You know you're a child of the '80s if...

[ZWarrior]

• You remember Don Johnson when he was "cool"
• You know who shot J.R
• You remember when Michael Jackson was actually considered something of a sex symbol
• You practice getting in and out of your car through the windows
• You owned at least one skinny leather tie.
• Your first Walkman weighed 10 pounds and was the size of a brick.
• You wore L.A. Gear tennis shoes.
• You know the meaning of Wax on/Wax Off
• You're always "in the mood for dancing"
• If you can "See Better" with sunglasses that have paint splattered all over the lenses.
• You can feel St. Elmo's fire burnin' in you.
• You need a shopping cart to carry your personal stereo with you.
• You remember what Michael Jackson looked like before the surgery.
• You go rollerskating every Friday night (not to skate, but to 'hang out')
• You still want to take Karate...(after you move to California)
• You watch NYPD Blue thinking, "Well, they're no Crockett and Tubbs, that's for sure".
• "Outrageous!" is the term to describe something neat and cool
• You think that Garbage Pail Kids are your children's worst enemy
• You had a poster of Bo, Luke & Daisy Duke
• There was nothing to question about Bert n' Ernie living together
• The phrase "Where's the beef?" still doubles you over with laughter.
• You went out and purchased the sound track for 'Miami Vice'
• You remember the magazines of song lyrics
• If you think Hulk Hogan is the best wrestler of all time.
• If the best non-slasher movie in your opinion is An American Werewolf In London.
• Two words: The Clapper.
• Six words: "This is your brain on drugs."
• You want to live in 'the Valley'.
• Ferris Bueller was your idol.
• You watched 'Star Search' on a regular basis.
• Every now and then, you blurt out: "Ooh noo, Mr. Bill!!!"
• If you had an entire wardrobe of Esprit clothing (or coveted one.)
• If you know the words to the "Oscar Mayer" theme songs
• Your bangs are teased perfectly to 7 inches above the rest of your hair.
• Have multi-colored earrings that touch your shoulders
• Played Upwords, Boggle or Trivial Pursuit (the original) on a rainy afternoon
• You wore lace gloves with the fingers cut off, bangle bracelets up to your elbows, bright red Reebok high tops and parachute pants to a school dance
• You're still bitter that WHAM broke up
• You know whose phone number is 867-5309
• You drink Diet Coke because Max Headroom told you to
• You still watch things on Beta tapes
• You have the tendency to turn up the collar of your polo shirts
• You never go out for a night on the town without frosted blue eyeshadow and feathered bangs
• Everything in your wardrobe is either pastel or fluorescent
• People are constantly gagging you with spoons.
• You know all the words to "I'm just a bill, sitting up on Capitol Hill" and "School House Rock."
• The feeling in your thumb is only now just returning after holding down the Atari joystick to control the racecar in Enduro Racer
• You still can't believe that Milli Vanilli was deceiving you all that time
• You can sing all the words to "One Night in Bangkok" by Murray Head, and now you understand that it is about chess.
• You still wear a bandana tied around your leg and/or a ponytail off-center on the side of your head.
• You know who Martha Quinn is.
• You still carry your boom box on your shoulder
• You think David Hasselhoff was awesome in Knight Rider but sucks in "Boob Watch."
• When you saw luging at the Winter Olympics you poured water down your driveway and tried it yourself.
• A piece of folded paper and two hands could tell your fortune.
• Knickers and leg warmers were cool
• You ever wanted to learn to play "Stairway to Heaven" on the guitar and choreographed "Dancing Queen" by yourself in your room.
• You had ringside seats for Luke and Laura's wedding
• You ever had a Dorothy Hammill haircut.
• You thought a Commodore 64 was the highest technology available
• You wanted to be "The Hulk" for halloween
• You want to be "Where Everybody Knows Your Name"
• 'A Different World' kicked butt
• Remember "Dancin' to a Big Mac at McDonalds!"
• You know who played Magnum P.I
• One Phrase, "The Plane, The Plane"
• You can name at least three members of the Brat Pack
• Still think banana clips were a godsend
• Still wear Wet n' Wild makeup
• If your idea of hi-tech toys is still the heat-sensitive color-changing sticker on Transformers
• If you remember Bruce Willis from Moonlighting, not Die Hard
• You still wear your "Members Only" jacket.
• You still have a couple of those barettes made of woven ribbons.
• You had snap bracelets
• You remember when Pee-Wee wasn't a pervert.
• You had had five pairs of socks on at any given time
• You still think Donkey Kong can beat Mario up
• If you still have your scratch-n-sniff sticker collection
• If you remember when you heard that drinking soda and eating Pop Rocks would make your stomach asplode
• If you ever used Lee Press-On Nails
• If you wear jelly shoes
• You still play with that CASIO SK-1 Keyboard
• You're still hoping for a New Kids on the Block reunion tour
• You still argue over who was better: Tiffany or Debbie Gibson
• Every time you hear the "OH YEAH..." song you think of "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"
• You still watch tapes of Stingray, McGyver, and Airwolf

[JollyRoger]

sad part is, I remeber most of this stuff.

[n1c]

Same here, Oh, the memories!!!  

[snauzberries]

i remeber some of that stuff.........but thats ojnly thanks to reruns and jolly

[ZWarrior]

I remembered WAAAAAY to much of that.  But then I found that while looking for the lyrics to a 80's song.

[opiesilver]

OMG, I was hoping that there was at least something that I didn't remember.  And by the way, Hulk Hogan rules!  Remember when he beat down Andrea the Giant?

[JollyRoger]

was that before or after he was in the Princess Bride?

[ZWarrior]

That would be before PB.

[JollyRoger]

Ah, it's all staged anyways. they're all abunch of sissy.

[Morpheus]

They do bite though....ask Wolvy :lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol

[opiesilver]

That was even before it was officially announced it was mostly faked.

[JollyRoger]

was still fake!!!:lol

[ZWarrior]

Not totally, although staged, Wolvy can testify that it really hurts!!!