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YOU ARE A CHILD OF THE 80'S IF: - You had a crush on Jon Bon Jovi, or knew someone who did.- You know what a "burnout" is.- You wanted to be on StarSearch.- You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off.- You wore a banana clip at some point during your youth. - You owned a doll with 'Xavier Roberts' signed on it's ass.- You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout".- You HAD to have your Mtv.- You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off".- You can name at least half of the members of the elite "Brat Pack". - 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 yourname".- You thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool. - You know what "Psych" means. - You know who Tina Yothers is.- You wanted to be a Goonie.- You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.- You felt ashamed when Rob Lowe got in trouble for sex with minors and videotaping it, because you liked him.- You heard of Garbage Pail Kids. - 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 wish you could.- You know who Max Headroom is. - You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.- 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.- Poltergeist freaked you out. - You wore a shirt with big writing on it that says "RELAX" or "FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD" or what about "WHAM"? - You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunchbox.- You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.- You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.- You ever had a Swatch Watch.- 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 underoos.- 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. - You know what a "Whammee" is. - Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.- You understand what it is to "Wang Chung".- You thought David Addison and Maddie Hayes would make a good couple.- You know the lyrics to the song Ah Louie Louie. - Seaaaagrams Golden Wine Coolers.- Thundercats Hooooooooooo!!!- You wore a white linen sportscoat with pastel T-shirt and a 5 o'clock shadow. - "Next song is for couples only" means you can rest your skating shoes because you're too cool to have a partner.- Saturday morning cartoons were actually cartoons and not some Morphing Freak. - David Hasselhoff had a cool car not a jet-ski.- You think the Cabbage Patch is much better than Macarena. - You slowed dance to Journey's "Open Arms" and it was just released.- Mickey was so fine he was so fine he blew your mind.- You wore parachute pants and mesh T-shirts. - You wore leg warmers and danced like a maniac.- "Hot side stays hot and cold side stays cold" means something to you.- You still giggle when someone asks you "Where's the beef?"- You remember when Jordache jeans were cool.- In your fifth grade class picture, you're wearing an Izod shirt with the collar up. - You know, by heart, the words to any "Weird" Al Yankovic song.- You ever rang someone's doorbell and said "Landshark".- Three words: "Atari" "IntelliVision" and "Coleco". Sound familiar?- You remember the days when "safe sex" meant "my parents are gone for the weekend."- You remember "Friday Night Videos" before the days of MTV. - A predominant color in your childhood photos is "plaid".- While in high school, you and all your friends discussed elaborate plans to get together again at the end of the century and play "1999" by Prince over and over again.- You remember when music that was labeled "alternative" really was.- On family trips, before the invention of the minivan, you rode in the back of the station wagon and you faced the cars behind you.- You've ever conversationally used the phrase "Jane, you ignorant slut." - You watched HR Puffenstuff as a child, but now that you're older, you really understand that it would have been much better had you known about drugs at the time.- Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you actually learned the English language.- You ever dressed to emulate a person you saw in either a Duran Duran,Madonna, or Cyndi Lauper video.- The first time you ever kissed someone at a dance came during "Crazy for You" by Madonna.- You remember with pain the sad day when the Green Machine hit the streets and made your old Big Wheel quite obsolete. - Honestly remember when film critics raved that no movie could ever possibly get better special effects than those in the movie TRON.- (girls) You thought Shawn Cassidy was "dreamy", lusted after "Ted, yourship's photographer" on the Love Boat.- You freaked out when you found that you now fall into the "26 - 50" age category on most questionnaires.- Your hair, at some point in time in the 80's, became something which can only be described by the phrase "I was experimenting." - This timeline appropriately describes actual events in your life: Star Wars opens, you are still in single digit ages, and you think the creatures are WAY cool. Empire Strikes Back opens, you are now in early double digit ages, and you are convinced that the special effects are much better, the characters are cool, and you want one of every collectible out there. Return of the Jedi hits the theaters...you are now a teenager, and you cannot get your eyes off Princess Leia's breasts or Han Solo's butt.- You're doing absolutely nothing pertaining to your major.- U2 is too "popular" and "mainstream" for you now. - You spent endless nights dreaming about being the Bionic Woman or WonderWoman. - Six million dollars don't sound like an exorbitant amount of money anymore.- You had ringside seats for Luke and Laura's wedding (on General Hospital).- You remember "Hey, let's be careful out there."- You know who shot J.R.- This rings a bell "and my name, is Charlie. They work for me." - You ever wanted to learn to play "Stairway to Heaven" on the guitar.- You were unsure if Diet Coke would ever catch on, after all,look at Tab.- You know all the words to the double album set of Grease.- You ever had a Dorothy Hammill haircut.- You sat with your friends on a Friday night and dialed "8-6-7-5-3-0-9" to see if Jenny would answer. - "All-skate, change directions" means something to you.- You owned a pair of Rainbow suspenders just like Mork used to wear.- You bought a pair of Vans and wanted to order a pizza in history class so you could be just like Jeff Spicoli.- You were too young to go see the Blue Lagoon so you just had to settle for second hand reports.- You remember when there was only "G, PG and R", none of this PG-13 and NC-17 crap. - You learned to swim about the same time Jaws came out and still carry the emotional scars to this day.- Wonder twin powers, activate! Form of a an iceberg, shape of a polar bear.- You actually believed everything Leonard Nimoy told you on "In Search Of..."- Your jaw would ache by the time you finished those "brick-sized" packages of Bazooka gum.- Bo and Luke Duke. - VCR's cost $1,000 and they were Beta. - There was nothing strange about Bert n' Ernie living together.- Rotary dial telephones.- You anxiously awaited "That's Incredible" with Fran Tarkenton and John Davidson on Wed nights.- You actually believed that Mikey (famed for his "Life" cereal commercials) died after eating a packet of pop rocks and drinking a Coke. - The theme song to "Greatest American Hero" still comes back to you on occasion.- You can't help but watch a few minutes of The A-team when you're channel surfing and you see it on. - An announcement was made on your school's PA about the challenger blowing up. - You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar. - You remember George Clooney when he was the foreman of Roseanne or worst yet you remember him as Mrs. Garrets handyman in The Facts of Life. - You stayed up and watched the Royal Wedding and cried because Charles was married. - You remember when Elton John didn't have hair.(lol I love this one) - You remember when we all wanted to feed the world. - If you took apart or moved the stickers on your Rubik's cube to solve it. *** If you can identify with at least half of this list then you, my friend, are a "Child of the 80's".If you have other "80's" stuff to add feel free to email me and I will add it on. Message Board I now have an interactive message board. If you have any movie quotes or any 80's trivia please post it to my board and I will add it on to my lists. Thanks. Any and all messages are welcome :-) Ok I guess I need to put this disclaimer to avoid being sued for infringement of some sort. About half of this list was taken from an e-mail that I have received. I can not remember who sent it to me nor do I know where it originated from. The rest of the list are thought up by myself and some are submitted to me by countless others who either mailed it to me or posted it on my message board. So there...I think that covers the legal part of this board hehe. I hope you had a good trip down memory lane. This page hosted by Get your own Free Home Page
A little something to make you feel better about yourself! YOU ARE A CHILD OF THE 80'S IF: - You had a crush on Jon Bon Jovi, or knew someone who did.- You know what a "burnout" is.- You wanted to be on StarSearch.- You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off.- You wore a banana clip at some point during your youth. - You owned a doll with 'Xavier Roberts' signed on it's ass.- You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout".- You HAD to have your Mtv.- You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off".- You can name at least half of the members of the elite "Brat Pack". - 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 yourname".- You thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool. - You know what "Psych" means. - You know who Tina Yothers is.- You wanted to be a Goonie.- You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.- You felt ashamed when Rob Lowe got in trouble for sex with minors and videotaping it, because you liked him.- You heard of Garbage Pail Kids. - 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 wish you could.- You know who Max Headroom is. - You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.- 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.- Poltergeist freaked you out. - You wore a shirt with big writing on it that says "RELAX" or "FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD" or what about "WHAM"? - You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunchbox.- You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.- You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.- You ever had a Swatch Watch.- 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 underoos.- 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. - You know what a "Whammee" is. - Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.- You understand what it is to "Wang Chung".- You thought David Addison and Maddie Hayes would make a good couple.- You know the lyrics to the song Ah Louie Louie. - Seaaaagrams Golden Wine Coolers.- Thundercats Hooooooooooo!!!- You wore a white linen sportscoat with pastel T-shirt and a 5 o'clock shadow. - "Next song is for couples only" means you can rest your skating shoes because you're too cool to have a partner.- Saturday morning cartoons were actually cartoons and not some Morphing Freak. - David Hasselhoff had a cool car not a jet-ski.- You think the Cabbage Patch is much better than Macarena. - You slowed dance to Journey's "Open Arms" and it was just released.- Mickey was so fine he was so fine he blew your mind.- You wore parachute pants and mesh T-shirts. - You wore leg warmers and danced like a maniac.- "Hot side stays hot and cold side stays cold" means something to you.- You still giggle when someone asks you "Where's the beef?"- You remember when Jordache jeans were cool.- In your fifth grade class picture, you're wearing an Izod shirt with the collar up. - You know, by heart, the words to any "Weird" Al Yankovic song.- You ever rang someone's doorbell and said "Landshark".- Three words: "Atari" "IntelliVision" and "Coleco". Sound familiar?- You remember the days when "safe sex" meant "my parents are gone for the weekend."- You remember "Friday Night Videos" before the days of MTV. - A predominant color in your childhood photos is "plaid".- While in high school, you and all your friends discussed elaborate plans to get together again at the end of the century and play "1999" by Prince over and over again.- You remember when music that was labeled "alternative" really was.- On family trips, before the invention of the minivan, you rode in the back of the station wagon and you faced the cars behind you.- You've ever conversationally used the phrase "Jane, you ignorant slut." - You watched HR Puffenstuff as a child, but now that you're older, you really understand that it would have been much better had you known about drugs at the time.- Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you actually learned the English language.- You ever dressed to emulate a person you saw in either a Duran Duran,Madonna, or Cyndi Lauper video.- The first time you ever kissed someone at a dance came during "Crazy for You" by Madonna.- You remember with pain the sad day when the Green Machine hit the streets and made your old Big Wheel quite obsolete. - Honestly remember when film critics raved that no movie could ever possibly get better special effects than those in the movie TRON.- (girls) You thought Shawn Cassidy was "dreamy", lusted after "Ted, yourship's photographer" on the Love Boat.- You freaked out when you found that you now fall into the "26 - 50" age category on most questionnaires.- Your hair, at some point in time in the 80's, became something which can only be described by the phrase "I was experimenting." - This timeline appropriately describes actual events in your life: Star Wars opens, you are still in single digit ages, and you think the creatures are WAY cool. Empire Strikes Back opens, you are now in early double digit ages, and you are convinced that the special effects are much better, the characters are cool, and you want one of every collectible out there. Return of the Jedi hits the theaters...you are now a teenager, and you cannot get your eyes off Princess Leia's breasts or Han Solo's butt.- You're doing absolutely nothing pertaining to your major.- U2 is too "popular" and "mainstream" for you now. - You spent endless nights dreaming about being the Bionic Woman or WonderWoman. - Six million dollars don't sound like an exorbitant amount of money anymore.- You had ringside seats for Luke and Laura's wedding (on General Hospital).- You remember "Hey, let's be careful out there."- You know who shot J.R.- This rings a bell "and my name, is Charlie. They work for me." - You ever wanted to learn to play "Stairway to Heaven" on the guitar.- You were unsure if Diet Coke would ever catch on, after all,look at Tab.- You know all the words to the double album set of Grease.- You ever had a Dorothy Hammill haircut.- You sat with your friends on a Friday night and dialed "8-6-7-5-3-0-9" to see if Jenny would answer. - "All-skate, change directions" means something to you.- You owned a pair of Rainbow suspenders just like Mork used to wear.- You bought a pair of Vans and wanted to order a pizza in history class so you could be just like Jeff Spicoli.- You were too young to go see the Blue Lagoon so you just had to settle for second hand reports.- You remember when there was only "G, PG and R", none of this PG-13 and NC-17 crap. - You learned to swim about the same time Jaws came out and still carry the emotional scars to this day.- Wonder twin powers, activate! Form of a an iceberg, shape of a polar bear.- You actually believed everything Leonard Nimoy told you on "In Search Of..."- Your jaw would ache by the time you finished those "brick-sized" packages of Bazooka gum.- Bo and Luke Duke. - VCR's cost $1,000 and they were Beta. - There was nothing strange about Bert n' Ernie living together.- Rotary dial telephones.- You anxiously awaited "That's Incredible" with Fran Tarkenton and John Davidson on Wed nights.- You actually believed that Mikey (famed for his "Life" cereal commercials) died after eating a packet of pop rocks and drinking a Coke. - The theme song to "Greatest American Hero" still comes back to you on occasion.- You can't help but watch a few minutes of The A-team when you're channel surfing and you see it on. - An announcement was made on your school's PA about the challenger blowing up. - You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar. - You remember George Clooney when he was the foreman of Roseanne or worst yet you remember him as Mrs. Garrets handyman in The Facts of Life. - You stayed up and watched the Royal Wedding and cried because Charles was married. - You remember when Elton John didn't have hair.(lol I love this one) - You remember when we all wanted to feed the world. - If you took apart or moved the stickers on your Rubik's cube to solve it. *** If you can identify with at least half of this list then you, my friend, are a "Child of the 80's".If you have other "80's" stuff to add feel free to email me and I will add it on.
Message Board I now have an interactive message board. If you have any movie quotes or any 80's trivia please post it to my board and I will add it on to my lists. Thanks. Any and all messages are welcome :-)
Ok I guess I need to put this disclaimer to avoid being sued for infringement of some sort. About half of this list was taken from an e-mail that I have received. I can not remember who sent it to me nor do I know where it originated from. The rest of the list are thought up by myself and some are submitted to me by countless others who either mailed it to me or posted it on my message board. So there...I think that covers the legal part of this board hehe. I hope you had a good trip down memory lane.
