You Might Be a Child of the 80s if...
...there were at least three people in your school that voluntarily went
by the names of "Skip" "Buffy" "Muffy" or "Dexter"...
...you ever owned one of those embarrassing crimping irons...
...you used to hold in your head the thought that all those gold chains
on Mr. T actually looked kinda cool and the thought that Mr. T made
millions seemed rational to you at the time...
... (guys) your first wet dream occurred to thoughts of Jeannie, Marsha
Brady, Samantha from Bewitched or, for those hardcore comic fans out
there, Daphne from Scooby Doo, Josie or any one of her Pussycats...
...(girls) you thought Shaun Cassidy was "dreamy", lusted after "Ted,
your ship's photographer" on the Love Boat and Chachi, or, to keep it
fair to the comically interested, thought Fred was just a hunk on
Scooby Doo...
...you're still occasionally suffering flashbacks from your 21st birthday
party...
...you're starting to dread you're 30th birthday, and have even begun
going into denial about it's possibility...
...you're starting to believe that maybe 30 isn't so old after all, and
it's those people over 40 you have to look out for...
...you freaked out when you found that you now fall into the "26 - 50"
age category on most questionnaires...
...you wore anything Izod, especially those windbreakers that folded up
into a pouch you could wear around your waist...
...you owned a Jordache anything, or you remember when Jordache
jeans were cool...
...in your sophomore class picture, you're wearing an Izod shirt with the
collar "up"...
...you actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie...
...you watched Purple Rain over and over again...
...you remember the episode of Good Times when Flo broke down after
James' funeral...
...you remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system; You own any cassettes...
...you thought Sheera and He-Man should hook up...
...you thought your childhood friends would never leave
because you exchanged "friendship bracelets" made of gimp...
...you ever owned a pair of Jelly Shoes...
...after you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you couldn't
stop saying "I know you are but what am I?"...
...you remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates...
...you ever got seriously injured on a slip and slide...
