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Monday, March 2, 2009

Are you an 80's child???

Im an 80's child....to me those were the "good ole' days"

You're an 80's child if..
You had a crush on one of the New Kids on the Block members.
- You wanted to be on StarSearch. (Come on, we all did)
- You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off. Or even when he had those freaky eyes in "Thriller" at the end of the video.
- You wore a banana clip or one of those slap on wrist bands at some point during your youth.
- You wore french rolls on the bottom of your splatter painted jeans.
- You had slouch socks, and puff painted your own shirt at least once.
- You owned a doll with 'Xavier Roberts' signed on it's butt.
- You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."
- 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 can remember watching full house and saved by the bell for endless hours.
- You have seen at least 10 episodes of Fraggle Rock.
- 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. (Was there an 80's movie she WASN'T in?)
- You know what "Sike" means.
- You fell victim to 80's fashion: big hair, crimped, combed over to the side, and you wore spandex pants
- You wanted to be a Goonie ("Goonies never say die.")
- You've heard of Garbage Pail Kids.
- You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince."
- You actually saw Ted Danson as the MacDaddy he played "Sam" to be.
- You ever wore flourescent -neon if you will clothing...(or nailpolish)
- You could breakdance, or wished you could.
- You know who Max Headroom is.
- You remember when ATARI2 was a state of the art video game system. (Remember Pong)
- You know all the words to "ice ice baby".
- You remember M.C hammer.
- You can still sing the rap to "fresh Prince of BelAir".
- 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 wanted to communicate with some being named Cinergy, or you wanted green hair like that lead singer of the Misfits.
- You know what a Doozer is.
- You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.
- You ever had a Swatch Watch.
- You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the
care-bear stare.
- You had a crush on one of the Coreys (Haim or Feldman).
- You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
- You had Wonder Woman 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. ("No Whammy, no whammy, stop!!")
- 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."








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8 comments:

vgsmom said...

Oh My Gosh! Too Funny. Didn't I see NKOTB hocking a new album this week?

Anonymous said...

I couldn't even get through the whole list because I was laughing. Yes, hello, my name is Andrea and I am an 80's child! (proud of it!)

Cheryl said...

Wow....that all brings back memories!! It's weird how when I was young my parents would remember the "good 'ol days" and now look at us...we're doing the same thing!! LOL

~Tom~ said...

I can totally remember most of that list. Despite being really into the party scene and not remembering many nights during the 80s! lol Thanks for the trip down memory lane...

ddawn said...

Omg Dena...you are cracking me up, and after my day today..I needed a good laugh..thanks for that. Yes, I have to admit I am def. a child of the 80's..I can relate to everything on that list...lol. Too funny...Keep up the good work.

RileyScott said...

You're an 80's child if..
- You wanted to be on StarSearch. (Come on, we all did)
- You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off. Or even when he had those freaky eyes in "Thriller" at the end of the video.
- You wore a banana clip or one of those slap on wrist bands at some point during your youth.
- You had slouch socks, and puff painted your own shirt at least once.
- You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off."
- You can remember watching full house and saved by the bell for endless hours.
- You have seen at least 10 episodes of Fraggle Rock.
- 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 know what "Sike" means.
- You've heard of Garbage Pail Kids.
- You ever wore flourescent -neon if you will clothing...(or nailpolish)
- You could breakdance, or wished you could.
- You know who Max Headroom is.
- You remember when ATARI2 was a state of the art video game system. (Remember Pong)
- You remember M.C hammer.
- You can still sing the rap to "fresh Prince of BelAir".
- 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.
- You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunchbox.
- You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf. (We had a debate about this at a DND game once. Smurfette: Whore or horrible victim of circumstance)
- You know what a Doozer is.
- You ever had a Swatch Watch.
- You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the
care-bear stare.
- You had Wonder Woman or Superman underoos.
- 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. ("No Whammy, no whammy, stop!!")




I guess these qualify me. But I have a question Dena. I thought you were an 80's child if you were born in the 80's. But if I'm doing my math right (kids ages)...weren't you born in the 70's.

~Thought's By Dena~/ JDs Gift Shack said...

80's child means you grew up in the 80's!!

RileyScott said...

70's child....



*runs and hides*