Friday, August 25, 2006

It's official...

...I AM a child of the 80s...sheesh. For your amusement (and nostalgia), I've highlighted the ones that didn't apply to me (since that was the smaller number...):

You Know You Grew Up In The 80's if:
1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word SIKE.
2. You watched the Pound Puppies.
3. You can sing the rap to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and can do the Carlton.
4. Girls wore biker shorts under their skirts and felt stylishly sexy.
5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own.
6. You owned those lil' Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.
7. You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on Blossom.
8. Two words: Hammer Pants.
9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock".
10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars... and spokey-dokes or playing cards on your spokes for that incredible sound effect.
11. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales" (Woo ooh!) (but I did watch it)
12. It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.
14. You saw the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the big screen...and still know the turtles names.
15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
16. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.
17. You played the game "MASH"(Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House).
18. You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it.
19. L.A. Gear....need I say more?
20. You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in Kindergarten (She's Truly Outrageous).
21. You remember reading Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and all The Ramona books.
22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF". (R.I.P. Mr. Miagi)
23. You wanted to be a Goonie.
24. You ever wore fluorescent clothing (some of us...head-to-toe).
25. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off and his cheeks shifted.
26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
27. You took lunch boxes to school...and traded Garbage Pailkids in the schoolyard.
28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.
29. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence.
30. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.
31. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band.
32. You thought She-ra (Princess of Power!) and He-Man should hook up.
33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.
34. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes.
35. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?"
36. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up".
37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.
38. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide.
39. You have ever played with a Skip-It.
40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds.
41. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement.
42. You remember Popples. (only vaguely)
43. Don't worry, be happy.
44. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.
45. You wore socks scrunched down (and sometimes still do..getting yelled at by younger hip members of the family). Um, MOM!
46. You remember boom boxes and walking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that.
47. You remember watching both Gremlins movies.
48. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!!"
49. You remember watching Rainbow Bright and & My Little Pony Tales.
50. You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot.
51. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.
52. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool...and don't even flinch when people refer to them as "NKOTB".
53. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell," The ORIGINAL class. I never watched this until college, when I caught the reruns.
54. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.
55. You just sang those words to yourself.
56. You remember watching Magic vs. Bird.
57. Homemade Levi shorts (the shorter the better).
58. You remember when mullets were cool! For the record, I never thought they were cool.
59. You had a mullet! ...but, yes, I had one...
60. You still sing "We are the World".
61. You tight rolled your jeans.
62. You owned a banana clip.
63. You remember "Where's the Beef?"
64. You used to (and probably still do) say "What you talkin' 'bout Willis?" I really DO!
65. You had big hair and you knew how to use it. And this one STILL applies.

18 Comments:

Blogger Tom said...

Welcome!

12:20 PM  
Blogger ~michelle pendergrass said...

Yep. :D

12:23 PM  
Blogger Emily said...

Ok, I know I wasn't born until '84 but still... a LOT of these still apply. Too funny. ;)

1:02 PM  
Blogger Luke said...

Wow...those brought back some sweet memories!!

Thanks for the book recommendation on my blog!

My word verifaction was ncblog! How cool is that?

3:33 PM  
Blogger Tom said...

Um Lorie with a mullett? Ummmm.

Also does it count double if you actually own We are the world?

3:42 PM  
Blogger Bobby said...

I laughed when I saw the "Willis" thing because you say that all the time, you 80s relic.

4:15 PM  
Blogger RosieBoo said...

Yep, I'm an 80s lover and proud of it. Actually, graduating high school in 83 (yikes!!!) makes me the coolest among my college girls. They look at the 80s like I looked at the 50s...I'm the coolest. You know you're a relic when the younger generation finds your "ancestry" cool....

1:21 PM  
Blogger Alex & Laura Beth said...

Uhhh... I'm totally 80s! That was a fun little run of nostalgia. Thanks for sharing. Big hair rocks!
-LB

2:46 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Tom-
Yes, it does.
And what about Kirk Cameron? He was the only celebrity to make it up on my wall.

And another: if you ever responded to "No way" with "Yes way, Ted!"

12:19 PM  
Blogger Christa said...

Hysterical. All so true. You know you a relic when the younger generation goes, "Uh?" When you mention the A-Team, Simon and Simon or Dukes of Hazzard. I not talking about the movie they botched..which I will never see.

2:13 PM  
Blogger Lorie said...

KIRK CAMERON! Oh, my gosh! I was IN LOVE with him. Seriously...I should put this as a post, but I won't, so my shame will remain hidden here within these comments...

I had this huge close-up poster of him, one where his head was almost life-sized. So...I took a close-up picture of "us"---me standing beside the poster, tilting my head in so that it looked like our heads were touching. People were always amazed at that shot and asked when I'd met him. Good grief.

I probably still have that bad boy around somewhere...(the picture, NOT the poster).

2:14 PM  
Blogger Lorie said...

Relics-R-Us. :)

Naw, we're not THAT old...

2:15 PM  
Blogger Lorie said...

Oh, and I love when Christa speaks ebonics---that girl so sassy! :)

2:21 PM  
Blogger Christa said...

What you talkin bout Willis?

2:50 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Christa-

I love it when a plan comes together!

We actually had an A-Team club. Of all girls. At church. We each pretended to be one of the characters in the show. Bet no one can guess who I was...

4:39 PM  
Blogger Lorie said...

Murdoch, of COURSE! :)

4:42 PM  
Blogger Bobby said...

Murdoch was my hero. The one guy I couldn't stand was Face. But I also thought Mr. T was over-rated. Murdoch and Hannibal were my boys.

And Luke Duke was infinitely better than that nancy-boy Bo.

8:45 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hannibal. Evidently I looked like someone who would smoke a cigar in any situation.
Actually, I was the most convincing when I said those magic words...
Murdoch? What you talkin bout Willis?
And I am not a relic!!!

4:06 PM  

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