* 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 owned a Rubikx Cube * 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 were a "wanna be". Madonna, Duran Duran, Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, Boy George, etc. * You could breakdance, or wish you could. * Where's the beef?" * You know how to use a rotary phone. * You thought Max Headroom was cool. * You know how to Moonwalk! * You remember when Jordache jeans with a flat-handle comb in the back pocket was cool. * You owned jelly bracelets & shoes! * Your hair defied gravity. * You remember Aqua Net * 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 sang "I'm a Pepper, you're a Pepper, wouldn't you like to be a Pepper, too?" and thought you sounded cool. * 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 system. * You owned any cassettes. * 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. * 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. * 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 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 can still sing 1 to 12 from the Pinball machine on Sesame Street. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you can identify with at least half of this list then you, my friend, are a "Child of the 80's". This page was designed by me...Leah October 4, 2002 Home