Name 5 things you remember from the 80s

[The Good Citizen]

As a child of the 80's (born '76)...

1: Not giving a **** what clothes I wore or who saw me in them.
2: Not having a mobile phone aged 9.
3: Still being allowed to wander off all day in the countryside without fear of abduction, molestation or happy slapped. (Actually one count of attempted molestation by 'Bummer Norman' down by the canal so scrap that).
4: Putting pieces of card next to the spokes of my bike to make it sound like a motorbike.
5: The sheer joy in seeing an escaped pig running around my back garden.

 

[Sci-Fi]

Happy slapped? What the heck is that?

 

[The Good Citizen]

Ah maybe its a UK thing.

A horrible fad where teenagers will suddenly run up to some poor unfortunate and slap them in the face while their friends capture it for posterity (you tube) on a phone camera.

The only one I remember is where 2 blokes do it to a professional kick boxer who proceeds to beat ten bells of crap out of the pair of them. That was the only one I can say made me laugh

 

[tangerinedream]

867-5309. Some girl's number..

Winner.

Now I've got that song in my head!!

[youtube]axLRUszuu9I[/youtube]

 

[LonelyInAtl]

1. Parachute Pants
2. Hair/Metal Bands
3. Vans Checkerboard Shoes
4. Debbie and Tiffany
5. Valley Girl Talk
6. Where's The Beef?

My personal list:

1. First Kiss
2. First Beer
3. Moved away from home to college
4. Losing my virginity
5. Meeting my first true love

 

[beautifulsorrow]

1. Megadeth
2.Iron Maiden
3.Second summer of love
4. that piano sound(haard to describe)

 

[Lonely in BC]

Big Hair
Purple and Black color schemes
Miami Vice
Cool Music
Good Times

 

[LoneKiller]

 

[mintymint]

The Cars
Neon colors on black
Too much hair
Really bad cartoons
Knight Rider

 

[Rosebolt]

My fellow spermcells.

 

[WishingWell]

1. Getting married on the rebound.
2. Buying a house.
3. Styles of clothes I loved!
4. The way I wore my hair!
5. The Rock Music--it was great! I shouldn't say was--it still IS!

 

[ucxb]

1. Shooting cans with a 22 rifle with my dad
2. Listening to the Beatles with my dad
3. Eating fried dandelions
4. Riding a motorcycle with my dad
5. Wearing a stonewashed jean jacket covered with gems

 

[Peaches]

Happy Days (or maybe that is from the 70ies? in that case, Commodore 64)

a nasty shade of blue that now is coming back into fashion, unfortunately

how any shoulder pads made my ass look HUGE

hair gel

you spin me right round, baby, right round, like a record baby

the relief when the 90ies arrived

 

[dax]

1. Building GI Joe bases with dirt
2. The movie Goonies
3. Having a crush on Amy
4. Learning to ride a bike
5. Being happy my sister was born

 

[Broken_Doll]

1. My Little Pony <3
2. The Dark Crystal
3. My mum's 80's perm
4. Slap bracelets
5. Rainbow Brite colouring books

 

[dnick]

Lite Bright
Etch a sketch
Pogo Ball
Noid
Rambo

 

[sk66rc]

Can it be more than 5? There are so many things I remember & loved about 80's... Here are few things I can think of & not in particular order...

Movies:
(1) Breakfast Club (1985)
(2) War Games (1983)
(3) Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
(4) Highlander (1986)
(5) Scarface (1983)

TV shows:
(1) ALF
(2) Miami Vice
(3) Family Ties
(4) Small Wonder
(5) Bosom Buddies

Songs:
(1) Maneater by Hall & Oats
(2) Every Breath You Take by The Police
(3) Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by Eurythmics
(4) Against All Odds by Phil Collins
(5) I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For by U2

I could go on & on about other things as well but I guess I'll stop here...

 

[Blue Bob]

high school
the corps
my camaro
college
babies

 

[WishingWell]

Girls wearing their hair "big"
Great music
Getting married
Getting divorced (LOL!--not funny, but funny)
Having kids ring my doorbell with a tiny kitten and adopting it since their Mom's said none of them could have it--"Hope" was so cute!

 

[Triple Bogey]

1. School
2. Having a crush on someone
3. failing exams
4. realizing everybody hated me
5. realizing women didn't like me