You're an 80's Kid If....

*You ever uttered the word "Radical!".
*You wore jelly shoes and jelly bracelets.
*You thought "Ghostbusters" was by far the coolest movie.
*You remember watching shows like "Punky Brewster" , "Webster", "You Can't Do That On Television" , "Wild Crazy Kids" and "Double Dare".
*You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off. Or even when he had those freaky eyes in "Thriller" at the end of the video.
*You were "....suddenly finding out the Facts of Life are all about you!, da da dum!"
*You wore a banana clip in your hair or one of those slap on wrist bands at some point during your youth.
*You rolled up the bottoms of your splatter painted jeans.
*You wore loafers with everything, and you put the laces in those little rolls.
*You had slouch socks, and puff painted your own shirt at least once.
*You owned a doll with 'Xavier Roberts' signed on it's butt.
*You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."
*You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off."
*You can name half of the members of the elite "Brat Pack."
*You can remember watching Full House and Saved by the Bell for endless hours!
*You have seen at least 10 episodes of Fraggle Rock.
*You yearned to be a member of The Babysitters Club, and tried to start a club of your own.
*You sat on your back porch, playing with your "My Little Pony", "Rainbow Brite", and "Strawberry Shortcake" dolls.
*You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer."
*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. (Was there an 80's movie she WASN'T in?)
*You know what "sike" and "not!" mean.
*You fell victim to 80's fashion : big hair, crimped, combed over to the side, big hoop earrings, and possibly the worst: you wore spandex pants.
*You wanted to be a Goonie, or Elliot from E.T.
*You owned an extensive collection of Cabbage Patch Kids and trolls.
*You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince."
*You actually saw Ted Danson as the MacDaddy he played "Sam" to be.
*You ever wore flourescent -neon if you will clothing....(or nailpolish)
*You could breakdance, or wished you could.
*You know who He-Man and She-Ra are.
*You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system. (Remember the Pong)
*You know all the words to "Ice Ice Baby".
*You remember MC hammer well.
*You can still sing the rap to "Fresh Prince of Belair".
*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 own any of the CareBear Glass collection from Pizza Hut.
*Pizza Hut was the coolest place to hang.
*Poltergeist freaked you out.
*You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an E.T. lunchbox.
*You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.
*You wanted to communicate with some being named Cinergy, or you wanted green hair like that lead singer of the Misfits.
*You totally LOVED Barbie's cooler, punkier counterpart, "Jem" and her "Rockers".
*You wanted to have an alien like Alf living in your house.
*You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.
*You wore tights under shorts and felt stylish.
*You layered your multi-colored slouch socks, and added suspenders to make your outift complete.
*You ever had a Swatch Watch.
*You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the care-bear stare.
*You had a crush on one of the Coreys (Haim or Feldman).
*You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
*You had WonderWoman or Superman underwear.
*You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.
*You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power"
*You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
*Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away!!!!

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