You know you were a child of the 80's if...
~You had a crush on one of the New Kids on the Block members.
~You wanted to be on Star Search. (Come on, we all did)
~You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before he had plastic surgery. (All those early videos) Or even when he had those freaky eyes in "Thriller" at the end of the video.
~You wore a banana clip or one of those slap on wrist bands at some point during your youth.
~You were styling with your french rolled pants.
~You had slouch socks, and puff painted your own shirt at least once. Aha, puffy paints!
~You owned a doll with 'Xavier Roberts' signed on it's butt. (What was up with those Cabbage Patch Kids?!)
~You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."
~You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off."
~You were upset when Sherah, Princess of Power and He-Man got canceled.
~You can remember watching full house and saved by the bell for endless hours.
~You have seen at least 10 episodes of Fraggle Rock.
~You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer."
~You hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future."
~You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name."
~You thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool. (Was there an 80's movie she WASN'T in?)
~You know what "Sike" means.
~You fell victim to 80's fashion: big hair, crimped, combed over to the side, and you wore spandex pants.
~You wanted to be a Goonie ("Goonies never say die.")
~You remember Madonna in her cone stage.
~You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince."
~You actually saw Ted Danson as the MacDaddy he played "Sam" to be.
~You ever wore fluorescent/neon clothing...(or nail polish)
~You could breakdance, or wished you could.
~You know who Max Headroom is. Sounds familiar, dontcha know?
~You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system. (Remember Pong)
~You know all the words to "ice ice baby".
~You remember M.C. hammer.
~You can still sing the rap to "Fresh Prince of Bel Air".
~You own any cassettes.
~You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon.
~You remember and/or own any of the CareBear Glass collection from Pizza Hut.
~Poltergeist freaked you out.
~You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunchbox.
~You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.
~My Little Pony, Gummy Bears, PinWheel with Molly the Mole, Double Dare, and Zoobilee Zoo are familiar to you.
~You know what a Doozer is.
~You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.
~You ever had a Swatch Watch.
~You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the care-bear stare.
~You wanted to live in Muffy the Mouse's house on Today's Special.
~You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
~You had WonderWoman or Superman underoos.
~You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.
~You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"
~You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
~You know what a "Whammy" is. ("No Whammy, nowhammy, stop!!")
~Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.
~If you knew what a Commodore 64 or an Amiga was.
~If you had an infatuation with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
~You thought that all "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun".
~You thought Kevin Bacon and Tom Cruise slid around on the floor all the time.
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