OMG this is soooooo meeeeee! I'm a child of the 80's
While scouring the internet still trying to find out what the hell Bastian's mother's name was from The Neverending Story -- my first all time favorite movie (I was downloading movies off of Kazaa and of course The Neverending Story was among one of the ones I wanted for my collection)-- I came across this site... OOOH my god I'm getting old but this was part of my childhood man!
I must say that numbers:
3 Punky Brewster is your hero ------ Who did not love Punky!! I cried when her show went off the air!!!!
12. You consider yourself truly, truly, truly outrageous, much like Jem and the Holograms (ESPECIALLY THIS ONE CAUSE I GREW UP ON JEM)
13 You wonder why more people don't wear high heels, Jordache jeans, and lacy ankle socks
15 Every time you go to the beach you look for Snorks
17 You know who Stinky Sullivan is
21 You know who Loverboy is --- Patrick Demsey did this movie w/ Kirsty Alley... Never saw it but sure remember the name.. mom wouldnt let me
22 You think there should be a Kids Incorporated original cast reunion (Hello Jennifer Love Hewitt was on that shoooowww! She was just known as Love back then and I wanted to be like her cause she was coool.),
24 You can sing the theme song to Small Wonder (that was one of my favorite shows! You teens may not even know this one, this girl named Vicki was a robot who was a real kid by the end of the series!!! It was in sydication a few years back).
25 Every time you see a fountain you want to dance around it and yell "Fame!"
29 You know it's not "comma, comma, comma" it's karma
30 You stay up nights wondering what Bastian's mother's name was in "The Neverending Story"
31 You have nightmares about the Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak (Helllloooooo Strawberry Shortcake! That dude was scary!!!)
32 You still practice your Care Bear Stare --- Whooooo didnt back then!?!
33 You know that girls just wanna have fuh-un --- haha I have that on my computer and burned to like 2 cd's!!!
38 You like to "connect the dots, la la la la!" --- PeeWee Herman CBS Saturday Morning w/ my bowl of Frosted Flakes
39 Someone metions Jennifer Beals and you don't say "Who?" --- "What a Feeeeling!!!!!!"
41 You know whose number is 867-5309 --- Ok so I cheated and found out the other day in a random chat that it was some chick named Jenny -- the title of the song.... lol But I knew the numbers by heart!
42 You get depressed thinking about Anthony Michael Hall's career -- Why was me and my god-sister talking about him the other day!! lol
44 You drink Diet Coke because Max Headroom told you to -- he was the cool guy in the computer who talked!!
45. You consider Jo vs. Blair the major philosophical conflict of the 20th century -- Sings: "You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have THE FACTS OF LIFE, THE FACTS OF LIFE...."
47. You want to be one of the Solid Gold Dancers -- Ok this was on tv when I was like a mear 2 or 3 but damn I remember that show as being fierce!
50 You know that "Weird Science" was a movie before a tv show ----- OMG that's my other favorite 80's movie!!! Sings: "She's aliiive! Weird Science..."
54 You saw the New Kids on the Block when they were Tiffany's opening act -- ok waaay before my time BUT I loooooooved The New Kids when they were hot and Jordan Knight was ALL OVER MY WALLS!
60. You know what the "P" in "Alex P. Keaton" stands for --- Ok so again I dont know this one, but come on, who didnt love Michael J Fox then?!
61 You keep asking your teachers if instead of the quiz you can take the physical challenge --- OOOMMMGGGGG DOUBLE DARE!!! Everyone used to watch Double Dare!
67. You can name all of the Thundercats -- "Thundercats THUNDERCATS THUNDERCATS HOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" Cheetarah was my FAAAVE!
71 Sometimes you just want to shout, shout, let it all out --- (continues) These are the things I am talking about, come oooon....
72 You're planning a dream vacation to Mepos ----- PERFECT STRANGERSSSSS!!!!!!!!
73 You use your Speak and Spell to phone home --- EEEEE.TTTTTTT.
74. You know the original members of Menudo ---- Menudo was soooo hot! They used to have like little five minute videos on ABC on saturday mornings!
76 When you're stuck in traffic you tell your car to engage Turbo Boost and are surprised when it doesn't talk back. ---- Knight Rider! KIT the talking caaar come ooon!!
77 You remember when Vanessa sang Kareoke to "Locomotion" ---- OK, this is where I draw the line.... I REMEMBER THIS EPISODE OF THE COSBY SHOOOOOWWW!!!
80 Your idea of appreciating ancient cultures is "Walk Like an Egyptian" -- Ok in the 8th grade these girls I was like sooo wanting to be in the in crowd with did a dance to this song dressed as egyptians, it was sooooo cool... The song had been out for a few years by then, but I sure as hell remember it!
85 You have "We Are the World" on 45 -- uuuh yeah we have that in the living room w/ the other vinyls plus I have it on my computer!!!!
86 You're still sending death threats to Mr. Rubik --- Um who has ever cracked their Rubik's Cube???
And finally for me --->
87 You can feel St. Elmo's fire burnin' in you --- I love that movie!!!! Long live the BRAT PACK!!!!
Your turn now here's the whole list below:
88 More Ways to Determine if You're Stuck in the Eighties
I found these on the Internet somewhere, I also have another list I wrote myself.
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Your fondest childhood memory is when Skippy got his head stuck in the banister
You relax by putting on your legwarmers and dancing to the "Footloose" soundtrack
You think the Two Coreys are "Totally Awesome"
You're still bitter that Wham! broke up
Punky Brewster is your hero
You type all of your term papers on a Commodore 64
You still resent your parents for not installing a dumbwaiter in your house like Webster's
The only video games you play are Frogger and Pac Man
You're building your own Clockwork Smurf
Your summer attire is Jellies and Jams
A-ha's "Take on Me" is still your favorite video
You consider yourself truly, truly, truly outrageous, much like Jem and the Holograms
You wonder why more people don't wear high heels, Jordache jeans, and lacy ankle socks
You call all motorcycle cops "Ponch"
Every time you go to the beach you look for Snorks
You're still upset Madonna and Sean broke up
You know who Stinky Sullivan is
You work out with "Get in Shape Girl"
You want to be Molly Ringwald when you grow up
You enjoy dancing on the ceiling and wearing your sunglasses at night
You know who Loverboy is
You think there should be a Kids Incorporated original cast reunion
You think of Janet Jackson as "that girl who used to date Willis"
You can sing the theme song to Small Wonder
Every time you see a fountain you want to dance around it and yell "Fame!"
You still have a shoebox full of Garbage Pail Kid cards
You petition Congress to make "Born in the USA" the national anthem
You still use your Snoopy Sno-Cone machine
You know it's not "comma, comma, comma" it's karma
You stay up nights wondering what Bastian's mother's name was in "The Neverending Story"
You have nightmares about the Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak
You still practice your Care Bear Stare
You know that girls just wanna have fuh-un
You can name all The Wuzzles
You harbor a secret dream of being slimed by Alistair
You can do the Safety Dance
In your spare time you are writing "The Breakfast Club 2"
You like to "connect the dots, la la la la!"
Someone metions Jennifer Beals and you don't say "Who?"
Your prized possesion is a collection of "Return of the Jedi" Shrinky Dinks
You know whose number is 867-5309
You get depressed thinking about Anthony Michael Hall's career
You're starting a write-in campaign to MTV to bring back Remote Control
You drink Diet Coke because Max Headroom told you to
You consider Jo vs. Blair the major philosophical conflict of the 20th century
You have a duck phone and ride around your house on a little train
You want to be one of the Solid Gold Dancers
You still watch things on Beta
You want to change your name to Rio and dance on the sand
You know that "Weird Science" was a movie before a tv show
Your favorite proverb is "some like it hot and some sweat when the heat is on"
You always waited for the Sweet Pickles Bus to visit your house
Your favorite party game is Hungry Hungry Hippos
You saw the New Kids on the Block when they were Tiffany's opening act
You liked Tom Hanks better when he was a crossdresser
You know which Hollywood Square Jm J Bullock was in
You practice getting in and out of your car through the windows
You have the tendency to turn up the collar of your polo shirts
You're still wondering who really was the boss
You know what the "P" in "Alex P. Keaton" stands for
You keep asking your teachers if instead of the quiz you can take the physical challenge
You organize weekend tournaments of TV tag
You still drink New Coke
When you watch "Terminator 2" you wonder where Vincent is
You know ALF's real name
You never go out for a night on the town without frosted blue eyeshadow and feathered bangs
You can name all of the Thundercats
You got a hankerin' for a hunk of cheese
Everything in your wardrobe is either pastel or fluorescent
Your musical inspiration is Sonny Mann
Sometimes you just want to shout, shout, let it all out
You're planning a dream vacation to Mepos
You use your Speak and Spell to phone home
You know the original members of Menudo
Sometimes out of the blue you just got to shake your love
When you're stuck in traffic you tell your car to engage Turbo Boost and are surprised when it doesn't talk back
You remember when Vanessa sang Kareoke to "Locomotion"
You know that Mr. Steele functions best in an advisory capacity.
People are constantly gagging you with spoons
Your idea of appreciating ancient cultures is "Walk Like an Egyptian"
The only thing you know about the Nazis is that they threw Indy to the snakes
You still use your hair crimper before going out on a hot date
You hatch plots to break Murdock out of VA hospital
You know which five people Serpentor's DNA came from
You have "We Are the World" on 45
You're still sending death threats to Mr. Rubik
You can feel St. Elmo's fire burnin' in you
You watch NYPD Blue thinking, "Well, they're no Crockett and Tubbs, that's for sure"
I must say that numbers:
3 Punky Brewster is your hero ------ Who did not love Punky!! I cried when her show went off the air!!!!
12. You consider yourself truly, truly, truly outrageous, much like Jem and the Holograms (ESPECIALLY THIS ONE CAUSE I GREW UP ON JEM)
13 You wonder why more people don't wear high heels, Jordache jeans, and lacy ankle socks
15 Every time you go to the beach you look for Snorks
17 You know who Stinky Sullivan is
21 You know who Loverboy is --- Patrick Demsey did this movie w/ Kirsty Alley... Never saw it but sure remember the name.. mom wouldnt let me
22 You think there should be a Kids Incorporated original cast reunion (Hello Jennifer Love Hewitt was on that shoooowww! She was just known as Love back then and I wanted to be like her cause she was coool.),
24 You can sing the theme song to Small Wonder (that was one of my favorite shows! You teens may not even know this one, this girl named Vicki was a robot who was a real kid by the end of the series!!! It was in sydication a few years back).
25 Every time you see a fountain you want to dance around it and yell "Fame!"
29 You know it's not "comma, comma, comma" it's karma
30 You stay up nights wondering what Bastian's mother's name was in "The Neverending Story"
31 You have nightmares about the Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak (Helllloooooo Strawberry Shortcake! That dude was scary!!!)
32 You still practice your Care Bear Stare --- Whooooo didnt back then!?!
33 You know that girls just wanna have fuh-un --- haha I have that on my computer and burned to like 2 cd's!!!
38 You like to "connect the dots, la la la la!" --- PeeWee Herman CBS Saturday Morning w/ my bowl of Frosted Flakes
39 Someone metions Jennifer Beals and you don't say "Who?" --- "What a Feeeeling!!!!!!"
41 You know whose number is 867-5309 --- Ok so I cheated and found out the other day in a random chat that it was some chick named Jenny -- the title of the song.... lol But I knew the numbers by heart!
42 You get depressed thinking about Anthony Michael Hall's career -- Why was me and my god-sister talking about him the other day!! lol
44 You drink Diet Coke because Max Headroom told you to -- he was the cool guy in the computer who talked!!
45. You consider Jo vs. Blair the major philosophical conflict of the 20th century -- Sings: "You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have THE FACTS OF LIFE, THE FACTS OF LIFE...."
47. You want to be one of the Solid Gold Dancers -- Ok this was on tv when I was like a mear 2 or 3 but damn I remember that show as being fierce!
50 You know that "Weird Science" was a movie before a tv show ----- OMG that's my other favorite 80's movie!!! Sings: "She's aliiive! Weird Science..."
54 You saw the New Kids on the Block when they were Tiffany's opening act -- ok waaay before my time BUT I loooooooved The New Kids when they were hot and Jordan Knight was ALL OVER MY WALLS!
60. You know what the "P" in "Alex P. Keaton" stands for --- Ok so again I dont know this one, but come on, who didnt love Michael J Fox then?!
61 You keep asking your teachers if instead of the quiz you can take the physical challenge --- OOOMMMGGGGG DOUBLE DARE!!! Everyone used to watch Double Dare!
67. You can name all of the Thundercats -- "Thundercats THUNDERCATS THUNDERCATS HOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" Cheetarah was my FAAAVE!
71 Sometimes you just want to shout, shout, let it all out --- (continues) These are the things I am talking about, come oooon....
72 You're planning a dream vacation to Mepos ----- PERFECT STRANGERSSSSS!!!!!!!!
73 You use your Speak and Spell to phone home --- EEEEE.TTTTTTT.
74. You know the original members of Menudo ---- Menudo was soooo hot! They used to have like little five minute videos on ABC on saturday mornings!
76 When you're stuck in traffic you tell your car to engage Turbo Boost and are surprised when it doesn't talk back. ---- Knight Rider! KIT the talking caaar come ooon!!
77 You remember when Vanessa sang Kareoke to "Locomotion" ---- OK, this is where I draw the line.... I REMEMBER THIS EPISODE OF THE COSBY SHOOOOOWWW!!!
80 Your idea of appreciating ancient cultures is "Walk Like an Egyptian" -- Ok in the 8th grade these girls I was like sooo wanting to be in the in crowd with did a dance to this song dressed as egyptians, it was sooooo cool... The song had been out for a few years by then, but I sure as hell remember it!
85 You have "We Are the World" on 45 -- uuuh yeah we have that in the living room w/ the other vinyls plus I have it on my computer!!!!
86 You're still sending death threats to Mr. Rubik --- Um who has ever cracked their Rubik's Cube???
And finally for me --->
87 You can feel St. Elmo's fire burnin' in you --- I love that movie!!!! Long live the BRAT PACK!!!!
Your turn now here's the whole list below:
88 More Ways to Determine if You're Stuck in the Eighties
I found these on the Internet somewhere, I also have another list I wrote myself.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Your fondest childhood memory is when Skippy got his head stuck in the banister
You relax by putting on your legwarmers and dancing to the "Footloose" soundtrack
You think the Two Coreys are "Totally Awesome"
You're still bitter that Wham! broke up
Punky Brewster is your hero
You type all of your term papers on a Commodore 64
You still resent your parents for not installing a dumbwaiter in your house like Webster's
The only video games you play are Frogger and Pac Man
You're building your own Clockwork Smurf
Your summer attire is Jellies and Jams
A-ha's "Take on Me" is still your favorite video
You consider yourself truly, truly, truly outrageous, much like Jem and the Holograms
You wonder why more people don't wear high heels, Jordache jeans, and lacy ankle socks
You call all motorcycle cops "Ponch"
Every time you go to the beach you look for Snorks
You're still upset Madonna and Sean broke up
You know who Stinky Sullivan is
You work out with "Get in Shape Girl"
You want to be Molly Ringwald when you grow up
You enjoy dancing on the ceiling and wearing your sunglasses at night
You know who Loverboy is
You think there should be a Kids Incorporated original cast reunion
You think of Janet Jackson as "that girl who used to date Willis"
You can sing the theme song to Small Wonder
Every time you see a fountain you want to dance around it and yell "Fame!"
You still have a shoebox full of Garbage Pail Kid cards
You petition Congress to make "Born in the USA" the national anthem
You still use your Snoopy Sno-Cone machine
You know it's not "comma, comma, comma" it's karma
You stay up nights wondering what Bastian's mother's name was in "The Neverending Story"
You have nightmares about the Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak
You still practice your Care Bear Stare
You know that girls just wanna have fuh-un
You can name all The Wuzzles
You harbor a secret dream of being slimed by Alistair
You can do the Safety Dance
In your spare time you are writing "The Breakfast Club 2"
You like to "connect the dots, la la la la!"
Someone metions Jennifer Beals and you don't say "Who?"
Your prized possesion is a collection of "Return of the Jedi" Shrinky Dinks
You know whose number is 867-5309
You get depressed thinking about Anthony Michael Hall's career
You're starting a write-in campaign to MTV to bring back Remote Control
You drink Diet Coke because Max Headroom told you to
You consider Jo vs. Blair the major philosophical conflict of the 20th century
You have a duck phone and ride around your house on a little train
You want to be one of the Solid Gold Dancers
You still watch things on Beta
You want to change your name to Rio and dance on the sand
You know that "Weird Science" was a movie before a tv show
Your favorite proverb is "some like it hot and some sweat when the heat is on"
You always waited for the Sweet Pickles Bus to visit your house
Your favorite party game is Hungry Hungry Hippos
You saw the New Kids on the Block when they were Tiffany's opening act
You liked Tom Hanks better when he was a crossdresser
You know which Hollywood Square Jm J Bullock was in
You practice getting in and out of your car through the windows
You have the tendency to turn up the collar of your polo shirts
You're still wondering who really was the boss
You know what the "P" in "Alex P. Keaton" stands for
You keep asking your teachers if instead of the quiz you can take the physical challenge
You organize weekend tournaments of TV tag
You still drink New Coke
When you watch "Terminator 2" you wonder where Vincent is
You know ALF's real name
You never go out for a night on the town without frosted blue eyeshadow and feathered bangs
You can name all of the Thundercats
You got a hankerin' for a hunk of cheese
Everything in your wardrobe is either pastel or fluorescent
Your musical inspiration is Sonny Mann
Sometimes you just want to shout, shout, let it all out
You're planning a dream vacation to Mepos
You use your Speak and Spell to phone home
You know the original members of Menudo
Sometimes out of the blue you just got to shake your love
When you're stuck in traffic you tell your car to engage Turbo Boost and are surprised when it doesn't talk back
You remember when Vanessa sang Kareoke to "Locomotion"
You know that Mr. Steele functions best in an advisory capacity.
People are constantly gagging you with spoons
Your idea of appreciating ancient cultures is "Walk Like an Egyptian"
The only thing you know about the Nazis is that they threw Indy to the snakes
You still use your hair crimper before going out on a hot date
You hatch plots to break Murdock out of VA hospital
You know which five people Serpentor's DNA came from
You have "We Are the World" on 45
You're still sending death threats to Mr. Rubik
You can feel St. Elmo's fire burnin' in you
You watch NYPD Blue thinking, "Well, they're no Crockett and Tubbs, that's for sure"