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Old 11 January 2008, 01:27 PM
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Smile Does this mean anything to you?

You know you were a kid in the 80s if any of these
are familiar.....

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 remember when Amiga was a state of the art video 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.

You sang to Kylie and Jason!

You owned Polly Pocket or Micro Machines.

Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.

You knew that Transformers were "more than meets the eye".

You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living in space.

Girls - You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.

You recorded songs off the radio.

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 understand why they couldn't leave the unicorn.

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 best used to demonstrate that your wings were like a shield of steel.

You remember watching a house inhabited by a jester, a pantomime horse and a woman who sneezed, and thinking that this was perfectly normal.

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!".

Boys - You wore pale grey shoes with white towelling socks.

You held a chicken in the air or stuck a deckchair up your nose.

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."


Guilty as charged!
Old 11 January 2008, 01:33 PM
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Big wheels and BMX's were the way to go.

wrong

Your best mate had a Soda Stream at home and you were jealous.
correct but i lived in a pub

You hid behind the sofa whenever you heard the word "Exterminate!".

Nope

You recorded songs off the radio.

yup

When 'Computer' Tennis, Pac-Man and Donkey-Kong ruled

no it was jet set on a dragon 32 i could be wrong
Old 11 January 2008, 01:33 PM
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LOL.

So many things forgotton brought back to frightening reality
Old 11 January 2008, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by steffiraf
You know you were a kid in the 80s if any of these
are familiar.....

You have ever pondered on why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.



Guilty as charged!

But it does explain why she was always smiling


And yes guilty as charged, and I have pics somewhere of me in neon
Old 11 January 2008, 01:35 PM
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and for some strange reason, you put grolsh bottle tops in the eyelets of your trainers
Old 11 January 2008, 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by taffyboyo
and for some strange reason, you put grolsh bottle tops in the eyelets of your trainers
You must have been a Bros fan then!
Old 11 January 2008, 01:38 PM
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I remember me and the girl next door used to practice with each other and I thought her odd neon socks were so cool.
Old 11 January 2008, 01:39 PM
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American Football was all the rage too. T-bag t-shirts and Pony trainers
Old 11 January 2008, 01:41 PM
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You have ever pondered on why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.

A female smurf i thought they all had knackers!
Old 11 January 2008, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by taffyboyo
and for some strange reason, you put grolsh bottle tops in the eyelets of your trainers
Old 11 January 2008, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by steffiraf
American Football was all the rage too. T-bag t-shirts and Pony trainers
The fridge
Old 11 January 2008, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by *Jamie*
The fridge
We used to call one of our aunties the 'fridge freezer' due to the fact she was a big fat ******* and had a similar iq to that of a fridge She was a nasty cow too.
Old 11 January 2008, 02:07 PM
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You could never afford a Sony walkman so had to settle for a Saisho from dixons that had big orange headphones and if you were really lucky it had a rewind button.
I also remember going with my dad to buy out first VCR.We must have been posh as it was a front loader but the remote control was on a lead.
Old 11 January 2008, 02:12 PM
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The lake was very icy but the driver hoped beyond hope that the ice would hold....
Old 11 January 2008, 02:14 PM
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We had a betamax then upgraded to vhs front loader i think they were called, front loaders ,frogger on the zx
Old 11 January 2008, 02:22 PM
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We had a Betamax another one of my Stepfathers great decisions lol
Old 11 January 2008, 02:27 PM
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oh the memories lol .
Old 11 January 2008, 02:31 PM
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Aaaah. down at the park, jumpers for goalposts.........


Old 11 January 2008, 02:40 PM
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1981 i did 139 kick ups good old days and i got a medal for it bobby robson footie school
Old 11 January 2008, 02:44 PM
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I can even admit to owning a Chopper
Old 11 January 2008, 02:53 PM
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You must of been posh mr cue
Old 11 January 2008, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by *Jamie*
You must of been posh mr cue
Hardly but I did scrimp and scrape every penny to get it. It was my most prized posession for years lol
Old 11 January 2008, 03:00 PM
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Ah i was posh ish i had the first bmx/mountain bike 8 gears
Old 11 January 2008, 03:03 PM
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I nearly sold my Chopper to buy a Grifter but resisted at the last minute.
Old 11 January 2008, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Supercue
I nearly sold my Chopper to buy a Grifter but resisted at the last minute.
I had a Grifter I loved that bike so much I rode it every day!
Old 11 January 2008, 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Simon C
And yes guilty as charged, and I have pics somewhere of me in neon


Simon, is this you???

Old 11 January 2008, 03:23 PM
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"You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before he had plastic surgery"

Michael Jackson has had plastic surgery???
Old 11 January 2008, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by EVOVI
I also remember going with my dad to buy out first VCR.We must have been posh as it was a front loader but the remote control was on a lead.
God yeah ....... the remote contol lead !!!!!!!!! never used to lose it then did we !!!!
Old 11 January 2008, 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Supercue
I can even admit to owning a Chopper
I had a Chopper. My brother had a Grifter.
I sold them about 2 years ago for over 300 quid!
Retro is cool apparently
Old 11 January 2008, 03:38 PM
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jesus everyone of those brought back memories.. I often sing the um bong o tune



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