You know what a “burnout” is.
\nYou know what “Sike” means.
\nYou know the profound meaning of “Wax on, Wax off”.
\nYou know that another name for a keyboard is a “Synthesizer”.
\nYou can name at least half of the members of the elite “Brat Pack”.
\nYou know who Tina Yothers is.
\nYou wanted to be a Goonie.
\nYou felt ashamed when Rob Lowe got in trouble for sex with minors and videotaping it, because you liked him.
\nYou know who Max Headroom is.
\nYou ever wore fluorescent, neon if you will, clothing.
\nYou could breakdance, or wish you could.
\nYou wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.
\nYou Believed that “By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!”
\nPartying “like it’s 1999” seemed SO far away.
\nYou thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
\nYou wanted to be on StarSearch.
\nYou can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off.
\nYou wore a banana clip at some point during your youth, or knew someone who did.
\nYou owned a doll with ‘Xavier Roberts’ signed on it’s ass, or knew someone who did.
\nYou knew what Willis was “talkin’ ’bout”.
\nYou HAD to have your MTV
\nYou hold a special place in your heart for “Back to the Future”.
\nYou know where to go if you “wanna go where everybody knows yourname”.
\nYou thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool.
\nYou actually thought “Dirty Dancing” was a REALLY good movie.
\nYou heard of Garbage Pail Kids.
\nYou knew “The Artist” when he was humbly called “Prince”.
\nYou actually saw Ted Danson as the MacDaddy he played “Sam” to be.
\nYou remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.
\nYou own any cassettes.
\nYou were led to believe that in the year 2000 we’d all be living on the moon.
\nYou remember and\/or own any of the CareBear Glass collection from Pizza Hut.
\nOr any other stupid collection they came out with.
\nPoltergeist freaked you out.
\nYou carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunchbox.
\nYou have ever pondered why (and how) Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.
\nYou know what a Doozer is.
\nYou wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish, or knew someone who did.
\nYou ever had a Swatch Watch.
\nYou had a crush on one of the Coreys (Haim or Feldman), or knew someone who did.
\nYou remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
\nYou had WonderWoman or Superman underoos.
\nYou know what a “Whammee” is (Big Bucks, No Whammies, Stop).
\nYou had a crush on Jon Bon Jovi, or knew someone who did.<\/p>\n
If you can identify with at least half of this list then you, my friend, are a “Child of the 80’s”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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