It" s Time To Go Retro 80"s
It was the decade of decadence. It was about glitz and glamour as well as baubles, bangles, and beads.
Elizabeth Taylor dropped in for Luke and Laura's wedding. Lady Diana became the People's Princess when she married Prince Charles. Nighttime soaps like Falcon Crest and Dynasty ruled television. President Ronald Reagan ruled the United States. Kevin Bacon danced his way across the screen in Footloose. Michael Milliken was the Junk Bond King. Cyndi Lauper showed her True Colors.
When did all this take place?
We can only be talking about that terrific time period the unforgettable eighties.
Here are twenty-one ways for you to verify that you're a part of (or belong in) the 1980's.
1.Breakdancing on the sidewalk looked like fun. Now it just looks like you might break something.
2.You can still recite dialogue from any movie starring Molly Ringwald.
3.You remember paying by the minute for long distance telephone service and you can still hear the tune from the phone company commercial when they encouraged you to "reach out reach out and touch someone."
4.You had at least one of the following: a My Little Pony, My Little Buddy, a Rubik's Cube, or something with a Pac-Man logo on it.
5.You first heard about the Human Genome Project in the science newsletter your teacher would pass out on Friday afternoons. You also remember how this was supposed to lead to the eradication of disease.
6.You were tuned in the exact moment that thousands of radio stations across the world played "We Are The World" at the exact same time. (Now, you're singing it!)
7.Your first album was a vinyl 33 and you laughed at your parents because they wanted to play 45's and 8-track tapes.
8.You know who Oliver North is and why he was in the news.
9.Someone on your street or neighborhood sent his or her life savings to a later discredited televangelist.
10.You laughed at the Golden Girls on television and now you wonder when you and you're friends became the Golden Girls.
11.You remember when Reagan met Gorbachev in Reykjavik, Iceland for a summit.
12.You and your friends made fun of the "I've fallen and I can't get up" lady. (The fictional woman was named Mrs. Fletcher and the product was the LifeCall emergency service.)|You and your friends made fun of the "Where's the beef?" commercials for Wendy's starring Clara Peller.}}}
13.You think the word "like" in an integral part of every sentence and should be used as often as possible. Like this, "She was like, like why would I say that, that's not like me at all. Like who does she think she is, you know? Like, really!"
14.You know there was only one way Dorothy on the Golden Girls could make Sophia behave. She simply said, "Shady Pines, Ma, Shady Pines."
15.You've actually tasted New Coke. Extra points if you wrote to Coca-Cola and insisted they bring back the original formula.
16.You remember a time before cable television and satellite channels.
17.Your parents were afraid you'd cut yourself putting on a snap bracelet.
18.You were inspired by
Geraldine Ferraro, the first (and as of this writing only in a major political party) female Vice Presidential candidate.
19.Renting horror movie sequels about Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger, and Michael Myers took up a lot of your time.
20.If someone says, "I dont know," you automatically cringe expecting the green slime to mysteriously fall from the ceiling.
21.You wore out your thumbs playing video games on any or all of the following consoles: Atari, Intellivision, Sega, Nintendo, and Coleco.
Elizabeth Taylor dropped in for Luke and Laura's wedding. Lady Diana became the People's Princess when she married Prince Charles. Nighttime soaps like Falcon Crest and Dynasty ruled television. President Ronald Reagan ruled the United States. Kevin Bacon danced his way across the screen in Footloose. Michael Milliken was the Junk Bond King. Cyndi Lauper showed her True Colors.
When did all this take place?
We can only be talking about that terrific time period the unforgettable eighties.
Here are twenty-one ways for you to verify that you're a part of (or belong in) the 1980's.
1.Breakdancing on the sidewalk looked like fun. Now it just looks like you might break something.
2.You can still recite dialogue from any movie starring Molly Ringwald.
3.You remember paying by the minute for long distance telephone service and you can still hear the tune from the phone company commercial when they encouraged you to "reach out reach out and touch someone."
4.You had at least one of the following: a My Little Pony, My Little Buddy, a Rubik's Cube, or something with a Pac-Man logo on it.
5.You first heard about the Human Genome Project in the science newsletter your teacher would pass out on Friday afternoons. You also remember how this was supposed to lead to the eradication of disease.
6.You were tuned in the exact moment that thousands of radio stations across the world played "We Are The World" at the exact same time. (Now, you're singing it!)
7.Your first album was a vinyl 33 and you laughed at your parents because they wanted to play 45's and 8-track tapes.
8.You know who Oliver North is and why he was in the news.
9.Someone on your street or neighborhood sent his or her life savings to a later discredited televangelist.
10.You laughed at the Golden Girls on television and now you wonder when you and you're friends became the Golden Girls.
11.You remember when Reagan met Gorbachev in Reykjavik, Iceland for a summit.
12.You and your friends made fun of the "I've fallen and I can't get up" lady. (The fictional woman was named Mrs. Fletcher and the product was the LifeCall emergency service.)|You and your friends made fun of the "Where's the beef?" commercials for Wendy's starring Clara Peller.}}}
13.You think the word "like" in an integral part of every sentence and should be used as often as possible. Like this, "She was like, like why would I say that, that's not like me at all. Like who does she think she is, you know? Like, really!"
14.You know there was only one way Dorothy on the Golden Girls could make Sophia behave. She simply said, "Shady Pines, Ma, Shady Pines."
15.You've actually tasted New Coke. Extra points if you wrote to Coca-Cola and insisted they bring back the original formula.
16.You remember a time before cable television and satellite channels.
17.Your parents were afraid you'd cut yourself putting on a snap bracelet.
18.You were inspired by
Geraldine Ferraro, the first (and as of this writing only in a major political party) female Vice Presidential candidate.
19.Renting horror movie sequels about Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger, and Michael Myers took up a lot of your time.
20.If someone says, "I dont know," you automatically cringe expecting the green slime to mysteriously fall from the ceiling.
21.You wore out your thumbs playing video games on any or all of the following consoles: Atari, Intellivision, Sega, Nintendo, and Coleco.
