers were so big you could fit a whole cow inside one
9. You loved Magnum P.I
10. You played kerplunk
11. You had a Tiny tears/ Girls World/eagle eye Action man/Evel Knievel toy
12. You remember when Peter Duncan ran the marathon
13. You remember when Macdonalds first came to town
14. Your family had a soda stream
15. You used to wear too much hairspray
16. You know the words and actions to the Birdie Song , Agadoo and Superman too.
17. You wore leg warmers/fluorescent socks (different colour on each foot)
18. You had/wanted a ZX Spectrum or Commodore 64 ( and here’s one for the geeks the words ‘copyright 1984 Sinclair Research’ mean something to you)
19. It had to be ‘Insignia’ (for boys & girls)
20. You remember the test card & the days when children’s T.V was only on for a couple of hours a day
21. You wanted to be on Crackerjack
22. You remember when Neighbours & Eastenders hit our screens
23. You thought you might marry George Michael
24. Grange Hill was must see T.V & Degrassi Junior High was even better
25. If you had the day off school the only thing you could watch on T.V was Pebble Mill at One
26. You stayed up to watch The Tube
27. You remember when Adidas trainers were un-cool and Reeboks & LA Gear were the trainers of choice
28. You remember your parents first owning a video recorder/ dishwasher/ microwave
29. Computer screens were black with white or green writing there were no disks or cd’s only cassettes you had to rewind!
30. Tomorrow’s World predicted that we would all be wearing silver spacesuits & flying about on hover bikes by now
31. You recorded the charts from Radio 1 on a Sunday evening
32.You collected ‘pepe’ key rings
33. You can remember when M.B games were made of good quality plastic
34 You had a crush on/wanted to be Michael J Fox
35. You saw E.T at the cinema
36. The Chuckle Brothers were dogs
37. The theme song from Top Gun reminds you of your first ‘smooch’
38. You wore baggies, drainpipes or ski pants
39. You had a perm
40. Girls thought blue mascara and pink frosted lipstick looked good & boys thought ‘Sun-in’ looked good
41. You shopped for cool clothes in Concept man/ Chelsea Girl
42. You remember when breakfast T.V started
43. You had a fuzzy felt
44. You bought Smash Hits magazine for the song lyrics and Just Seventeen for the problem page
45. You can remember the first vinyl single you ever bought
46. You remember when cans of drink were 25p and crisps were 12p
47. You remember 1/2p’s ,Ł1 notes and the days before 20p’s even existed
48. You remember watching a movie on video at home for the first time
49. You loved Poison or Lacoste
50. You were jealous of the kids on Jim’ll Fix It
51. You ate Sherbert dip dabs, pacers, cola cubes, fireballs & popping candy
52. You made your friends C60 ‘mix-tapes’
53. You spent your pocket money on Star Wars figures
54. You didn't have to wear a seatbelt in the back of your parents car
55. You made arrangements to see your friends face to face and if you wanted to phone them at home you had to risk speaking to their dad!
56. You can recite the names of the fireman from Trumpton, go on you know you want to ‘Pugh, Pugh, Barney, Mcgrew…’
57. You watched Bananaman, Jackanory, The Flumps, Mr Benn, Bod, Jamie & the magic torch and Dangermouse
58. You had a poster of Duran Duran,Adam Ant, Llimahl or Mel and Kim on your wall
59. You wore jelly shoes and had a jelly bean bag.
60. You loved "The Adventure Game’ ... ‘gronda gronda’
61. You had the day off school for Charles and Di’s wedding and received at least one commemorative mug
62. You had a giant Puma school bag & a beige chino’s coat
63. You had a batwing jumper
64. You had to strap roller skates on over your shoes
65.You really wanted a Mr Frosty
66.Kevin Keegan, Daley Thompson,Duncan Goodhew and Eric Bristow were top sportsmen
67. You could/wanted to do the moonwalk
68. You remember when Madonna & Cyndi Lauper were in the same league
69. You drank Irn Bru, Um Bongo, Tizer, Tip Top & Dr Pepper
70. You really thought you might get into The Guinness Book of World Records one day

[Richard1978]

Re: You Know You're From the 80's if...

Guilty on too many points there.

You could add snow-wash jeans to 38.

[ClaudineJones]

Re: You Know You're From the 80's if...

71. You and your boyfriend/girlfriend walked up and down your local high street repeatedly for no better reason than you wanted people to notice your new walkman had double headphone sockets

[magneticfly]

Re: You Know You're From the 80's if...

1. You can sing the theme song from ‘Fame’
i wanna live foreeevvvveeeeerrrr

2. You remember when Saturday morning TV was either ‘Tiswas’ or ‘Noel’s multi- coloured ‘Swap shop’
and saturday morning picture cartoons at the local cinema made you feel very grown up going there with your friends

3. You had a rat’s tail, a mullet (the first time round) or used wet look gel
guilty, how much gel did i get through?

4. You remember reading ‘choose your own adventure’ books.
yep

5. You remember the craze of ‘elastics’ and ‘Double Dutch’ skipping
never got the hang of any of them but oved to watch

6. You collected smelly rubbers
my sister had the biggest collection in the world, she thought she would get into the guiness book of records, oh hang on thats number 70

7. You had/wanted a B.M.X /a Chopper or a Raleigh Grifter
do kids still pay outside now?

8. You remember when home freezers were so big you could fit a whole cow inside one
thinking....

9. You loved Magnum P.I
no

10. You played kerplunk
yes

11. You had a Tiny tears/ Girls World/eagle eye Action man/Evel Knievel toy
my doll was called effie i think

12. You remember when Peter Duncan ran the marathon
???

13. You remember when Macdonalds first came to town
it was burger king i remember coming to town first, it was a huge treat and very expensive then in wage terms


14. Your family had a soda stream
no but we did have a wall mounted electric tin opener which was quite novel

15. You used to wear too much hairspray
yes yes yes

16. You know the words and actions to the Birdie Song , Agadoo and Superman too.
erm.

17. You wore leg warmers/fluorescent socks (different colour on each foot)
and those trousers with the loops under the feet

18. You had/wanted a ZX Spectrum or Commodore 64 ( and here’s one for the geeks the words ‘copyright 1984 Sinclair Research’ mean something to you)
played it for housr the modern oc games cant compare in my opinion to hobbit and text adventures you are in a forest exits are north, west


19. It had to be ‘Insignia’ (for boys & girls)
dunno

20. You remember the test card & the days when children’s T.V was only on for a couple of hours a day
yes

21. You wanted to be on Crackerjack
its friday, its five to five,

22. You remember when Neighbours & Eastenders hit our screens
yes

23. You thought you might marry George Michael
paul young

24. Grange Hill was must see T.V & Degrassi Junior High was even better
only remeber grange hil

25. If you had the day off school the only thing you could watch on T.V was Pebble Mill at One
oh yes.how boring.and the very sombre news at one.

26. You stayed up to watch The Tube
yes and videoed it

27. You remember when Adidas trainers were un-cool and Reeboks & LA Gear were the trainers of choice
neber interested

28. You remember your parents first owning a video recorder/ dishwasher/ microwave
betamax video

29. Computer screens were black with white or green writing there were no disks or cd’s only cassettes you had to rewind!
what a pain!!!

30. Tomorrow’s World predicted that we would all be wearing silver spacesuits & flying about on hover bikes by now
dunno


31. You recorded the charts from Radio 1 on a Sunday evening
yes and was so irritated when the dj spoke over the top

32.You collected ‘pepe’ key rings
dunno

33. You can remember when M.B games were made of good quality plastic
yes

34 You had a crush on/wanted to be Michael J Fox
everything was michael j fox for a while.

35. You saw E.T at the cinema
i saw it on pirate video before it was released.oopsdunno how they did that without modern mobile phone photos but it was very muffled and bad quality

36. The Chuckle Brothers were dogs
dunno

37. The theme song from Top Gun reminds you of your first ‘smooch’
true by spandau ballet


38. You wore baggies, drainpipes or ski pants
yes

39. You had a perm
yes again

40. Girls thought blue mascara and pink frosted lipstick looked good & boys thought ‘Sun-in’ looked good
bue mascara.........twilight teaser lipstick........

41. You shopped for cool clothes in Concept man/ Chelsea Girl
still have my "first date" chelsea girl blouse and skirt.


42. You remember when breakfast T.V started
yes

43. You had a fuzzy felt
lots of them, the fets aways got lost and ended up in the wrong boxes so you had farm fuzzy felt commplete with sheep and cows and........crocodiles

44. You bought Smash Hits magazine for the song lyrics and Just Seventeen for the problem page
yes, and catch maagazine, and misty, and tammy.

45. You can remember the first vinyl single you ever bought
stand and deliver adam nad thee ants 79p

46. You remember when cans of drink were 25p and crisps were 12p
i think i remeber them being cheaper than that

47. You remember 1/2p’s ,Ł1 notes and the days before 20p’s even existed
yes i remeber 20ps coming in and everyone wanting to see one

48. You remember watching a movie on video at home for the first time
yes

49. You loved Poison or Lacoste
some blueberry scented perfume was all the rage

50. You were jealous of the kids on Jim’ll Fix It
always found it slightly creepy

51. You ate Sherbert dip dabs, pacers, cola cubes, fireballs & popping candy
the popping candy firghtened me after i heard an urban legend about it

52. You made your friends C60 ‘mix-tapes’
i had a home made mix tape given to me a birthday present

53. You spent your pocket money on Star Wars figures
i coud never see the attraction of star wars

54. You didn't have to wear a seatbelt in the back of your parents car
oh how we flaunted health and safety rules, we rode in open bed trucks with no seatbelt

55. You made arrangements to see your friends face to face and if you wanted to phone them at home you had to risk speaking to their dad!
and you spent hours on thwe phone to your boyfrined with your dad yelling "but youve only just got in from seeing him"


56. You can recite the names of the fireman from Trumpton, go on you know you want to ‘Pugh, Pugh, Barney, Mcgrew…’
camberwick green

57. You watched Bananaman, Jackanory, The Flumps, Mr Benn, Bod, Jamie & the magic torch and Dangermouse
hong kong 0hoey


58. You had a poster of Duran Duran,Adam Ant, Llimahl or Mel and Kim on your wall
lots of them stuck to the bedroom door

59. You wore jelly shoes and had a jelly bean bag.
no

60. You loved "The Adventure Game’ ... ‘gronda gronda’
no

61. You had the day off school for Charles and Di’s wedding and received at least one commemorative mug
cant remember but do remeber all the hype

62. You had a giant Puma school bag & a beige chino’s coat
an orange smelly orange swimming bag

63. You had a batwing jumper
erm

64. You had to strap roller skates on over your shoes
cant remeber

65.You really wanted a Mr Frosty
and a cadburys chocolate machine

66.Kevin Keegan, Daley Thompson,Duncan Goodhew and Eric Bristow were top sportsmen
yes

67. You could/wanted to do the moonwalk
wasnt interested

68. You remember when Madonna & Cyndi Lauper were in the same league
yes

69. You drank Irn Bru, Um Bongo, Tizer, Tip Top & Dr Pepper
top deck shandy and some lime and something?

70. You really thought you might get into The Guinness Book of World Records one day
took part in various attempts at things which wer always being organised in the local park and got stickers for the effort

[branny]

Re: You Know You're From the 80's if...

1. You can sing the theme song from ‘Fame’
2. You remember when Saturday morning TV was either ‘Tiswas’ or ‘Noel’s multi- coloured ‘Swap shop’
3. You had a rat’s tail, a mullet (the first time round) or used wet look gel
4. You remember reading ‘choose your own adventure’ books.
5. You remember the craze of ‘elastics’ and ‘Double Dutch’ skipping
6. You collected smelly rubbers
7. You had/wanted a B.M.X /a Chopper or a Raleigh Grifter
8. You remember when home freezers were so big you could fit a whole cow inside one
9. You loved Magnum P.I
10. You played kerplunk
11. You had a Tiny tears/ Girls World/eagle eye Action man/Evel Knievel toy
12. You remember when Peter Duncan ran the marathon
13. You remember when Macdonalds first came to town
14. Your family had a soda stream
15. You used to wear too much hairspray
16. You know the words and actions to the Birdie Song , Agadoo and Superman too.
17. You wore leg warmers/fluorescent socks (different colour on each foot)
18. You had/wanted a ZX Spectrum or Commodore 64 ( and here’s one for the geeks the words ‘copyright 1984 Sinclair Research’ mean something to you)
19. It had to be ‘Insignia’ (for boys & girls)
20. You remember the test card & the days when children’s T.V was only on for a couple of hours a day
21. You wanted to be on Crackerjack
22. You remember when Neighbours & Eastenders hit our screens
23. You thought you might marry George Michael
24. Grange Hill was must see T.V & Degrassi Junior High was even better
25. If you had the day off school the only thing you could watch on T.V was Pebble Mill at One
26. You stayed up to watch The Tube
27. You remember when Adidas trainers were un-cool and Reeboks & LA Gear were the trainers of choice
28. You remember your parents first owning a video recorder/ dishwasher/ microwave
29. Computer screens were black with white or green writing there were no disks or cd’s only cassettes you had to rewind!
30. Tomorrow’s World predicted that we would all be wearing silver spacesuits & flying about on hover bikes by now
31. You recorded the charts from Radio 1 on a Sunday evening
32.You collected ‘pepe’ key rings
33. You can remember when M.B games were made of good quality plastic
34 You had a crush on/wanted to be Michael J Fox
35. You saw E.T at the cinema
36. The Chuckle Brothers were dogs
37. The theme song from Top Gun reminds you of your first ‘smooch’
38. You wore baggies, drainpipes or ski pants
39. You had a perm
40. Girls thought blue mascara and pink frosted lipstick looked good & boys thought ‘Sun-in’ looked good
41. You shopped for cool clothes in Concept man/ Chelsea Girl
42. You remember when breakfast T.V started
43. You had a fuzzy felt
44. You bought Smash Hits magazine for the song lyrics and Just Seventeen for the problem page
45. You can remember the first vinyl single you ever bought
46. You remember when cans of drink were 25p and crisps were 12p
47. You remember 1/2p’s ,Ł1 notes and the days before 20p’s even existed
48. You remember watching a movie on video at home for the first time
49. You loved Poison or Lacoste
50. You were jealous of the kids on Jim’ll Fix It
51. You ate Sherbert dip dabs, pacers, cola cubes, fireballs & popping candy
52. You made your friends C60 ‘mix-tapes’
53. You spent your pocket money on Star Wars figures
54. You didn't have to wear a seatbelt in the back of your parents car
55. You made arrangements to see your friends face to face and if you wanted to phone them at home you had to risk speaking to their dad!
56. You can recite the names of the fireman from Trumpton, go on you know you want to ‘Pugh, Pugh, Barney, Mcgrew…’
57. You watched Bananaman, Jackanory, The Flumps, Mr Benn, Bod, Jamie & the magic torch and Dangermouse
58. You had a poster of Duran Duran,Adam Ant, Llimahl or Mel and Kim on your wall
59. You wore jelly shoes and had a jelly bean bag.
60. You loved "The Adventure Game’ ... ‘gronda gronda’
61. You had the day off school for Charles and Di’s wedding and received at least one commemorative mug
62. You had a giant Puma school bag & a beige chino’s coat
63. You had a batwing jumper
64. You had to strap roller skates on over your shoes
65.You really wanted a Mr Frosty
66.Kevin Keegan, Daley Thompson,Duncan Goodhew and Eric Bristow were top sportsmen
67. You could/wanted to do the moonwalk
68. You remember when Madonna & Cyndi Lauper were in the same league
69. You drank Irn Bru, Um Bongo, Tizer, Tip Top & Dr Pepper
70. You really thought you might get into The Guinness Book of World Records one day

Guilty as charged.

[ridski]

Re: You Know You're From the 80's if...

1. You can sing the theme song from ‘Fame’
2. You remember when Saturday morning TV was either ‘Tiswas’ or ‘Noel’s multi- coloured ‘Swap shop’
3. You had a rat’s tail, a mullet (the first time round) or used wet look gel
4. You remember reading ‘choose your own adventure’ books.
5. You remember the craze of ‘elastics’ and ‘Double Dutch’ skipping
6. You collected smelly rubbers
7. You had/wanted a B.M.X /a Chopper or a Raleigh Grifter
8. You remember when home freezers were so big you could fit a whole cow inside one
9. You loved Magnum P.I
10. You played kerplunk
11. You had a Tiny tears/ Girls World/eagle eye Action man/Evel Knievel toy
12. You remember when Peter Duncan ran the marathon
13. You remember when Macdonalds first came to town
14. Your family had a soda stream
15. You used to wear too much hairspray
16. You know the words and actions to the Birdie Song , Agadoo and Superman too.
17. You wore leg warmers/fluorescent socks (different colour on each foot)
18. You had/wanted a ZX Spectrum or Commodore 64 ( and here’s one for the geeks the words ‘copyright 1984 Sinclair Research’ mean something to you)
19. It had to be ‘Insignia’ (for boys & girls)
20. You remember the test card & the days when children’s T.V was only on for a couple of hours a day
21. You wanted to be on Crackerjack
22. You remember when Neighbours & Eastenders hit our screens
23. You thought you might marry George Michael
24. Grange Hill was must see T.V & Degrassi Junior High was even better
25. If you had the day off school the only thing you could watch on T.V was Pebble Mill at One
26. You stayed up to watch The Tube
27. You remember when Adidas trainers were un-cool and Reeboks & LA Gear were the trainers of choice
28. You remember your parents first owning a video recorder/ dishwasher/ microwave
29. Computer screens were black with white or green writing there were no disks or cd’s only cassettes you had to rewind!
30. Tomorrow’s World predicted that we would all be wearing silver spacesuits & flying about on hover bikes by now
31. You recorded the charts from Radio 1 on a Sunday evening
32.You collected ‘pepe’ key rings
33. You can remember when M.B games were made of good quality plastic
34 You had a crush on/wanted to be Michael J Fox
35. You saw E.T at the cinema
36. The Chuckle Brothers were dogs
37. The theme song from Top Gun reminds you of your first ‘smooch’
38. You wore baggies, drainpipes or ski pants
39. You had a perm
40. Girls thought blue mascara and pink frosted lipstick looked good & boys thought ‘Sun-in’ looked good
41. You shopped for cool clothes in Concept man/ Chelsea Girl
42. You remember when breakfast T.V started
43. You had a fuzzy felt
44. You bought Smash Hits magazine for the song lyrics and Just Seventeen for the problem page
45. You can remember the first vinyl single you ever bought
46. You remember when cans of drink were 25p and crisps were 12p
47. You remember 1/2p’s ,Ł1 notes and the days before 20p’s even existed
48. You remember watching a movie on video at home for the first time
49. You loved Poison or Lacoste
50. You were jealous of the kids on Jim’ll Fix It
51. You ate Sherbert dip dabs, pacers, cola cubes, fireballs & popping candy
52. You made your friends C60 ‘mix-tapes’
53. You spent your pocket money on Star Wars figures
54. You didn't have to wear a seatbelt in the back of your parents car
55. You made arrangements to see your friends face to face and if you wanted to phone them at home you had to risk speaking to their dad!
56. You can recite the names of the fireman from Trumpton, go on you know you want to ‘Pugh, Pugh, Barney, Mcgrew…’
57. You watched Bananaman, Jackanory, The Flumps, Mr Benn, Bod, Jamie & the magic torch and Dangermouse
58. You had a poster of Duran Duran,Adam Ant, Llimahl or Mel and Kim on your wall
59. You wore jelly shoes and had a jelly bean bag.
60. You loved "The Adventure Game’ ... ‘gronda gronda’
61. You had the day off school for Charles and Di’s wedding and received at least one commemorative mug
62. You had a giant Puma school bag & a beige chino’s coat
63. You had a batwing jumper
64. You had to strap roller skates on over your shoes
65.You really wanted a Mr Frosty
66.Kevin Keegan, Daley Thompson,Duncan Goodhew and Eric Bristow were top sportsmen
67. You could/wanted to do the moonwalk
68. You remember when Madonna & Cyndi Lauper were in the same league
69. You drank Irn Bru, Um Bongo, Tizer, Tip Top & Dr Pepper
70. You really thought you might get into The Guinness Book of World Records one day

Yeah, dat me.

[scotchmist]

Re: You Know You're From the 80's if...

Well done herr !! Very funny! I answered yes to 96% of these. Wouldn't it be bizarre if guy ritchie marries cyndi lauper !!??

[HG]

Re: You Know You're From the 80's if...

I didn't make them up, just acquired them

I know when I read through them a lot rang true with me.

[Hooper68]

Re: You Know You're From the 80's if...

It's a fair cop guv,lock me up and throw away the key

[Derekflint]

Re: You Know You're From the 80's if...

Deodorant, after shave
One all over smell.
Because it's new Insignia,
And it's all over nooow!

What's a mullet? Ahem.