You Are A Child Of The 80's If:
 

YOU ARE A CHILD OF THE 80'S IF:

You had a crush on Jon Bon Jovi, or knew someone who did.
You know what a "burnout" is.
You wanted to be on Star Search.
You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off.
You wore a banana clip at some point during your youth.
You owned a doll with 'Xavier Roberts' signed on its ass.
You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."
You HAD to have your MTV
You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off".
You can name at least half of the members of the elite "Brat Pack".
You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer".
You hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future".
You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name".
You thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool.
You know what "Sike" means.
You know who Tina Yothers is.
You wanted to be a Goonie.
You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.
You felt ashamed when Rob Lowe got in trouble for sex with minors and videotaping it, because you liked him.
You have heard of Garbage Pail Kids.
You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince".
You ever wore fluorescent, neon if you will, clothing.
You could breakdance, or wish you could.
You know who Max Headroom is.
You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.
You own any cassettes.
You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon.
You remember and/or own any of the Care Bear Glass collection from Pizza Hut.
Poltergeist freaked you out.
You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunchbox.
You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female Smurf.
You know what a Doozer is.
You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.
You ever had a Swatch Watch.
You had a crush on one of the Corey’s (Haim or Feldman).
You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
You had WonderWoman or Superman underoos.
You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.
You Believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"
You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
You know what a "Whammee" is.
Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.

If you can identify with at least half of this list then you, my friend, are a "Child of the 80's".

I just have to say I'm glad I was a child of the 80's... Kids these days don't know what they missed.

I can identify with *a lot* of those, thanks, AOX81 that was hilarious!

Ktsnake, totally agree, the 80's was a great time to be kid...

This one "You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female Smurf." made me laugh especially because I was thinking about the smurfs last week or so. There was a TV Funhouse on SNL about Smurfette now-a-days ala Anna-Nicole Smith show and it was so funny because Anna-Nicole is so *NASTY*.

I could identify with lots of them. :) It reminded me of this email I got about the 80's too. Here it is and Sorry if there are repeats of the original one.
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 Sheera 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 and 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
> If 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"
> If 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 Tails
> You remember watching TV thinking Doogie Howser was hot!
> You emember Alf, the little furry brown alien from Malmac
> You remember the large amounts of hairspray used
> You remember those very stylish headbands
> You remember Vicky the Robot
> 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 beggining 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

Bravo!! *clap clap clap*.. Best thread of the day!!! Definately brings me way back, makes me want to be 5 again. Hahaha. Great times. Thanks for the nostalgic post!

malmac eyes
 

are those the glasses with springs attached to eyeballs?

I am definitely a kid of the 80s. Thanks for sharing! :)

You are a child of the 80s if you...

~remember who the N.K.O.T.B. were
~remember the jingle to the "Kid Sister" and/or "My Buddy" commercials
~dreamed of having a robot to do your homework/chores for you
~remember when MTV actually played music videos
~remember when Nickolodeon actually had decent programming
~know who Mark Sommers is and kept close tabs on his various career ventures
~were amused by people being "slimed" or going down the "pie slide"
~ever wore a bubblegum machine ring while chanting, Earth! Wind! Fire! Water! and thought you could save the world
~had to have a WalkMan tape player for Christmas
~ever listened to a Vanilla Ice tape on your WalkMan
~spent your lunch money on Ring Pops, BubbleTape, Nerds, and bubblegum cigarettes
~had to have a pair of L.A. Gear "high tops" or you would just DIE
~wore stretch pants to school and everyone asked you where they could buy a pair
~got in trouble at school for willingly smacking yourself on the wrists repeatedly with bracelets
~use to own a crimping iron

quick note on that...anyone who was a TRUE fan remembers that He-Man and She-ra were brother and sister (and more specifically, twins...yeah, I'm THAT big of a dork and actually know that...)! By the power of Grayskull, if they got together, that would be f*cked up!

LOL....I don't remember them being brother and sister, let alone twins!!

I am almost in tears remembering these things from the childhoods of my oldest 3, now in college.

Doozer! That was little Ballerina's nickname!

Anyone remember Q*Bert? He had a cartoon and a video game..

Oh yeah wasn't he like a nerdy lil guy with glasses?

Anyone remember "The Hendersons" ??? (the show about the family who ran into a "Big Foot" with their car and let him live with them) Or was that an early 90s show? I can't remember now.

I rember him! I remember him!

What about PacMan, Ms. PacMan, Baby PacMan - the video and the cartoon???

Do you remember Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr.?
Space Invaders?
What about Thundercats, Transformers, or Voltron??