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Copied and pasted from an e-mail i got this morning............what great memories!

You have probably seen this before but it is a classic!

You know its true! Hello children of the 80`s. Read this, it will take you
back.

1. Um Bongo, Um Bongo, They drink it in the Congo
2. Friendship bracelets were ties that couldn`t be broken
3. You know all the words to "Ice Ice Baby
4. You wanted to be on "Jim`ll Fix It".
5. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before he had plastic
surgery.
6. You had one of those T-shirts that changed colour with heat.
7. You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off".
8. You were upset when She-Ra, Princess of Power and He-Man got cancelled.
9. You remember Madonna in her cone stage outfit.
10. You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince"
11. You wore fluorescent-neon clothing... (If you can call it clothing!)
12. You could break dance (ok, you wished you could)
13. You remember when Amiga was a state of the art video game system.
14. You remember M.C. Hammer.
15. You can still sing the rap to "Fresh Prince of Bel Air"....You can
remember when it was Jazzy Jeff and The fresh Prince and NOT just plain
Will Smith!
16. You own any cassettes. You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins,
ALF or ET lunchbox. You have never pondered on why Smurfette was the ONLY
female smurf.
17. My Little Pony, Gummy Bears and Transformers are familiar to you.
18. You had a Swatch Watch.
19. You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"
20. Big wheels and BMX`s were the way to go.
21. With your pink (or blue) portable tape player, you sang to Kylie and
Jason!
22. You owned Polly Pocket or Micro Machines.
23. You made Ken fall in love with Barbie.
24. Partying "like its 1999" seemed SO far away.
25. You knew that Transformers were "more than meets the eye".
26. You wore a banana clip at some point during your youth.
27. You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we`d all be living in
space.
28. You know what leg warmers are and probably had a pair.
29. You wore cycling shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.
30. You recorded songs off the radio with your boom box.
31. You wore those wide, colourful shoelaces.
32. You never questioned why the A-Team was always imprisoned in places
that had sufficient tools to build an armoured tank.
33. Dungeons & Dragons was your favourite programme.
34. You said "bright light, bright light" in a strange high-pitched voice.
35. You fell out with friends during heated arguments about the relative
merits of Matt & Luke.
36. Cerise pink, electric blue and banana yellow have featured in your
wardrobe or make-up collection.
37. You did the top toggle of your coat up around your neck without having
your arms in the sleeves, and you knew you looked like a superhero.
38. Your new winter coat was best used to demonstrate that your wings were
like a shield of steel.
39. You still remember when the A-ha video was the pinnacle of modern
technology and you can still sing all the words.
40. Your best party dress was either a ra-ra or puff-ball skirt.
41. You remember watching a house inhabited by a jester, a pantomime horse
and a woman who sneezed, and thinking that this was perfectly normal.
42. You tried to convince your Dad to fit a strip of red lights onthe front
of a Capri so it looked like KITT.
43. You had more than 10 sweets in a 10p mix-up.
44. You hid behind the sofa whenever you heard the word "Exterminate!"
45. Girls - You owned a pair of Pixie boots, generally worn with leg
warmers.
46. Boys - You owned a pair of pale grey slip-ons, generally worn with
white towelling socks.
47. Ooh, you could crush a grape!
48. You held a chicken in the air or stuck a deckchair up your nose.
49. You wore legwarmers & tried to do the splits while jumping in the air
while singing you were going to live forever.
50. Your best mate had a Soda Stream at home and you were jealous.
51. Any elderly Scottish lady sounds like Supergran.
52. You remember playing British Bulldog
53. When `Computer` Tennis, Pac-Man and Donkey-Kong ruled
54. You remember hearing the tune then running out to buy an ice cream cone
on a warm summer night - 99`s, or a cider lolly.
55. Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.
56. Important decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo."

Neil

56. Important decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo."

What do you mean were - when it came to moving house/job,etc. ;)

Regards,
Peter

You missed out Dangermouse

He`s the greatest! He`s fantastic!
Wherever there is danger, he`ll be there!
He`s the ace! He`s amazing!
He`s the strongest, he`s the quickest, he`s the best!
Dangermouse!
He`s terrific! He`s magnifique!
He`s the greatest secret agent in the world!
Dangermouse - powerhouse!
He`s the fastest, he`s the bravest, he`s the best!
Back to the top Dangermouse! (Amazing!)
Dangermouse! (Astounding!!)
Dangermouuuuse!

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Those pesky Maori`s have nicked my sandwiches again

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You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins,
ALF or ET lunchbox.

I actually had a Five-Alive lunchbox with a radio on it, which I got from collecting tokens.

Funny thread by the way. :)

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1. Um Bongo, Um Bongo, They drink it in the Congo

Went to a wicked `Um Bongo` day at Bristol Zoo as a kid.
You got a little card to collect 12 numbered stickers and had to go around the zoo finding blokes in gorilla suits, go up to them, shout UM BONGO! in their ears and you got that gorilla`s number to stick on your card.
When you got 4 stickers you got a carton of Um Bongo and when you filled it up you got something else....which I can`t quite remember, a hat or something.
One of the best day`s out of my childhood, although after filling 3 cards, felt a wee bit sick (and hyper) on all those Um Bongos. :/

Bit off thread but thought I`d share it with you anyway. :)

J.

I was a bit of a breakdancing freak and was always on the look out for bits of lino that we could breakdance on.

You also know when you where a kid in the eighties because Debbie Harry was still attractive - early eighties :o)

Do you remember Quattro? Lovely stuff.

And Kia-Ora was too orangey for crows.

Texan bars - threatened the teeth of children everywhere.

Hey grimey.. were you in a crew?

"Just say NO!"

This item was edited on Friday, 3rd October 2003, 12:46

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Do you remember Quattro? Lovely stuff.

And Kia-Ora was too orangey for crows.

Whatever happened to Quattro and Kia-ora

Kia-ora just for me and my dog
I`ll be your dog

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Those pesky Maori`s have nicked my sandwiches again

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Children of the eighties - look in

Look In?

I used to buy Look In, it was a great mag,
it had all the comic strips of the decent TV series like Streethawk, A Team and so on
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Jitendar Canth

Quote:
"Back off man, I`m a scientist!"

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