You know you are a child of the 80's when....

You remember Don Johnson when he was "cool"
You know who shot J.R.
You remember when Michael Jackson was actually considered something of a sex symbol AND you remember what he looked like BEFORE the surgery
You practice getting in and out of your car through the windows
You owned at lease one skinny leather tie
Your first Walkman weighed 10 lbs and was the size of a brick

You can "see better" with sunglasses that have paint splattered all over the lenses
You wore L.A. Gear tennis shoes
You know the meaning of "Wax on/Wax off"
You're always "in the mood for dancing"
You can feel St. Elmo's fire burnin' in you
You need a shopping cart to carry your personal stereo with you
You go roller skating every Friday (not to skate, but to "hang out")
You still want to take Karate .....after you move to California
You watch NYPD Blue thinking "Well, they're no Crockett and Tubbs, that's for sure"
"Outrageous" is the term to describe something neat and cool
You think that Garbage Pail Kids are your children's worst enemy
You had a poster of Bo, Luke & Daisy Duke










There was nothing to question about Bert and Ernie living together
The phrase "Where's the beef?" still doubles you over with laughter
You went out and purchased the "Miami Vice" sound track
You remember the magazines of song lyrics
You think Hulk Hogan is the best wrestler of all time
Two words: The Clapper
Six words: "This is your brain on drugs."
You want to live in "the Valley"
Ferris Bueller was your idol
You watched "Star Search" on a regular basis

Every now and then you blurt out: "Ooh noo, Mr. Bill!!!!"

You had an entire wardrode of Esprit clothing (or coveted one)

You know the words to the "Oscar Mayer" theme songs

You have multi-colored earrings that touch your shoulder

Your bangs are teased perfectly to 7 inches above the rest of your hair

You played Upwords, Boggle or Trivial Pursuit (the original) on a rainy afternoon

You wore lace gloves with the fingers cut off, bangle braceletes up to your elbows, bright red Reebok high tops and parachute pants to a school dance

You're still bitter that WHAM broke up

You know whose phone number is 867-5309

You drink Diet Coke because Max Headroom told you to

You still watch things on Beta tapes

You have the tendency to turn up the collar of your polo shirts

You never go out for a night on the town without frosted blue eyeshadow and feathered bangs

Everything in your wardrobe is either pastel or fluorescent

People are constantly gagging you with spoons

You know all of the words to "I'm just a bill, sitting on Capitol Hill" and "School House Rock"

The feeling in your thumb is only now just returning after holding down the Atari joystick to control the racecar in Enduro Racer

You still can't believe that Milli Vanilli was deceiving you all that time

You can sing all of the words to "One Night in Bangkok" by Murray Head, and now you understand that it is about chess

You still wear a bandana tied around your leg and/or a ponytail off-center on the side of your head

You know who Martha Quinn is

You think David Hasselhoff was awesome in Knight Rider but sucks in "Boob Watch"

You saw luging at the Winter Olympics and you poured water down your driveway and tried it yourself

A piece of folded paper and two hands could tell your fortune

Knickers and leg warmers were cool

You ever wanted to play "Stairway to Heaven" on the guitar

You choreographed "Dancing Queen" by yourself in your room

You had a Dorothy Hammill haircut

You thought a Commodore 64 was the highest techology available

You wanted to be "The Hulk" for Halloween

You want to be "Where everybody knows your name...."

"A Different World" kicked butt

You know who played "Magnum P.I."

One phrase, "The plane! The plane!"

You can name at least 3 members of the Brat Pack

You still think banana clips were a godsend

Your idea of hi-tech toys is the heat-sensitive color-changing sticker on Transformers

You remember Bruce Willis from Moonlighting, not Die Hard

You still have your Members Only jacket

You had snap bracelets

You remember whenn Pee-Wee wasn't a pervert

You still think Donkey Kong can beat Mario up

You still wear jelly shoes