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Subject: HELP! What did grownups do in the 80s?
I'm trying to plan an 80s theme party for my office. Decorating ideas, invitations, etc., are pretty easy. But we also need something to DO. It's a big group, about 70 people, who don't know each other all that well. I don't want to do the traditional, typical, boring "force-me-to-do-them" icebreakers --any 1980s related ideas? I don't remember what adults spent their time doing then. I'm sure they didn't just play Atari and watch TV like I did. But if there was a "fad" that I could somehow turn into a game or activity for people to get to know each other ...
Subject: Re: HELP! What did grownups do in the 80s?
> I'm trying to plan an 80s theme party for my office. Decorating ideas,
> invitations, etc., are pretty easy. But we also need something to DO. It's
> a big group, about 70 people, who don't know each other all that well. I
> don't want to do the traditional, typical, boring
> "force-me-to-do-them" icebreakers --any 1980s related ideas? I
> don't remember what adults spent their time doing then. I'm sure they
> didn't just play Atari and watch TV like I did. But if there was a
> "fad" that I could somehow turn into a game or activity for
> people to get to know each other ...
try checking out my page on planning on 80s night, (link below) it has a list of things others have tried, some of them have been quite successful...
Subject: Re: HELP! What did grownups do in the 80s?
You could put people in groups of 4 and ask each group to compile a list of a few things they did in the 80s, or liked about the 80s, or hated about the 80s. I don't know what country you live in, but in the US there was a pretty bad recession, from what I understand. I think the grownups were just trying to pay the bills and still be able to buy us kids the toys we look back on so fondly now. I hear that people even got together and did a barter-system kind of thing back then. Like, say I'm a gardener and my friend is a dentist. I would do his gardening and he would fill my kids' cavities--but under the table and no money would be involved.