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this made me all nostalgic... i got it off susan's ujournal
















Be honest.....How many of these do you remember?
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You know you were an 80's kid if:

**You know what "Sike" means.
**You know the profound meaning of "Wax On Wax Off".
**You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer".
**You can name at least half of the members of the BRAT Pack.
**You know who Tina Yothers is.
**You wanted to be a Goonie.
**You know who Max Headroom is.
**You ever wore Fluorescent, neon clothing.
**You could breakdance, wish you could.
**You wanted to dress like the Hulk at Halloween.
**You believed that "By the Power of Greyskull," you HAD the POWER.
**Partying "like it's 1999" seemed sooo far away.
**You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
**You wanted to be on Star search.
**You remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off
**You have worn a Banana Clip, or knew someone who did.
**You owned a doll with "Xavier Roberts" signed on its butt, or knew someone who did
**You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout".
**You HAD to have your MTV.
**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 thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool.
**You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.
**You have heard of "Garbage Pail Kids".
**Punks actually "shocked" people
**You knew "The Artist", when he was humbly called "Prince".
**You actually saw Ted Danson as the Mac Daddy he played "Sam" to be.
**You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game.
**You own any cassettes.
**You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon.
**You remember and/or owned any of the CareBear glass collections from Pizza Hut Hut, Or any other stupid collection of glass they came out with.
**Poltergeist freaked you out.
**You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunch box.
**You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.
**You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish, or know someone who did.
**You ever had a Swatch Watch, or three.
**You had a crush on one of the Corey's
**You had a crush on Bo Derek or Heather Locklear.
**You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
**You had Wonder Woman or Superman underoos.
**You had a crush on Jon BonJovi, or knew someone who did.
**You thought eating Reeses Pieces would attract your own Alien.
**Your name is Jennifer or Jason.
**You have ever called 867-5309.
**You had a poster of Rob Lowe, Kirk Camron, or Michael J. Fox, or Ricky Shroeder on your wall.
**You held the top score on PacMan.
**You had MALL Hair.
**You owned a T-shirt that said, "I shot J.R." or know someone who did.
**You wore one or more thin rubber bracelettes, black or in multiple colors, or you wore them up to your elbow.
** "Gag me" is in your vocabulary
** Radical!!!
** You went on Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures and Bogus Journey ~ and you remember the cartoon version
** You read "Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret" for a book report.
**Snap bracelets were always getting you in trouble at school.
**You played with "My Little Ponies" or "G. I. Joes."
**Friendship bracelets were ties that couldn't be broken.
**You've ever read Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, The Babysitters Club, or Sweet Valley High.
**You had a crush on one of the New Kids on the Block members.
**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 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 always brought your sticker book to school
**you have a collection of hackey-sacks
**You remember Madonna in her cone stage.
**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 owned a pair of L.A. Gear, Keds, or Converse tennis shoes.
**The USA Cartoon Express every weekday morning
**My Little Pony, Gummy Bears,Transformers, You can't do that on Telivision, Noozles, KIDS Incorperated, Captian Kangroo,Double Dare, and Hey Dude are familiar to you. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD PUNKIE BREWSTER
**You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the "Care Bear stare".
**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 playschool record player you sang back up to Debbie Gibson.
**You stayed up all night listening to Teddy Rupskin
**Can we say Trapper Keeper?
**"Can you tell you 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 Grants "Baby, Baby"
**You owned a indiana jones hat
**You had more than one Star Wars action figure
**You loved your pink jeans and black stretch pants
**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 and Strawberry Shortcake
**Fanny Packs
**If you can remember when you're "Kid Sister, Kid Sister" and "My Buddy, My Buddy"
**Who you gonna call....Ghost Busters
**The USA Dino Power Hour with "Denver, the Last Dinosaur" followed by "Dinosaucers."
**Pogo Balls
**Skip it
**Super Mario Brothers and Legend of Zelda, the cartoon
--ever had a crush on anyone In NKotB BEFORE they went solo
--remember when they WERE the New Kids on the Block
--remember when Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was a new thing
--ever wanted hair like Paula Abdul
--remember seeing SuperMario Bros. in the arcade
--absolutely HAD to have a pair of Jelly Shoes
--ever begged Mom & Dad for an 8bit NES
--your parents dressed you in StarWars clothing as a baby or toddler
--remember when new cars still had only lap belts in the back seat, and no back window light
--remember when your parents owned a Beta or took home movies with that type of cassette
--listened to 8 track tapes of Star Wars (Return of the Jedi) and Sesame Street
--remember when Oliver & Co. came out for the first time
--had Hammer Pants, or wanted some
--Ice Ice Baby. . .
--ever curled your bangs upward, and sprayed them in place there
--remember when the Minivan was a new thing
--the first movie you ever remember seeing is Return of the Jedi
--Remember when the internet was a new thing
--remember when your parents owned a PC without a hard drive
--got into mom's makeup and smeared on the blue eyeshadow
--know that Michael Jackson's contribution to Free Willy first appeared in his Dangerous album
--remember most of the words to "We Are The World"
--played with the Little People when they were still a choking hazard
--remember when CD's were the new thing
--owned a red "speak and spell"
--ever tried to phone home on it
--owned a first edition set of NERF fencing swords
--remember when laser tag was new
--ever had to sit throught family slide shows, and realize now that your younger siblings have never seen a slide
--TRON and The Last Starfighter have special meaning to you
--played Zaxxon as a kid
--fished in the bottom of cereal boxes for the Thundercats insignia ring
--had, like, a TOTAL valley girl accent
--identified with
--remember when Chuck-e-Cheeses was Shobiz Pizza
--watched The Driods or Ewoks cartoons
--loved Benji
--Remember seeing the Challenger blow up on the evening news
--your parents put you to bed so they could watch The Who
--begged for fruit rollups and got Fun Fruits instead
--ever ate ET cereal for breakfast
--remember when BK did not have a kids meal
--remember when the Marlins and the Rockies were new team
If you ever envied Jem for her purple duds.
If you OWNED a Jem doll or knew someone who did.
If you ever thought Jem was cool for being taller then your other barbies.
Can you chant the theme to Mighty Mouse?
Do you remember when Inspector Gadget was a NEW cartoon?
Count Duckula ring a bell??You owned a game called SHARK ATTACK!
Invited all your friends to MEET ME AT THE MALL! (
Splash was such a cool movie!!!
Your dream was to be a Teenage Witch
You cried during Mac and Me
Did ya have a slinky?
When Tom Cruise was that guy from Legend
You had a major crush on Barrett Oliver & Jonathan Brandis
Neverending Story was the "movie" to see.
Do you know all the words to Dance Magic?
Labyrinth was your FAVORITE movie!!!
Do you remember when Ferris Beuller had his day off?
oh PIPPY LONGSTOCKING!!!
Did you ever go to Pee Wee's playhouse? (yes)
Happily hummed along to Mr Roger's neiborhood. (haha)
The following movies were in your video collection: The Last Unicorn, Labyrinth, Neverending Story1&2, Legend, Princess Bride, Adventures in Babysitting.
** hungry hungry hippos
 ** hot pink........for guys
** sk8 '88
** jason and kylie on neighbours
** it's a knockout!
** where's the beef? ** when mad magazines were cool
Roller-racers!!!! Those things where you had to move the handle bars back and forth to move.
-Remember when Simon LeBon flipped his sailboat and almost drowned.
-Belted out the "Reflex" on the playground
-Thought Wham! was so cool, and George Michael so sexy
-Were scandalized when the radios would bleep out "sex" from George's "I Want Your Sex"

**If you can identify with at least half of these, you are a child of the 80's!!
















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