You're an '80s Child If...
| Snap bracelets were always getting
you in trouble at school. You played with "My Little Ponies." Friendship bracelets were ties that couldn't be broken. You ever read Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, The Babysitters Club, or Sweet Valley High. You know all the words to "Ice Ice Baby." You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween. You had a crush on one of the New Kids on the Block members. You wanted to be on Jim'll Fix It. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before he had plastic surgery. You wore a banana clip or one of those slap-on wrist bands at some point...or heaven forbid one of those T-shirt rings on one side during your youth. You wore multiple pairs of socks in the middle of the summer just so you could be "hip." You had slouch socks and puff painted your own shirt at least once. You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off." You were upset when She-ra, Princess of Power, and He-Man got 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 hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future." You know someone who appeared on Wac-a-day. You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name." You wanted to be a Goonie. ("Goonies never say die.") You remember Madonna in her cone stage. You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince." You say 'PJ and Duncan' not 'Ant and Dec'. You even wore flourescent-neon clothing... (if you can call it clothing!) You could breakdance, or wished you could. You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system. You remember M.C. Hammer. You can still sing the rap to "Fresh Prince of Bel Air.... You remember when it was Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince and NOT Will Smith! You own any cassettes. You owned a pair of L.A. Gear, Keds, or Converse tennis shoes. You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunchbox. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf. My Little Pony, Gummy Bears and Transformers are familiar to you. You ever had a Swatch Watch. You wore a plastic tennis viser all summer. You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the "Care Bear stare." You had Wonder Woman or Superman undies. You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!" You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye. You spent hours in the basement building and re-building Lego cities. Big wheels and BMX's were the way to go. With your pink (or blue) portable tape player, you sang back up to Kylie and Jason! "Party like it's 1999" seemed SO far away!! You wore acid washed jeans. Sported at least one tye dyed shirt. Jean cutoffs, or cut sweathsirts seemed -really- cool. Scooters were in. Watching Neighbours was considered essential (and who says it's not now?) If you ever owned Polly Pocket or Mirco Machines. If you ever made Ken fall in love with Barbie. If you can identify with at least half of these, you are a child of the 80's!! |
