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Date Posted: Mon, Jun 12 2000, 13:27:37
Author: steve
Subject: Just in case you were feeling young today...

Just in case you were feeling young today...
 
 
 The people who are starting University this autumn across the nation were
 born in 1981.
 They have no meaningful recollection of the Thatcher era.
 They were prepubescent when the Gulf War started.
 Black Monday 1987 is as significant to them as the Great Depression.
 Their world has always included AIDS.
 Atari's and Space Invaders predate them, as do vinyl albums and audiotapes.
 The Compact Disc was released when they were one.
 
 Even worse...
 From their earliest years, a camera was something you used once and threw
 away.
 As far as they know, stamps have always cost about 26 pence.
 Few, if any, have lived without an answering machine.
 Few have used a TV set without a remote control and they don't know they
 come in black and white.
 They were born the year that Sony brought out the Walkman.
 The expression "you sound like a broken record" means nothing to them.
 
 You're probably aged 23 to 33 if...
 You wore a Kagoul, especially those windbreakers that folded up into a
 pouch
 you could wear around your waist.
 You remember Le Freak by Chic and Bad Manners' Can-Can.> At school, you and all your friends discussed elaborate plans to get
 together again at the end of the century and play "1999" by Prince over
 and
 over again.
 You ever dressed to emulate a person you saw in a Duran Duran, Madonna or
 Bruce Springsteen video.
 You're starting to believe (now that it wouldn't affect YOU) that maybe
 having the kids go to school year-round wouldn't be such a bad idea after
 all (and neither would wearing school uniforms).
 There was nothing strange about Bert n' Ernie living together.
You learned to swim after seeing either the advert with Rolf Harris or
 the
 one with the fairy godmother and it was about the same time Jaws came out
 (and still carry the emotional scars to this day.)
 You even wanted to learn to play "Stairway to Heaven" on the guitar and
 choreographed "Dancing Queen" by yourself in your room.
 The first time you ever kissed someone was at a dance during "Crazy for
 You"
 by Madonna.
 You know who shot J.R. but have probably forgotten.
 You remember which policeman you liked best in "Chips".
 Mark from Eastenders will always be Tucker from Grange Hill/Tucker's
 
 Luck.
 You remember when Terry Wogan was on TV everyday.
 You could sing "99 Red Balloons" in English and in German.
 Your jaw would ache by the time you finished those "brick-sized" packages
 of
 Bazooka gum.
 You reckon Wagon wheels/Mars Bars/Ginger Nuts used to be bigger.
 You remember a 'Man's got to chew, what a Man's got to chew'.
 You remember when there was no breakfast TV and when TV shut down at
 midnight, and when there was nothing on TV in the middle of the day except
 for that test card girl with the stupid clown and a blackboard.
 You remember Farley's rusks tasting nice, but when you had one about 5
 years
 ago they were bloody awful!!
 
 One word... SPANGLES!!!
 You are a true child of the 80s if...
 You remember Now compilations that had the pig on the front cover.
 You never questioned why the A-Team were always imprisoned in places that
 had sufficient tools to build an armoured tank.
 Dungeons & Dragons was your favourite cartoon
 Your lunch times were spent perfecting swan dives and backspins...
 You've ever said "bright light, bright light" in a strange high-pitched
 voice
 You know the theme tune and the names of all the actors and characters in
 Dallas & Dynasty.
 You ever wished your hair/clothes/lifestyle resembled the above (or they
 actually did!).
 You fell out with friends during heated arguments about the relative
 merits
 of Matt & Luke.
 You owned, or wanted a "Frankie says..." T-shirt.
 You have ever danced (or even worse cried) to Kylie & Jason.
 Cerise pink, electric blue and banana yellow have ever featured in your
 wardrobe or make-up collection.
 You ever did the top toggle of your coat up around your neck without
 having
 your arms in the sleeves, and knew you looked like a super-hero.
 You remember when the Aha video was the pinnacle of modern technology, and
 you can still sing all the words. Parachuting Action man was your favourite toy.
 You best party dress was either a ra-ra or puff-ball skirt.
 You ever owned a thin, black leather tie (and were proud of it), or worse
 it> was patterned like a piano!
 You wondered why a popular kids TV programme told you to "Turn off your TV
 set and go and do some less boring instead".
 You cried at Zammo's funeral.
 You wanted to be either Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys.
 You have ever po-goed or space-hopped.
 You remember when Keith Chegwin & Maggie Philbin were the hottest romantic
 couple... And when Keith was associated with Cheggers Plays Pop rather
 than
 Cheggers drinks alcopops.
 You wondered why your walkie-talkie didn't have the same range as those in
 the Red Hand Gang.
 You were shocked by the controversial plot lines in Degrassi Junior High.
 You remember watching a house inhabited by a jester, a pantomime horse,
 and
 a woman who sneezed, and thinking that this was perfectly normal.
 You know who Joey Deacon was.
 You thought ABBA were cool, the first time round!
 You tried to convince your Dad to fit a strip of red lights on the front
 of
 his Capri so it looked like KITT.
 "Ca-vey Wa-vey!" means anything to you.
 Remmington makes you think of something other than shaving equipment.
 You wouldn't say no to a milkshake
 You've ever had more than 10 sweets in a 10p mix-up.
 Not only did you wear luminous clothing, but also they were mismatched
 fingerless
 gloves and towelling socks.
 When Yoda said there is another Skywalker you wished he were talking about
 you.
 Wearing your hair like buns on the sides of your head seemed like, a good
 fashion statement.
 You remember when Betamax was at the cutting edge of technology.
 You hid behind the sofa whenever you heard the word Exterminate.
 Vimto or Dandelion & Burdoch ever featured in your diet.
 You were really pleased when Pacman got a girlfriend.
 You grew up believing that filing cabinets and telephone boxes possessed
 magical powers of transformation.
 After ET, you wanted a Speak & Spell even though you were top of your
 class.
 Your new winter coat was best used to demonstrate that your wings were
 like
 a shield of steel.
 You remember when PC had one meaning, rather than three.
 (Girls) You owned a pair of Pixie Boots, generally worn with leg warmers!
 (Boys) You owned a pair of pale grey slip-ons, generally worn with white
 towelling socks!
 
 Shiny grey flecked suits.
 You grew up in Trumpton, Chigley or Camblewick Green.
 You've rolled the sleeves of your suit jacket up
 Ooh, you could crush a Grape!
 You've ever held a chicken in the air, or stuck a deckchair up your nose.
 You went to school with Pogo Patterson, Gripper Stebson, and Ro-land.
 Long scarves, K9, and a time-travelling police box ring any bells.
 Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy have ever featured on your Saturday
 afternoon.
 You wore legwarmers, tried to do the splits while jumping in the air,
 while
 singing you were going to live forever.
 
 Fingermouse
 You were proud of your picture appearing in the Gallery, just before
 watching a lump of plastercine who couldn't speak English.
 You fantasized about those girls from that Robert Palmer video.
 You know all the words to Hey Mickey (well nobody knows past the first
 verse anyway).
 You remember Look In magazine, and when it was only 20p
 You wondered why you and your mates never encountered diamond thieves
 whilst
 out on your BMXs.
 You can remember what Quatro tasted like.
 Your best mate had a soda stream at home and you were jealous.
 The Yuppie next door caught you nicking the VW badge off his Golf Gti.
 You remember mobile phones that had briefcase size battery packs attached.
 
 This is the kicker :
You cringed every time your parents reminisced about the popular culture
 of their youth.
 
 

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