Thursday, April 10, 2008

One of those Meme things

I'm not a big fan of Memes, but I liked the 80's theme to this one.

1. How old were you in 1980? 4
2. How old were you in 1989? 13
3. Were you a Toys R Us kid? No, shopped at KayBee
4. Did you watch Transformers? No
5. Did you see E.T. on the big screen? Yes
6. Did you own a Lite Bright? No, but my grandparents did
7. When someone says ' Who you gonna call? ' You think? Ghostbusters of course.
8. What was your favorite toy? GI Joes.
9. Did you have a Pogo Ball? No
10. Did you listen to New Kids on the Block? Hell NO!
11. Which New Kid did you have a crush on? Let’s not go there…
12. Did you play M.A.S.H? Of course. My Dad looks just like Radar. My 4 year old daughter hums the theme song now.
13. Did you watch The Care Bears? Yes, but I’m not proud of it
14. Did you have Jelly bracelets? Nope
15. Did you have a charm necklace and/or bracelet? I had a necklace my girlfriend gave me with my name in gold wire (all swirly and cursive)
16. Did you own a glo-worm? No, but I wanted one
17. Did you ever own a slap bracelet? Several
18. The Breakfast Club or Sixteen Candles? Rambo
19. Did you have a crazy hair style? I was ahead of my time and had a flattop
20. What was your first bike? A generic BMX bike with no pegs
21. Name one thing you still own from your childhood? Readily available…the kangaroo I made of clay in third grade
22. Did you have a Cabbage Patch Kid? Yes (and my daughter does too)
23. Did you dress like Madonna? Thankfully no
24. Did you watch Miami Vice? Loved it. Even had a blue sport coat that I rolled up the sleeves on.
25. Did you own a pair of Jelly Shoes? No
26. Did you own a Trapper Keeper? Several, they never lasted long enough for me
27. Atari or Nintendo? Texas Instruments that hooked up to the back of the TV
28. Did you play Pac-Man? Only at the arcades
29. He-Man or She-Ra? He-Man (but I liked Orko better)
30.What movie scared you the most? I was forced to watch Nightmare on Elm Street and have never enjoyed scary movies since
31. Did you try to dance like Michael Jackson? I still try to Moon Walk when nobody’s looking
32. What Is The First Thing That Comes To Mind When You Hear ‘flux capacitor?’ I slipped on the toilet seat and saw this…
33. What other colors did Pepsi come in? I don’t know, I was a Coke drinker
34. Roger Rabbit Or Howard The Duck? Howard and his PlayDuck magazine
35. Did you ever beg your parents to have your school picture taken with the LASER background? Nope
36. Do you know what the Ninja Rap is? Vaguely
37. Favorite slang word(s)? Awesome, cool (now repeated by my daughter), and book (as in run really fast – but I don’t use that in public)
38. Can you name the family members from National Lampoons Vacation movies? Rusty, Sparky, Uncle Eddie, Aunt Katherine, and I forget the rest
39. Did you have pump sneakers? Yes, but the pumps always broke
40. Did you own HYPER COLOR shirts? One
41. Did you watch Smurfs? Absolutely. Still do.
42. What is the most annoying 80s style? Pegged pants. So hard to get them even and looking juuuust right.

Thanks to urban princess for the idea.

2 comments:

Gayle said...

Educate me.... what are pegged pants?

and really..... WHO made you watch that scary movie??

Mom

Neil Richard said...

Pegged pants - where you roll up the cuffs of your pants to look cool.

http://carboncopy.hobix.com/archives/44%20pegged%20pants.jpg

And if I recall, it was Bobby in the 5th Wheel in Madera. Scared the crap out of me.