You might be a child of the 80's if...

found this on www.80scartoons.net and www.80snostalgia.com

just a few (ahem) things to remind us of our youger years... haha.

i cant relate to them all but the others really make me say: 'yeah! i remember that!'

please feel free to add to my list! send me your contributions and ill add them!

1. You wanted to be on Star Search. (Didn't we all?) --- or kung pinoy ka, little ms. philippines sa eat bulaga.. bwahahaha.
2. 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.
3. You wore a banana clip or one of those slap on wrist bands at some point during your youth.
4. You loved Will Smith as early as 'Fresh Prince of Bel Air'
5. You had slouch socks, and collected st. michael's socks.
6. You can name at least half of the members of the elite "Brat Pack."
7. You can remember watching Full House and Saved by the Bell for endless hours.
8. You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off."
9. You could breakdance, or wished you could.
10. You ever wore fluorescent—neon if you will—clothing...
11. You have seen at least 10 episodes of Fraggle Rock.
12. You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer."
13. You'll always hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future."
14. You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name."
15. You own any cassettes or albums.
16. You know what "psych" means.
17. You fell victim to 80's fashion: big hair, crimped, combed over to the side, and you wore spandex pants.
18. You wanted to be a Goonie ("Goonies never say die.")
19. You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince."
20. Trapper Keepers were the best school supply!
21. You wanted to communicate with Synergy, or you wanted green hair like that lead singer of the Misfits. See Jem.
22. You know who Max Headroom is.
23. You remember and/or own any of the Care Bear stuffed toys
24. You remember when ATARI was a state-of-the-art video gaming system.
25. You know what a Doozer is. See Fraggle Rock.
26. You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon.
27. You inserted the word "like" into, like, every sentence.
28. "Poltergeist" totally freaked you out.
29. You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunchbox.
30. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.
31. You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.
32. You have heard of "Garbage Pail Kids" (and perhaps still have a collection of them). Extra point You have seen the Garbage Pail Kids TV show. (Only one episode was aired.)
33. You ever had a Swatch Watch.
34. You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.
35. You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the care-bear stare.
36. You had a crush on one of the Coreys (Haim or Feldman).
37. You had a crush on Bo Derek, Jason Priestly, Elijah Wood, and collected their pin ups from magazines.
38. You wanted to be The Hulk or Rainbow Brite for Halloween.
39. You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"
40. You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
41. You know what a "Whammy" is. ("No Whammy, no whammy, stop!")
42. Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away
43. You remember the days that hooking your computer into your TV wasn't an expensive option that required gadgets - it was the ONLY WAY to use your computer!
44. While in high school, you and all your friends discussed elaborate plans to get together again at the end of the century and play "1999" by Prince over and over again.
45. You remember when music that was labeled "alternative" really was.
46. Songs by Debbie Gibson still haunt you to this day.
47. 3 words: "Atari" "IntelliVision" and "Coleco". Sound familiar?
48. You can't remember a time when "going out for coffee" DIDN'T involve 49,000 selections to choose from.
49. You ever dressed to emulate a person you saw in either a Duran Duran, Madonna, or Cyndi Lauper video. (Or manilyn reynes, tina paner and timmy cruz.. hahaha.)
50. At one point during your teenage years, you walked with a noticeable tilt to one side due to the number of plastic rings on that arm.
51. "Celebration" by Kool & the Gang was one of the hot new songs when you first heard it at a school dance.
52. You ever owned one of those embarrassing crimping irons.
53. You used to hold in your head the thought that all those gold chains on Mr. T actually looked kinda cool and the thought that Mr. T made millions seemed rational to you at the time.
54. You've gotten this far on the list and aren't totally confused.
55. You read the "Hot Video Games Player's Secrets" guide for Mortal Kombat just so you could find the hidden screen, and play Pong again for old time's sake
56. You've recently horrified yourself by using any one of the following phrases:
"When I was younger"
"When I was your age"
"You know, back when..."
"Because I SAID so, that's why"
"What the HECK is this noise on the radio?"
"Just can't (fill in the blank) like I used to"
57. You're starting to believe that maybe 30 isn't so old after all, and it's those people over 40 you have to look out for.
58. Your hair, at some point in time in the 80's, became something which can only be described by the phrase "I was experimenting."
59. You've ever shopped at a Banana Republic or Benetton, but not in the last five years, okay?
60. You're starting to get that "why aren't you married yet" spiel, not just from parents, but now from friends that are married.
61. You had a crush on Jon Bon Jovi, or knew someone who did.
62. You thought eating Reese's Pieces would attract your own Alien.
63. You had a poster of Rob Lowe, Kirk Cameron, or Michael J. Fox on your wall.
64. This rings a bell: "and my name, is Charlie. They work for me."
65. You HAD to have your MTV
66. You remember when Madonna was just hitting the scene. And Ricky Martin was still part of The Menudos.
67. You remember the original version of Windows: Macintosh.
68. You actually know who Rick Springfield is
69. You remember when film critics raved that no movie could ever possibly get better special effects than those in the movie TRON.
70. You jammed to the Miami Vice theme and thought Jan Hammer was cool.
71. Guys: You remember when a guy piercing his ear was radical to the max, but did it anyhow.

72. You never questioned why the A-Team were always imprisoned in places that had sufficient tools to build an armoured tank.
73. Dungeons & Dragons was your favourite cartoon.
74. You have ever danced (or even worse cried) to Kylie & Jason.
75. Cerise pink, electric blue and banana yellow have ever featured in your wardrobe or make-up collection.
76. You ever did the top toggle of your coat up around your neck without having your arms in the sleeves, and knew you looked like a super-hero.
77. Parachuting Action man was your favourite toy.
78. You wanted to be either Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys. (And collected all those choose-your-own-adventure books)
79. You know the Wakefield twins, and wanted to be a part of the 'Unicorn Club'.

80. Not only did you wear luminous clothing, but they were mismatched fingerless gloves and towelling socks.
81. You remember when Betamax was at the cutting edge of technology.

82. You own at least 5 colors of the Benetton Classics t-shirts!