Humour

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

  • 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
  • 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
  • You went out and purchased the sound track for 'Miami Vice'
  • You remember the magazines of song lyrics
  • If you thought Hulk Hogan is the best wrestler of all time.
  • If the best non-slasher movie in your opinion is An American Werewolf In London.
  • Six words: "This is your brain on drugs."
  • You wanted to live in 'the Valley'.
  • Ferris Bueller was your idol.
  • Your bangs are teased perfectly to 7 inches above the rest of your hair.
  • Have multi-colored earrings that touch your shoulders
  • 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 know whose phone number was 867-5309
  • You still watch things on Beta tapes
  • You have the tendency to turn up the collar of your polo shirts
  • You never went out for a night on the town without frosted blue eyeshadow and feathered bangs
  • Everything in your wardrobe was either pastel or fluorescent
  • 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 wore a bandana tied around your leg and/or a ponytail off-center on the side of your head.
  • You carried your boom box on your shoulder
  • You think David Hasselhoff was awesome in Knight Rider
  • 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"
  • You know who played Magnum P.I.
  • You can name at least three members of the Brat Pack
  • 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 had snap bracelets
  • 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 wear jelly shoes
  • 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
  • You had a crush on Jon BonJovi, or knew someone who did.
  • You had a poster of Rob Lowe, Kirk Camron, or Michael J. Fox on your wall.
  • You know what a "burnout" is.
  • Once, while spending hours in the arcade, you actually lined up quarters on the top panel of the game-to "reserve" your spot.
  • You know who Tina Yothers is.
  • You wanted to be a Goonie.
  • You could breakdance, or wish you could.
  • You Believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"
  • Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.
  • You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
  • You hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future".
  • You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.
  • You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince".
  • You actually saw Ted Danson as the MacDaddy he played "Sam" to be.
  • You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.
  • You own(ed) any 'cassette singles'
  • You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon.
  • Poltergeist freaked you out.
  • You carried you lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunchbox.
  • You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.
  • You wore bike shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish, or knew someone who did.
  • You owned a "Monchichi" ("Oo, they're soft and cuddle-y")
  • You ever had a Swatch Watch. (or 2, or 3 - to match your clothes)
  • You had WonderWoman or Superman underoos.
  • You know what a "Whammee" is.
  • You held the top score on PacMan.
13 Nov 2005
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