> > You know you grew up in the 1980s when....
>>>> -You know what "Sike" means.
>> -You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off."
>> -You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer."
>> -You can sing the McDonald's Big Mack,Filet-o-fish, quarter pounder, and French fry song.
>> -You know who Mr. T is.
>> -You know who Fat Albert is. And who was old boy with the pink mask?
>> -You ever wore fluorescent, neon clothing.
>> -You could breakdance, or wish you could.
>> -You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.
>> -You Believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power.
>> -Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.
>> -You thought that Transformers were "more than meets the eye".
>> -You knew that knowing is half the battle.
>> -You wanted to be on Star Search.
>> -You can remember Michael Jackson when he was black.
>> -You wore a banana clip at some point during your youth.
>> -You remember the garbage pail kids, and owned some.
>> -You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."
>> -Rut row raggy. and Zoinks.
>> -You HAD to have your MTV.
>> -You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.
>> -You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game.
>> -You owned any cassettes.
>> -You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living in space.
>> -You know what leg warmers are and probably had a pair.
>> -You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.
>> -You wore your Izod shirt with the collar up.
>> -You had a Swatch Watch with the Swatch Guard.
>> -Your Legos collection started with the free sets in a Happy Meal.
>> -You remember when Happy Meals came in a box, not a paper bag.
>> -You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
>> -You had Wonder Woman or Superman underoos.
>> -You know what a "Push Up" ice cream is.
>> -You had to come in the house when the street lights came on.
>> -You had to change into play clothes after school.
>> -You owned, or knew somebody with a Commodore 64.
>> -You hated Scrappy Doo.
>> -You recorded songs off the radio with your boom box.
>> -You wished you had a light saber.
>> -Somehow you still know all the words to songs played on VH1's "Big 80s"
>> -Your arm was full of rubber bracelets.
>> -You have ever said, "Gag me with a spoon."
>> -You have ever wondered what happened to Saturday morning cartoons.
>> -You had to get up to change the channel, or had one of those noisey "clicky boxes".
>> -You can still sing 1 to 12 from the Pinball machine song on Sesame Street.
>> -You thought the Thriller video was pretty cool.
>> -You remember the first time you went in to a video store to rent a movie.
>> -Canadians watched...Romper-Room, Mr. Dress-up, and the Friendly Giant - remember the teeny weeny furniture you wished you had?!
>> -You wore those wide, colorfull shoelaces.
>> -Quiet Riot's "Come on feel the noise" was the best song - ever.
>> -You know where "I want my two dollars" came from.
>> -You still cannot go in to the water because of that damn movie Jaws.
>> -El Debarge's "Get a beat to the Rhythm of the night" plagued the radio every hour.
>> -You remember life before minivans and SUVs.
>> -Cars...Gremlins were cool - Pacers were not!
>> If you can identify with at least half of this list then> you, my friend, are a "Child of the 80s".
