items from an email i received:

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 pointduring your youth.
  • You wore french rolls on the botom 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 remeber 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 had a crush on one of the New Kids on the Block members.
  • 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 sheWASN'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 ATARI was a state of the art video game system.
  • 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 CareBear 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 remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
  • You had WonderWoman 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.
  • Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.