Tuesday, October 05, 2004

You know you're a child of the 80s if...

from an 80s website:

You remember Don Johnson when he was "cool".
You know who shot J.R.
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.
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.
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 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".
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.
Two words: The Clapper.
Six words: "This is your brain on drugs."
Ferris Bueller was your idol.
If you had an entire wardrobe of Esprit clothing (or coveted one.)
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 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.
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 still carry your boom box on your shoulder.
You think David Hasselhoff was awesome in Knight Rider but sucks in "Boob Watch."
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 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.
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 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 explode .
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 .

1 Comments:

Blogger micki said...

bring it all back! i miss the greatest american hero, the a-team, the muppets show, uncle bob's lucky 7 club, the cosby show, perfect strangers, alf, even 21 jump street!!! well, maybe not 21 jump street.

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