THIS
BRINGS BACK SOME GOOD
MEMORIES!!!! ENJOY!!!
You know its true! Hello
children of the
80's. Read this, it will take you back...
- 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 remember Madonna in
her cone stage outfit.
- You knew "The Artist"
when he was humbly called "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 v! ideo 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 Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.
- My Little Pony, Gummy
Bears and Transformers are familiar to you.
- You had a Swatch Watch.
- You believed that "By the
power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"
- Big wheels and BMX'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 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 recorded songs off
the radio with your boom box.
- You wore those wide,
colourful shoelaces.
- You never questioned why
the A-Team were always imprisoned in places that had sufficient tools
to build an armoured tank.
- Dungeons &
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 &
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
be! st 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. (Rentaghost for those not
in the know!)
- 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 towelling socks.
- Ooh, you could crush a
grape!
- You held a chicken in the
air or stuck a deckchair up your nose! .
- You wore legwarmers
& tried to do the splits while jumping in the air while singing
you were going to live forever.
- 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.
- Water balloons were the
ultimate weapon.
- Important decisions were
made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo."
