You Know You Grew Up In the 80's If...

• You ever ended your sentence with "psych"
• You watched the pound puppies
• You can sing the entire 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
• You owned those little Strawberry Shortcake Pals scented dolls
• Three Words: M.C. Hammer
• You Remember reading Kool-Aid man comics
• You had plastic streamers on the handle bars of your bike
• It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday morning to watch cartoons
• You wore a ponytail on 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 played the game "Mash" with friends at school
• You remember reading "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" and all the Ramona books (Damn that Beezus!!!)
• You ever wore flourescent clothing
• You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off
• You took lunch pails to school
• You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf
• You remember the craze, and then the banning of slap bracelets
• Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band
• 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
• 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 have played with a "skip it"
• You had a Glow Worm, or watched the cartoons
• You saw the California Raisins Christmas claymation special
• You remember Popples
• You wore socks over tights with high-top Reeboks
• You work 8 pairs of socks at once, scrunched down
• You wore stretch pants
• You remember Transformers
• You remember Rainbow Brite and My Little Pony
• You remember those stylish, but painful, headbands
• You remember Vicky the Robot ("She's a Small Wonder, and she'll make your heart seem light..da da da, da da da dadada)
• You remeber the beginning of New Kids On the Block
• You remember Mr. Belvedeer

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