The Bouncers' Guide to the Eighties

You were part of the Eighties if:-

You wore a Kagoul, especially those windbreakers that folded up into a pouch you could wear around your waist.

You remember Le Freak by Chic and Bad Manners' Can-Can

You ever dressed to emulate a person you saw in a Duran Duran, Madonna or Bruce Springsteen video

The first time you ever kissed someone was at a dance during 'Crazy for You' by Madonna

You know who shot JR but have probably forgotten

You remember which policeman you liked best in 'Chips'

Mark from Eastenders will always be Tucker from Grange Hill/Tucker's Luck

You can sing '99 Red Balloons' in English and German

You reckon Wagonwheels/Mars Bars/Ginger Nuts used to be bigger

You cried at Zammo's funeral

You know all the words to Ice Ice Baby.

You wanted to be on Jim'll Fix it

You wore one of those slap-on wristbands at some point. or one of those T-shirts that changed colour with heat (Global Hypercolour).

You had slouch socks and puff painted your own shirt at least once.

You even wore fluorescent-neon clothing.(if you can call it clothing!)

Not only did you wear fluorescent-neon clothing, but they were mismatched with fingerless gloves and towelling socks
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You could break dance (ok, you wished you could)

Amiga was a state of the art video game system.

You spent countless hours trying to perfect the Care Bear stare.

You know what "Psyche" means.

Partying like it's 1999 seemed SO far away.

You actually thought Dirty Dancing was a REALLY good film.

You know what leg warmers are and probably had a pair.

You recorded songs off the radio with your boom box.

You still know all the words to songs played on VH1's Big 80s

You still don't like going in the sea because of Jaws.

Now compilations had the pig on the front cover.

You never questioned why the A-Team were always imprisoned in places that had sufficient tools to build an armoured tank.

You wore a Kagoul, especially those windbreakers that folded up into a pouch you could wear around your waist.


You've ever said "bright light, bright light" in a strange high-pitched voice.

You fell out with friends about the relative merits of Matt &Luke.

Cerise pink, electric blue and banana yellow have ever featured in your wardrobe or make-up collection.

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

You tried to convince your Dad to fit a strip of red lights on the front of Capri so it looked like KITT.

You've ever seen a girl, a clown and noughts and crosses on your TV.

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

You hid behind the sofa whenever you heard the word Exterminate!

You could have got away with it if it wasn't 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

You've ever held a chicken in the air or stuck a deckchair up your nose.

You wore legwarmers tried to do the splits while jumping in the air while singing you were going to live forever.

Trains in Wales went Pshh-t-cuf, pshh-t-cuf, pshh-t-cuf, pshh-t-cuf,.

Your best mate had a Soda Stream at home and you were jealous.

When 'Computer' Tennis, Pac-Man and Donkey-Kong ruled

You were occasionally allowed to stay up late for Howard's Way, Dallas, Dynasty or Minder.

Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.

You remember when 25p was decent pocket money and you'd reach into a muddy gutter for 10p.

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

When Yoda said 'There is another Skywalker' you wished he was talking about you.

And this is the worst
You cringed every time your parents reminisced about popular culture of their youth!

For all those that missed it, that's just what it was like.