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:: Sunday, April 06, 2003 ::

You know you were an 80's kid if...


you remember solid gold
you can't eat a pb&j sandwich without humming the theme to whats happening!
you had any of the following toys: my buddy, legos moon rider, lite brite, laser tag, atari 2600, teddy ruxspin , polly pockets, hit stix, speak and spell, cabbage patch kids, transformers, voltron, pound puppy, friendship bracelets, velcro dart board, garbage pail kids, sit and spin, choose your own adventure books, g.i. joe, rainbow bright, etch a sketch, my little pony, the original nintendo entertainment system (nes)
you carried everything in a trapper keeper
you remember when everything was radical, totally awesome, and bad
you wore 3 pairs of socks in the summer so you could be hip
you own any cassettes
you ever had a hair style with the words "jehri" and "curl" in it
you were afraid of gremlins
you owned a pair of l.a. gear, keds, or converse tennis shoes...you know you had some chuck taylor's. don't trip
you remember when it stopped being fashionable to pull your socks up to your knees
your mom ever warned you about eating pop rocks and drinking coke together
mr. hooper's death on sesame street profoundly affected you
you ever laid awake at night in a vain attempt to..."9, 10, never sleep again..."
any of the following sound even remotely familiar: knight rider, tootie, swatch watch, transformers, she-ra, mr. wizard, pig pong, salute your shorts, axel foley, jelly shoes, hungry hungry hippos, you can't do that on television, "by the power of greyskull...", nkotb, professor plum & miss scarlet, noozles, kids>incorporated, "no whammy, no whammy, stop!", power glove, captian kangroo, ants in the pants, double dare, hey dude
you remember the iron sheik, bret "the hitman" hart, the ultimate warrior, andre the giant, the four horsemen, dusty rhodes...or worse, you owned the entire wwf action figure collection (and wrestling ring)
you owned a t-shirt with a black bart simpson on it
you've ever owned a tandy or packard bell computer
two words, air brushed
you knew what willis was "talkin' 'bout"
you know all the words to "ice ice baby"
any of the following are your favorite movies: house party, weekend at bernie's, mannequin, coming to america, st. elmo's fire, clue, fame, back to the future 1,2, or 3, i'm gonna git you sucka, stand by me, the princess bride, drop dead fred, weird science, beetlejuice, little monsters, teen wolf, dirty dancing, class act, the breakfast club, howard the duck, e.t., flashdance, the goonies, karate kid
you wish every day off could be just like ferris'
you remember when kfc came in a bucket
you ever got your arms caught under the slip-n-slide on a july afternoon
you hear the song "i heard it through the grapevine" and think of dancing raisins
you hear "oh my god" and you automatically finish with "... becky look at her butt!"
you have ever played a game of MASH or made oragami fortune tellers
you remember when happy meals came in boxes
the only video games you've ever played are frogger, duck hunt, and pac man
you owned a red, zippered, leather michael jackson thriller jacket or a glitter glove
you remember sitting at home and watching donahue with your mom
you always wondered who in the hell was j.r.?
you used to expect green slime to fall on your head if you said "i don't know"
you have ever in your lifetime said "i pity the fool" or "you be illin"
you have watched star trek & said "hey that's the guy from reading rainbow"
you remember when michael jordan had hair, michael jackson was the king of pop, and arsenio was the king of late night
you know the theme song to any of the following: duck tales, 227, mcdonald's big mac song, the clapper, toys r us, alvin and the chipmonks, ghostbusters, diff'rent strokes, pee wee's playhouse, the golden girls, the facts of life, saved by the bell, the incredible hulk, 3..2..1..contact, dukes of hazard, zoobily zoo, fraggle rock, scooby doo, teenage mutant ninja turtles, yogi bear, he-man, oscar mayer, silver spoons, chip n' dale, gumby, gimme a break, care bears, inspector gadget, the smurfs, punky brewster
your bedtime started when dallas or dynasty came on
you wore shorts on top of your sweats in p.e. class
you lost your mind when a song on the radio started "it's electric!"
you had a jean jacket, jean purse or jean bookbag (acid-washed, of course)
you can hum the theme song of the first super mario brothers game
you remember when fried eggs and crime dogs told you to say no to drugs and ranger bears taught you the basics of forest fires

~Fox "I'm an 80's kid!" Mackenzie

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:: Fox 4/06/2003 03:19:00 PM [Say what?] ::
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