This is great. I was lucky enough to experience my teenage years in the 1980s. If you spent some time there these will have you in stitches.

Also good for anyone who enjoyed The Wedding Singer.

Where is Adam Sandler by the way? 

You Know You Grew Up In The 80's if:

1. You used to buy cassette singles… and still have some stashed somewhere…
2. You can sing the rap to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and can do the Carlton
3. Girls wore biker shorts under their skirts and felt stylishly sexy.
4. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own.
5. You owned those lil' Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls (or your sister did).
6. You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on Blossom
7. Two words: Hammer Pants
8. You watched "Fraggle Rock".
 9. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars... and spokey-dokies or playing cards on your spokes for that incredible sound effect
10. You watched "Duck Tales" (Woo ooh!)

3, 5, 8 and oh so much nostalgia for 9.

11. It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
12. You (your sister, cousins) wore a ponytail on the side of your head.
13. You saw the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the big screen..and still know the turtles names.
14. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.
16. You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it.
17. L.A. Gear....need I say more?
18. You remember reading Tales of a fourth grade nothing and all the other Judy Blume books.
19. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF"
20. You wanted to be a Goonie.
21. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. (some of us...head-to-toe)
22. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off and his cheeks shifted.
23. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
24. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.
25. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence.
26. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.
27. Barbie and the Rockers was your favourite band.
28. You thought She-ra (Princess of Power!) and He-Man should hook up.
29. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.
30. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?"

12, 14, 16, 21 (WHAM "Go Go"  and Frankie "Relax" shirts were awesome), 22 (and wasn't he handsome back then? oh yeah!), 25, 26.

31. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"
32. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.
33. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide.
34. You have ever played with a Skip-It or Elastix
35. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds.
36. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement.
37. Don't worry, be happy
38. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.
39. You wore socks scrunched down
40. You remember boom boxes and walking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that.
41. You remember watching both Gremlins movies.
42. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!!"
43. You remember watching Rainbow Bright and & My Little Pony Tales
44. You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot.
45. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.
46. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool...and don't even flinch when people refer to them as "NKOTB"
47. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell," The ORIGINAL class.
48. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.
49. You just sang those words to yourself.
50. You remember watching Magic vs. Bird.
51. Homemade Levi shorts.. (the shorter the better)
52. You remember when mullets were cool!
53. You had a mullet!
54. You still sing "We are the World"
55. You tight rolled your jeans.
56. You owned a bannana clip.
57. You used to (and probably still do)
say "What you talkin' 'bout Willis?"
58. You had big hair and you knew how to use it.
59. You're still singing shot through the heart in your head, aren't you!

32, 33 (and before water restrictions!), 34, 36, 37, 40 (I was All That), 41 (And Star Wars), 46, 48, 52 (and desert boots), 56, 58 (long on one side and shaved on the other - AND PERMED ALWAYS), 59....

As well as:

• Dunlop Volleys
• Tie-died jeans, tight, ripped in places and then stuck together with safety pins. Ripped cool factor also applied to to T-shirts - especially with slits down the arms.
  
• White shirts with sewn on sequins, lace and crystal earrings AKA Madonna Like a Virgin, ankle suede boots etc...
• Mesh shirts
• Gel bangles - lots and in lots of colours
• Bike riding to school with no helmet
• Nancy Drew and Trixie Beldon books
• Don't forget Sweet Valley High
• And Adam Ant. So cool!
  
•  Repeats of The Goodies/ Dr Who before dinner
  

And my dad's Golden Holden Kingswood with bench seats and column gear shift...

46 reminds me about a joke that used to circulate: "What would you call three dead goats in a butcher shop?".

Aside from that, the only other significant fact is that all the popular bands from the 80's seem to be touring again.

I have to confess.... I've been listening to a tape the past couple of mornings

Duran Duran - The wedding album

Great stuff! 

6. And I was in love with Joey from Blossom

10. And I loved Duck Tales!!! It was can't-miss after school viewing

13. yes yes yes! which is why I was so disappointed with the latest offering

18. I read one or two Judy Blumes.... not my thing

19. I still think of wax on wax off whenever I was my car or wipe my windows

24. Slap bracelets were silly.... I still don't get em  - but they were addictive

28. I still say 'by the power of Greyskull' everytime I come across a sword or a pole pretending to be a sword

29. Still have a few friendship bracelets.... esp the ones aman made me with my name on them!

35. Have NEVER attended a party at Maccers....my mother had banned all junk food. The first time I had a fish o fillet, I was 7 or something

42. Care Bears was one of the first movies I ever watched in the cinema... it was so dark!

45. i remember Alf!

No idea abt the rest

On Duran Duran... it's jujst made me remember a dream i had last night (go figure). I was standing in a field and Simon le Bon and John Taylor walked across a bridge I could see. I wanted to say something witty to them but instead said something like "My first T-shirt had a transfer on it of you Simon and my name written on the back." Doh. I felt really dumb!

Duran Duran, perhaps the most pretentious, talentless band in history are touring again. It always amused me to pronounce their name "durren durren".

They were Gods in the eyes of a 12-year-old... And I don't mind them now.

I think I had a  thing for Mr. LeBon's wife

I know nothing about them....

Don't even know most of their songs honestly.

But my cousin was cleaning up his room one day all those years ago, and handed me the tape instead of throwing it away, and for some reason, I love most of the songs on it. So much so that it came all the way here with me! 

I think I had a  thing for Mr. LeBon's wife

And hasn't she aged well?! 

I have a few to add.. possibly for australian readers around their 30's

60. You remember when the TV went off late at night.
61. You remember waiting for the test pattern to come on at 6am fjust before the thunderbirds.

62. F.A.B Scott!

63. You watched Gummi Bears
64. You either loved or hated Punky Brewster.
65. You wanted TUFF's on your BMX

I remember in Smash Hits magazine (UK) they had some misspelled song lyrics .... I still sing  "Don't shave a pear for me now. Shave it in the Morning Arthur".

66. You calculated the percentage chance of true love on paper.

67. you made fortune tellers out of paper

I remember 60.... and 61

In singapore they used to play the national anthem at channel start and end..... wonder if they still do that now?

63 - LOOOOOVE the Gummi Bears! Am still able to sing the song

66 Ahem

67 Still do!

I want Gummi Berry Juice!!!

68 You saw  the original star wars, the empire stikes back and return of the Jedi at the cinema!!! (even though you can't quite remember the first two)

69. You remember the first space shuttle launch.

70. Three words... Acid...Wash....Denim!

71 Your remember Madonna before she was a  saggy skanky hasbeen.

72. You know all the words to Kharma Camelion.
73. All the girls refused to believe Boy George was gay.

74.. Who you gonna call?.. GHOSTBUSTERS!!

75. You went to blue light disco's

I lurved Blue Light discos. That was where I wore my Madonna get-up!

I broke my arm the year I saw Jedi and it was also the year I had my first 'serious' boyfriend! He was called Pom!

I also spent most of the year wearing a gold, plaited belt.

Birthday pressies were either a box of Roses choccies, a stationery set or a LP single. 

or a cass-single!

Are you serious? 

Uh huh. Certainly am...

I had the theme song to the 1984 classic movie "Electric Dreams"  for an ear worm this morning.

I've had to download it! (I bought it BTW)

Makes me happy... and a little sad to listen to it... funny...

I had Come on Eileen in my head the moment I WOKE UP this morning.....

and I thought to myself - I'm gonna get Bric for this!

the reel big fish version is cool

Of Come on Eileen??

I have to say, the version that plays in my head is the one my friends and I made up ages ago. It 'markets' another friend of ours to a guy she was interested in at the time

come on ** **
Meet ****
She's so sexy
and she's *********

It's a bit rude, so I won't put the whole thing up

awww come on!

Nah....
It's something a bunch of first year uni students came up with.... not for public viewing!

Was the marketing jingle effective?

hehehe they did get together.... tho I can't remember if we ever sung the song to him!

I loved the 80's ... But I shared the same name as Knight Rider. Been ridiculed for over 20 years lol but the 80's was a cool era.

hmmmm..... I don't think I know Knight rider's name.....

I was a fan and sat in the car and talked to it tho, if that counts!

Michael Knight. The lone crusader haha. The car was awesome.

I loved the 80's music. I was child during the 80's.