Let’s Take a Break from The Election–Remember the 80’s?
I have been so overwhelmed with this election–the comments of each candidate, my own governor telling Mike Huckabee to get out, Ron Paul staying in because he is, um…uh…delusional? Anyway, a friend of mine sent me an email about the 80’s that is too funny so I thought we should all take a break from the serious here and now and reflect back–back on a time when neon was a good color, when you could still buy an LP because the CD didn’t come out for another 6 months, a time when Don Johnson was cool and Doogie Howser wasn’t gay, a time when Ricky Schroeder was still “Ricky” and a prime-time hit was “The A-Team” a time when Duran Duran couldn’t stay off the charts and Kajagoogoo was actually the name of a band.
You know you are from the 80’s if:
1. You ever ended a sentence with the word “SIKE.”
2. You can sing the rap to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and can do the Carlton.
3. You know that “WHOA!” comes from Joey on a very special Blossom.
4. You have ever watched “Fraggle Rock” and you know what “TMNT” means.
5. You wore a pony tail on the side of your head.
6. You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in Computer class.
7. You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets–and were proud of it–like so proud.
8. You know the profound meaning of “Wax on, Wax off” (is there any other meaning?)
9. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off, his cheeks shifted and he became white.
10. And you can remember great music by Herbie Hancock, Chaka Khan and Tina Turner.
Oh wait a minute–these three were all on the Grammy’s the other night–my bad, I was so like thinking like they were from the 80’s but it was so rad that they were on the Grammy’s this year. It was tripindicular really.
-Murphy
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February 12, 2008 at 8:25 pm
yes, I am apparently from the eighties, though I think Fresh Prince was in the nineties..not to be nitpicky or anything.
February 12, 2008 at 8:26 pm
You know what–you are right–it started in 1990. But hey, that was still kindof the 80’s. Grunge music didn’t really start until 93 or so.
February 13, 2008 at 1:31 pm
You know I usually keep politics off my blog but I couldn’t contain the outrage much longer over the Che/Cuba flag hanging up in the Obama Campaign Office here in Houston.
February 13, 2008 at 1:35 pm
The resurgence of checkered VANS has made me wonder if leg warmers, Z. Cavarrici’s and hyper-color shirts are just around the corner.
February 15, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Murph, i’ve gleamed a cube before. Child of the 80’s that would still do Martha Quinn.
February 15, 2008 at 11:22 pm
I know what you mean–Martha Quinn has always been good looking. Nice admitting use of the cube–it takes a real man, er, raccoon to admit such a thing.
February 22, 2008 at 11:35 pm
Ah, the 80s. They were the best of times. They were the worst of times. Like many others, I spent much of the decade plunging into various destructive activities that mostly involved women and drugs. By the close of the decade, I had weaned myself from addictive substances and met the woman who became my wife. Thank God for the 80s…. being over.