You know you grew up in the '80s if....
You ever ended your sentence with "psych"
You solved the Rubiks cube by peeling off the stickers
You watched the pound puppies
You can sing the 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
You know who Six is from Blossom
Three words: M.C. Hammer
You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales"
If you played the chipmunks Christmas album all year long!
The crypt keeper really freaked you out
Remember reading Kool-Aid man comics
You ever watched Fraggle Rock
You had plastic streamers on the handlebars of your bike
When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch
cartoons
You wore a ponytail to 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 made your mom buy you one of those clips that would hold your
shirt in a knot on the side
You had a Kirk Cameron poster on your bedroom wall
You played the game "Mash" with friends at school
You wore a Jordache jean jacket and you were proud of L.A. GEAR
Your mother wouldn't let you have garbage pail kids
You remember reading "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" and all the
Ramona books
You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off"
You wanted to be a Goonie
You ever wore fluorescent, neon if you will, clothing
You wanted to be on StarSearch
You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose
fell off
You took Lunch boxes to school
You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf
You remember the craze, and then the banning of slap bracelets
You still get the urge to use "NOT" at the end of every statement
you make
You remember Hypercolor T-shirts
Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band
You remember Punky Brewster
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
After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you couldn't stop saying "I
know you are but what am I?"
You remember "I've fallen...and I can't get up!"
When you watched Family Matters and wanted to beat Steve Urkels ass
You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline
skates
You ever got seriously injured on a slip and slide
You know not to mix poprocks and soda
You have played with a 'skip-it'
You had or went to a birthday party at McDonald's
If you've ever wanted to go to Degrassi Junior High
You ever sat on or used one knee on a skateboard
You learned oldies songs by watching Alvin and the Chipmunks
You had a Glow Worm or watched the cartoon
You remember dancing along with the Bangles in "Walk Like An
Egyptian"
If you remember Heathcliff the orange cat
You saw the California Raisins Christmas claymation special
You've gone through this list occasionally saying
"That wasn't from the 80's"
You remember Popples
DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!
You wore socks over tights with high-top Reeboks
You wore like 8 pairs of socks at once, scrunched down
MISS MARY MACK MACK MACK ALL DRESSED IN BLACK BLACK BLACK.....
You remember boom boxes instead of CD players
You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies
You remember the gimp fad
You remember the Transformers
You had to buy a pair of overalls when everyone started wearing them
You knew what it meant to say: "Care bear stare!!" and you had a
favorite
You remember Rainbow Bright and MY Little Pony
You remember watching TV thinking Doogie Howser was hot!
You remember Alf, the little furry brown alien from Malmac
You remember the large amounts of hairspray used
You remember those very stylish headbands
You remember Vicky the Robot
You remember Eve Garland from Out of this World and how she could
stop time by pressing the tips of her index fingers together and
talking to her dad through a glowing cube in her bedroom
You remember the beginning of New Kids on the Block
You remember watching The Cosby show
You remember Mr.Belvedere
You remember Michael J. Fox in Family Ties and Back to the Future
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