You Know You're A Child Of The 80's If...

[missioncontrol]

found a whole bunch of these on the net......

here's 10 of my favorites.........

1. War Games had you wondering if you could really start Armageddon using your crummy TRS-80.

2. You watched The Tracey Ullman Show for the funny cartoon segments about the yellow people.

3. You consider Ocean Pacific a designer label.

4. You Believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"

5. You know whose phone number is 867-5309.

6. Your first Walkman weighed 10 pounds and was the size of a brick.

7. You stuck around after the commercial break to see if the General Lee on The Dukes of Hazzard really made it over that dried-out gulch when the bridge was down.

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

9. You could break-dance, or wish you could.

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



now add to the list.............

[Stingray]

Ha! I guess I qualify.

11. You thought leg warmers were sexy (and secretly still do).

12. It makes complete sense to you that a square is the hero and the ducks are dragons.

13. You ever went on vacation in a Pinto.

14. You ever owned a jacket with more than ten zippers.

-S

[NIVO]

15. You searched for more than 2 weeks to find the right Miami Vice outfit to goto the Homecoming dance in style

16. It was great to own that "Members Only" Jacket, not realizing that everyone else was a Member as well.

17. The haircut on the dude from Flock Of Seagulls actually looked "normal" to you.

18. Every girl in gym class had the torn up sweat outfits from flashdance.

19. McDonalds food was actually good and the fries were good as well.

20. Intellivision Speech addon was the coolest thing you'd seen.

21. At Xmas time, Hills and other department stores had every single home console and handheld on display, and your mom had to drag you away from playing them all.

22. You stole one of your cousins Barbie dolls and your dads Playboy, hoping that you too, could make a hot chick using your C64.

23. American Bandstand was where you got your moves for Saturdays party.

24. Mtv played videos worth watching......well actually....they played videos then!!!

25. Pepsi and Coke made some nice clothing and was hip to wear.

26. Izod was preppie

27. Drawing with ink pens all over your jean jacket (Def Leppard, AC/DC, Van Halen, Judas Priest, etc.)

28. Magic Johnson Converse and Larry Bird Converse were wicked lookin shoes.

29. Swatch was the only thing you'd wear. Timex who?

30. 4 quarters went along way at the arcade.

[walls83]

31. You tight rolled you pants

32. Your skateboard wieght was over 10lbs

33. If you thought NINJAS are bad ass (I still do)

[GGKoul]

34.

[Stingray]

36.  Michael Jackson was still black

And male.

-S

[Chemixtry]

47. Took apart the rubix cube rather then actually figuring out how to solve it

48. Wondered how people could always find the A-team but the government couldn't

49. Wish you had a talking car that was bullet proof with a nifty flashing red light

50. Repeated stupid Bill&Ted quotes all weekend with friends after seeing movie - Excellent!

51. Believed that crane pose from the Karate Kid would actually keep a bully from stealing my lunch money

[Zakk]

And conversely (I don't know where I got this list from, my apologies if it was here )

[DrewKaree]

52.  You not only know what "flight pants" are, but you owned more than one pair
53.  John Hughes made movies you liked
54.  A-booga-booga-booga AH-AH-AH
55.  To you, rap is missing the capital "C" at the beginning of that word
56.  Basketball shorts were just that, shorts.
57.  When did they invent this "mousse" stuff?!

[Zakk]

58. High-tops without laces were the best shoes in the world.
59. Rob Halford was still in the closet.
60. BIGSCREENS were 20"
61. You wandered into gun stores just to mutter "phased plasma rifle in 40 watt range" just hoping the guy would say "hey, just what you see".

[Trenchbroom]

"Uzi Nine millimeter..." 

62.  You know who Nell Carter is (or John Houseman, Donnie Iris, Donna Rice...fill in your favorite 80's flash-in-the-pan star here).

63.  You remember arguing VHS vs. Beta at recess.

64.  You can explain the difference between a Laserdisc and a Videodisc.

65.  You can name all five original MTV Veejays.

66.  Michael Jackson is to Elton John as Madonna is to Whitney Houston.  Why?

67.  Your first thought when you saw the trailer for the movie Sin City (with it's "revolutionary" color scheming): "Isn't it cooooooool.....in pink!"

[the3eyedblindman]

68. Your between the ages of 15 and 25.

[psik0tik]

69.  You had a stack of garbage pail kids. .

70.  You can finish this song  "Dance your cares away, Worry's for another day. Let the music play,      Down at  _________"

71.  Spinning your head on a flat cardboard box was cool.

72.  You sat and thought  "why did he die in her arms tonight"

[GGKoul]

73.  You remember the first time you wore VAN's Checkboard shoes.

74.  You had a pet rock

[SaiNRuB]

77.  You saw E.T. more than once in the theatre.
78.  Knowing TRON was years ahead of its time.
79.  Youd hit the arcade first when going to the mall.

[Bones]

80. You wanted to own an Apple.
81. Madonna was pretty.
82. You could execute a FOR NEXT loop.

[SOAPboy]

83. AirWalks were still PAYLESS Shoes.

[SirPeale]

62.  You know who Nell Carter is (or John Houseman, Donnie Iris, Donna Rice...fill in your favorite 80's flash-in-the-pan star here).

I'd forgotten about her...

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/23/nell.carter.obit/

[SirPeale]

81. Madonna was pretty.

You don't think she is anymore?  I think she's moreso than she used to be.

[Bones]

81. Madonna was pretty.

You don't think she is anymore?

[nipsmg]

84.  You know what the truffle shuffle is.
85.  You thought tiffany was hot.
86.  NKOTB       and the merchandise 
87.  Zubaz (you know you had them..  probably multiple pairs.  and you felt cool...
if you still wear them to the gym, please, light them on fire, while you're still in them).
88.  Body Glove (color changing shirts)

[SirPeale]

85.  You thought tiffany was hot.

86. And still do.

[Jabba]

87. You owned a thin, black leather tie. (called a cuir)
88. You know what a soap on the rope is.
89. You watched The Who's "Farewell Tour" on the first ever US/UK satellite feed on TV.

[Harry Potter]

90. You understand the profound meaning of the phrase 'Wax on, Wax off''

[spriggy]

91. Bert & Ernie skits were funny.

92. Scoring free credits by zapping the metal coin door carriage bolts with a dismantled electric gas lighter.

93. Owning 11 Bubblegum Cards...all the same!

94. Survive a day in the city (with 15 mates) of Arcades, a Movie and Food for under $20.

95. Rollerinks were cool....let alone being full of arcade games!

96. Elvis Presley Movie re-runs were a regular thing.

[GGKoul]

77.

[Zakk]

Hey I used to have a pile of Zubas, they were perfect under a pair of shredded jeans as stageclothes.  Damn, but those were the days

Long live Diamond Dave, master of the Zuba!


(Now I have to go listen to 1984 for a while....)

[Chris]

98.  You understand the reference "God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!"
99.  You argued with your friends about Bailey vs. Jennifer.  (Definately Bailey.)
100. "Well the world don't move to the beat of just one drum..."

[Shape D.]

88. You know what a soap on the rope is.

That one could apply to innmates as well.

[SirPeale]

98.  You understand the reference "God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!"
99.  You argued with your friends about Bailey vs. Jennifer.  (Definately Bailey.)
100. "Well the world don't move to the beat of just one drum..."

Crap.  I'm a child of the 80's, and I dont' get any one of those.

[Zero_Hour]

101. You spent a good part of the summer of 1984 feasting at McDonalds.... for free 

[Chris]

98.

[GGKoul]

98.

[SirPeale]

101. You spent a good part of the summer of 1984 feasting at McDonalds.... for free 

Heck yeah.  Every time the US gets a gold you get a Big Mac.  Or something.  I just remember lots of free food.

[walls83]

102. You know where the quote "HEEEEY YOUUUU GUUUYYYYSS!!!" (in my best Sloth voice) comes from.

[Shape D.]

103. you remember the phrase "you got 50,000 pooints on douwble dwagon."
104. you thought the power glove was cool. (which it was)

[Stingray]

99.  You argued with your friends about Bailey vs. Jennifer.  (Definately Bailey.)

Agreed.



-S

[SirPeale]

99.  You argued with your friends about Bailey vs. Jennifer.  (Definately Bailey.)

Agreed.



-S

Which is which?  The hottie is on the left, IMO.

[Stingray]

Bailey is the one on the left.

-S

[SirPeale]

102. You know where the quote "HEEEEY YOUUUU GUUUYYYYSS!!!" (in my best Sloth voice) comes from.

Could be The Goonies, could also be The Electric Company.