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You know you're a child of the eighties when...
You know that the average age of a combat soldier in Vietnam was n-n-n-n-nineteen.
Friendship bracelets were ties that couldn't be broken.
You know all the words to "Ice Ice Baby".
You wanted to be on "Jim'll Fix It".
You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before he had
plastic surgery.
You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off".
You were upset when She-ra, Princess of Power and He-Man got
cancelled.
You can remember watching Saved by the Bell
You remember Madonna in her cone stage.
You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince."
You even wore fluorescent-neon clothing...
Not only did you wear fluorescent-neon clothing, but they were
mismatched with fingerless gloves and toweling socks.
You could break dance (ok, you wished you could)
You remember when Amiga was a state of the art video game system.
You remember M.C. Hammer.
You can still sing the rap to "Fresh Prince of Bel Air"....
You can remember when it was Jazzy Jeff and The fresh Prince and
NOT just plain Will Smith!
You own any cassettes.
You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins, ALF or ET lunchbox.
You have ever pondered on why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.
My Little Pony, Gummy Bears and Transformers are familiar to you.
You ever had a Swatch Watch.
You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the "Care Bear
stare."
You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"
You spent hours in the basement building and re- building Lego
cities.
Big wheels and BMX's were the way to go.
With your pink (or blue) portable tape player, you sang to Kylie and
Jason!
If you ever owned Polly Pocket or Micro Machines.
If you ever made Ken fall in love with Barbie.
You know what " Psyche" means.
Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.
You knew that Transformers were "more than meets the eye".
You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good film.
You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living in
space.
You know what leg warmers are and probably had a pair.
You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.
You had to change into play clothes after school.
You recorded songs off the radio with your boom box.
Somehow you still know all the words to songs played on VH1's "Big
80s"
Your arm was full of rubber bracelets.
You wore those wide, colourful shoelaces.
You still don't like going in the sea because of Jaws.
You remember Now compilations that had the pig on the front cover.
You never questioned why the A-Team were always imprisoned in
places that had sufficient tools to build an armoured tank.
You know what "Push Up" ice cream is.
You wanted to be a Goonie.
You know who Max Headroom is.
You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout".
You HAD to have your MTV.
You hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future."
You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name."
You thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool.
You still love to play Pong!