You know you grew up in the 80's when...

[mr_alberta]

You know you grew up in the 80's when.....

* You know what "Psyche" means.

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

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

* You can sing the McDonald's Big Mac, Filet-o-fish, quarter pounder, and French fry song.

* You know who Mr. T is.

* You know who Fat Albert is. And who was old boy with the pink mask?

* You ever wore fluorescent, neon clothing.

* You could breakdance, or wish you could.

* You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.

* You Believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"

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

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

* You knew that knowing is half the battle.

* You wanted to be on Star Search.

* You can remember Michael Jackson when he was black.

* You wore a banana clip at some point during your youth.

* You remember the garbage pail kids, and owned some.

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

* You knew "Rut row raggy" and "Zoinks."

* You HAD to have your MTV.

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

* You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.

* You owned any cassettes.

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

* You remember and/or owned any of the Care Bear Glass collection from Pizza Hut or the Muppets glasses from McDonalds Poltergeist freaked you out.

* You knew who Ben Stein was before you could win his money,"Bueller?"

* You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins, ET, Dukes of Hazzard, Knight Rider, Strawberry Shortcake or A-Team lunch box.

* You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.

* You know what leg warmers are and probably had pair.

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

* You wore your Izod shirt with the collar up.

* You had a Swatch Watch with the Swatch Guard.

* Your Legos collection started with the free sets in a Happy Meal.

* You remember when Happy Meals came in a box, not a paper bag.

* You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.

* You had Wonder Woman or Superman underoos.

* You know what a "Push Up" ice cream is.

* You had to come in the house when the street lights came on.

* You had to change into play clothes after school.

* You owned, or knew somebody with a Commodore 64.

* You hated Scrappy Doo.

* You recorded songs off the radio with your boom box.

* You wish you had a light saber.

* Somehow you still know all the words to songs played on VH1's "Big 80's" ("it's been 7 hours & 15 days...")

* Your arm was full of rubber bracelets.

* You have ever said, "Gag me with a spoon."

* You have ever wondered what happened to Saturday morning cartoons.

* You had to get up to change the channel.

* You can still sing 1 to 12 from the Pinball machine on Sesame Street.

* You thought the "Thriller" video was pretty cool.

* You remember the first time you went into a video store to rent a movie.

* You wore those wide, colorful shoelaces.

* Quiet Riot's "Come on feel the noise" was the best song - ever.

* You know where "I want my two dollars" came from.

* You still cannot go in to the water because of that damn movie -Jaws.

* El Debarge's "Get a beat to the Rhythm of the night" plagued the radio every hour.

* You remember life before minivans and SUVs.

[EmilyB]

I had a bunch of relatives that looked like this.....

[mr_alberta]

Nice. I actually had hair like that too back in school and no, I'm not posting pics

Originally Posted by newguy

You know you grew up in the 80's when.....


* You Believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"

* You can remember Michael Jackson when he was black.

* You remember the garbage pail kids, and owned some.

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

* You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.

* You carried your lunch to school in a A-Team lunch box.

* You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.

* You had to come in the house when the street lights came on.

* You owned, or knew somebody with a Commodore 64.

* You have ever wondered what happened to Saturday morning cartoons.

* You thought the "Thriller" video was pretty cool.

Heres some that are fond to me.....

[Zerandise]

heh im right with ya! i was a teen in the 80's