• You had a crush on one of the New Kids on the Block members.
  • You wanted to be on StarSearch.
  • You ever uttered the word "Radical!"
  • You wore jelly shoes and jelly bracelets
  • You thought "Ghostbusters" was by far the coolest movie
  • You remember watching shows like "Punky Brewster" , "Webster", "You Can't Do That On Television" , "Wild&Crazy Kids" and "Double Dare"
  • 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 in your hair or one of those slap on wrist bands at some point during your youth.
  • You rolled up the bottoms of your splatter painted jeans.
  • You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off."
  • You can name half of the members of the elite "Brat Pack."
  • You can remember watching Full House and Saved by the Bell for endless hours!
  • You yearned to be a member of The Babysitters Club, and tried to start a club of your own.
  • You sat on your back porch, playing with your "My Little Pony" , "Rainbow Brite" , and "Strawberry Shortcake" dolls
  • 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.
  • You know what "sike" and "not!" mean
  • You fell victim to 80's fashion : big hair, crimped, combed over to the side, big hoop earrings, and possibly the worst:you wore spandex pants.
  • You wanted to be a Goonie, or Elliot from E.T.
  • You owned an extensive collection of Cabbage Patch Kids and trolls.
  • You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince."
  • ou had slouch socks, and puff painted your own shirt at least once.
  • You know who He-Man and She-Ra are.
  • You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.
  • You know all the words to "Ice Ice Baby".
  • You remember MC hammer well.
  • 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 PizzaHut.
  • Pizza Hut was the coolest place to hang.
  • Poltergeist freaked you out.
  • You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an E.T. lunchbox.
  • You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.
  • You totally LOVED Barbie's cooler, punkier counterpart, "Jem" and her "Rockers"
  • You wanted to have an alien like Alf living in your house
  • You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the care-bear stare.
  • You had a crush on one of the Coreys
  • You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
  • You had WonderWoman or Superman underwear.
  • 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!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • You ever owned or wanted any of the NKOTB action figures or dolls.
  • You remember when Deborah Gibson was "Debbie" Gibson.
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  • If you can identify with at least half of his list then you, my friend, are a "Child of the 80's." Send this to anyone that would appreciate going back to this wonderful decade. Was that a great time or what?????

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    Comments:

    ibeam...
    Feb. 18, 2010 at 7:29 PM

    I was the hulk when I was 5. My mom painted my green. I got a bad rash.

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    MommyCuz
    Jun. 13, 2010 at 9:20 PM

    All my kids were born in the 80's lol

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