You are a child of the 80's if...



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Snap bracelets were always getting you in trouble at school.
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If you ever wrote with a Squiggle Writer Pen
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You played with "My Little Ponies".
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Friendship bracelets were ties that couldn't be broken.
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You've ever read Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, The Boxcar Children, The Baby-sitters Club or Sweet Valley High.
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You know all the words to "Ice Ice Baby".
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You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.
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You had a crush on one of the New Kids on the Block members.
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You remember the New Kids On The Block.
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You wanted to be on Star Search.
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You had Garbage Pal trading cards
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You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before he had plastic surgery.
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Heaven forbid you wore one of those T-shirt rings or a scrunchi on one side of your shirt during your youth.
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You were styling with your French rolled pants.
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You wore multiple pairs of socks in the middle of the summer just so you could be "hip"
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Two Words: Leg warmers
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You had puff painted your own shirt at least once.
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You owned a doll with 'Xavier Roberts' signed on it's butt. Cabbage Patch Kids!
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The Cosby Show, Alf, or Out of This World was prime time television.
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You remember when TGIF first got started?
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You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."
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You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off"
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You were upset when She-ra, Princess of Power, and He-Man canceled
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You can remember watching Full House and Saved by the Bell for endless hours, back when they were new episodes.
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You have seen at least 10 episodes of Fraggle Rock.
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You hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future"
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You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name."
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You wanted to be a Goonie. ("Goonies never say die.")
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You remember Madonna in her cone stage.
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You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince."
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You even wore flourescent-neon clothing...
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You could breakdance, or wished you could.
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You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system
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You remember M.C. Hammer.
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You can still sing the rap to "Fresh Prince of Bel Air".
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How many of you can recite the theme to Duck tales?
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You own any cassettes.
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You owned a pair of LA Gear, Keds, or Converse tennis shoes.
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You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunchbox.
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You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf. (And how come Baby Smurf never grew up...)
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My Little Pony, Gummy Bears, Transformers, You can't do that on Television, Noozles, KIDS Incorperated, Captain Kangaroo, Double Dare, and Hey Dude are familiar to you.
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You ever had a Swatch Watch or a Doonie and Burke
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You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the "Care Bear Stare"
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You had Wonder Woman or Superman underoos.
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You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
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You spent hours in the basement building and rebuilding Lego cities.
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Do Polly Pockets or Popples ring a bell?
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Big wheels and bicycles with streamers were the way to go.
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With your playschool record player you sang back up to Debbie Gibson or Paula Abdual.
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"Party like it's 1999" seemed SO far away!!
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You stayed up all night listening to Teddy Rupskin
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Can we say Trapper Keeper?
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Can you tell you how to get to Sesame Street?
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If you wanted to be on the GLADIATORS!!
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If you still have a crimper in your bathroom drawer
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If you remember singing Amy Grants "Baby, Baby"
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You owned an indiana jones hat
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You watched original episodes of the Muppet Show
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You had more than one Star Wars action figure
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You loved your pink jeans, black stretch pants and big loop earrings
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If you wanted to pick a lock with a toothbrush just like MacGyver.
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You wanted to travel through time on Quantum Leap
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You had at least one Hypercolor shirt.
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If you remember when rollerblades were the new thing.
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If you learned how to spell mouse from the Mickey Mouse Club theme song.
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You felt like a big girl when your mom bought you GIRL TALK
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You used to wear bright pink slip-ons and jelly shoes.
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You used to compare your little brother to Ferguson
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You were scared of the Gremlins
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You remember when Ren and Stimpy was a new show
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Your parents wouldn't let you watch The Simpsons because it was inappropriate
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Inspector Gadget was part of your daily ritual.
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The Wonder Years was a part of your daily lifestyle
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You had Hotwheel races down your street during the block party
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When MTV was all about Rock Hard videos and BIG hair (first aired in 1981!!!)
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Pee Wee's Play House?
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Fanny Packs?
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If you can remember when your "Kid Sister, Kid Sister" seemed so tall...
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Did you keep your hot pink lipstick in a caboodle?
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You could not get enough hair spray on those bangs?
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How many trolls did you have?
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Does "Heroes in a half shell" mean anything to you?
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Everything was rad, totally awesome, and tubular!!!
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You remember when the original Nintendo was the best $100 you could spend?
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You owned a Ghost Busters action figure, a GI-Joe, a Hollywood Hair Barbie?
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You loved to play with your glow-in-the-dark plastic jewelry?
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You envied Rainbow Bright's fashion sense.
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You wanted to go to the bozo show?
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You remember when there was no Barney.
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You remember Zoobily Zoo

If you can identify with at least half of these, you are a child of the 80's. And you can't forget my buddy and Ghost Busters or pogo balls or skip it ... the list goes on and on!

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