YAM: 80's Meme

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1. How old were you in 1980?
10

2. How old were you in 1989?
19

3. Were you a Toys 'R' Us kid?
Wanted to be...

4. Did you watch Transformers?
Oh hell yes. Transformers freaking ROCKED!

5. Did you see E.T. on the big screen?
Yep.

6. Did you own a Lite Brite?
No.

7. Who is your favorite Golden Girl?
I have no idea.

8. When someone says "Who you gonna call?" you think?
Ghostbusters!

9. What was your favorite toy?
Oooo. From the 80's? Probably the electronic Dungeons and Dragons game.

10. Did you have a Pogo Ball?
A who?

11. Did you listen to New Kids on the Block?
Not intentionally. I tried not to be around when it came on the radio.

12. What New Kid did you have a crush on?
I didn't have a crush on any of them. I wanted to crush the lot of them with a steamroller.

13. Did you play M.A.S.H?
Sadly, yes.

14. Did you watch The Care Bears?
No. Dodged that bullet.

15. Did you have jelly bracelets?
No.

18. Did you ever own a slap bracelet?
Might have. Not sure.

19. The Breakfast Club or Sixteen Candles?
The Breakfast Club, of course! Watched that wayyyyy too many times.

20. Did you have a crazy hair style?
As a rule, no. Did try to shave my football jersey # in my hair. EPIC FAIL!

21. What was your first bike?
Bought it from the neighbor across the street when they had a garage sale.

22. Name one thing you still own from your childhood?
My Pinewood Derby Racer.

23. Did you have a Cabbage Patch Kid?
No.

25. Rainbow Brite or Strawberry Shortcake?
Neither. Threatened my cousins with barbequeing them...

26. Did you watch Miami Vice?
Yep.

28. Did you own a Trapper Keeper?
Several.

29. Atari or Nintendo?
Atari. Also had Pong. Later, a 16k Tandy CoCo.

30. Did you play Pac-Man?
Some. Never very good at it.

31. Which was better: Jem and The Holograms or Barbie and The Rockers?
If forced to choose...Jem. Only because I thought she might last longer in the firepit.

32. He-Man or She-Ra?
He-Man. And what a sucktacular video game, too.

33. What movie scared you the most?
I don't know that any movie scared me in the '80s.

34. Did you try to dance like Michael Jackson?
Closest I ever came was the routine we did for Senior Year Homecoming float...

35. What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear "flux capacitor"?
Blargh! Back to the Future!

36. What other colors did Pepsi come in?
Clear. Did they do blue in the 80s or 90s?

37. Roger Rabbit or Howard The Duck?
Roger Rabbit was the better movie. Howard had the better comic.

38. Did you ever beg your parents to have your school picture taken with the 'LASER' background?
Bwuh? No.

39. Do you know what the Ninja Rap is?
Go Ninja Go Ninja Gooooo! Vanilla Ice in TMNT2, IIRC

40. Do you know why people cringe when they hear the word BUCKNER?
Wasn't he one of the ones who wrote/performed "Pac-Man Fever"?

41. Can you name the family members from the National Lampoon's Vacation movies?
Clark, Ellen, Rusty...THe Griswolds!

42. Did you have pump sneakers?
No.

43. Did you own HYPER COLOR shirts?
No

44. Did you watch Smurfs?
Sadly, yes.