You know you
grew up in the 80's when.....
You know what "Sike" means.
You know the profound meaning of "Wax
on, Wax off."
You know that another name for a keyboard is
a "Synthesizer".
You can sing the McDonald's Big Mac,
Filet-o-fish, quarter pounder, and French fry song.
You know who Mr. T is.
You know who Fat Albert is. And who was old
boy with the pink mask?
You ever wore fluorescent, neon clothing.
You could breakdance, or wish you could.
You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.
You Believed that "By the power of
Greyskull, you HAD the power!"
Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO
far away.
You thought that Transformers were more than
meets the eye.
You knew that knowing is half the battle.
You wanted to be on Star Search.
You can remember Michael Jackson when he was
black.
You wore a banana clip at some point during
your youth.
You remember the garbage pail kids, and owned
some.
You knew what Willis was "talkin'
'bout."
You knew "Rut row raggy" and
"Zoinks."
You HAD to have your MTV.
You actually thought "Dirty
Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.
You remember when ATARI was a state of the
art video game system.
You owned any cassettes.
You were led to believe that in the year 2000
we'd all be living on the moon.
You remember and/or owned any of the Care
Bear Glass collection from Pizza Hut or the Muppets glasses from McDonalds Poltergeist
freaked you out.
You knew who Ben Stein was before you could
win his money,"Bueller?"
You carried your lunch to school in a
Gremlins, ET, Dukes of Hazzard, Knight Rider, Strawberry Shortcake or A-Team lunch box.
You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the
ONLY female smurf.
You know what leg warmers are and probably
had pair.
You wore biker shorts underneath a short
skirt and felt stylish.
You wore your Izod shirt with the collar up.
You had a Swatch Watch with the Swatch Guard.
Your Legos collection started with the free
sets in a Happy Meal.
You remember when Happy Meals came in a box,
not a paper bag.
You remember when Saturday Night Live was
funny.
You had Wonder Woman or Superman underoos.
You know what a "Push Up" ice cream
is.
You had to come in the house when the street
lights came on.
You had to change into play clothes after
school.
You owned, or knew somebody with a Commodore
64.
You hated Scrappy Doo.
You recorded songs off the radio with your
boom box.
You wish you had a light saber.
Somehow you still know all the words to songs
played on VH1's "Big 80's" ("it's been 7 hours & 15 days...")
Your arm was full of rubber bracelets.
You have ever said, "Gag me with a
spoon."
You have ever wondered what happened to
Saturday morning cartoons.
You had to get up to change the channel.
You can still sing 1 to 12 from the Pinball
machine on Sesame Street.
You thought the "Thriller" video
was pretty cool.
You remember the first time you went into a
video store to rent a movie.
You wore those wide, colorful shoelaces.
Quiet Riot's "Come on feel the
noise" was the best song - ever.
You know where "I want my two
dollars" came from.
You still cannot go in to the water because
of that damn movie -Jaws.
If you can identify with at least half of this
list then you, my friend, are a "Child of the 80's". Send this to anyone that
would appreciate going back to this wonderful decade.
Now, how old do you feel? |
