You're a Child of the '80s if...
1. you saw the New Kids on the Block when they were Tiffany's opening act.
2. you liked Tom Hanks better as a crossdresser.
3. you're still wondering who really was the boss.
4. you know A.L.F.'s real name.
5. you know the original members of Menudo.
6. Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you actually learned the English language.
7. you know, by heart, the words to any "Weird" Al Yankovic song.
8. songs by Debbie Gibson still haunt you to this day.
9. when someone mentions two consecutive days of the week, the Happy Days theme is stuck in your head for hours on end.
10. you remember trying to guess the episode of the Brady Bunch from the first scene.
11. three words: "Atari," "IntelliVision" and "Coleco."
12. a predominant color in your childhood photos is plaid.
13. 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.
14. you remember when music that was labeled "alternative" really was what you, yes you, sat down and memorized entirely--"It's the End of the World as We Know It."
15. you took family trips BEFORE the invention of the mini-van.
16. you rode in the back of the station wagon and you faced the cars behind you.
17. at one point you walked with a noticeable tilt to one side due to the number of plastic rings on that arm.
18. "Celebration" by Kool & the Gang was one of the hot new songs.
19. you relax by putting on your legwarmers and dancing to the Flashdance soundtrack.
20. you're still bitter that Wham! broke up.
21. Punky Brewster is your hero.
22. you get the urge to kick off your Sunday shoes.
23. the only video games you play are Frogger and Pac Man.
24. you consider yourself truly, truly, truly outrageous--much like Jem and the Holograms.
25. you wonder why more people don't wear high heels, Jordache jeans, and lacy ankle socks.
26. you call all motorcycle cops "Ponch."
27. every time you go to the beach you look for Snorks.
28. you enjoy dancing on the ceiling and wearing your sunglasses at night.
29. you still think of Janet Jackson as "that girl who used to date Willis."
30. you can sing the theme song to Small Wonder.
31. every time you see a fountain you want to dance around it and yell "Fame!"
32. you still have a shoebox full of Garbage Pail Kid cards.
33. you know it's not "comma, comma, comma," it's Karma Karma Karma.
34. you can't sleep for wondering what Bastian's mother's name was in "The Neverending Story."
35. you still practice your Care Bear stare.
36. you know that girls just wanna have fuh-un.
37. you can name all the Wuzzles.
38. you can do the Safety Dance.
39. you drink Diet Coke because Max Headroom told you to.
40. you have a duck phone and ride around your house on a little train.
41. you still watch things on Betamax tapes.
42. you want to change your name to Rio and dance on the sand.
43. you thought that "Weird Science" was a movie before it was a TV show.
44. your favorite proverb is "Some like it hot and some sweat when the heat is on."
45. your favorite party game is Hungry Hungry Hippos.
46. you practice getting in and out of your car through the windows.
47. you have the tendency to turn up the collar of your Polo shirts.
48. you keep asking your teachers if instead of the quiz you can take the physical challenge.
49. you still drink New Coke.
50. you never go out for a night on the town without frosted blue eyeshadow and feathered bangs.
51. you can name all the Thundercats.
52. your regularly cry, "By the power of Grayskull!!"
53. everything in your wardrobe is either pastel or fluorescent.
54. sometimes you just want to shout, shout, let it all out.
55. you use your Speak and Spell to phone home.
56. sometimes out of the blue you just got to shake your love.
57. when you're stuck in traffic you tell your car to engage in Turbo Boost and are surprised when it doesn't talk back.
58. you remember when Vanessa sang Karaoke to "Locomotion."
59. you believe you'll be "Forever Young."
60. you still own chequered, metallic or flourescent high-top Converse.
61. you can sing all the words to "One Night in Bangkok" by Murray Head, and now you understand that it is about chess.
62. you still tightroll your jeans and take the laces out of your white canvas shoes.
63. you still can't believe that Milli Vanilli was deceiving you all that time.
64. you got a history lesson from Bill & Ted.
65. you still want to visit all the places mentioned in "Kokomo."
66. you laughed every time Stephanie on Full House said, "Hot dog!" and "How ruuude!" and when Michelle said, "You're in big trouble, Mistor."
67. you know how many times Ferris was absent from school.
68. people are constantly gagging you with spoons.
69. your idea of appreciating ancient cultures is to "Walk Like an Egyptian."
70. you still use your hair crimper before going out on a hot date.
71. you hatch plots to break Murdock out of VA hospital.
72. you have "We are the World" on 45.
73. you're still sending threats to Mr. Rubik.
74. you thought Pop Rocks were the coolest candy.
75. you body-pop or breakdance to every song you hear.
76. you still cry at E.T.
77. you still wear velvet suits and frilly shirts.
78. your watch alarm still plays the "Star Wars" theme music.
79. you need a shopping trolley to carry your personal stereo with you.
80. it takes 10 minutes for your push-button phone to connect to the number you dialed.
81. someone says, "Who you gonna call?" and your first reply is, "Ghostbusters!"
82. you wear those shirts/coats that zip or fasten in a diagonal way which then flop down to make a triangular shape on your chest.
83. you still wear a bandana tied around your leg and/or a ponytail off-center on the side of your head.
84. you still have your Hit Stix and Mr. Microphone.
85. you had a perm that made you look like you stuck your finger in a light socket.
86. you've engaged in the argument of Madonna vs. Cyndi Lauper.
87. every time The Breakfast Club is on, you can't help but watch it.
88. you know who Martha Quinn is.
89. Celine Dion and Mariah Carey don't hold a candle to Pat Benatar and Whitney Houston.
90. listening to Bruce Springsteen's "Glory Days" makes you sad.
91. you try to whip it...into shape, shape it up, get it straight, go forward, move ahead, back to detect it, it's not to late!!
92. you still remember what an 8-track is.
93. you saw Rick Springfield on general hospital AND in the record stores.
94. you still sometimes open the box that has your Strawberry Shortcake dolls and smell them.
95. you really miss Smurf Berry Crunch cereal.
96. you would still love to be a Solid Gold dancer.
97. the game M.A.S.H. told you where you were going to live, who you were going to marry, and how many kids you were going to have.
98. a piece of folded paper and two hands could tell your fortune.
99. you have memories of the McDonalds McDLT sandwich or you can recite the ingredients and how to make it.
100. a sleeveless T-shirt and a pair of rolled up jeans and something that was a chain for a motorcycle is considered to make you a bad ass.
101. spandex is an object of everyday wear and not only for exercise.
102. "outrageous" is the term to describe something neat and cool.
103. you think that Cabbage Patch Kids are your children.
104. you know what the P. in Alex P. Keaton stands for.
105. your fondest childhood memory is when Skippy got his head stuck in the banister.
106. you think the two Coreys are "totally awesome."
107. A-Ha's "Take on Me" is still your favorite video.
108. you know who Stinky Sullivan is.
109. you work out with "Get in Shape, Girl."
110. you want to be Molly Ringwald when you grow up.
111. you know who Loverboy is.
112. you think there should be a Kids Incorporated original cast reunion.
113. you still use your Snoopy Sno-Cone machine.
114. you like to connect the dots, la la la la!"
115. you know whose number is 867-5309.
116. you get depressed when you think about Anthony Michael Hall's career.
117. you're starting a write-in campaign to MTV to bring back RemoteControl.
118. you consider Jo vs. Blair the major philosophical conflict of the 20th century.
119. chains on Mr. T actually looked kinda cool.
120. your hair, at some point in time in the '80s, became something which can only be described by the phrase "I was experimenting."
121. you know who shot J.R.
122. you know what "sike" means.
123. you know the profound meaning of "Wax on, wax off."
124. you wanted to be a Goonie.
125. you wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.
126. you can actually remember the cool pinball cartoon on Sesame Street.
127. you thought Transformers were more than meets the eye.
128. you wanted to be on StarSearch.
129. you can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off.
130. you wore a banana clip at some point during your youth, or knew someone who did.
131. you knew what Willis was talkin' 'bout.
132. you HAD to have your MTV.
133. you hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future."
134. you know where to go if you wanna go where everybody knows your name.
135. you knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called Prince.
136. you actually know Ted Danson as the Mac Daddy "Sam."
137. you own any cassettes.
138. you were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon.
139. you remember and/or own any of the glasses from the Care Bear collection from Pizza Hut.
140. Poltergeist freaked you out.
141. you carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or E.T. lunchbox.
142. you have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
143. you wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish, or knew someone who did.
144. you ever had a Swatch Watch.
145. you remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
146. you had WonderWoman or Superman underoos.
147. you had a crush on Jon Bon Jovi, or you knew someone who did.
148. you had slouch socks, and puff painted your own shirt at least once.
149. you owned a doll with "Xavier Roberts" signed on it's butt.
150. you watched Saved by the Bell for endless hours.
151. you have seen at least 10 episodes of Fraggle Rock.
152. you know that another name for a keyboard is a "synthesizer."
153. you remember Madonna in her cone stage.
154. you had an infatuation with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
155. you're still asking people "Where's the beef?"
