Oh man I'm getting old lol

[Jon L. Obscene]

This may have been posted before but a mate sent me it in an email this morning.


You know you were a child of the 80s when.....


# You never questioned why the A-Team were always imprisoned in places that had sufficient tools to build an armoured tank. <- you know, I never thought of that

# Dungeons & Dragons was your favourite cartoon.

# Your lunch times were spent perfecting swan dives and backspins.

# 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 A-Ha video was the pinnacle of modern technology, and you can still sing all the words.

# Parachuting Action man was your favourite toy.

# Your 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 wanted to be either Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys.

# You ever said "It's my ball, and if I can't be Kevin Keegan I'm going home!"

# You remember the aerobie scare.

# You have ever po-goed or space-hopped.

# You remember when Keith Chegwin & Maggie Philbin were the hottest romantic couple.

# 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 tried to set up a "Famous Five" or "Secret Seven" gang with your school friends.

# 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.

# You ever had more than 10 sweets in a 10p mix-up.

# Not only did you wear luminous clothing, but they were mismatched fingerless gloves and towelling socks.

# You remember when Betamax was at the cutting edge of technology.

# Conveyor belts regularly carried washing machines, deep-fat fryers and a cuddly toy.

# You could have got away with it if it hadn't been for those meddling kids.

# (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 rolled the sleeves of your suit jacket up

# Ooh, you could crush a Grape!

# You went to school with Pogo Patterson, Gripper Stebson, and Ro-land.

# Fingermouse.

# You were proud of your picture appearing in the Gallery.

# 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.

# No 73?

# You can remember what Quatro tasted like.

# Your best mate had a soda stream at home and you were jealous <- lmfao I like that one

Jonno

[Gemby!]

You remember when the A-Ha video was the pinnacle of modern technology, and you can still sing all the words.

i can do that anyway. tuuuuuuunnnnneeeeee

Ooh, you could crush a Grape!

*runs downstairs to the fridge to test this theory*

[manker]

# You wondered why a popular kids TV programme told you to "Turn off your TV set and go and do some less boring instead".

Actually, that line of the theme tune to Why Don't You went like this:

"Turn off your TV set and go out and do something less boring instead".

I didn't wonder why, because the series was aimed at getting kids to go out and explore things - I just thought the sentence construction was particularly poor

I was getting old even when I was seven.

[Barbarossa]

We had a SodaStream "Deluxe"...

It squirted straight into a glass, not that daft little bottle...




Having said that, I missed out on having a superduper curlywurly plastic straw to suck the drink with

[Gemby!]

i think being born near the end of the 80s makes me able to understand most of these

[Jon L. Obscene]

*pats Gems on head* s'ok, there there

I been thinking about that grape thing, was'nt that something to do with the crankies? or some prog like that, dammit someone gotta tell me cos it'll do my head in all day if not

Jonno

[Jon L. Obscene]

"Turn off your TV set and go out and do something less boring instead".

No it was'nt,it was "Why don't you........switch off your tv set, and do something less boring instead"

The full title of the prog was "Why Don't You Just Switch Off Your Television Set And Go Out And Do Something Less Boring Instead?"

@Barba.... Cooooool, you bastard, my mum would'nt buy us one .....but I did have teh straws

Jonno

[Barbarossa]

I been thinking about that grape thing, was'nt that something to do with the crankies? or some prog like that, dammit someone gotta tell me cos it'll do my head in all day if not

Jonno

Tws teh guy on Crackerjack, weren't it?


The Krankies!!! How dodgy was that... getting your midget wife to dress up as a schoolboy...

[Jon L. Obscene]

I never thought of it like that you perv

Yeah Crackerjack Yorkshire bloke right? "Ooooo I cud crursh a graep"

Jonno

[manker]

"Turn off your TV set and go out and do something less boring instead".

No it was'nt,it was "Why don't you........switch off your tv set, and do something less boring instead"

http://www.culttelly.co.uk/lyrics/why.html

Actually, it was neither.

It was the awful grammar that ingrained itself on my brain, rather than the correct wordage.