You're an 80's child if...
You ever ended your sentence with "psych"
You solved the Rubics cube.....by peeling off the stickers
You watched the pound puppies
You can sing the rap to "the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"
You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of
your own.
You owned those little Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls
You know what 'Whoa' means from Blossom
Three words: M.C. Hammer
You thought it would be great to have a friend named "boner"
You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales"
If you played the chipmunks Christmas album all year long!
The crypt keeper really freaked you out
Remember reading Kool-Aid man comics
You ever watched Fraggle Rock
You had plastic streamers on the handle bars of your bike
When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons (thank
you!!)
You wore a pony tail to the side of your head
You saw the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the big screen
You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at
school
You made your mom buy you one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a
knot on the side
You had a Kirk Cameron poster on your bedroom wall
You played the game "Mash" with friends at school
You wore a Jordache jean jacket and you were proud of it
Your mother wouldn't let you have garbage pail kids
You wanted to change your name to Jem in Kindergarten
You remember reading "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" and all the Ramona
books
You took Lunch pales to school
You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf
You remember the craze, and then banning of slap bracelets
You still get the urge to use "NOT" at the end of every statement you
make
You remember Hypercolor T-shirts
Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band (i had the sleeping bag!)
You remember Punky Brewster
You loved Howard the duck
You thought Sheera and He-man should hook up (dude, they were
twins!!!gross!)
You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged
"friendship bracelets"
You ever owned a pair of Jelly Shoes
After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you couldn't stop saying "I know you are
but what am I?"
You remember "I've fallen...and I can't get up!"
You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates
You ever got seriously injured on a slip and slide
You know not to mix poprocks and soda
You have played with a 'skip-it'
You had or went to a birthday party at McDonald's
If you've ever wanted to go to Degrassi High
You ever sat on or used one knee on a skateboard
You learned oldies songs by watching Alvin and the Chipmunks
You had a Glow Worm or watched the cartoons
You remember dancing along with the Bangles in "Walk Like An
Egyptian"
If you remember Heathcliff the orange cat
You saw the California Raisins Christmas claymation special
You've gone through this list occasionally saying "That wasn't from the
80's"
You remember Popples
DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!
MISS MARY MACK MACK MACK ALL DRESSED IN BLACK BLACK
BLACK.....
You remember boom boxes instead of CD players
You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies
You remember the gimp fad
You remember the Transformers
You had to buy a pair of overalls when everyone stared wearing them
You knew what it meant to say: "Care bear stare!!" and you had a
favorite
You remember Rainbow Bright and My Little Pony Tails
You remember watching TV thinking Doogie Howser was hot!
You remember Alf, the little furry brown alien from Malmac
You remember the large amounts of hairspray used
You remember those very stylish headbands
You remember Vicky the Robot
You remember Eve Garland from Out of this World and how she could stop time
by pressing the tips of her index fingers together and talking to her dad through a
glowing cube in her bedroom
You remember watching The Cosby show
You remember Mr.Belvadier
You remember Michael J. Fox in Family Ties and Back to the Future
You had a crush on one of the New Kids on the Block.
You wanted to be on StarSearch. (Come on, we all did)
You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell
off. Or even when he had those freaky eyes in "Thriller" at
the end of the video.
You wore a banana clip, leg warmers or one of those slap on wrist bands
at
some point during your youth.
You wore french rolls on the botom of your splatter painted jeans
You had slouch socks, and puff painted your own shirt at least once
You owned a doll with 'Xavier Roberts' signed on it's butt
You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."
You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off."
You can name at least half of the members of the "Brat Pack."
You can remeber watching Full House, Degrassi Junior High 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 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've heard of Garbage Pail Kids.
You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince."
You wore flourescent - neon if you will - clothing...or nailpolish...or
earrings
You could breakdance, or wished you could.
You know who Max Headroom is.
You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.
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.
You wanted to communicate with some being named Cinergy, or you wanted
green
hair like that lead singer of the Misfits.
You wore bike 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 had a crush on one of the Coreys (Haim or Feldman).
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 "Whammee" is. ("No Whammy, no whammy, stop!!")
Partying
"like
it's 1999" seemed SO far away.
If you can identify with at least half of this list then
you, my friend, are a "Child of the 80's."
