You know you grew up in the 1980s when....
-You know what "Sike" means.
-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 Mack,Filet-o-fish, quarter pounder, and
French fry song.
-You know who Mr. T is.
-You know who Fat Albert is. And who was old boy with the pink mask?
-You ever wore fluorescent, neon clothing.
-You could breakdance, or wish you could.
-You wanted to be The Hulk 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 can remember Michael Jackson when he was black.
-You wore a banana clip at some point during your youth.
-You remember the garbage pail kids, and owned some.
-You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."
-Rut row raggy. and Zoinks.
-You HAD to have your MTV.
-You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.
-You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game.
-You owned any cassettes.
-You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living in space.
-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.
-You had a Swatch Watch with the Swatch Guard.
-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 hated Scrappy Doo.
-You recorded songs off the radio with your boom box.
-You wished you had a light saber.
-Somehow you still know all the words to songs played on VH1's "Big 80s"
-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, or had one of those noisey "clicky
boxes".
-You can still sing 1 to 12 from the Pinball machine song on Sesame Street.
-You thought the Thriller video was pretty cool.
-You remember the first time you went in to a video store to rent a movie.
-Canadians watched...Romper-Room, Mr. Dress-up, and the Friendly Giant -
remember the teeny weeny furniture you wished you had?!
-You wore those wide, colorfull shoelaces.
-Quiet Riot's "Come on feel the noise" was the best song - ever.
-You know where "I want my two dollars" came from.
-You still cannot go in to the water because of that damn movie Jaws.
-El Debarge's "Get a beat to the Rhythm of the night" plagued the radio
every hour.
-You remember life before minivans and SUVs.
-Cars...Gremlins were cool - Pacers were not!
If you can identify with at least half of this list then you, my friend, are
a "Child of the 80s".
-You know what "Sike" means.
-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 Mack,Filet-o-fish, quarter pounder, and
French fry song.
-You know who Mr. T is.
-You know who Fat Albert is. And who was old boy with the pink mask?
-You ever wore fluorescent, neon clothing.
-You could breakdance, or wish you could.
-You wanted to be The Hulk 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 can remember Michael Jackson when he was black.
-You wore a banana clip at some point during your youth.
-You remember the garbage pail kids, and owned some.
-You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."
-Rut row raggy. and Zoinks.
-You HAD to have your MTV.
-You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.
-You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game.
-You owned any cassettes.
-You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living in space.
-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.
-You had a Swatch Watch with the Swatch Guard.
-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 hated Scrappy Doo.
-You recorded songs off the radio with your boom box.
-You wished you had a light saber.
-Somehow you still know all the words to songs played on VH1's "Big 80s"
-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, or had one of those noisey "clicky
boxes".
-You can still sing 1 to 12 from the Pinball machine song on Sesame Street.
-You thought the Thriller video was pretty cool.
-You remember the first time you went in to a video store to rent a movie.
-Canadians watched...Romper-Room, Mr. Dress-up, and the Friendly Giant -
remember the teeny weeny furniture you wished you had?!
-You wore those wide, colorfull shoelaces.
-Quiet Riot's "Come on feel the noise" was the best song - ever.
-You know where "I want my two dollars" came from.
-You still cannot go in to the water because of that damn movie Jaws.
-El Debarge's "Get a beat to the Rhythm of the night" plagued the radio
every hour.
-You remember life before minivans and SUVs.
-Cars...Gremlins were cool - Pacers were not!
If you can identify with at least half of this list then you, my friend, are
a "Child of the 80s".