You're Lost Between A Baby Boomer And A Gen-X'er If...



…You remember when Jordache jeans were cool.

…In your fifth grade class picture you were wearing an Izod shirt with the collar up.

…You know by heart the words to any Weird Al Yankovic song.

…You ever rang someone's doorbell and said, "Landshark!"

…Three words: Atari, IntelliVision and Coleco sound familiar.

…You remember Friday Night Videos before the days of MTV.

…A predominant color in your childhood photos is plaid.

…You remember when music that was labeled alternative, really was alternative.

…You took family trips BEFORE the invention of the minivan.

…You rode in the back of the station wagon and you faced the cars behind you.

…Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you actually learned the English language.

…You're starting to view getting carded as a GOOD thing.

…You ever dressed to emulate a person you saw in either a Duran Duran, Madonna or Cyndi Lauper video.

…The first time you ever kissed someone at a dance came during "Crazy For You," by Madonna.

…You remember with pain the sad day when the Green Machine hit the streets and made your old Big Wheel quite obsolete.

…The phrase, "Where's the beef?" can still make you laugh.

…You honestly remember when film critics raved that no movie could ever possibly have better special effects than those in the movie TRON.

…Ted the photographer on The Love Boat.

…Your hair at some point in time in the 80's became something that can only be described by the phrase, "I was experimenting."

…You've ever shopped at a Banana Republic or Benetton, but not in the last five years.

…You're starting to believe now that maybe having the kids go to school year round wouldn't be such a bad idea after all.

…You're doing absolutely nothing pertaining to your major.

…U2 is too popular and mainstream for you now.

…You remember trying to guess the episode of the Brady Bunch from the first scene.

…You had a front-row seat for Luke and Laura's wedding on General Hospital.

…You're parents wanted you to attend medical school, but you decided it was pointless since Quincy got all the babes anyway.

…You know who shot JR.

…This rings a bell: "...and my name is Charlie. They work for me."

…You were unsure if Diet Coke would ever catch on after all.

…You know all the words to the double album set of Grease.

…You ever had a Dorothy Hamill haircut.

…You sat with your friends on a Friday night and dialed 867-5309 to see if Jenny would answer.

…"All skate, change directions", means something to you.

…You owned a pair of Rainbow suspenders just like Mork used to wear.

…You bought a pair of Vann's and wanted to order a pizza in history class so you could be just like Jeff Spicoli.

…You owned a preppy handbook.

…You remember when there was only PG and R.

…You learned to swim about the same time Jaws came out and still carry the emotional scars to this day.

…You remember when your cable TV box had a sliding selector switch.

…Your jaw would ache by the time you finished those brick sized packages of Bazooka gum.

…Bo and Luke Duke.

…VCRs cost $2,000.

…There was nothing strange about Bert and Ernie living together.

…Rotary dial telephones.

…You actually believed that Mikey, famed for his Life Cereal commercials, died after eating a packet of pop rocks and drinking a Coke.

…The theme song to Greatest American Hero still comes back to you on occasion.

(…BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I'M WALKING ON AIR...)

…You've recently horrified yourself by using any one of the following phases:
When I was younger... When I was your age... You know, back when...


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