Ah, the 1980s. Do you remember the '80s, or was that before your time? Or worse, was it after your time?! Eck. Well, I'm old enough to remember some things from the '80s. Are you?
You are a child of the 80's if...
Snap bracelets were always getting you in trouble at school.
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You played with "My Little Ponies".
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Friendship bracelets were ties that couldn't be broken.
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You've ever read Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, The Baby Sitters' Club, or Sweet Valley High.
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You know all the words to "Ice Ice Baby".
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You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.
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You had a crush on one of the New Kids on the Block members.
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You remember the New Kids On The Block.
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You wanted to be on Star Search.
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You had Garbage Pail Kids trading cards.
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You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before he had plastic surgery.
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You wore one of those T-shirt rings or a scrunchi on one side of your shirt.
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You were styling with your French rolled pants.
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You wore multiple pairs of socks in the middle of the summer just so you could be "hip".
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You had puff painted your own shirt at least once.
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You owned a doll with 'Xavier Roberts' signed on it's butt.
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You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."
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You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off"
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You were upset when "She-ra, Princess of Power", and "He-Man" were canceled.
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You can remember watching "Full House" and "Saved by the Bell" for endless hours, back when they were new episodes.
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You have seen at least 10 episodes of Fraggle Rock.
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You hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future."
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You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name."
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You wanted to be a Goonie.
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You remember Madonna in her cone stage.
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You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince."
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You even wore flourescent-neon clothing.
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You could breakdance, or wished you could.
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You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.
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You remember M.C. Hammer.
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You can still sing the rap to "Fresh Prince of Bel Air".
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You can recite the theme to "Duck Tales".
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You own any cassettes.
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You owned a pair of L.A. Gear, Keds, or Converse tennis shoes.
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You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunchbox.
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You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.(And how come
Baby Smurf never grew up...)
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"Gummy Bears", "Lady Lovely Locks", "You Can't do that on Television", "Noozles", "KIDS Incorporated", "Captain Kangaroo", "Double Dare", and "Hey Dude" are familiar to you.
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You ever had a Swatch Watch or a Doonie and Burke.
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You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the "Care Bearstare".
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You had Wonder Woman or Superman underoos.
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You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
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You spent hours in the basement building and rebuilding Lego cities.
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Polly Pockets or Popples ring a bell.
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Big wheels and bicycles with streamers were the way to go.
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With your playschool record player you sang back up to Debbie Gibson.
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"Party like it's 1999" seemed SO far away!!
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You stayed up all night listening to Teddy Ruckspin
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Trapper Keeper?
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You can tell me how to get to Sesame Street.
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You wanted to be on the "Gladiators".
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You still have a crimper in your bathroom drawer.
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You remember singing Amy Grant's "Baby, Baby".
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You owned an Indiana Jones hat.
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You had more than one Star Wars action figure.
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You loved your pink jeans, black stretch pants and big loop earrings.
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You wanted to pick a lock with a toothbrush just like MacGyver.
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You wanted to travel through time on Quantum Leap.
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You had at least one Hypercolor shirt.
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You remember when rollerblades were the new thing.
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You learned how to spell mouse from the Mickey Mouse Club theme song.
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You felt like a big girl when your mom bought you GIRLTALK.
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You used to wear bright pink slip-ons and jelly shoes.
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You used to compare your little brother to Ferguson.
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You were scared of the Gremlins.
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You remember when Ren and Stimpy was a new show.
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Your parents wouldn't let you watch The Simpsons because it was inappropriate.
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The Wonder Years was a part of your daily lifestyle.
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You had Hotwheel races down your street during the block party.
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You remember when MTV was all about Rock Hard videos and BIG hair.
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You can remember when your Kid Sister & My Buddy seemed so tall.
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You kept your hot pink lipstick in a caboodle.
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You could not get enough hairspray on those bangs.
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You had how many trolls?
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"Heros in a half shell" means anything to you.
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Everything was rad, totally awesome, and tubular!!!
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You remember when the original Nintendo was the best $100 you could spend.
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You wanted to go to the bozo show.
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You remember when there was no Barney.
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You remember when the Ghost Busters were the ones to "call".
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You ever wondered what happened to those triangular scooter things you used to sit on and it had the handle in the front that you move sideways repeatedly to keep you going.
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You remember when you got your first Jean jacket and were TOO cool.
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You remember when the latest, coolest cars had flip-up headlights.
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You think that "The Power Rangers" was a cheap rip off of "Voltron"!
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"Thunder, Thunder, Thundercats HO!!!!" means anything to you?
