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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