You Might be a Child of the 80'S if...
     
- the Brady Bunch movie brought back cool memories
     
- songs by Debbie Gibson still haunt you to this day
     
- three words: "Atari"  "IntelliVision" and "Coleco".  Sound familiar?
     
- you remember "Friday Night Videos" before the days of MTV
     
- a predominant color in your childhood photos is "plaid"
     
- while in high school, you and all your friends discussed elaborate plans to 
get together again at the end of the century and play "1999" by Prince over 
and over again
     
- you begged your mom for a pair of Calvin Kleins
     
- you wore legwarmers to imitate "Flashdance" (or know someone who did)
     
- you were in school when the Challenger disaster occurred
     
- you, yes you, sat down and memorized the entire lyric sheet to "Thriller"
     
- you took family trips BEFORE the invention of the mini-van.
     
- You rode in the back of the station wagon and you faced the cars behind you.
     
- you knew all the words to Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire"
     
- you've ever conversationally used the phrase "Jane, you ignorant slut"
     
- you've recently horrified yourself by using any one of the following 
phrases:
  o"When I was younger"
  o"When I was your age"
  o"You know, back when..."
  o"What is this noise on the radio?"
  o"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
     
- Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you actually learned the English 
language (Conjunction Junction...what's your function?)
     
- Kids that work in restaurants and supermarkets are starting to annoy you off 
by calling you "sir" or "ma'am"
     
- you're starting to view getting carded to buy alcohol as a GOOD thing
     
- the first time you heard the candidates names, you were pumped because you 
thought MICHAEL Jackson was running for President, not this Jesse character.
     
- you ever dressed to emulate a person you saw in either a Duran Duran, 
Madonna, or Cyndi Lauper video
     
- "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 was during "Crazy for You" 
by Madonna
     
- 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
     
- the phrase "Where's the beef?" still doubles you over with laughter
     
- you read the "Hot Video Games Player's Secrets" guide for Mortal Kombat just 
so you could find the hidden screen, and play Pong again for old time's sake
     
- honestly remember when film critics raved that no movie could ever possibly 
get better special effects than those in the movie TRON.
     
- (female) you thought Sean Cassidy was "dreamy", and lusted after Chachi
     
- 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
     
- your hair, at some point in time in the 80's, became something which can 
only be described by the phrase "I was experimenting (GOLDIE!!!!)"
     
- this timeline appropriately describes actual events in your 
life: Star Wars opens, you are still in single digit ages, and you think the 
creatures are WAY cool.  Empire Strikes Back opens, you are now in early 
double digit ages, and you are convinced that the special effects are much 
better, the characters are cool, and you want one of every collectible  out 
there. Return of the Jedi hits the theaters...you are now a teenager, and you 
cannot get your eyes off Princess Leia or Han Solo.  You fantasize forever and 
ever about it,          and send off to join every fan club for them on the 
planet, hanging posters, photos, and "teen"-type magazine spreads all over 
your walls and lockers at school.
     
- you've ever shopped at a Banana Republic or Benetton, but not in the last 
five years, okay?
     
- you can't remember a time when "hitting the outlet stores" didn't mean going 
to an electrical warehouse
     
- you won't walk into the place where you once knew every bartender on a first 
name basis because "there's too many kids there"
     
- going to keg parties no longer involves hiding out in the woods when the 
cops show up
     
- (male) you're starting to think that Corvettes really look good, and aren't 
REALLY for guy's going through a mid-life crisis. That's not YOU.
     
-  you're finding that you just don't understand more than half the lingo used 
on MTV any more
     
- you ever wanted to be gagged with a spoon
     
- U2 is too "popular" and "mainstream" for you now
     
- you ever used the phrase "kiss mah grits" in conversation
     
- When someone mentions two consecutive days of the week, the Happy Days theme 
is stuck in your head for hours on end
     
- you remember trying to guess the episode of the Brady Bunch from the first 
scene
     
- you ever used the phrase "don't make me angry...you wouldn't LIKE me when 
I'm angry" when trying to frighten someone off
     
- you had ringside seats for Luke and Laura's wedding (on General Hospital)
     
- you remember "Hey, let's be careful out there"
     
- you know who shot J.R.
     
- this rings a bell: "and my name, is Charlie.  They work for me."