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Look here. I'm not saying that everything I've deleted is true of me. I've never seen The Goonies for example. However, I haven't got a clue what any of the below is going on about. Could the anomaly or someone confirm to me which of these are 'only in America' examples rather than just things I was too young to understand?



You wanted to be on Star Search. (Didn't we all?)
You wore a banana clip or one of those slap on wrist bands at some point during your youth.
You wore French rolls on the bottom of your splatter painted jeans.
You had slouch socks, and puff painted your own shirt at least once.
You owned a doll with 'Xavier Roberts' signed on it's butt.
You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."
You can name at least half of the members of the elite "Brat Pack."
You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer."
You thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool. (Was there an 80's movie she WASN'T in?)
You know what "psych" means.
You fell victim to 80's fashion: big hair, crimped, combed over to the side, and you wore spandex pants.
You know who Max Headroom is.
You wanted to communicate with Synergy, or you wanted green hair like that lead singer of the Misfits. See Jem.
You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.
You had a crush on one of the Coreys (Haim or Feldman).
You have worn a Banana Clip, or knew someone who did.
You had a crush on Bo Derek.
You know what a "Whammy" is. ("No Whammy, no whammy, stop!")
Songs by Debbie Gibson still haunt you to this day.
You remember "Friday Night Videos" before the days of MTV.
You ever owned a pair of "Pop-Wheels" - that handy little combination of shoe and roller skate that lasted about a year on the open market.
You watched HR Puffenstuff as a child, but now that you're older, you really understand that it would have been much better had you known about drugs at the time.
You've recently horrified yourself by using any one of the following phrases:
"When I was younger"
"When I was your age"
"You know, back when..."
"Because I SAID so, that's why"
"What the HECK is this noise on the radio?"
"Just can't (fill in the blank) like I used to"
You can't remember a time when "going out for coffee" DIDN'T involve 49,000 selections to choose from.
Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you actually learned the English language.
There were at least three people in your school that voluntarily went by the names of "Skip" "Buffy" "Muffy" or "Dexter."
You ever owned one of those embarrassing crimping irons.
You remember with pain the sad day when the Green Machine hit the streets and made your old big wheel quite obsolete.
The phrase "Where's the beef?" still doubles you over with laughter.
You ever wanted to be gagged with a spoon.
You remember "Hey, let's be careful out there."
You thought eating Reese's Pieces would attract your own Alien.
Your name is Jennifer or Jason.
You have ever called 867-5309.
This rings a bell: "and my name, is Charlie. They work for me."
You know what a "burnout" is.
You owned a Jordache anything, or you remember when Jordache jeans were cool.
Chevy Chase was really funny in those vacation movies.
You actually know who Rick Springfield is

posted by fatpie42
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so sad



i will try and help
fatpie42:
You wanted to be on Star Search. (Didn't we all?)

a talent show, comedy, music, etc...
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You wore a banana clip or one of those slap on wrist bands at some point during your youth.

banana clip is a hair thing for girls, slap wrist band was awesome, it was a thin piece of metal covered in material that was strait and when you slapped it on your wrist, it curved around to form a bracelet
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You wore French rolls on the bottom of your splatter painted jeans.

american 80's style, fremch rolls were so gay, i dunno how/why i ever did that
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You had slouch socks, and puff painted your own shirt at least once.

more 80's disaster fashion
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You owned a doll with 'Xavier Roberts' signed on it's butt.

not sure about that one
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You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."

american TV show different strokes  where that was the catch phrase
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n name at least half of the members of the elite "Brat Pack."

brat pack a bunch of 80's movies child stars in similar movies
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w that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer."

just a reference when keyboards became popular in 80's music, see van halen jump 
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you thought Molly Ringwall was really cool

one of the brat pack mentioned above
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You know what"psych" means.

slang word, used to fake someone out
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You fell victim to 80's fashion: big hair, crimped, combed

over to the side, and you wore spandex pants.

80's fashion
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You know who Max Headroom is.

max headroom was awesome too,a computer head in a tv, tv show,music videos maybe? can be seen in back to the future 2 as well
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You wanted to communicate with Synergy, or you wanted

green hair like that lead singer of the Misfits. See Jem.

80's cartoon Jem
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You know what a "Whammy" is. ("No Whammy, no whammy, stop!")

80's game show, damnit cant remember the name, jokers wild i think?
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Songs by Debbie Gibson still haunt you to this day.

sappy 80's singer
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Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you actually learned the English language.

education tv show
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There were at least three people in your school that voluntarily went by the names of "Skip" "Buffy" "Muffy" or "Dexter."

retarded 80's names that use to be cool
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You ever owned one of those embarrassing crimping irons.

made the hair wavy, i dunno ask a girl
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You remember with pain the sad day when the Green Machine hit the streets and made your old big wheel quite obsolete.

big wheel will always rule! like a plastic tricycle but sat almost completely on the ground
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The phrase "Where's the beef?" still doubles you over with laughter.

popular catch phrase after a fast food commercial
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You thought eating Reese's Pieces would attract your own Alien.

reference from »ET«
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You have ever called 867-5309.

80's song where the chorus was this phone #
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You owned a Jordache anything, or you remember when Jordache jeans were cool.

popular brand name in fashion
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Chevy Chase was really funny in those vacation movies.

classic comedies, national lampoons christmas vacation probably being the best
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You actually know who Rick Springfield is

yet another sappy 80's singer

i hope this helped White laughi will try and get pictures for some of these... if anyone knows of any others that i did not know, help us out! maybe GP? Aaah, is there anything better than to post here and to drink something


posted by The ONEder Man
  I know where you live. I will send a rape commando -- knn



Yeah but how many of those existed outside of the US? That's what I needed someone British for...

posted by fatpie42
  

whoops



fatpie42:
Yeah but how many of those existed outside of the US? That's what I needed someone British for...

i misread your question...i'll shut up now...btw i think you are older than me fatpie, you should remember better than I Thumb Up


posted by The ONEder Man
  

Re: whoops



The ONEder Man:
...btw i think you are older than me fatpie, you should remember better than I Thumb Up

Um... check my profile. Unless you lied on yours, I think you are mistaken.


posted by fatpie42
  



alot of those ones i didn't get either...
Quote:
I've never seen The Goonies

itso ut on dvd...get it...it rocks...you will know what everyone os talking about when they say..."HEEEYYY YYOOOUUUU GGUUYYYYSSS"


posted by the anomaly
  

Fatpie's legacy



fatpie42:
... check my profile. Unless you lied on yours, I think you are mistaken.

You should upload some private pics here fatpie. Everyone thinks that you are fat and 42 White laugh



posted by knn

I'm not 42!



I was born in the 80s so I've probably forgotten most of. (Too busy learning how to speak I expect Wink)

Here's what I look like in disguise (at a Halloween party):

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posted by fatpie42
  

Please upload



fatpie42:
Here's what I look like in disguise (at a Halloween party):

Please upload it to the "Personal pictures of users" section


posted by knn
  

Fatpie



Oh my god that's hidious!...


...they don't serve Guinness at that bar! Not again

posted by Crossfade
  

...If You Write Song Parodies Like Weird Al!


When I was growing up in the 80's, Weird Al Yancovic used to do parodies of lots of hit songs, so Madonna's "Like a Virgin" became Weird Al's "Like a Surgeon," etc.

Here are some song lyrics I wrote this week. The song is called "Spielberg is Uncircumcised," and should be sung to the tune of the Jimmy Buffett song “Cheeseburger in Paradise.” Enjoy!

Spielberg is Uncircumcised

I would go hiding my masculine member
Every time I heard scissors snip,
And my Nazi-type chick
Always laughed at my dick
Because my penis had a fully circumcised tip.
But I read a rumor on a website,
And now I know my problems are solved:
Cause they’ve developed a procedure to fix the rod
Of the American director of Amistad !
Spielberg is uncircumcised!
He’s gonna find Jesus and get baptized,
The Hollywood hookers are so surprised
To find out…
Spielberg is uncircumcised!

Heard about the L.A. Hebrew types:
They sell their movies with corporate hype.
And those unlicensed doc’s,
Paid for cutting up cocks,
Slice into their penises and scar them for life!
But foreskin restoration
Is big among the Jews who get paid,
And who’s a richer Jew than the man who made
The movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ?
Spielberg is uncircumcised!
He’s gonna find Jesus and get baptized,
The Hollywood hookers are so surprised
To find out…
Spielberg is uncircumcised!

I like watching Saving Private Ryan
Indiana Jones when the Nazi’s all were dyin’
And that Schindler’s List is my favorite flick,
So let’s all be glad they could fix up his dick,
‘cause now

Spielberg is uncircumcised!
He’s gonna find Jesus and get baptized,
The Hollywood hookers are so surprised
To find out…
Spielberg is uncircumcised!

Phil Collins Van Halen



posted by MindSlavery Florida
  

Re: so sad



The ONEder Man:
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You owned a doll with 'Xavier Roberts' signed on it's butt.

not sure about that one

come on man! cabbage patch kids! my sister had a couple, still does in the attic...

i preferred garbage pail kids myself...which have made a (very small) come back, but i saw some in a store a while back

i still have a couple unopened packs of those things...had a friend try some of the gum in one of them on a dare...it was pretty funny


posted by allone
  all you really need is 88mph. that's when the flux compacitor starts to work.

Re: so sad



The ONEder Man:
Quote:
You know what"psych" means.

slang word, used to fake someone out

i still use that phrase...that and, "thought you had a friend" as you slick your hair back
The ONEder Man:
Quote:
You know who Max Headroom is.

max headroom was awesome too,a computer head in a tv, tv show,music videos maybe? can be seen in back to the future 2 as well

had him as an avatar at one time
The ONEder Man:
Quote:
Songs by Debbie Gibson still haunt you to this day.

sappy 80's singer

...no comment...(see pic below)
The ONEder Man:
Quote:
You remember with pain the sad day when the Green Machine hit the streets and made your old big wheel quite obsolete.

big wheel will always rule! like a plastic tricycle but sat almost completely on the ground

i remember mine...i always wore the front "tire" out on them, i had a knight rider and a transformers big wheel...aah...memories...for some strange reason i always would lose the seat back thing...you know how you could remove it and adjust how large the seat was...yeah, darndest thing...
The ONEder Man:
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You have ever called 867-5309.

80's song where the chorus was this phone #

i trick friends into calling that number, i tell them that i met a girl and am too shy to call her, then i get them to call the number and ask for jenny.
The ONEder Man:
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You actually know who Rick Springfield is

yet another sappy 80's singer

is it just me, or he is on EVERY single 80s compilation cd ever...ive had enough of jessies girl
The ONEder Man:
if anyone knows of any others that i did not know, help us out! maybe GP? Aaah, is there anything better than to post here and to drink something

let me go through the list and see what i can remember...


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posted by allone
  

Re: Weirdo Americans



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You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.

biker shorts were pretty popular, especially if they had a day-glo/neon stripe down the side
Quote:
You had a crush on one of the Coreys (Haim or Feldman).



Quote:
You had a crush on Bo Derek.

pic below, from the movie »10«
Quote:
You ever owned a pair of "Pop-Wheels" - that handy little combination of shoe and roller skate that lasted about a year on the open market.

never had a pair, they were shoes that had a couple wheels on the bottom that you could "pop" out and then you suddenly had a pair of skates...they have made a come back...not a very big one, but they are called something else now (pic below)
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You watched HR Puffenstuff as a child, but now that you're older, you really understand that it would have been much better had you known about drugs at the time.

it was more of a 70s show, but i remember seeing it in the early 80s...it was a childrens show, but people are always saying how it was totally about weed/pot and so on...ahem, " puff -n- stuff "

an article:
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You've recently horrified yourself by using any one of the following phrases:
"When I was younger"
"When I was your age"
"You know, back when..."
"Because I SAID so, that's why"
"What the HECK is this noise on the radio?"
"Just can't (fill in the blank) like I used to"

ive found myself saying these things, especially when i see re-released toys, like transformers again..."when i was younger"...i haven't really said any of the others though
Quote:
You can't remember a time when "going out for coffee" DIDN'T involve 49,000 selections to choose from.

starbucks hasn't always been around
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You ever owned one of those embarrassing crimping irons.

i think crimping has tried to make a come back here recently...its where the girls take their hair and put it into an iron type thing, similar to a straightener, except it doesnt straighten it, it kinda...folds it back and forth so the hair kinda looks like... /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
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The phrase "Where's the beef?" still doubles you over with laughter.

an old commercial for a burger chain called Wendy's where some elderly women go to a burger joint, order a burger, then open the bun to see that there is barely any meat, one women keeps asking "wheres the beef"

can be seen here:
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You ever wanted to be gagged with a spoon.

phrase back in the 80s, commonly used by the "valey girl" types...ahem, "like totally gag me with a spoon, for sure!"

...hope that helps at all


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posted by allone
  


is there a worm behind your eye

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