Did you grow up in the 80’s & remember this?

-You know what "Sike" means.

-You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off."

-You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer."

-You can sing the McDonald’s Big Mack,Filet-o-fish, quarter pounder, and French fry song.

-You know who Mr. T is.

-You know who Fat Albert is. And who was old boy with the pink mask?

-You ever wore fluorescent, neon clothing.

-You could breakdance, or wish you could.

-You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.

-You Believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power.

-Partying "like it’s 1999" seemed SO far away.

-You thought that Transformers were "more than meets the eye".

-You knew that knowing is half the battle.

-You wanted to be on Star Search.

-You can remember Michael Jackson when he was black.

-You wore a banana clip at some point during your youth.

-You remember the garbage pail kids, and owned some.

-You knew what Willis was "talkin’ ’bout."

-Rut row raggy. and Zoinks.

-You HAD to have your MTV.

-You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.

-You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game.

-You owned any cassettes.

-You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we’d all be living in space.

-You know what leg warmers are and probably had a pair.

-You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.

-You wore your Izod shirt with the collar up.

-You had a Swatch Watch with the Swatch Guard.

-Your Legos collection started with the free sets in a Happy Meal.

-You remember when Happy Meals came in a box, not a paper bag.

-You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.

-You had Wonder Woman or Superman underoos.

-You know what a "Push Up" ice cream is.

-You had to come in the house when the street lights came on.

-You had to change into play clothes after school.

-You owned, or knew somebody with a Commodore 64.

-You hated Scrappy Doo.

-You recorded songs off the radio with your boom box.

-You wished you had a light saber.

-Somehow you still know all the words to songs played on VH1’s "Big 80s"

-Your arm was full of rubber bracelets.

-You have ever said, "Gag me with a spoon."

-You have ever wondered what happened to Saturday morning cartoons.

-You had to get up to change the channel, or had one of those noisey "clicky boxes".

-You can still sing 1 to 12 from the Pinball machine song on Sesame Street.

-You thought the Thriller video was pretty cool.

-You remember the first time you went in to a video store to rent a movie.

-Canadians watched…Romper-Room, Mr. Dress-up, and the Friendly Giant – remember the teeny weeny furniture you wished you had?!

-You wore those wide, colorfull shoelaces.

-Quiet Riot’s "Come on feel the noise" was the best song – ever.

-You know where "I want my two dollars" came from.

-You still cannot go in to the water because of that damn movie Jaws.

-El Debarge’s "Get a beat to the Rhythm of the night" plagued the radio every hour.

-You remember life before minivans and SUVs.

-Cars…Gremlins were cool – Pacers were not!

If you can identify with at least half of this list then you, my friend, are a "Child of the 80s".

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4 Responses to “Did you grow up in the 80’s & remember this?”

  1. I am Differently an 80’s child

  2. Yes and this one made me laugh:

    -Quiet Riot’s "Come on feel the noise" was the best song – ever.

    I have this on my Ipod!!!

  3. you definitely took me back….i’ve tried to explain the "clicky" cable box…they still dont get it….

  4. wow those were the days.

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