80's child

You know you're an 80's kid when ...

You had a crush on one of the New Kids on the Block members

You wanted to be on Star Search

You ever uttered the word "Radical!"

You wore jelly shoes and jelly bracelets

You thought "Ghostbusters" was be far the coolest movie

You remember watching shows like "Punky Brewster", "Webster", "You Can't Do That On TV", "Wild and Crazy Kids", and "Double Dare"

You 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 were "... suddenly finding out the Facts of Life are all about you!  Da da dum!"

You wore a bannana clip in your hair or one of those slap wrist bands at some point during your youth

You rolled up the bottoms of your slatter painted jeans

You wore loafers with everything, and you put the laces in those little rolls

You had slouch socks, and puff painted your own shirt at least once

You owned a doll with "Xavier Roberts" signed on its butt

You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout"

You knew 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 have see at least 10 episodes of Fraggle Rock

You yeared 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 "My Little Pony", "Rainbow Brite", and "Strawberry Shortcake" dolls

You know 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 got if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name"

You thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool (what 80s movie wasn't she in?)

You know what "sike!" and "not!" mean

You fell victim to 80s 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 dolls and trolls

You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince"

You actuallu saw Ted Danson as the MacDaddy he played "Sam" to be

You ever wore flouescent - neon if you will - clothing ... (or nail polish)

You could breakdance, or wished you could

You know who He-Man and She-Ra are

You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system (Remeber the Pong)

You know all the words to "Ice Ice Baby"

You remember MC Hammer as 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 and of the Care Bear Glass collection from Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut was the coolest place to hang

Poltergeist freaked you out

You carried a lunchbox to school in a Gremlins or and E.T. lunch box

You ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf

You wanted to communicate with some being named Cinergy, or you wanted green hair like that lead singer of the Misfits

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 wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish

You wore tights under shorts and felt stylish

You layered your multi-colored slouch socks and added suspenders to make your outfit complete

You ever had a Swatch Watch

You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the Care Bear stare

You had a crush on one of the Coreys (Haim or Feldman)

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 the Transformers were more than meets the eye

Partying "like its 1999" seemed SO far away!!!!!!!!!!!

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

Show everyone that you are truely a Child of the 80s, and sign the 80s Child guestbook!

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