You knew someone that had a Frankie Goes to Hollywood "Relax"T-shirt!
You had at least 100 rubber bracelets that you could twist together and make ankle bracelets too!
You bought the single "Feed The World / Do They Know it's Christmastime?", watched the Live Aid Concert Live and knew someone who participated in "Hands across America"
You remember when Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off of a bat and seemed evil!
You had one of the first glo-sticks and glo-necklaces to come out
Everyone wanted a trans-am like Burt Reynolds drove in "Smokey and The Bandit" or a "General Lee" from "The Dukes of Hazzard!"
You remember Don Johnson when he was "cool"
You know the urban legend pertaining to Phil Collin's "In The Air Tonight"
You know who shot J.R
You remember when Michael Jackson was actually considered something of
a sex symbol
You remember what Michael Jackson looked like before the surgery.
You wore out your album soundtracks to "Grease" and "Saturday Night Fever"
You remember when the first microwaves, cell phones and CD's came out
You owned at least one skinny leather tie.
Your first Walkman weighed 10 pounds and was the size of a brick.
You wore L.A. Gear tennis shoes.
You know the meaning of "Wax on/Wax Off"
If you could "See Better" with sunglasses that have paint splattered all
over the lenses.
You owned "Wayfarer" sunglasses so you could look cool just like Tom Cruise
You could feel St. Elmo's fire burnin' in you.
You needed a shopping cart to carry your personal stereo with you.
You went rollerskating every Friday night (not to skate, but to 'hang out')
You wanted to take Karate...(after you moved to California)
You watched NYPD Blue thinking, "Well, they're no Crockett and Tubbs, that's
for sure".
"Outrageous!" was the term to describe something neat and cool
You had a poster of Bo, Luke & Daisy Duke
You thought there was nothing unusual about Bert n' Ernie living together
The phrase "Where's the beef?" still doubles you over with laughter.
You went out and purchased the sound track for 'Miami Vice'
You remember "Hit Parader", "Creem", "Dynomite" and "Tiger Beat" magazines!
If you thought Hulk Hogan was the best wrestler of all time.
You know Johnny Depp from "Nightmare on Elm Street" and "21 Jum Street"
Two words: The Clapper.
Six words: "This is your brain on drugs."
You knew all the words to "Valley Girl" and "Rapper's Delight".
Ferris Bueller was your idol.
You watched 'Star Search' and "Solid Gold" on a regular basis.
You had an entire wardrobe of Esprit and Bennetton clothing (or coveted one.)
If you know the words to the "Oscar Mayer" theme songs
Your bangs were teased perfectly to 7 inches above the rest of your hair and held strong thanks to "Aqua-Net" hairspray.
Had multi-colored earrings that touched your shoulders
Played Upwords, Boggle or Trivial Pursuit (the original) on a rainy afternoon
You wore lace gloves with the fingers cut off, bangle bracelets up to
your elbows, bright red Reebok high tops and parachute pants or spandex pants to the school
dance
You're still bitter that WHAM broke up
You know whose phone number is 867-5309
You drank Diet Coke because Max Headroom told you to
You watched Beta tapes
You ever rented a VCR
You had the tendency to turn up the collar of your polo shirts
You felt "hip" wearing your frosted blue eyeshadow
and feathering the sides of your hair
Everything in your wardrobe was either pastel or fluorescent
You could slip "like Oh my god!" or "gag me with a spoon!" into conversation.
You know all the words to the "Schoolhouse Rock" songs
The feeling in your thumb is only now just returning after holding down
the Atari joystick to control the racecar in Enduro Racer
You still can't believe that Milli Vanilli was deceiving you all that
time
You can sing all the words to "One Night in Bangkok" by Murray Head, and
now you understand that it is about chess.
You wore a bandana tied around your leg and/or a ponytail off-center
on the side of your head.
You know who Martha Quinn and Nina Blackwood are.
You carried your boom box on your shoulder
You think David Hasselhoff was awesome in Knight Rider but sucks in "Bay
Watch."
A piece of folded paper and two hands could tell your fortune.
Knickers, ponchos, gauchos and leg warmers were cool
You ever wanted to learn to play "Stairway to Heaven" on the guitar and
choreographed "Dancing Queen" by yourself in your room.
You had ringside seats for Luke and Laura's wedding
You ever had a Dorothy Hammill haircut.
You thought a Commodore 64 was the highest technology available
You wanted to be "The Hulk" or a character from "Star Wars" for halloween
You wanted to be "Where Everybody Knows Your Name"
'A Different World' kicked butt
Remember "Dancin' to a Big Mac at McDonalds!"
You know who played Magnum P.I.
One Phrase, "The Plane, The Plane"
You can name at least three members of the Brat Pack
Still think banana clips were a godsend
Still wear Wet n' Wild makeup
Your idea of hi-tech toys was "Simon" and "Pong"
You asked your magic 8 ball if you would marry Shaun Cassidy, Andy Gibb or Leif Garrett or which member of Duran Duran
You used to tape record your favorite songs off the radio by holding the tape player up to the speaker
You learned everything you needed to know about "girl Stuff" from Judy Blume books.
You had friendship pins made of beads on your sneakers
You owned something with a rainbow on it.
You know who Mork from Ork is.
You thought Olivia Newton John's song "Physical" was about aerobics
You drowned yourself in Love's Baby Soft before a date
You always had a tube of "Lip Smackers" or strawberry lip gloss close by
If you remember Bruce Willis from Moonlighting, not "Die Hard"
You wore a "Members Only" jacket.
You still have a couple of those barettes made of woven ribbons.
You had snap bracelets
You remember when Pee-Wee wasn't a pervert.
You had had five pairs of socks on at any given time
Donkey Kongm Pac-Man, Mario Brothers, Asteroids, Tetris....
If you had a scratch-n-sniff sticker collection
If you remember when you heard that drinking soda and eating Pop Rocks
would make your stomach explode
If you ever used Lee Press-On Nails
If you wore jelly shoes, Candies or Dr. Scholl's Sandals
You had a CASIO SK-1 Keyboard
You're still hoping for a New Kids on the Block reunion tour
You still argue over who was better: Tiffany or Debbie Gibson
Every time you hear the "OH YEAH..." song you think of "Ferris Bueller's
Day Off"
You own tapes of Stingray, McGyver, and Airwolf
You owned a bicycle with a banana seat that had a basket in front with plastic flowers on it
You learned how to skate on roller skates with real wheels
You dreamed of going to Puerto Vallarta on "The Love Boat"
You had something that had Hollie Hobbie, Stawberry Shortcake, The Smurfs or The Care Bears on it
You owned "click-clacks" and smacked yourself in the head at least once!
You had at least one of these dolls: Donny and Marie, The Sunshine Family, The Bionic Man, Fonzie, Evil Knievel, Farrah Fawcett
You hated Nellie Olsen on "Little House on the Prairie"
You had a long handled comb hanging out the back pocket of your jeans
At one point in your life you had a real metal lunchbox that had a thermos with glass on the inside that would rattle around after you dropped it the first time
You remember when Prism, HBO and MTV came on the air! |