Blast from the past. . .

I got this email today from my friend Melissa and couldn’t help but laugh, so I had to share. . .hope your stroll down memory lane is as fun for you as it was for me.

You know you’re a child of the 80’s IF. . .
1.    You’ve ever ended a sentence with the word SIKE.
2.    You can sing the rap to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and can do the Carlton
3.    You know that ‘WHOA’ comes from Joey on Blossom
4.    If you ever watched ‘Fraggle Rock’
5.    It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
6.    You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.
7.    You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
8.    You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.
9.    You played the game ‘MASH'(Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House)
10.    You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it.
11.    You know the profound meaning of ‘ WAX ON , WAX OFF’
12.    You wanted to be a Goonie.
13.    You ever wore fluorescent clothing. (Some of us…head-to-toe)
14.    You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off, his cheeks shifted and his nationality became questionable.
15.    You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
16.    You took lunch boxes to school…and traded Garbage Pail Kids in the schoolyard.
17.    You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.
18.    You still get the urge to say ‘NOT’ after every sentence.
19.    You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.
20.    You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes.
21.    After you saw Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure you kept saying ‘I know you are, but what am I?’
22.    You remember ‘I’ve fallen and I can’t get up’
23.    You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.
24.    You have ever played with a Skip-It.
25.    You remember boom boxes and walking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that.
26.    You remember watching both Gremlins movies.
27.    You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot.
28.    You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.
29.    You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool…and don’t even flinch when people refer to them as ‘NKOTB’
30.    You knew all the characters names and their life stories on ‘Saved By The Bell,’ The ORIGINAL class.
31.    You know all the words to Bon Jovi – SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.
32.    You just sang those words to yourself.
33.    You still sing ‘We are the World’
34.    You tight rolled or french cuffed your jeans.  And still debate on which is the right term!
35.    You owned a banana clip.
36.    You remember ‘Where’s the Beef?’
37.    You used to say (and probably still do) ‘What you talkin’ ’bout Willis?’
38.    You’re still singing shot through the heart in your head, aren’t you!

Some of these I definitely relate to better than others.  Enjoy!

Be sure to leave your favorite 80’s memory. . .