Something I borrowed from Jamie....
I am currently at college (first day back, oh joy), doing research for my project and, erm, updating my journal. I am so bored, I'm frankly surprised that my brain isn't on the verge of dribbling out of my ears.
Anyway, here is an amusing little list that I borrowed from the DeadJournal of Jamie (brokenbubbles):
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.
- Girls -You fell out with friends during heated arguments about the relative merits of Matt & Luke.
- 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 still remember when the A-ha video was the pinnacle of modern technology and you can still sing all the words.
- 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.
- Dusty Bin was in no way strange.
- 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."
Guess how many of those I answered "yes" to? Twenty-three.
Anyway, here is an amusing little list that I borrowed from the DeadJournal of Jamie (brokenbubbles):
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.
- Girls -You fell out with friends during heated arguments about the relative merits of Matt & Luke.
- 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 still remember when the A-ha video was the pinnacle of modern technology and you can still sing all the words.
- 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.
- Dusty Bin was in no way strange.
- 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."
Guess how many of those I answered "yes" to? Twenty-three.