Re: You might be a child of the 80's if.... amola: - You wanted to be a Goonie.
omg yes. i actually went to the beach where that was filmed when i was in college.....it was so cool.......gorgeous beach.......
- You wore flourescent, neon clothing.
ugh. hate to admit that one.
- Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.
uh huh
- You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off.
yup
- You wore a banana clip at some point during your youth, or knew someone who did.
oh yeah.
- You owned a doll with 'Xavier Roberts' signed on it's ass
yep. and to make it worse, my mother made fake ones and sold them at craft shows. she made a killing on those d@mned things.
- You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout".
yup. watched it every week.
- You HAD to have your MTV
mom wouldn't let us watch it.
- You hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future".
doesn't everyone?
- You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name".
yup
- You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.
duh. it is a good movie.
- You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called"Prince".
yeah, he was good then
- You actually saw Ted Danson as the MacDaddy he played "Sam" to be.
was in love with him for a long time
- You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.
heck yeah. we had a knock-off though........sears brand, i think. neighbors had a colecovision......now that was cool!!!
- You own any cassettes.
still have more cassettes than cd's.
- You remember And/or own any of the CareBear Glass collection from Pizza Hut or any other stupid collection they came out with.
i still have the alvin glass from the chipmunks collection in my cupboard. dated 1985.
- Poltergeist freaked you out.
hell yeah. still does.
- You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunchbox.
strawberry shortcake, but close enough.
- You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.
yeah, what was up with that?
- You wore bike shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish,or knew someone who did.
a few times.....
- You had WonderWoman or Superman underoos.
do wonder woman glasses count?
man. i feel old.
tg--dirty dancing was from the late 80's. i watched it at an all night prom or homecoming party.
Re: You might be a child of the 80's if.... Blueyes424: toughgirl~ "Dirty Dancing" was from the latter part of the 80's....I think like 87 or 88.
Re: You might be a child of the 80's if.... amola: blue.......
tg's more of a 70's gal......hehehehehe her faulty memory is just a sign of her ever-increasing age........ :P
of course, i will always remain the much younger sister.........in fact, tg has a "milestone" birthday coming up in about 6 months......going to have to start plotting the evil deeds that might happen around that time.....
Re: You might be a child of the 80's if.... AfterMath: And please, please let us not forget our beloved parachute pants. Break dancing duds - but worst tools for the job, in retospect! They were NOT made of real papchute cloth!
Re: You might be a child of the 80's if.... amola: ah, the parachute pants. such the fashion statement.
we also went through this phase with the pullover v-neck sweaters worn backwards.....to this day, i don't know what was up with that, but i participated.
oh, and the two pairs of socks.......ok, say you're wearing a pink and blue sweater, so you wear a pair of pink socks under a pair of blue socks, with your jeans tucked into the top of the socks. uh huh. we were stylin.
and big hair. 'nuff said on that topic.
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