You Might Be a Child of the 80s if...
...you remember when film critics raved that no movie could ever
possibly get better special effects than those in the movie TRON...
...you jammed to the Miami Vice theme and thought Jan Hammer was cool...
...you wanted to move to Hawaii because that's where Magnum lived...
...you ever used the phrase "Kiss mah grits!" in conversation...
...you remember any or all of the following: Echo & the Bunnymen,
Cutting Crew, Scritti Politti, or Orchestral Maneouvers in the Dark...
...you watched HR Puffenstuff as a child, but now that you're older, you
really understand that it would have been much better had you known
about drugs at the time...
...you've recently horrified yourself by using any one of the following
phases:
"You know, back when..."
"Because I SAID so, that's why"
"Just can't (fill in the blank) like I used to"
...you can't remember a time when "going out for coffee" DIDN'T involve 49,000 selections to choose from...
...you're starting to view getting carded to buy alcohol as a GOOD thing, and you're ready to marry the next person who cards you when you want to buy cigarettes...
...at one point during your teenage years, you walked with a noticeable tilt to one side due to the number of plastic rings on that arm...
... "Celebration" by Kool & the Gang was one of the hot new songs when you first heard it at a school dance...
...the first time you ever kissed someone at a dance fell during "Crazy for You" by Madonna...
...you remember the garbage pail kids, and owned some of their cards or knew someone who did...
...you knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout"...
...you HAD to have your MTV...
...you always wondered why Tootie always wore those damn skates...
...you wanted to be on StarSearch...
...you can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off...
...you remember the craze, and then banning of slap bracelets...
...you still get the urge to use "NOT" at the end of every statement you make...
...you remember Hypercolor T-shirts...
...you remember Punky Brewster...
...you loved Howard the duck...
...you've told someone that they remind you of the babe...
