You know you are an 80's child if.....

[Wreybies]

You have secrets tricks to tight roll (peg) your jeans to circulation stopping tightness. :D

http://www.liketotally80s.com/images/pegged-jeans.jpg

(easy enough game, right?)

[ChimmyBear]

Okay, you know you're an 80's child when almost every song on your MP3 player has a heavy Synthesizer sound. Kinda like an upbeat mortuary. ;)

[Phoenix21]

Okay, you know you're an 80's child when almost every song on your MP3 player has a heavy Synthesizer sound. Kinda like an upbeat mortuary. ;)

[...]when you don't have an MP3 player, but your trusted Walkman.

[sweetchaos]

You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE".

[Wreybies]

If you've ever worn more than one Swatch Watch at the same time! :D

http://www.myddnetwork.com/clothing-shoes-accessories/wp-content/uploads/neon-streams-swatch-wrist-watch-collection-for-summer-2009.jpg

[ChimmyBear]

You know how to use hairspray, a curling iron, more hairspray, a teasing comb, more hairspray, a crimping iron, all in one primping session. LOL!

I sooo wish I had a picture of myself from Youth Camp. :D

[Wreybies]

You know how to use hairspray, a curling iron, more hairspray, a teasing comb, more hairspray, a crimping iron, all in one primping session. LOL!

I sooo wish I had a picture of myself from Youth Camp. :D

Ha! :D My next one was going to be, "If you've ever occasionally worried what overexposure to Aquanet might do to you later in life."

So, instead.....

If you ever had a crush on one of the members of Duran Duran.

http://rickyday.net/blog/duranduran.jpg

(I was going to say Rick Astley instead of Duran Duran, but I think that was just a me thing, not an 80's thing) :redface:

[ChimmyBear]

If your shoulders could take out an NFL linebacker. :)

Do you remember those large shoulder pads?! LOL!
I mean really, did people really think that looked good.? hahaha

Oh and FYI~ I had a poster of Duran Duran, there was nothing finer than Nick Rhodes and Simon Le Bon. "sigh"

[Cogito]

Do you remember those large shoulder pads?! LOL! The Linda Evans look (from Dynasty). :D That was horrible!

You remember who shot J.R.

[ChimmyBear]

Hmmm...I think it was Krisitin...I think. My Grandmother watched that show and would take the phone off the hook. lol

Okay, you know your an eighties child when you can talk about Dallas.:rolleyes::p

[Cogito]

Well, I wasn't exactly an 80's CHILD :D

[Wreybies]

If you know how to braid Gummie bracelets together in intricate patterns all up your arm. :D

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=8504146

[ChimmyBear]

hahahaha...Oh, God...I soooo remember that.

Still holding up well, Cog. ;)

You're an 80"s child if you can match bright neon yellow with fuschia and brilliant purple. ;)
I had an outfit like that. :D

[Xeno]

If you've ever worn more than one Swatch Watch at the same time! :D

Hey, I've got three Swatches! :mad:

*realises he has nothing to contribute*

Sorry. :p

[BadPenny]

You know you're a child of the 80's when you look at what kids are wearing lately and feel a weird mix of nostalgia and nausea.

[Wreybies]

If you've ever scrounged in a dumpster looking for a clean, large cardboard box so that you and your "crew" can carefully
open it up, spread it out, and break dance on it.

http://www.starz.com/titles/Breakin2ElectricBoogaloo/PublishingImages/breakin_2_electric_boogaloo_1984_685x385.jpg

[ChimmyBear]

you know your an 80's child...If you didn't have to have an excuse to wear a very large, often belted, oversized off the shoulder shirt, spandex, and leg warmers, or several pairs of socks!!! ;)

[valentiNo]

How about an 90's child? ;D

[Wreybies]

you know your an 80's child...If you didn't have to have an excuse to wear a very large, often belted, oversized off the shoulder shirt, spandex, and leg warmers, or several pairs of socks!!! ;)

Wait, wait! Here's the guy's version....

If you saved all your money from workin' at McDonald's to buy that totally boss pair of Z Cavaricci pants. The pleated kind. With belt loops for two belts at the same time!!

Also, if you have a pic of yourself that in any way resembles the cats in this pic.

(The guy in the middle and on the left are wearing Z Cav's, baby! No mistaking that white tag right on your junk!) :D

http://www.inthe80s.com/clothes/images/user-image-1194066871.jpg

[ChimmyBear]

Oh God Wrey, I was such a sucker for guys who wore those. If he was tall and skinny, wearing those...I was all about it. ;)

[Wreybies]

Ok, one more then I have to go and grout some more tile...

If you ever spent your hard earned cash at Chess King!

(This one may be regional, cuz I don't know if Chess King was in every mall. It was in mine, and if you were an 80's teen, this was the place to go in order to dress to excess!) :D

[Rei]

If your My Little Pony collection looks something like this:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/95/249248694_6ea3d50af4.jpg?v=0
(I own the DVD of the original movie)

[67Kangaroos]

^ mine is similar, though not quite so many ponies rei~!

SLAP BRACELETS :D

[Wreybies]

If you keep waiting for the song you are listening to to get to the breakdown. :D

[ChimmyBear]

hahaha...That was good Wrey!

If you can't see your face for the makeup. I actually liked that part of the 80's. ;)

[Cogito]

if some doorways aren't wide enough to admit your hair without snagging.

[ChimmyBear]

LOL! The hair thing was cool...but it took me like a year to get it back in shape after the style went out.

Oh, what about all that jewlry? I think I had over 500 bangles. :D

[Cogito]

if disco balls DOESN'T sound like a painful disorder.

[Rei]

If there is only one possible response to the question "Who ya gonna call?"

[CDRW]

If your My Little Pony collection looks something like this:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/95/249248694_6ea3d50af4.jpg?v=0
(I own the DVD of the original movie)


Woah! (And I mean that in every sense of the word.)


Anyway...you know how to disco.

[garmar69]

If you never wondered how the General Lee survived all those jumps. ;)

[gslack]

If you ever tried to moonwalk...

[ChimmyBear]

hahaha...Oh God, G, how did I forget that?

If you ever thought it was cool to clip your shirt or skirt, to one side. :rolleyes:

[Wreybies]

OK, time to bust out the big guns...

You know that you are absotively, posolutely an 80's kid if this is your High School graduation pic. :redface:

(be nice, I had to squirrel up much courage to post this pic) :p

http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/rr130/Wreybies/4671.jpg?t=1251250058

[ChimmyBear]

hahaha...That was cool Wrey. I do think I have a few pictures somewhere, I'll have to find one and post it.