You’re an ’80s child if…
May 20th, 2007- Snap bracelets were always getting you in trouble at school.
- You played with “My Little Ponies”.
- Friendship bracelets were ties that couldn’t be broken.
- You’ve ever read Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, The Babysitters Club (Say Hello to your friends!), or Sweet Valley High.
- You know all the words to “Ice Ice Baby”.
- You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.
- You had a crush on one of the New Kids on the Block members.
- You remember the New Kids On The Block.
- You wanted to be on Star Search.
- You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before he had plastic surgery.
- Heaven forbid you wore one of those t-shirt rings or a scrunchi on one side of your shirt during your youth.
- You were styling with your french rolled pants.
- You wore multiple pairs of socks in the middle of the summer just so you could be “hip”
- You had puff painted your own shirt at least once.
- You owned a doll with ‘Xavier Roberts’ signed on it’s butt. Cabbage Patch Kids!
- You knew what Willis was “talkin’ ’bout.”
- You know the profound meaning of “Wax on, Wax off”
- You were upset when She-ra, Princess of Power, and He-Man cancelled.
- You can remember watching Full House and Saved by the Bell for endless hours, back when they were new episodes.
- You have seen at least 10 episodes of Fraggle Rock.
- 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 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 even wore flourescent-neon clothing.
- You could breakdance, or wished you could.
- You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.
- You remember M.C. Hammer.
- You can still sing the rap to “Fresh Prince of Bel Air”.
- How many of you can recite the theme to Duck Tales?
- You own any cassettes.
- You owned a pair of L.A. Gear, Keds, or Converse tennis shoes.
- You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunchbox.
- You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf. (And how come Baby Smurf never grew up…)
- My Little Pony, Gummy Bears, Transformers, You can’t do that on Television, Noozles, KIDS Incorporated, Captain Kangaroo, Double Dare, and Hey Dude are familiar to you.
- You ever had a Swatch Watch or a Doonie and Burke.
- You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the “Care Bear stare”.
- You had Wonder Woman or Superman underoos.
- You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
- You spent hours in the basement building and re-building Lego cities.
- Do Polly Pockets or Popples ring a bell?
- Big wheels and bicycles with streamers were the way to go.
- With your Playskool record player you sang back up to Debbie Gibson.
- “Party like it’s 1999″ seemed SO far away!!
- You stayed up all night listening to Teddy Ruxpin.
- Can we say Trapper Keeper?
- Can you tell us how to get to Sesame Street?
- If you wanted to be on the GLADIATORS!!!
- If you still have a crimper in your bathroom drawer
- If you remember singing Amy Grant’s “Baby, Baby”
- You owned an Indiana Jones hat.
- You had more than one Star Wars action figure
- You loved your pink jeans, black stretch pants and big loop earings
- If you wanted to pick a lock with a toothbrush just like MacGyver.
- You wanted to travel through time on Quantum Leap.
- If you remember when rollerblades were the new thing.
- If you learned how to spell mouse from the Mickey Mouse Club theme song.
- You felt like a big girl when your mom bought you GIRL TALK
- You used to wear bright pink slip-ons and jelly shoes.
- You used to compare your little brother to Ferguson.
- You were scared of the Gremlins.
- You remember when Ren and Stimpy was a new show.
- When MTV was all about Rock Hard videos and BIG hair.
- Pee Wee’s Play House…Rainbow Brite…Fanny Packs (need I say more…:)
- If you can remember when you’re “My Buddy” or “Kid Sister” seemed so tall.
- If you wanted to stay up late to watch Mr. Belvadere (at 9:00 at night)
- You can’t forget Charles in Charge.
- You remeber the cereal ad characters Count Chocula, Frankenberry, and Tony the Tiger.
- You remember Captain Planet and Bravestar. Oh, and Duckula.
- You made your mom buy you pink star earrings so you could grab one and call on Synergy. And you know all the Misfits by name. Yay Jem!
- You remeber the original Fame.
- 21 Jump Street. Need we say more?
- You wished you were as smart as Doogie Howser.
- You wore your hair in high ponytails, pulled to one side of your head.
- You remember Paula Abdul and that dancing cartoon cat.
- You loved Deneice Huxtable.
- Your name is Sade or Shanice.
- Music was all about the B-52′s, the Bangles, and Wilson-Phillips.
- The “SILVERHAWKS” : the little guy that couldnt talk, and that buff twin, and oh ma gosh…the theme song!!!
- If you can identify with at least half of these, you are a child of the 80′s!!
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