80's Games
Gag me with a spoon!
You know you're a child of the '80s if...

  • 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!
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