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Things that were cool in the '80ies
cafram - in the states. Posted Aug 2, 2000
Can I just say...MULLET!!
Sorry - I hope no-one else has said it...
Things that were cool in the '80ies
Is mise Duncan Posted Aug 2, 2000
Mullets, Rats-tails and tight shorts...all still worn by the German football squad, all no longer cool!
Things that were cool in the '80ies
Courtney Patron Saint of Social Embarassment Posted Aug 4, 2000
The Great Spacecoaster, E.T., Chuck Taylors, Floresent colors, Atari, Etch-A-Sketch, Hair bands (Motley crue, Slaughter, Poison etc.).
BTW Boston was a band but they were late seventies.
Oh the memories 
Things that were cool in the '80ies
Researcher 147484 Posted Aug 4, 2000
...except the 80's never really ended - they just hibernatet during the drab 90's and are coming back with a vengeance in the new millenium, pink lacoste poloshirts and all!
Things that were cool in the '80ies
Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Aug 4, 2000
Magazines with computer program listings in them, which you bought, took home, and laboriously typed in yourself.
Marvellous.
Things that were cool in the '80ies
Dinsdale Piranha Posted Aug 4, 2000
And you never knew whether they didn't work because you typed them in wrong, or because the programs were rubbish.
Things that were cool in the '80ies
Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Aug 4, 2000
It usually turned out to be a combination of both.
Things that were cool in the '80ies
Zorpheus - I'm so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis. Posted Aug 4, 2000
Speak-N-Spells,
Avoid the Noid,
fliped-up collars on your Izod polo shirt,
spiked hair,
don't worry, be happy,
girls wearing leg-warmers,
members only jackets,
Things that were cool in the '80ies
Zanne Posted Aug 4, 2000
Dr. Martens, Madness and David Bowie in one week in 1983 he had 10 albums in the top 100 a feat only surpassed by Elvis. I can't think of anything else I was only born in 1984 so everything is kinda a blur but I do remember a lot of very scary punks walking round my area.
Things that were cool in the '80ies
just this girl, you know Posted Aug 7, 2000
The Mini-Pops, Cyndi Lauper, Molly Ringwald and the Brat Pack- they made the best movies. If anyone wants to experience a bit of nostalgia- they should try to get their hands on "These are the quotes from my favorite 80s movies" by the Bouncing Souls. sooooooo goooooood.
Things that were cool in the '80ies
NexusSeven Posted Aug 7, 2000
The ubiquitous Dirk Benedict (where he now?); Star Fleet (remember Shiro Hagen, Barry Hercules, Dai-X etc?); the Commodore Amiga as a viable format; The Secret of Monkey Island (Lucasfilm's greatest moment since ESB); Arnie saying 'I'll be back' in every movie he ever made (and the viewing public thinking it was still cool); Rutger Hauer's career; Rutger Hauer's waistline; Judge Dredd (because it was pre-Stallone); Cabbage Patch Kids...no, wait, they were NEVER cool; Liverpool FC; the list goes on and on...
Things that were cool in the '80ies
Afrael (keeper of angelic guidance) Posted Aug 7, 2000
My Vic 20
A-ha
Kate Bush (Still cool...)
Flecked trousers (I was never allowed them)
Thin red leather ties (my brother had one)
Pixie boots
Ra-ra skirts
Grey wallpaper with red, white and black zig-zags
Solar powered calculators (so high-tech)
One day-glo pink sock, one day-glo green one (inside out)
Grey slip-on shoes with white socks
A wedge (I wandered round with a girl's one for months, apparently...)
Pretty in Pink (Duckie...my hero, and Mollie Ringwald...whatever happened to her...?)
In fact, all John Hughes films pre-Macaulay Culkin
*SIGH*
I'm going to go now, and hide under my cabin bed to drool over Morten Harket...
Things that were cool in the '80ies
Is mise Duncan Posted Aug 7, 2000
Cars designed with not a curve on them - TR7, Lambourghini Countach, Fiat X-19 etc.
Things that were cool in the '80ies
Mazza Posted Aug 7, 2000
leg warmers ... FAME .... need i say more ?
Things that were cool in the '80ies
Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Aug 7, 2000
Has anyone mentioned SodaStreams yet?
Things that were cool in the '80ies
Emar, the Flying Misfit... Yes, seriously, he's back... Posted Aug 7, 2000
Selling American weaponry to countries that hate us.
Things that were cool in the '80ies
Zorpheus - I'm so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis. Posted Aug 7, 2000
I think that's still going on.
Things that were cool in the '80ies
Emar, the Flying Misfit... Yes, seriously, he's back... Posted Aug 7, 2000
Yeah. Some fads just won't die.
Things that were cool in the '80ies
Afrael (keeper of angelic guidance) Posted Aug 8, 2000
Sodastreams! I was jealous of my _grandmother_ because she had a soda stream! Jealous of your grandmother. There's eighties greed if ever I heard it...
and FAME!
I'm not sure if I wanted to be Bruno or 'ave 'im...
"Here's where you start paying...in sweat.."
*Nerdy air-guitars in a convoluted Performing Arts/Irene Cara's band fantasy...*
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Things that were cool in the '80ies
- 41: cafram - in the states. (Aug 2, 2000)
- 42: Is mise Duncan (Aug 2, 2000)
- 43: Sjoerd aka Son of Ren (Aug 2, 2000)
- 44: Courtney Patron Saint of Social Embarassment (Aug 4, 2000)
- 45: Researcher 147484 (Aug 4, 2000)
- 46: Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) (Aug 4, 2000)
- 47: Dinsdale Piranha (Aug 4, 2000)
- 48: Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) (Aug 4, 2000)
- 49: Zorpheus - I'm so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis. (Aug 4, 2000)
- 50: Zanne (Aug 4, 2000)
- 51: just this girl, you know (Aug 7, 2000)
- 52: NexusSeven (Aug 7, 2000)
- 53: Afrael (keeper of angelic guidance) (Aug 7, 2000)
- 54: Is mise Duncan (Aug 7, 2000)
- 55: Mazza (Aug 7, 2000)
- 56: Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) (Aug 7, 2000)
- 57: Emar, the Flying Misfit... Yes, seriously, he's back... (Aug 7, 2000)
- 58: Zorpheus - I'm so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis. (Aug 7, 2000)
- 59: Emar, the Flying Misfit... Yes, seriously, he's back... (Aug 7, 2000)
- 60: Afrael (keeper of angelic guidance) (Aug 8, 2000)
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