You know you grew up in the '80s if....



You ever ended your sentence with "psych"

You solved the Rubics cube.....by peeling off the stickers

You watched the pound puppies

You can sing the rap to "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"

You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish

You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own. (amen)

You owned those little Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls

You know what 'Whoa' means from Blossom

Three words: M.C. Hammer

You thought it would be great to have a friend named "Boner"

You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales"

If you played The Chipmunks Christmas Album - all year long!

The Crypt Keeper really freaked you out

Remember reading Kool-Aid man comics

You ever watched Fraggle Rock

You had plastic streamers on the handle bars of your bike

When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons

You wore a pony tail to the side of your head

You saw the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the big screen

You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school

You made your mom buy you one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side

You had a Kirk Cameron poster on your bedroom wall

You played the game "MASH" with friends at school

You wore a Jordache jean jacket and you were proud of it

L.A. GEAR

Your mother wouldn't let you have Garbage Pail Kids

You wanted to change your name to Jem in Kindergarten

You remember reading "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" and all the Ramona books

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

You wanted to be a Goonie

You ever wore fluorescent, neon if you will, clothing

You wanted to be on StarSearch

You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off.

You took lunch pales to school

You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf

You remember the craze, and then banning, of slap bracelets

You still get the urge to use "NOT" at the end of every statement you make

You remember Hypercolor T-shirts

Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band

You remember Punky Brewster

You loved Howard the duck

You thought She-Ra and He-Man should hook up

You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged "friendship bracelets"

You ever owned a pair of Jelly Shoes

After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you couldn't stop saying "I know you are but what am I?"

You remember "I've fallen...and I can't get up!"

You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates

You ever got seriously injured on a Slip -n- Slide

You know not to mix PopRocks and soda

You have played with a 'Skip-It'

You had or went to a birthday party at McDonald's

You've ever wanted to go to Degrassi High

You ever sat on or used one knee on a skateboard

You learned oldies songs by watching Alvin and the Chipmunks

You had a Glow Worm or watched the cartoons

You remember dancing along with the Bangles in "Walk Like An Egyptian"

You remember Heathcliff the orange cat

You saw the California Raisins Christmas claymation special

You've gone through this list occasionally saying "That wasn't from the 80's"

You remember Popples

DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!

You wore socks over tights with high-top Reeboks

You wore like 8 pairs of socks at once, scrunched down

MISS MARY MACK MACK MACK ALL DRESSED IN BLACK BLACK BLACK.....

You remember boom boxes instead of CD players

You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies

You remember the gimp fad

You remember the Transformers

You knew what it meant to say: "Care bear stare!!" and you had a favorite

You remember Rainbow Bright and My Little Pony

You remember watching TV thinking Doogie Hauser was hot!

You remember Alf, the little furry brown alien from Melmac

You remember the large amounts of hairspray used

You remember those very stylish headbands

You remember Vicky the Robot from "Small Wonder"

You remember Eve Garland from "Out of this World" and how she could stop time by pressing the tips of her index fingers together and talking to her dad through a glowing cube in her bedroom

You remember the beginning of New Kids on the Block

You remember watching The Cosby Show

You remember "Mr. Belvadier"

You remember Michael J. Fox in "Family Ties" and "Back to the Future"





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