1980's

You know you grew up in the 1980's and early 1990's if....

1. Cabbage patch kids were legitimate members of your family.
2. You watched the Pound Puppies.
3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air".
4. You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish.
5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby -Sitter's Club and you even started a club of your own.
6. You owned those lil Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.
7. You know that "WHOA" comes from Joey on Blossom.
8. Two words: M.C. Hammer.
9. You even watched "Fraggle Rock".
10. You had plastic streamers on your handlebars.
11. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales".
12. When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
13. Your favourite skirt flew up past your waist if you spun around quick enough
14. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.
15. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on the big screen.
16. You made your mum buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side. 17. You played the game "MATCH"(Mansion,Apartment,Toilet,Church,House)
18. You walked like an Egyptian.
19. You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in Kindergarten.
20. You remember reading "Are you there God, it's me,Margaret"
21.You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF"
22. You wanted to be a Goonie.
23. You even wore fluorescentclothing.
24.You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off...
25. You have even pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
26. You took Lunch Pails to school.
27. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.
28. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence.
29.You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.
30. Barbie and the Rockers was your favourite band.
31. You thought Sheera and He-Man should hook up.
32. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged friendship bracelets.
33. You even owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes.
34. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?" 35. You remember, "I've fallen and I can't get up"
36. You remember going to the skating rink before there were in-line skates.
37. You even got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide or monkey bars
38.You remember when the film clip to "Like A Prayer" was banned
39.You have even played with a Skip-It and Gak
40.You never admitted to wanting to play kiss chasey but always did
41.You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds.
42. You've gone through this nodding your head inagreement.
43. You remember Popples.
44. "Don't worry, be happy"
45. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.
46. You wore socks scrunched down.
47. The bigger the scrunchie in your hair, the better.
48. You collected transformers
49. Being the winner of two square at school was a braggable achievement
50. You used phrases like "not the momma" & "again" to be annoying to your siblings after watching the Dinosaurs
51."Miss MARY MACK MACK MACK, all dressed in BLACK BLACK BLACK"
52. You remember boom boxes vs. cd players.
53. You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies.
54. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!!"
55. You played elastics at recess and 'my mother your mother lives down the same street..' at lunch.
56. You had icecream cake for your birthday
57. Home and Away hasn't been the same since Shane and Angel
58. You remember watching Rainbow Bright and My Little Pony Tales"
59. You thought Doogie Howser was hot.
60. You remember Alf,the lil furry brown alien from Melmac!
61.You remember New Kids on the Block when they were famous.
62. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By the Bell", the ORIGINAL class.
63.You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THRU THE HEART.
64. You just sang those words to yourself
65. You cut your t-shirts in half and wore it with your homemade Levi shorts...(the shorter the better)
66. You remember when mullets were cool!
67. You had a mullet!
68. You tore holes in the knees of your jeans on purpose
69. You still sing, "We are the World"
70. You didn't know monkey magic was mimmed
71. Cowabunga!