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90's babies, dont even ACT like you know wassup with this, these things may look foreignto you LOL, Maybe, just maybe those of you that were born early 80's may remember some of this stuff. (I seen this list earlier on Mediatakeout) ENJOY the MEMORIES!!

•You have a tendency to turn the collar up on your Polo shirts.


•The Brady Bunch movie brought back cool memories


•You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name."


•Conveyor belts regularly carried washing machines, deep-fat fryers and a cuddly toy.


•Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.


•You chewed Dr. Pepper bubble gum.


•You wore the little bootie socks with the colored balls on the back.


•"Poltergeist" totally freaked you out.


•You never questioned why the A-Team were always imprisoned in places that had sufficient tools to build an armored tank.


•The Dark Crystal is still one of your favorite movies.


•You remember when Deborah Gibson was "Debbie" Gibson.


•You remember when Ricky Martin was a member of Menudo.


•You actually believed for a minute that K.I.T. (The night rider) actually was real.


•Ooh, you could crush a Grape!


•You remember the original version of Windows: Macintosh.


•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.


•You own any cassettes or records.


•You rolled the sleeves of your suit jacket up


•You remember when film critics raved that no movie could ever possibly get better special effects than those in the movie TRON.


•You remember Michael Jackson when he was still black.


•You know how to use a rotary phone.


•You fell out with friends during heated arguments about the relative merits of Matt & Luke.


•You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."


•You yearned to be a member of The Babysitters Club, and tried to start a club of your own.


•Punks actually "shocked" people.


•You're doing absolutely nothing with anything pertaining to your major degree


•You know what movie the phrase, "Number 5 is alive!" is from.


•Once, while spending hours in the arcade, you actually lined up quarters on the top panel of the game -- to "reserve" your spot.


•If you ever said "I pity the fool".


•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 fell victim to 80's fashion: big hair, crimped, combed over to the side, and you wore spandex pants.


•You ever owned a thin, black leather tie (and were proud of it), or worse it was patterned like a piano.


•You ever wore fluorescent (neon if you will) clothing...


•You know who played Uncle Ned, Elyse’s brother, on Family Ties.


•You owned at least one Choose Your Own Adventure book.


•"Ca-vey Wa-vey!" means anything to you.


•You remember when you could buy half cans of soda (great for field trip days!).


•You can, right now, hum to yourself the theme to 'Inspector Gadget'


•You had top-of-the-line Commodore 64s in your jr. high computer lab


•You had to stay after class to scrub your desk because your silver Outliner pen leaked through.


•You thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool.


•You remember when the A-Ha video was the pinnacle of modern technology, and you can still sing all the words.


•You sat on your back porch, playing with your "My Little Pony" , "Rainbow Brite" , and "Strawberry Shortcake" dolls


•You can still sing the rap to "Fresh Prince of Belair".


•You even wore fluorescent, neon if you will, clothing.


•You HAD to have your MTV.


•You wore a banana clip or one of those slap on wrist bands at some point during your youth.


•"Alternative" music actually was...and not popular Top 40 tunes.


•You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish, or know someone who did.


•Cerise pink, electric blue and banana yellow have ever featured in your wardrobe or make-up collection.


•You inserted the word "like" into, like, every sentence.


•You remember with pain the sad day when the Green Machine hit the streets and made your old big wheel quite obsolete.


•You remember when Betamax was at the cutting edge of technology.


•Not that you'd do it personally, but body piercing captivates your attention


•In many of your childhood photos you are wearing something plaid.


•You have ever danced (or even worse cried) to Kylie & Jason.


•You know, by heart, the words to any "Weird" Al Yankovic song.


•You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"


•There were days that the homework just had to wait until the ABC Afterschool Special was over.


•You know how (or wanted to be able) to Moonwalk!


•You wanted to communicate with Synergy, or you wanted green hair like that lead singer of the Misfits.


•You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.


•The first time you ever kissed someone at a dance fell during "Crazy for You" by Madonna


•You ever had more than 10 sweets in a 10p mix-up.


•You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.


•You think there should be a Kids Incorporated original cast reunion.


•you've ever said "I'm a vegetarian" and immediately had someone call you a hypocrite by saying "Nice leather jacket you have there...and gee, is that a suede bag...those shoes leather, too?"


•You have heard of "Garbage Pail Kids" (and perhaps still have a collection of them).


•you're starting to dread your 35th birthday, and have even begun going into denial about it's possibility


•You remember when Keith Chegwin & Maggie Philbin were the hottest romantic couple.


•You remember when McDonald?s served their burgers in styrofoam boxes.


•You knew all the words to Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire", but it really didn't hold any meaning for you until about the third verse


•Atari, IntelliVision, TelStar and Coleco were the ultimate gaming systems to own.


•U2 is too "popular" and "mainstream" for you now


•You have seen at least 10 episodes of Fraggle Rock.


•You hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future."


•You wondered why you and your mates never encountered diamond thieves whilst out on your BMXs.


•You made Star Wars shrinky dinks in your oven.


•Poltergeist freaked you out.


•Your best party dress was either a ra-ra or puff-ball skirt.


•You know who Mr. T is.


•You ever uttered the word "Radical!"


•You got a Little Professor calculator for Christmas.


•You were disappointed when an episode of 3-2-1 Contact didn?t include a Bloodhound Gang segment.


•You still know the Big Mac song. "Two all beef patties, special sauce?"


•There were at least three people in your school that voluntarily went by the names of "Skip" "Buffy" "Muffy" or "Dexter."


•You were in Cub Scouts or Girl Scouts but now you have no idea what all the badges you got were for.


•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 know who Tina Yothers is.


•You skipped school on the day Luke and Laura got married on General Hospital.


•You owned a *realRubik's cube.


•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.


•You had a poster of Rob Lowe, Kirk Cameron, Michael J. Fox or Don Johnson on your wall.


•You can't remember when the word "networking" didn't have a computer connotation to it as well


•You were a "wanna be". Madonna, Duran Duran, Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, Boy George, etc.


•You always wondered why Tootie always wore those skates.


•You were afraid of the Sleestacks on Land of The Lost.


•You were sad when the "Where's the Beef" lady died.


•You remember the episode of Good Times when Flo broke down after James' funeral.


•You ever wanted to be gagged with a spoon.


•You ever owned a pair of "Pop-Wheels" (that handy little combination of shoe and roller skate that lasted about a year on the open market.


•You remember and/or owned any of the Care Bear glass collections from Pizza Hut.


•You owned, or wanted a "Frankie says..." T-shirt.


•You have ever called 867-5309.


•Leg warmers and headbands al᠐at Benatar once looked really cool to you.


•You held the top score on Pac-Man.


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


•You can name at least half of the members of the elite "Brat Pack."


•You ever dressed to emulate a person you saw in either a Duran Duran, Madonna, or Cyndi Lauper video.


•Words: "Atari" "IntelliVision" and "Coleco". Sound familiar?


•You can remember watching Full House and Saved by the Bell for endless hours.


•You wore tights under shorts and felt stylish.


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


•Your lunch times were spent perfecting swan dives and backspins.


•You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.


•You remember exactly where you were when you heard the space shuttle had exploded.


•You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off."


•You watched Purple Rain over and over again.


•Pierce Brosnon will always be Remington Steele, not James Bond.


•This rings a bell: "and my name, is Charlie. They work for me."


•Your first Walkman weighed about as much as a brick.


•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 HELL is this noise on the radio?" - "Just can't (fill in the blank) like I used to"


•You wanted to be a Goonie.


•you remember the days when "safe sex" meant "my parents are gone for the weekend"


•You had a crush on Bo Derek.


•You were shocked by the controversial plot lines in Degrassi Junior High.


•You used to own a Snoopy Sno Cone Machine.


•You wanted to be on Star Search.


•You remember any or all of the following: Echo & the Bunnymen, Cutting Crew, Scritti Politti, or Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark.


•You carried you lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunchbox.


•You are still baffled by the "day glo" clothing trend.


•You ever had a Swatch Watch, and a Swatch Guard for it.


•Jelly bracelets & shoes!


•You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon.


•You tried to convince your Dad to fit a strip of red lights on the front of his Capri so it looked like KITT.


•You wondered why your walkie-talkie didn't have the same range as those in the Red Hand Gang.


•You had a Swatch Watch with the Swatch Guard.


•You could have got away with it if it hadn't been for those meddling kids.


•Your first computer was a Commodore 64 or an Atari 800.


•You wrote your boyfriends name on the side of your canvas Keds.


•Four-square was THE playground game.


•You wore French rolls on the bottom of your splatter painted jeans.


•Never let them see you sweat.


•Your dream car was either: the A-team van, KITT or The General Lee.


•You were convinced for years that Batman was a mildly overweight man with a moderate beer belly who wore his under wearoutside of his clothes and talked strangely


•You thought eating Reese's Pieces would attract your own Alien.


•You can remember Michael Jackson when he was black.


•you're starting to get that "why aren't you married yet" spiel, not just from parents, but now from friends that


•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.


•You know what "Push Up" ice cream is.


•You played with Lego?s when they were just blocks of various sizes, not any of the special little parts.


•You never thought they?d be able to top the special effects in TRON.


•You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer."


•You remember Look In magazine, and when it was only 20p


•Guys: You remember when a guy piercing his ear was radical to the max, but did it anyhow.


•you're starting to view getting carded to buy alcohol as a GOOD thing, and you're ready to marry the next person who cards you when you want to buy cigarettes.


•You were only cool if you hung out at the Roller Rink and actually knew how to skate.- Or snatched a few chains, clowned a few people, or extorted quarters 4 the arcade lol

•Chevy Chase was really funny in those Vacation movies.


•You carried a big colored comb in your back pocket.-Or activator spray and a shower cap lol


•You could go through a case of Aqua Net hairspray in a week.-Or a beige bottle of TCB lol


•Your best friend had a soda stream at home and you were jealous-But he didnt know nuthin 'bout that Grape or "Red" Kool-Aid lol


•You can sing the McDonald's Big Mack Filet-o-fish, quarter pounder, French Fry song while jump roping.-Mama's in the kitchen cookin rice.... daddy's on the corner shootin dice... brother's in jail raisin hell.... sister's on the corner sellin fruit cock-TAIL lol


•You thought "Weird Science" was a masterpiece.-Kelly LeBrock half butt naked kinda helped lol


•You remember when Molly Ringwald was on Facts of Life.


•You know what "sike" and "not!" mean


•You have worn a Banana Clip, or knew someone who did.
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•You have a tendency to turn the collar up on your Polo shirts.

•The Brady Bunch movie brought back cool memories


•You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name."-Cheers


•Conveyor belts regularly carried washing machines, deep-fat fryers and a cuddly toy.


•Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.


•You chewed Dr. Pepper bubble gum.


•You wore the little bootie socks with the colored balls on the back.


•"Poltergeist" totally freaked you out.


•You never questioned why the A-Team were always imprisoned in places that had sufficient tools to build an armored tank.


•The Dark Crystal is still one of your favorite movies.


•You remember when Deborah Gibson was "Debbie" Gibson.


•You remember when Ricky Martin was a member of Menudo.


•You actually believed for a minute that K.I.T. (The night rider) actually was real.-The show could come and go but I always liked the car and the bassline 2 the theme lol


•Ooh, you could crush a Grape!


•You remember the original version of Windows: Macintosh.


•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.


•You own any cassettes or records.-Two shelves and 4 crates in a hall closet


•You rolled the sleeves of your suit jacket up-Miami muthafuckin Vice lol Friday 10pm on NBC LOL


•You remember when film critics raved that no movie could ever possibly get better special effects than those in the movie TRON.


•You remember Michael Jackson when he was still black.-The last time was the years b4 and a little after "Off The Wall"


•You know how to use a rotary phone.-took about a month 2 make 1 damn phone call lol


•You fell out with friends during heated arguments about the relative merits of Matt & Luke.


•You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."-yep the schemes that Mr Drummond always eventually found out about and never whupped they ass 4 lol


•You yearned to be a member of The Babysitters Club, and tried to start a club of your own.


•Punks actually "shocked" people.


•You're doing absolutely nothing with anything pertaining to your major degree


•You know what movie the phrase, "Number 5 is alive!" is from.


•Once, while spending hours in the arcade, you actually lined up quarters on the top panel of the game -- to "reserve" your spot.


•If you ever said "I pity the fool".-thank you Sly Stallone 4 the immortal "Rocky III" lol


•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-Came on every saturday mornin right after "Soul Train" lol


•You fell victim to 80's fashion: big hair, crimped, combed over to the side, and you wore spandex pants.-Yeah, if u lived in the 'burbs lol


•You ever owned a thin, black leather tie (and were proud of it), or worse it was patterned like a piano.-God bless the New Wave from John Hughes, Howard Jones, Tangerine Dream, Soft Cell, The Cars, Gary Numan,Talikng Heads, Human League, Modern English, Blondie and Devo


•You ever wore fluorescent (neon if you will) clothing...-If u lived in the 'burbs, or the majority of your friends or at least 1 of your parents was white lol


•You know who played Uncle Ned, Elyse’s brother, on Family Ties.-I never watched the show past the theme song lol


•You owned at least one Choose Your Own Adventure book.


•"Ca-vey Wa-vey!" means anything to you.-Aww yeah CAPTAIN CAAAVEMAAAN!!!! And Junior!!!! lol


•You remember when you could buy half cans of soda (great for field trip days!).


•You can, right now, hum to yourself the theme to 'Inspector Gadget'-I loved Penny's dog Brain, Gadget's Lieutenant, Mad Cat, and every time Dr. Claw would say "I'll Get You Next Time Gadget!!!! NEXT TIME!!!" LOL


•You had top-of-the-line Commodore 64s in your jr. high computer lab-And you tried 2 do all your classwork or if you just didn't give a fuck you'd load up Frogger or Math Blaster lol


•You had to stay after class to scrub your desk because your silver Outliner pen leaked through.


•You thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool.-I lost track of her after Breakfast Club and I liked Ally Sheedy a bit betta lol


•You remember when the A-Ha video was the pinnacle of modern technology, and you can still sing all the words.-The coolest part was when he climbed off the page and slammed into the walls during the outro


•You sat on your back porch, playing with your "My Little Pony" , "Rainbow Brite" , and "Strawberry Shortcake" dolls-Yeah, only if you were gay and didn't know what that meant or you were tryin 2 do somethin nice 4 once for your little sister lol

•You can still sing the rap to "Fresh Prince of Belair".-Monday 8pm on NBC LOL I just wanted 2 look at Hillary and later on Ashley during the last two seasons lol


•You even wore fluorescent, neon if you will, clothing.


•You HAD to have your MTV.-If you were livin in the 'hood it was all about BET if you could steal a black box lol


•You wore a banana clip or one of those slap on wrist bands at some point during your youth.-Only if u were a girl and u grew up around a lot of white people lol


•"Alternative" music actually was...and not popular Top 40 tunes.-Yeah, that was shit like Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, The Fixx, and The Cult


•You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish, or know someone who did.-I loved it on the light skinned chick in "Do The Right Thing"


•Cerise pink, electric blue and banana yellow have ever featured in your wardrobe or make-up collection.


•You watched
 
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76....and yea,i still have a big ass stack of garbage pale kids cards!,haha....hoping theyre gonna be worth money some day!...ahhhh i miss tha 80's
 
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