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    you grew up in the 80's if you remember----

    1. You remember when the M in MTV really meant Music.

    2. If there's something stange, in your neighborhood, who you gonna call?

    3. Every time you see a Dolorean, you think of "Back to the Future."

    4. You Remember when game controllers had a stick and a button only.

    5. Pee Wee Herman wasn't a Perv yet.

    6. You know who the Heros In A Half Shell refers to.

    7. You've been told that poprocks & soda will expolde in you if you have both.

    8. You can identify the Smurfs theme song in just 3 notes.

    9. You can still recite entire scenes from "The Breakfast Club" from memory.

    10. On medical forms, you list "Pac-Man fever" as childhood illness.

    11. You bitch about video games costing a dollar to play.

    12. You shed a silent tear for the death of Mr. Rogers.

    13. Can name at least five hair bands.

    14. Seeing what was on TV involved changing the channel just 12 times.

    15. A movie (non-matinee), drink and candy = $5.25

    16. Trapper Keeper folders.

    17. You remember when all MTV showed was music videos.

    18. Your closet has ever contained Dayglow or Hypercolor clothes.

    19. Two Words : Parachute Pants

    20. Whenever you're in a traffic jam, you wish you had Knight Rider's turbo-boost

    21. You know every Weird Al Yankovick parody song by heart. (Y-O-D-A!)

    22. You remember the names of all the Transformers

    23. At least one of your idols you had growing up did an antidrug comercial.

    24. Some people base their life on the teachings of the Bible. You take after Alf.

    25. Still wearing tight jeans, listening to Motley Crue, and driving a Trans Am.

    26. You had a sticker album which included Garbage Pail Kids.

    27. You know who Crockett and Tubbs were.

    28. You remember "Perfect Strangers."

    29. You think Power Rangers are a cheap rip off of Voltron and the Transformers.

    30. You have a Dukes of Hazzard lunch box.

    31. No candy is cooler that a jawbreaker bigger than your fist.

    32. You felt unexplainable joy while watching I love the 80's on VH1.

    33. Superman Underoos doubled as your Halloween costume. (Wonder Woman!)

    34. You refer to disco as "oldies."

    35. All the childhood battles between He-Man, Snake eyes, and Optimus Prime

    36. Leg warmers, shoulder pads and stretchy pants.

    37. Pogoballs, Skipit and Lazer Tag.

    38. Sing along:I like big butts and I cannot lie; you other brothers can't deny...

    39. You can solve a Rubik's cube with your eyes closed. (Nah, I just take it apart!)

    40. You know what ShirtTails are.

    41. You wore L.A. Gear.

    42. Your first cell phone weighed 19 lbs.

    43. You're suffering from "Atari-thumb."

    44. You've ever attempted to preform The Care Bear Stare.

    45. You've ever raced your micromachines down the playground slide.

    46. Daisy Duke ranks #6 on your list of all-time babes.

    47. You begged your parents for a train like the one in "Silver Spoons."

    48. You owned an armful of different colored gummy bracelets.

    49. You can sing the Saved by the Bell theme from memory.

    50. You complain about whats on TV after 9 o clock.

    51. You wore stonewashed jeans like it was nobody's business! (Guilty!)

    52. Your feathered hair touched the ceiling

    53. You remember a time when you thought David Hasselhoff was cool.

    54. Your favorite musician was Michael Jackson.

    55. "What's an 8-track?"

    56. Sunny Days, Sweeping the Clouds Away...

    57. You dreamed of owning K.I.T.T. and the General Lee.

    58. It was the decade when David Bowie turned you on when he appeared in Labryinth.

    59. You insist "The Wedding Singer" was a documentary.

    60. You thought it couldn't get worse after Reagan.

    61. Devo still rock.

    62. Lingering fondness for Tony Danza.

    63. You know what a Popple is.

    64. A pair of jordache jeans: $15.

    65. You still have that Members Only jacket in the closet,

    66. You still have your framed, autographed picture of Debbie Gibson.

    67. You wore plastic shoes.

    68. You had a "Max Headroom" lunchbox.

    69. You idolized Debbie Gibson and Tiffany.

    70. Your first sexual fantasy was about Erin Gray in her Buck Rodgers uniform.

    71. The only dance you know is the Humpty Hump.

    72. You've Had a Crush on one of the New Kids on the Block.

    73. The "Top Gun" love theme reminds you of your first kiss.

    74. You're still suffering lingering effects of CFCs from hairspray cans.

    75. The Great Space Coaster.

    76. You owned a Thriller Viewmaster.

    77. You are still destroying all those pictures of you with a mullet.

    78. You rap "You Be Illin'" in the shower.

    79. You wore wigwam socks over your tights.

    80. You've ever felt sorry for the Doozers.

    81. If you have ever thought guys with perms were cool.

    82. It now upsets you to see that Gobots are now marketed as playschool toys.

    83. You still can't get all that hairspray out of your hair.

    84. You wore a "keyboard tie" to your jr. high graduation.

    85. You still have shirts that say "CHOOSE LIFE" and "RELAX."

    86. You know that .38 Special has Donnie Van Zant( brother of Lynyrd Skynyrd singer Ronnie Van Zant. RIP) in the band as co-lead singer and co-founder
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    Re: you grew up in the 80's if you remember----

    *sigh*

    I'm old...
    You'll shoot your eye out.

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    Re: you grew up in the 80's if you remember----

    i was born in 1985. But I remember a few of those things, especially my favorite movie/cartoon/show ever....Ghostbusters!

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    Re: you grew up in the 80's if you remember----

    Dang....the youth of this board!!! I was 20 in '85....oh the memories!
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    Re: you grew up in the 80's if you remember----

    I was born in 82 and a lot of that stuff I remember, of course some I dont....but Trapper Keeper was something that stuck out to me!!!! haha

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    Re: you grew up in the 80's if you remember----

    Devo STILL rocks!

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    Re: you grew up in the 80's if you remember----

    "Heros in a half shell!"

    Man I was obsessed with TMNT when I was little...man thats embarrassing to say!!!

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