You know you grew up in the 80's (or early 90's) if:

[dabbler]

repost, i'm sure, but whatever....

1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word "SIKE".

2. You watched the Pound Puppies.

3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Belair"...and can do
the
"Carlton".

4. Girls wore biker shorts under their skirts and felt stylishly sexy.

5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to
start a
club of your own.

6. You owned those lil' Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.

7. You know that "WOAH " comes from Joey on Blossom.

8. Two words: Parachute Pants.

9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock".

10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars...and "spokey-dokes"
or
playing cards on your spokes for that incredible sound effect.

11. You can sing the entire theme song to "DuckTales"(Woo-oooh!)

12. It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch
cartoons.

13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.

14. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on the big
screen...and still know the turtles names.

15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer
class at
school.

16. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt
in a
knot on the side.

17. You played the game "MASH " (Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House).

18. You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it.

19. L.A. Gear....need I say more?

20. You wanted to change your name to "JEM " in Kindergarten. (She's
truly
outrageous.)

21. You remember reading "Tales of a fourth grade nothing" and all the
Ramona books.

22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF".. .

23. You wanted to be a Goonie.

24. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. (some of us...head-to-toe)

25. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose
fell
off and his cheeks shifted.

26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

27. You took lunch boxes to school... and traded Garbage Pail kids in
the
schoolyard.

28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.

29. You still get the urge to say "NOT " after every sentence.

30. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.

31. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band

32. You thought She-Ra (Princess of Power!) and He-Man should hook up.

33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you
exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.

34. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes. (and like ..24, probably in
neon
colors, too.)

35. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you
are,
but what am I ?"

36. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"

37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were in-line
skates.

38. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide.

39. You have ever played with a Skip-It

40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds.

41. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement.

42. You remember Popples.

43. "Don't worry, be happy".

44. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top
Reeboks.

45. You wore socks scrunched down (and sometimes still do...getting
yelled
at by "younger hip" members of the family.)

46. You remember boom boxes. . and walking around with one on your
shoulder
like you were all that.

47. You remember watching both "Gremlins " movies.

48. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!!"

49. You remember watching "Rainbow Bright" and "My Little Pony Tales."

50. You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot.

51. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.

52. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool...and don't
even
flinch when people refer to them as "NKOTB".

53. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved
By
The Bell," The ORIGINAL class.

54. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.

55. You just sang those words to yourself.

56. You remember watching Magic vs. Bird.

57. Homemade Levi shorts...the shorter the better.

58. You remember when mullets were cool!

59. You had a mullet!

60. You still sing "We are the World".

61. You tight rolled your jeans.

62. You owned a banana clip.

63. You remember "Where's the Beef?"

64. You used to (and probably still do) say "What you talkin' about
Willis?"

65. You had big hair and you knew how to use it.

66. You're still singing shot through the heart in your head, aren't
you!!!

[dabbler]

my personal fav :

12. It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch
cartoons.

[veN]

Oh my goodness! Perma-smile reading that whole thing :)

[Erin]

54. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.

55. You just sang those words to yourself.

So true...


66. You're still singing shot through the heart in your head, aren't
you!!!

[crackdragon]

Originally Posted by dabbler

my personal fav :

12. It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch
cartoons.

Ill second that.... I got up early recently for the first time to see what toons I could watch and there was almost nothing :( I should have just kept on sleeping

[~Sc@ndelu$~]

Haha thats funny just the other day me and James were talking about how cool Oregon Trail was on the ghetto computers back then. :p

[gratia]

Originally Posted by dabbler

my personal fav :

12. It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch
cartoons.

that is funny...i copied #12 and was gonna paste it......hahaha...yup...we had the best cartoons for sure ;)
and yes i had a popple.....those things were awesome
and jellyshoes.....fuck ya!!!! i was just talking with someone the other day about how we miss jelly shoes.
man..i could comment on every one of those things. lol

[dabbler]

it's a very nostalgic read for sure

[-evil-duerr-]

3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Belair"...and can do
the
"Carlton".

gold!

[gratia]

^^^^ i can..can you????

[Liqwid]

Originally Posted by dabbler

repost, i'm sure, but whatever....

2. You watched the Pound Puppies.

remember the ones that would have puppys....

[gratia]

OMG ya...those were soo cool.....i had a lil batch ;)

[Liqwid]

i always wanted them.......but never got them......

but i did get rainbow brite

[gratia]

^^^^^ fuck ya rainbow bright!!!!! one of my fav ;)

[Liqwid]

i'm glad we see eye 2 eye

[broken_angel69]

hehehe, that made me smile. so many of those made me think "omg, i loved that!"

[sNyx]

Originally Posted by Liqwid

i'm glad we see eye 2 eye

pussy2pussy? =)

(sorry this isnt a constructive post what-so-ever)

[Liqwid]

ewwwww.......smyles..........

hows the replenishing of your things coming?

.dalyn.

[acidic_liquid]

OOOH or had one of those teddy bears that wrapped into a ball!!

or the one that spoke because it had a cassette player :)

[decypher]

lol skip it.

[Cosmos]

ahhh, childhood.

[penguinabc123]

loved it, that took me back, thank you.

[Miss T]

too funny! i agreed with every single one!!! well, except for the mullet! haha

[decypher]

lol mullets. There was always that one kid with the rat tail too.

[sh4un]

You must spread some Karma around before giving it to dabbler again.

haha this post was awesome, almost all of those were true for me!