1988
Welcome To
"Ze tightness of your shorts equals ze square route of your age." Einstein.
Meanwhile, in the real world,
1988
was a helluva year because...
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CDs outsell vinyl for the first time
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Soviets leave Afghanistan
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Summer Olympics in Seoul, South-Korea; Ben Johnson caught for steriods after setting a World Record in the 100 meter dash.
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Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland; Lybian terrorists are suspected of planting the bomb
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Prozac is introduced as an anti-depresent. the same year Bobby McFerrin tells everyone "Don't worry, be happy" Coincidence?
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US advertising is permitted on Soviet TV
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Work begins on the Chunnel which will then become the world's longest undersea tunnel.
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Iran-Iraqi war ends in August.
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Soviets withdraw from Afghanastan.
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Australia celebrates it's bicentenary
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Olympic Games in Seoul
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Ooohhh be still my dancing feet..
They don't make em like they used to..
MOVIES: Rodger Rabbit, The Accidental Tourist, The Accused, Beaches, Beetlejuice, Big, Bull Durham, A Cry in the Dark, Dangerous Liaisons, A Fish Called Wanda, Gorillas in the Mist, High Hopes, Midnight Run, Mississippi Burning, Rain Man, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Vanishing, Working Girl
Rodger Rabbit
The Accidental Tourist
The Accused
Beaches
Beetlejuice
Big
Bull Durham
A Cry in the Dark
Dangerous Liaisons
A Fish Called Wanda
Gorillas in the Mist
High Hopes
Midnight Run
Mississippi Burning
Rain Man
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Vanishing
Working Girl