You Know you grew up in the late 80's early 90's when:
1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE."
-Wow, I don't recall ever doing this...I must not have grown up in the "late 80's early 90's" Holy crap do I feel inadequate. We had a guy named Mike in our program at BCIT and he liked to be called "Psyche." He was weird....and he's dead now. Died of a drug overdose late in first year. That sucked....just like the word "Psyche"
2. You watched the Pound Puppies.
-I can't even recall there being a show based on these stupid dogs. We're supposed to feel sorry for them because they live in a pound. I do remember the toys....they were supposed to look sad so kids could convince their parents to buy them. I think they even sold them in little cages to tug at your heartstrings...what a load. You could even buy carrying cases for these stitched up pieces of fabric stuffed with filler. Man, I'm in the wrong business....I should be making a gold mine off gullible kids.
3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Belair"
-What a classic TV show. Revived Alfonso Ribeiro's career that's for sure. Here's a true 80's moment...the time on Silver Spoons when that moron bragged to Ricky that he knew Michael Jackson and the gang exposed him for the liar he was...then, the REAL Michael Jackson showed up. Alfonso handed his friends their asses that time. He was even dressed up like Jacko, glove and all. Oh yeah, the last time Alfonso worked (in show biz at least) was 1999...unless you count the McDonald's commercial he starred in last year. By the way, I hated the Fresh Prince.
4. You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish.
-Well, I'm a boy, and thus never wore skirts...are we talking about really short cut offs here? Cause at BCIT there was a guy named Rob who was 34 when we started...I was 17. We all called him Uncle Rob because he was the oldest in the program and the first week he wore really short cut offs that showed a little too much...so yeah, if you ever felt stylish wearing biker shorts, you are an idiot.
5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own.
-Wow, I must be a child of the 80s because I read the Baby-sitters club books! Having a few sisters around the house, I'm man enough to admit that I paged through one or two of these enthralling books where the biggest issues dealt with were diabetes and how to get bossed around by your friend and like it. Tell me if I'm wrong, but didn't Kristy annoy you? She ran that club and was probably skimming funds off the top. My sister and her friends tried to start a baby-sitters club...they even advertised...it didn't work. Let me tell you something. The Baby-sitters club was like Wal-Mart. They get together and offer you a bunch of baby-sitters at once, so parents are obviously going to go with them because they know that they'll always get a baby-sitter. It's better than phoning around and finding that noone wants to watch your spoiled kid. It puts the other baby-sitters out of business, and the economy goes down the drain because 13 year olds aren't earning any money to buy Hilary Duff stuff at Zellers. The Baby-sitters club...what a stupid idea.
6. You owned those lil Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.
-My sister owned this collection...that was played with once and then found years later under the couch cushions. I wonder where those darn network executives get their ideas for cartoons like this. I bet their boss just says, "we need to make 320 million dollars this year, come up with some crap that kids will be suckered in by." And they do it! Sometimes I wish I grew up in a communist country or somewhere in Africa so I didn't have to remember this kind of commercial embarrassment.
7. You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on Blossom .....................
-Joey Lawrence...right up there with Frank Stallone. I liked him better when he was on "Gimme a Break!" with Nell Carter. He hasn't done anything notable in years either. Guess that's what happens when you're typecast as a moron.
8. Two words: M.C. Hammer
- This is one of those things you look back on and are embarrassed. Like that Milli Vanilli tape I had. Hammer was a bat boy for the Oakland A's at one point in his life. Look, how can you go from being a millionaire, to bankrupt in the space of 6 years? I can't even imagine having millions of dollars, much less blowing millions of dollars. What kind of idiot do you have to be?
9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock."
-Wasn't this on after Hockey Night in Canada? CBC television has provided me with some of my most vivid memories over the years...I guess that means growing up in the 80s means you were raised by TV...I remember the Tommy Hunter show was on after HNIC at one point and that The Raccoons was a tv special before they ruined it by making it a weekly show. It was only once in a blue moon. Anyway, I never got into Fraggle Rock too much. All I remember was that there was an old guy and his puppet dog, some things that made structures that the Fraggles ate, and that there was a talking pile of garbage. Great memories....
10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars.
-Nope, my parents told me that streamers were too extravagant...can't relate.
Well, that's the first ten. As you'll soon see, whoever put this list together spent a lot of time in front of the television or listening to crap on their tape decks, crap being the only music available at the time. More to come!
