This is a bit Brit specific but something for all of us

1.Um Bongo, Um Bongo, They drink it in the Congo
2. Friendship bracelets were ties that couldn't be broken.
3. You ever read Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, The Babysitters Club, Forever or Sweet Valley High.
4. You know all the words to "Ice Ice Baby".
5. You wanted to be on "Jim'll Fix It".
6. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before he had plastic surgery.
7. You wore one of those (heaven forbid) one of those T-shirts that changed colour with heat
8. You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off".
9. You remember Madonna in her cone stage.
10. You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince."
11. You even wore fluorescent-neon clothing... (if you can call it clothing!)
12. Not only did you wear fluorescent-neon clothing, but they were mismatched with fingerless gloves and towelling socks.
13. You could break dance (ok, you wished you could)
14. You remember when Amiga was a state of the art video game system.
15. You remember M.C. Hammer.
16. You can remember when it was Jazzy Jeff and The fresh Prince and NOT just plain Will Smith!
17. My Little Pony, Gummy Bears and Transformers are familiar to you.
18. You ever had a Swatch Watch.
19. You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"
20. Big wheels and BMX's were the way to go.
21. Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.
22. You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good film.
23. You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living in space.
24. You know what leg warmers are and probably had a pair.
25. Somehow you still know all the words to songs played on VH1
26.You wore those wide, colourful shoelaces.
27. You remember Now compilations that had the pig on the front cover.
28. You never questioned why the A-Team were always imprisoned in places that had sufficient tools to build an armoured tank.
29. You've ever said "bright light, bright light" in a strange high-pitched voice.
30. Cerise pink, electric blue and banana yellow have ever featured in your wardrobe or make-up collection.
31. You still remember when the A-ha video was the pinnacle of modern technology and you can still sing all the words.
32. You wondered why a popular kids TV programme told you to "Turn off your TV set and go and do something less boring instead".
33. You remember watching a house inhabited by a jester, a pantomime horse and a woman who sneezed, and thinking that this was perfectly normal.
34. You've ever seen a girl, a clown and noughts and crosses on your TV.
35. You've ever had more than 10 sweets in a 10p mix-up.
36. You could have got away with it if it wasn't for those meddling kids.
37. (Girls) You owned a pair of Pixie boots,generally worn with leg warmers.
38. (Boys) You owned a pair of pale grey slip-ons,generally worn with white towelling socks.
39. Ooh, you could crush a grape!
40. You've ever held a chicken in the air or stuck a deckchair up your nose.
41. You wore legwarmers &; tried to do the splits while jumping in the air while singing you were going to live forever.
42. You remember fingermouse and Dangermouse (not fogetting his trusty sidelick penfold)
43. Trains in Wales went "Pshh-t-cuf, pshh-t-cuf, pshh-t-cuf, pshh-t-cuf, pshh-t-cuf".
44. You remembered Look In magazine, and when it was only 20p and Monster Munch when they were 10p.
45. Your best mate had a Soda Stream at home and you were jealous.
46. When 'Computer' Tennis, Pac-Man and Donkey-Kong ruled
47. 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.
48. You got up extra early, especially to watch Saturday morning cartoons
49. You remember when 25p was decent pocket money and you'd reach into a muddy gutter for 10p.


Got any others?

50. You remember when MTV played music videos.

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24. You know what leg warmers are and probably had a pair.

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My 16 year old niece actually bought a pair last week for school this semester.

What is sadder is that my daughter remembers quite a lot of them, now that really does make me feel old.

What about the Care Bears? And I remember 10 penny mixes - my favourites were the white chocolate fish and chips, closely followed by the jelly sugar dummies!

The only ones I remember are that movie "Dirty Dancing," and Michael Jackson's transformation from a young black male to a white woman.
I still think "Dirty Dancing" was a good movie. How did I miss most of the '80's?

My niece just had her fourth birthday last Sunday and she asked for and received a My Little Pony, several Care Bears and a Strawberry Shortcake doll!! Is this a time warp or what!? Speaking of Time Warp, did you go to Rocky Horror at midnight in the 80's?

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Speaking of Time Warp, did you go to Rocky Horror at midnight in the 80's?

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Oh my God, I did! Was one of my first 'dates' but a group of us went from school and I think it was the first time I'd been allowed out after midnight.

Did you remember your toast, rice and water guns?

I got a Care Bear in the late 80's and when they were rereleased about two years ago I got another1 I also owned a "My Little Pony"

Oh yes, that brings back so many memories. Being a Madonna clone, the legwarmers, the ra ra skirts, the New Romantics..

And whenever 'Gremlins' is mentioned I still can't resist 'bright lights, bright lights'....

I did my first Rocky Horror in the late '70s while at college. What a hoot!

They still run the Rocky Horror nights at the theatre down the road from my house...we were *supposed* to go on Saturday but were too tired...

...that's gotta make me at leats three different types of old

Jill, you know how they say "If you remember the 60's, you weren't there"? and "Living in the 70's" was a Skyhooks album?
Well..... If you you lived in the 80's, don't admit to anything!

Engadine, don't forget to take out your false teeth, before you clarify "Old Timer's Disease" (What did I just say?)

My friend and I were quite the My Little Pony enthisiasts. We had a beauty parlor, probably about a hundred ponies between us, a house, and sooo much other stuff. We even pretended we were ponies.

We also had some Care Bears, Strawberry Shortcake, and Rainbow Bright. Here's one, does anyone remember those magnetic boards that you drew designs on with magnets? Not Magnadoodle, these were actually magnets that stuck to the boards. I had several sets of those. I think they were pretty in and out though.

Can you tell I was a kid in the eighties?

I had the grand totsl of one My Little Pony, but I also still have my original Care Bear! When they were released about two years ago, I brought another one!