Appoligies for the lengths of theses but i think there good and the 80's one hits the spot
In the 80'sAccording to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the early 80's probably shouldn't have survived, because our baby cots were covered with brightly coloured lead-based paint which was promptly chewed and licked. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, or latches on doors or cabinets and it was fine to play with pans. When we rode our bikes, we wore no helmets, just flip-flops and fluorescent 'spokey dokey's' on our wheels. As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or airbags - riding in the passenger seat was a treat. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle and it tasted the same.
We ate chips, bread and butter pudding and drank fizzy juice with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing. We shared one drink with four friends, from one bottle or can and no-one actually died from this. We would spend hours building go-carts out of scraps and then went top speed down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into stinging nettles a few times, we learned to solve the problem. We would
leave home in the morning and could play all day, as long as we were back before it got dark. No one was able to reach us and no one minded. No 99 channels on TV, no videotape movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no DVDs, no Internet chat rooms.
We had friends - we went outside and found them. We played elastics and rounders, and sometimes that ball really hurt! We fell out of trees, got cut, and broke bones but there were no law suits. We had full on fist fights but no prosecution followed from other parents. We played
chap-the-door-run-away and were actually afraid of the owners catching us. We walked to friends' homes. We also, believe it or not, WALKED to school; we didn't rely on mummy or daddy to drive us to school, which was just round the corner. We made up games with sticks and tennis balls. We rode bikes in packs of 7 and wore our coats by only the hood. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of...They actually sided with the law.
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all. This, my friends, is surprisingly frightening......and it might put a smile on your face: The majority of students in universities today were born in 1986........They are called youth. They have never heard of We are the World, We are the children, and the Uptown Girl they know is by Westlife not Billy Joel.
They have never heard of Rick Astley, Bananarama, Nena Cherry or Belinda Carlisle. (possibly not a bad thing of course....) For them, there has always been only one Germany and one Vietnam. AIDS has existed since they were born. CD's have existed since they were born. Michael Jackson has always been white. To them John Travolta has always been round in shape and they can't imagine how this fat guy could be a god of dance. They believe that Charlie's Angels and Mission Impossible are films from last year. They can never imagine life before computers. They'll never have pretended to be the A Team, Red Hand Gang or the Famous Five. They'll never have applied to be on Jim'll Fix It or Why Don't You. They can't believe a black and white television ever existed. And they will never understand how we could leave the house without a mobile phone.
In the 90's10p Mr Frosty Ice Pops on long summer days!
Gordon the Gopher!
You owned or longed for an Adidas three stripe tracksuit
You owned a compilation tape with TOP TUNES such as "Mr Vain", "What
is love" and "Rhythm is a dancer" and 'How Bizarre, How Bizarre"
Girls actually fancied Garry Barlow more than Robbie Williams
The Racoons! (nuff said)
You owned a pair of Nike Air Max, and wore them to death
Mr Motivator (What ever happened to him?)
Running on the spot dancing! (WAYHEY THE RUNNING MAN...)
You owned a Bennetton, NafNaf, sweater shop jumper or waistcoat (or bag)
Girls owned scrunchies in an array of colours and tacky headbands with their names written on in thick glitter
You had a pen pal
You could only watch the Simpson's on sky
On a Saturday evening you watched Catchphrase, Gladiators, Generation Game, Noels House Party and then Casualty
You taped the Pepsi Chartshow on radio one and tired in vain to pause the tape before the annoying guy talked and ruined the whole thing.
Cans of Coke were 25p
10p Space Raiders Crisps
A grey Fruit of the Loom jumper was a must have
Sharkie & George were the crimebusters of the sea
You used the line "it's a free country" every day
The Sky Sports Blimp!
Hooch Alcoholic Lemonade (where's it gone?!)
'Don't forget your toothbrush', 'TFI' and Big Breakfast with Chris Evans
You know the dance to Macarena and Saturday Night. You also tried to scat like Scatman John! Bi bat ba ba da bo...
You watched Baywatch and longed for the day that Eddie & Sharni got
together!
You watched Byker Grove 'ha ha ha whatcha laughin at!' (the theme
song ending), and saw PJ get shot in the eye with a paintball!
PJ and Duncan not Ant and Dec! Dodgy Pop Not Dodgy Presenting!
Shellsuits & bumbags!
You longed to live in Beverley Hills 90210
Home and Away was a prime time ITV programme watched by millions
Fruit salads and black jacks!
Strike it lucky on a sunday night with Michael Barrymore when he was straight & married
Chain letters
You had fake ID
You remember Todd Landers in Neighbours
You religiously watched Saved by the Bell on a Saturday morning!
You more than likely lost/nearly lost a wobbly tooth on a wham bar!!
CK one (probably the fake one from the market)
Going Live, then Live and Kicking was the place to be on a Saturday Morning - you know you remember the number 0181 811 8181
You knew every word to the theme tune from Fresh Prince of Bel Air
You collected Premier League Stickers and did swoops at playtime
Girls wore crappy lipstick such as - coffee shimmer, heather shimmer
and birthday suit!
You wore kickers and wallaby's with the tags hanging from them
You thought saying - "I know you are, you said you are but what am
I" to every cuss that that came your way!
"love got the world in motion" with the John Barnes Rap
when you used to run away from some thing and shout ' leg iiiiiitt'
