You know you're a child of the '80s if...
- You know who shot J.R
- You remember Don Johnson when he was "cool"
- 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
taken from i80s.com for Jinggez sake.
3 comments:
aAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!Must you remind us of the 80s?!!!! I'm not hardcore 80s....especially with the music but I can relate the the Tv culture at the time....big surprise...
The 80's were the sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit
How bout my double counts dodie!!!!
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