Doesn't it just make you want to break out and sing Olivia Newton John's hit "Let's get Physical"??? If you were a child of the 80's you just might be humming it right now.You are also a child of the 80's if:
- You remember when Jordache jeans were cool.
- You wore an Izod shirt with the collar up
- You know the words to many of Weird Al Yankovic songs
- You played Atari and thought it was cool
- A predominant color in your junior high photos is neon
- You and your school friends discussed plans to get together again at the end of the century and listen to Prince's 1999
- You rode in the back of a station wagon and you faced the cars behind you.
- You rode a Big Wheel as a kid and may have upgraded to the Green Machine
- The phrase "where's the beef" still makes you smile
- You had a front row seat for Luke and Laura's wedding on General Hospital
- You know who shot JR.
- the phrase"...and my name is Charlie, they work for me." rings a bell.
- You know all the words to Grease.
- You may have had a Dorothy Hammill haircut as a kid.
- You dialed 867-5309 to see if Jenny was there
- You owned a shirt with a rainbow across the front and down the sleeve and it didn't mean you were gay.
- You remember when there was only PG and R
- You remember Bo and Luke Duke
- You remember when a VCR cost $2,000
- You used a rotary telephone
- "Believe it or not..." You sing along to the Greatest American Hero
- David Lee Roth was the lead singer of Van Halen
- Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you actually learned the English Language.
- Knickers and Leg warmers were cool
- You think of "Jaws" when you swim in the Ocean.
- You can use "kiss mah grits" in conversation
- You can sing "99 Red Balloons" in English AND German
- You were proud of your feathered hair.
- You ever wanted to be gagged with a spoon
- You had a "Members Only" jacket and you would only wear it with the sleeves pushed up to your elbows.
- You owned a pair of jelly shoes and sported many blisters because of them
- the jump from 8-tracks to cassette tapes was a technological revolution
- you would dub a tape for your girl/boy friend
- you would pike your pants (our version of the skinny jean)
- your socks were the exact same color as your shirt at all times
- you owned a pair of stirups and they were your pants.
- two words--BIG HAIR
feel free to add some of your own memories....

7 comments:
that is hilarious, and i'm loving that picture! where??...when???..WHY???
Totally forgotten about "gag me with a spoon". The 80's where awesome!
Wow...alot of memories went through my head! Neon...was that a slimming color?
You had a necklace made of paperclips and you wore 30-50 plastic bracelets on your wrists at a time.
Atari was, and continues to be cool. Courderoy green neon Ocean Pacific shorts. Half shirts. Mullets. Roller Skating. Pink Izod shirts.
Can I say how impressed I am that you can get your leg so high. Just like the flexibility you had back then...
I haven't thought of stirrup pants in a while! I am sure I wore some in college. Yikes. I - like Ingrid- am also very impressed with that 80's flexibility you have! How about parachute pants??
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