You Know You Grew Up In The 80's If...
1. You've ever ended a sentence with the
word "PSYCHE".
2.
You watched the Pound Puppies.
3. You can sing the rap to
the "Fresh Prince of Belair " ...and
can do the "Carlton".
4. Girls wore biker shorts under their skirts and felt
stylishly sexy.
5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters
club and tried to start a club of your own.
6. You owned
those lil' Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.
7.
"WOAH " comes from Joey on Blossom.
8. Two words: Hammer Pants.
9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock ".
10. You had plastic
streamers on your handle bars... and "spokey-dokes" or
playing cards on your spokes for that incredible
sound effect.
11. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck
Tales ". (Woo ooh!)
12. You wore a ponytail
on the side of your head.
13. When it was actually worth getting up early
on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
14. You saw the original "Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles " on
the big screen... and still know the turtles names.
15.
You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer
class at school.
16. You made your mom buy one of those
clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.
17.
You played the game "MASH ". (Mansion,
Apartment, Shelter, House)
18.
You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud
of it.
19. L.A. Gear... need I say more.
20. You wanted to change your
name to "JEM " in Kindergarten. (She's
truly outrageous)
21. You remember reading "Tales of a
fourth grade nothing " and
all the Ramona books.
22. You know the profound meaning
of "WAX
ON, WAX OFF".
23. You wanted to be a Goonie.
24. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. (some of us...
head-to-toe)
25. You can remember what Michael Jackson
looked like before his nose fell off and his cheeks shifted.
26.
You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female
smurf.
27. You took lunch boxes to school... and traded
Garbage Pail Kids in the schoolyard.
28. You remember the
CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.
29. You still
get the urge to say "NOT " after every
sentence.
30. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.
31. Barbie and the Rockers
was your favorite band.
32. You thought She-ra (Princess
of Power!) and He-Man should hookup.
33. You thought your
childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged
handmade friendship bracelets.
34. You ever owned a pair
of Jelly-Shoes. (and like #24, probably in neon colors,
too)
35. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
you kept saying "I
know you are, but what am I?"
36. You remember "I've
fallen and I can't get up"
37. You remember going to the skating rink before there
were inline skates.
38. You ever got seriously injured
on a Slip and Slide.
39. You have ever played with a Skip-It.
40. You had or attended
a birthday party at McDonalds.
41. You've gone through
this nodding your head in agreement.
42. You remember Popples.
43. "Don't worry, be happy"
44. You wore like, EIGHT
pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.
45. You
wore socks scrunched down (and sometimes still do...getting
yelled at by "younger hip" members of
the family)
46. "Miss MARY MACK MACK MACK, all
dressed in BLACK BLACK BLACK "
47. You remember boom boxes. and walking
around with one on your shoulder like you were all that.
48.
You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies.
49.
You know what it meant to say "Care
Bear Stare!"
50.
You remember watching "Rainbow Bright" and "My
Little Pony Tales "
51. You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot.
52.
You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.
53.
You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool...
and don't even flinch when people refer to them as "NKOTB".
54.
You knew all the characters names and their life stories
on "Saved
By the Bell ",
the ORIGINAL class.
55. You know all the
words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.
56. You just
sang those words to yourself.
57.You remember watching
Magic vs. Bird.
58. Homemade Levi shorts. (the shorter
the better)
59. You remember when mullets were cool!
60. You had a mullet!
61. You still sing "We are the World"
62. You tight
rolled your jeans.
63. You owned a bannana clip.
64. You remember "Where's
the Beef?"
65. You used to (and probably still do)
say "What
you talkin' about Willis?"
66. You had big hair and you
knew how to use it.
67. You're still singing shot through
the heart in your head,aren't you!
