~~~80's Children~~~

[imaqtxoxo]

After reading this I had to share....its classic, enjoy!

You know you grew up in the 1980's when......

You know what "Sike" and "Dag" mean.

You know the profound meaning of "Wax on,Wax off."

You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer."

You can sing the McDonald's Big Mac, Filet-o-fish, quarter pounder, and French fry song.

You know who Mr. T is.

You know who Fat Albert is.

You ever wore fluorescent, neon clothing.

You could breakdance, or wish you could.

You wanted to be The Hulk or Barbie for Halloween.

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 knew that knowing is half the battle.

You wanted to be on Star Search.

You know that "Electric Avenue" isn't a street.

You can remember Michael Jackson when he Had hair.

You wore a banana clip at some point during your youth.

You wished you had a banana seat bike.

You remember the garbage pail kids, and owned some.

You at one point collected Bazooka Joe comics.....the ones that wrapped up

the gum.

You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."; & also "Rut row raggy"; "jinkies"

and "Zoinks".............(Scooby Doo....remember?)

You HAD to have your MTV.

You looked forward to slumber parties.

You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.

You know what "Beat Street" and " Krush Groove" mean.

You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system. And then

came along ColecoVision.

You owned any cassettes. And cassette singles were the bomb.

You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon.

You remember and/or owned any of the Care Bear Glass collection from Pizza

Hut or the Muppets glasses from McDonalds

Poltergeist freaked you out.

Everyone wanted to scratch records and be a DJ.

You wished you were Olivia Newton-John singing "Physical".

You thought that Olivia Newton-John and the girl in "Flashdance" were hot.

You thoughht George Michael was hot before you found out he was gay.

You know what a person means when they say "Phone home."

Duran Duran, Fat Boys, Culture Club and the Go-Go's were the shit.

You knew who Ben Stein was before you could win his money,"Bueller?"

You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins, ET, Dukes of Hazzard,Knight

Rider, Strawberry Shortcake or A-Team lunch box.

You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.

You know what leg warmers are and probably had a pair.

You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.

You wore your Izod shirt with the collar up.

Two-toned jeans were the "in" thing to wear.

You went to parties that always played "Cum on feel the noize".

You called out to your best-friend....."Hey, you can be my wingman anytime."

You had to a have the Top Gun Aviator's jacket even if it was fake.

You had a Swatch Watch with the Swatch Guard.

You remember buying a subway token for 75 cents.

You weren't cool if you weren't wearin' Fila's or Avia's.

Your Legos collection started with the free sets in a Happy Meal.

You remember when Happy Meals came in a box,not a paper bag.

You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.

You had Wonder Woman or Superman underoos.

You know what a "Push Up" ice cream is.

You had to come in the house when the street lights came on.

You had to change into *play* clothes after school.

You owned, or knew somebody with a Commodore 64.

You remember being careful with your 5 1/4 floppy disks so as not to bend or

tear them.

You hate Scrappy Doo.

You recorded songs off the radio with your boom box.

You wish you had a light saber.

Somehow you still know all the words to songs played on VH1's "Big 80's"

Your arm was full of rubber bracelets.

You have ever said, "Gag me with a spoon."

You have ever wondered what happened to Saturday morning cartoons.

You had to get up to change the channel.

You at one point lip-synced to "Billie Jean" or tried to "moonwalk".

You had to have a pair of Capezios.

You can still sing 1 to 12 from the Pinball machine on Sesame Street.

You thought BetaMax ruled.

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[luigi_scarpini]

You forgot the most important part of the eighties:

LITA FAWKIN FORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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C a M e L t O e . . .

[freshone]

LIES ALL LIES!!!! AM I REALLY GETTING THAT OLD.

THAT WAS TO FUNNY AND TO DAMN TRUE IT'S SCARY

[vampienyc10]

OMG!!!

LITA FORD !!!!

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vampie@aol.com

"One is not born a woman, one becomes one."

- Simone de Beauvoir

[Crackorn]

Happy meals don't come in a box anymore? Are you serious? Do you at least still get a toy?

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Too crazy for Boys Town, too much of a boy for Crazy Town.

Smithers, come here. I need you.

[ReginaP]

That was so true I read the whole thing

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[klitika]

haha i am so an eighties kid but wait you forgot popples anyone else remember them ?

Lita ford ahh yes we have the same name Lita gotta luv her

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.... the only thing I will ever ask of you is to promise not to stop when I say when ....

[This message has been edited by klitika (edited 11-03-2000).]