You're Lost Between A Baby Boomer And A Gen X'er If...
You remember when Jordache jeans were cool.
In your fifth grade class picture you were wearing an Izod shirt
with the collar up.
You know by heart the words to any Weird Al Yankovic song
Three words: Atari, IntelliVision and Coleco, sound familiar
You remember the days when "safe sex" meant that your parents were
gone for the weekend.
You remember Friday Night Videos before the days of MTV.
A predominant color in your childhood photos is plaid.
While in high school, you and your friends discussed elaborate
plans to get together again at the end of the century and play Prince's
"1999" until you passed out partying.
You took family trips BEFORE the invention of the minivan.
You rode in the back of the station wagon and you faced the cars
behind you.
You've ever conversationally used the phrase, "Jane, you ignorant
slut!"
Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you actually learned
the English language.
You're starting to view getting carded to buy alcohol as a GOOD
thing.
You ever dressed to emulate a person you saw in either a Duran
Duran,Madonna or Cyndi Lauper video.
The first time you ever kissed someone at a dance came during
"Crazy for You," by Madonna
The phrase "Where's the beef," still doubles you over with
laughter.
Your hair at some point in time in the 80's became something
which can only be described by the phrase, "I was experimenting"
You've ever shopped at a Banana Republic or Benetton, but not in
the last five years.
You're starting to believe now that maybe having the kids go to
school year round wouldn't be such a bad idea after all.
You're doing absolutely nothing pertaining to your major.
U2 is too popular and mainstream for you now.
You remember trying to guess the episode of the Brady Bunch from
the first scene.
You had a frontrow seat for Luke and Laura's wedding on General
Hospital.
You know who shot JR.
This rings a bell: "...and my name is Charlie. They work for
me."
You were unsure if Diet Coke would ever catch on after all.
You know all the words to the double album set of Grease.
You ever had a Dorothy Hamil haircut.
You sat with your friends on a Friday night and dialed 867-5309
to see if Jenny would answer.
"All skate, change directions", means something to you.
You owned a pair of Rainbow suspenders just like Mork used to
wear.
You bought a pair of Vanns and wanted to order a pizza in history
class so you could be just like Jeff Spicoli.
You owned a preppy handbook.
You were too young to go see the Blue Lagoon so you just had to
settle for second hand reports.
You remember when there was only PG and R.
You learned to swim about the same time Jaws came out and still
carry the emotional scars to this day.
Bo and Luke Duke.
VCRs cost $2,000.
There was nothing strange about Bert and Ernie living together.
Rotary dial telephones.
You actually believed that Mikey, famed for his Life cereal
commercials, died after eating a packet of pop rocks and drinking a
Coke.
The theme song to Greatest American Hero still comes back to you
on occasion.
(BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I'M WALKING ON AIR...)
You've recently horrified yourself by using any one of the
following phases: When I was younger... When I was your age... You
know, back when...
This timeline appropriately describes actual events in your life:
....Star Wars opens, you are still in single digit ages, and you
think the creatures are WAY cool
....Empire Strikes Back opens, you are now in early double digit ages,
and you are convinced that the special effects are much better, the
characters are cool, and you want one of every collectible out there
....Return of the Jedi hits the theaters, you are now a teenager and
you cannot get your eyes off Princess Leia's breasts or Han Solo's
butt
