Lois & Clark Forums Forums General Discussion Off Topic Child of the '80s....

What if you knew Prince when he was just Roger Nelson?

Tank the Resting (who knew waaaay too many of those things mentioned for someone who was definitely NOT a child of the eighties)

>You know what a "burnout" is.
Hmm, is that like a "wipeout"?

>You owned/operated a 'Trapper Keeper'
Fer sure!

>You know what "Psych" means.
Well, natch!

>You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off".
Watched all 3!

>You know that another name for a keyboard is a
>"Synthesizer".
Had a bitty one.

>You can name at least half of the members of the elite "Brat Pack".
I can't name 'em, but I do recognize their names.

>You know who Tina Yothers is.
Still love -- and watch -- Family Ties.

>You wanted to be a Goonie.
Watched 'em, but didn't want to be one.

>You had top-of-the-line Commodore 64s in your jr. high computer lab.
Hmm, do TRS-80s count? (They were old even then.)

>You know who Max Headroom is.
Yup.

>You ever wore fluorescent, neon if you will, clothing.
Do shoelaces count?

>You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
My brother was into those.

>You can, right now, hum to yourself the theme to 'Inspector Gadget'.
Oh, now I can't get it out of my head!

>You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off.
Certainly -- have lots of tapes.

>You wore a banana clip at some point during your youth, or knew someone who did.
Oh, wow, I had a huge collection!

>You hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future".
YES!!!

>You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name".
NORM!

>You thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool.
Well, yeah, actually.

>You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince".
Yup.

>You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.
FROGGER!

>You ever had a Swatch Watch.
Nah, I had a Casio Databank, like Paul!
Still do, actually.

>You had WonderWoman or Superman underoos.
6-yr birthday flashbacks.

>You ever equated your coolness with the amount of snap bracelets in your collection.
Well...

Oh, and I had a Strawberry Shortcake pillow.

I am totally an 80's kid. I won't go into all of them, but I had this thought when I saw the Atari part.

Does anyone remember the boxing game, where the fighters looked like a flat 'w' or a sideways '3'. When you punched the other guy the nose went in. Just compare that with the graphics in these games nowadays! Kids have to feel like they're in the game or they get bored... no wonder we want to live on the moon!

~sunkist (who's cabbage patch kids have been adopted by her neices- birth certificates and all)

BTW, does anybody remember the Munchichi's?

Wow you mentioned boxing game, and I had video game flashbacks. It was all about Street Fighters II and Ninja Turtles at the arcade.

How did I miss this?! I've watched Cheers for practically my whole life! I vaguely remember watching it on primetime. I was so happy when Nick at Nite picked it up in '01.

I had a Holly Hobby doll before they were deemed unsafe...boy, am I dating myself.

Ooh, wonderwoman underoos! I was going through a box of old pictures this morning and I saw the cutest pictures of my sister and me - I was about 3 and my sister was 1 (so it was probably 1984) at my Grandpa's house and we were wearing twin wonderwoman underoos and we looked so cute! We were pretending that we were flying. Plus, we were wearing my dad's graduation cap (he was a high school teacher and they dress in academic robes for the HS graduation).

- Alicia

You know what a "burnout" is.
Nope... Just LabRat Fic for me...

You owned/operated a 'Trapper Keeper'
Nope...

You know what "Psych" means.
Of course!

You know that another name for a keyboard is a
"Synthesizer".
YEAh...

You know who Tina Yothers is.
Nope... WHo is she?

You wanted to be a Goonie.
YEAH!!!! Even If an italian... well Ican speak about "traccobbetti" all the time and I Love Slotty!!!!

You felt ashamed when Rob Lowe got in trouble for having sex with minors and videotaping it, because you liked him.
He made What?!?!? Wow... He wasn't just the cute boy who made movie then...

You had top-of-the-line Commodore 64s in your jr. high computer lab.
nope... But my cousin had it... and I enyed her so much!

You know who Max Headroom is.
YAHHHH I LOVE MAX and I still wonder why the people who own the pirate tv-station were dressign as Punk...

You ever wore fluorescent, neon if you will, clothing.
I had some yallow and green things.. but I can't remember that they were.

You could breakdance, or wished you did.
YEAHH

You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.
nope... But I wouldloved to meet him.. in the green version.

You Believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"
YAHHHH I loved him... But I still woner who was his consulent dresser? at least they bad guys were used to dress in a best way!

You can, right now, hum to yourself the theme to
'Inspector Gadget'.
In Italy it arrived in the 90.. so this is out for me!

You wanted to be on Star Search.
Cool!!!

You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off.
YEAHHH I remeber I liked in in the song say say say...

You wore a banana clip at some point during your youth, or knew someone who did.
yeah my class mates had them.

You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout".
you can bet on that!! I watched all the telefilm of the 80's!!!

You HAD to have your MTV

You hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future".
YAhh

You thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool.
yeahhh I remember even the telefilm, and movies!!!

You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.
It wasn't?

You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince".
yes!

You actually saw Ted Danson as the MacDaddy he played "Sam" to be.
^______________^

You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.
YEAHHHH Mom can I have an Atary for Xmas? Nope! DUH!

You own(ed) any 'cassette singles'.
LOVED THEM!

You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon.
well believe believe nope... but almsot...

Poltergeist freaked you out.
CAN I sleep with my light on?

You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.
I also started the collection...

You wore bike shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish, or knew someone who did.
YEAH

You ever had a Swatch Watch.
Once...

You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
It nevver arrived here in italy!!!! But I want a Pepsy and a Cheesburgher

You had WonderWoman or Superman underoos.
nope but Icouldn't loose an episode of the telefilm and cartoons!(superfriends)

You ever wanted to change your name to "Debbie" or
"Tiffany".
Nope... But I remeber every one named her barby like that!