You know you grew up in the 1980's when....
Here is a little something to take some of us back down memory lane I know I laughed.
* 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 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 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 knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."
* 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.
* 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". Send this to anyone that would appreciate
going back to this wonderful decade
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