It's a hard blow to the ego when you still feel like you're 16, but the boy who carries out your groceries calls you "ma'am" or "sir". Or even worse, when your child begins a statement with, "When I'm old...like, your age..." So here's a little page that may not make you feel better about getting older, but at least it will bring a laugh or two, and maybe a few memories!
You Know You're 22-35 If.....
1.�� You learned to swim about the same time Jaws came out and still carry the emotional scars to this day.
2.�� You could sing "99 Red Balloons" in English and German.
3.�� You're starting to believe that maybe having kids go to school all year-round wouldn't be such a bad idea after all.
4.�� You did the LeFreak with Chic.
5.�� "All-skate, change directions" means something to you.
6.�� In high school you and all your friends discussed elaborate plans to get together again at the end of the century and play "1999" by Prince over and over again.
7.�� You wore anything Izod, especially collar up, or the windbreakers that folded up into a pouch you could wear around your waist.
8.�� You owned a Jordache anything, or you remember when Jordache jeans were really cool.
9.�� You ever dressed to emulate a person you saw in either a Duran Duran, Madonna, Rick Springfield or Cyndi Lauper video.
10.� You actually know who Rick Springfield is.
11.� You rode in the back of the station wagon and faced the cars behind you in the "tail gunner" position.
12.� Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you were educated.
13.� You ever wanted to be gagged with a spoon.
14.� You had a poster of Bo, Luke or Daisy Duke.
15.� There was nothing to question about Bert n' Ernie living together.
16.� Knickers and leg warmers were cool.
17.� You ever wanted to learn to play "Stairway to Heaven" on the guitar or you choreographed "Dancing Queen" by yourself in your room.
18.� You were afraid of the Sleestaks on Land of the Lost.
19.� The first time you ever kissed someone was at a dance during "Crazy For You" by Madonna.
20.� You ever used the phrase "kiss mah grits" in conversation.
21.� You had ringside seats for Luke and Laura's wedding.
22.� You know who shot J.R.
23.� This rings a bell: "and my name is Charlie. They work for me."
24.� You ever had a Dorothy Hammill haircut.
25.� You sat with your friends on a Friday night and dialed "867 5309" to see if Jenny would answer.
26.� You owned a pair of Rainbow suspenders just like Mork used to wear.
27.� You remember when your cable TV box had the three rows of numbers and you had to move the selector switch accordingly.
28.� Two words: feathered hair.
29.� Your jaw still aches from those "brick-sized" packages of Bazooka gum.
30.� The phrase "Where's the beef" still cracks you up.
31.� The name "Xavier Roberts" means anything to you.
32.� Judd Nelson is a hard-ass.
33.� Atari.
34.� "1.21 Jiggawatts"...sadly enough you know what generates that much electricity.
35.� You can sing "We are the World"
36.� You ever drank flavored water out of little wax bottles.
You Grew Up In The 80's If.....
1. You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, wax off."
2. You know that another name for a keyboard is a synthesizer.
3. You can sing the McDonald's Big Mac, Filet-o-fish, quarter pounder, and french fry song.
4. You know who Mr. T is.
5. You know who Fat Albert is.
6. You wore fluorescent, neon clothing.
7. You could breakdance, or wished you could.
8. You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.
9. You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"
10. Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.
11. You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
12. You knew that knowing is half the battle.
13. You wanted to be on Star Search.
14. You can remember Michael Jackson when he was black.
15. You wore a banana clip at some point during your youth.
16. You remember the garbage pail kids, and owned some.
17. You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."
18. Rut-roh, Raggy, and Zoinks!
19. You HAD to have your MTV.
20. You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.
21. You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.
22. You owned any cassettes.
23. You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living mutants.
24. You know what leg warmers are and probably had a pair.
25. You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.
26. You wore your Izod shirt with the collar up.
27. You had a Swatch Watch with the Swatch Guard.
28. Your Legos collection started with the free sets in a Happy Meal.
29. You remember when Happy Meals came in a box, not a paper bag.
30. You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
31. You had Wonder Woman or Superman underoos.
32. You know what a "Push Up" ice cream is.
33. You had to come in the house when the streetlights came on.
34. You had to change into play clothes after school.
35. You owned, or knew somebody with a Commodore 64.
36. You hated Scrappy Doo.
37. You recorded songs off the radio with your boom box.
38. You wished you had a light saber.
39. Somehow you still know all the words to songs played on VH1's "Big 80's"
40. Your arm was full of rubber bracelets.
41. You have ever said, "Gag me with a spoon."
42. You have ever wondered what happened to Saturday morning cartoons.
43. You had to get up to change the channel.
44. You can still sing 1 to 12 from the Pinball machine on Sesame Street.
45. You thought the "Thriller" video was pretty cool and kind of scary.
46. You remember the first time you went in to a video store to rent a movie.
47. You wore those wide, colorful shoelaces.
48. Quiet Riot's "Come On Feel The Noise" was the best song ever.
49. You know where "I want my two dollars" came from.
50. You still cannot go in to the water because of that damn movie - Jaws.
51. You remember when El Debarge's "Rhythm of the Night" plagued the radio every hour.
52. You remember life before minivans and SUVs.
53. You know what "Psyche!" means.
You Know You Were A Little Girl in the 70's (or 80's) if...
1. You wore that rainbow shirt that was half-sleeves and the rainbow went up one sleeve, across your chest and down the other.
2. You made baby chocolate cakes in your Holly Hobby Easy Bake Oven. You washed them down with The Snoopy Snow Cone Machine.
3. You had that Fisher Price Doctor's kit with a stethoscope that actually
worked. After training with these tools you became an expert at the game of
Operation.
4. You owned a Schwinn bicycle with a floral banana seat and a basket. In the
early 80's you moved onto the ever popular 10 speed. Gosh that seat hurt.
5. Your roller skates had metal wheels...and maybe even a key.
6. Admit it...you thought Gopher from Love Boat was cute.
7. You had either a "bowl cut" or a "pixie" (not to mention the "Dorothy
Hamill") because your mom was sick of braiding your hair.
8. Your Holly Hobby sleeping bag was your most prized possession.
9. You wore a poncho with your faux fur muff and toe socks with your clogs.
10. You begged Santa for the new electronic game Simon.
11. You had the Donnie and Marie dolls with those pink and purple shredded
outfits.
12. You spent hours out back on your metal swing set with the trapeze.
13. You had homemade ribbon barrettes in every imaginable color.
14. You wanted to be Laura Ingalls Wilder really bad. You wore that Little House on the Prairie-inspired plaid, ruffled shirt with the high neck in at least one school picture.
15. You wanted your first kiss to be at the roller rink.
16. You tried to make sure that no boys would grab the comb out of your back
pocket and skate away.
17. Your hairstyle was described as having wings.
18. You vividly remember Strawberry Shortcake and her friends Blueberry Muffin and Huckleberry Pie.
19. You carried a Muppets lunch box to school.
20. You and your girlfriends would fight over which of the Dukes of Hazard was your boyfriend, or who would get to be Kris or Kelly and who got stuck being Sabrina.
21. You had Star Wars action figures, too.
22. You thought unicorns were real.
23. Light as a feather, stiff as a board.
24. You loved The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe so much you got the whole
Chronicles of Narnia series for Christmas but never read the other books.
25. You completely wore out your Grease, Saturday Night Fever, Footloose and
Flashdance soundtrack albums.
26. You tried to do lots of arts and crafts things, like those weird potholders made on a plastic loom.
27. Had to have Shrinky-dinks!
28. You used to make your own mix tapes from the radio by holding your portable tape recorder up to the speaker.
29. You couldn't wait to get the free animal poster that came when you ordered books from the Scholastic Book orders your teacher would give you.
30. You learned everything you needed to know about girl issues from Judy Blume books. (Are You There God? It's Me Margaret)
31. You thought Olivia Newton John's song "Physical" was about aerobics.
32. You wore friendship pins on your tennis shoes.
33. You had shoelaces with heart or rainbow designs.
34. You wore knickers.
35. You collected Smurfs.
36. You wanted to be a Solid Gold dancer.
Signs You Live In A Small Town...
1. The welcome sign and leaving sign are on the same post.
2. Your mailman doesn't have to leave home to deliver the mail.
3. You get teary-eyed when you hear the tune "Small Town" by John Cougar Mellencamp.
4. You get online to read "Kim's Chuckle-A-Day" and everyone comes over to read it with you.
5. The mayor runs the city out of his house.
6. You sneeze and get a "Gesundheit" from half the population.
7. The town dog pound and jail are the same.
8. If a piece of your mail is addressed with only your name and city you'll still get it.
9. The elementary school crossing guard is also the Sheriff.
10. The town picnic only needed two packs of hotdogs, two packs of buns, one bag of chips, and two six packs of soda to feed all the residents.
11. The local paper comes out monthly, and is only one page.
12. Two people in line at the grocery store is considered a rush, and three cars at an intersection is a traffic jam.
13. Your phone number has two digits.
14. The cop stops you only to tell you that your wife wanted you to pick up some milk on the way home.
15. You can name everyone you graduated with.
16. You know what 4-H is.
17. You ever went to "headlight parties".
18. You used to drag "main".
19. You said the 'f' word and your parents knew within the hour.
20. You schedule parties around the schedule of different police officers, since you know which ones will bust you and which ones won't.
21. You ever went cow-tipping.
22. You have parties at the same guy's house.
23. School gets cancelled for state sporting events.
24. You could never buy cigarettes because all the store clerks knew how old you were.
25. When you did find someone old enough and brave enough to buy smokes, you still had to go out and drive on back roads to smoke them so your parents wouldn't find out.
26. Social acceptance in town depended on the approval of the five old (but rich) hags that met each morning at the donut shop for the latest smut.
27. You were ever in the Homecoming parade.
28. You have ever gone home for Homecoming after graduating.
29. You fix yourself up when you go buy milk lest anyone starts the rumor that you have gained weight or quit taking care of yourself.
30. Friday night's fun consisted of standing in line for the one screen theater, and since it was sold out, watching truckers and drinking coffee at the truck stop (the only place open after 10:00.)
31. You have to drive an hour to buy a pair of socks.
32. It was cool to date someone from the neighboring town.
33. You have ever gone for a walk in the cemetery on a date.
34. You ordered your wardrobe out of a catalog.
35. You had senior skip day.
36. The whole senior class went to the same party after graduation.
37. You don't give directions by street names or house numbers, but by references. (turn by Homeland, go two blocks past the Andersons', and it's four houses left...)
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