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1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word SIKE. (I had a friend who, when she was ten, used that word religiously).
2. You watched the Pound Puppies. But only because of my little sisters.
3. You can sing the rap to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and can do the Carlton The entire Philadelphia Live 8 crowd sang the shit out of this song last summer. WORD.
4. Girls wore biker shorts under their skirts and felt stylishly sexy.
5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own. (I also decided what BSC characters various people I knew were... I think I always voted myself as a cross between Mallory and Mary-Anne. Not that they were much different, Mary-Anne just cried a lot more).
6. You owned those lil' Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.
7. You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on Blossom
8. Two words: Hammer Pants. alsfkja;lskfj;alsfkjd;lsafkja;lsfka;slfka;slfk
9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock" Every Sunday night!
10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars... and spokey-dokes or playing cards on your spokes for that incredible sound effect.
11. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales"
12. It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head. I think I did a few times, but not constantly or anything.
14. You saw the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the big screen...and still know the turtles' names.
15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
16. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.
17. You played the game "MASH"(Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House).
18. You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it. First fourth grader with a pair, thank you very much.
19. L.A. Gear....need I say more? I REFUSED.
20. You wanted to change your name to "J EM" in Kindergarten.
21. You remember reading Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and all The Ramona books. (Never read Fourth Grade Nothing, but was a Ramona fan).
22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF"
23. You wanted to be a Goonie..
24. You ever wore fluorescent clothing.
25. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off and his cheeks shifted.
26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
27. You took lunch boxes to school... and traded Garbage Pailkids in the schoolyard.
28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets. (Those hurt!)
29. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence. (Actually... I have a story with this. I was trying to tell my cousin she was pretty, but in a funny
way, so I said "you're ugly", and the next part was going to be "NOT" - in other words, you're pretty - and she got all mad. Gah).
30. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.
31. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band. (I did read the comics... what was with making comic book characters band members anyway? I mean,
Josie and the Pussycats, The Archies...)
32. You thought She-ra (Princess of Power!) and He-Man should hook up.
33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.
34. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes.
35. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?"
36. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up".
37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.
38. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide.
39. You have ever played with a Skip-It.
40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds. (I MAY have attended one or had one, I vaguely remember something like that).
41. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement.
42. You remember Popples. (Sounds familiar).
43. Don't worry, be happy.
44. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.
45.You wore socks scrunched down. So Flashdance!
46. You remember boom boxes and walking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that.
47. You remember watching both Gremlins movies.
48. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!!"
49. You remember watching Rainbow Bright and & My Little Pony Tales.
50. You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot.
51.You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac. That show was funny.
52. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool...and don't even flinch when people refer to them as "NKOTB".
53. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell," The ORIGINAL class.
54. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART. Not because I want to know them. It was required.
55. You just sang those words to yourself. Son of a....
56. You remember watching Magic vs. Bird. Go Celtics!
57. Homemade Levi shorts...
58. You remember when mullets were cool! Not in the 90's, but they sort of came back in the late 90's with eleven year old boys... not that they actually
got real mullets, they got the fake kind.
59. You had a mullet!
60. You still sing "We are the World".
61. You tight rolled your jeans. Bell bottoms were NOT COOL.
62. You owned a banana clip.
63. You remember "Where's the Beef?"
64. You used to (and probably still do) say "What you talkin' 'bout Willis?"
65. You had big hair and you knew how to use it.
66. You're still singing Shot Through the Heart in your head, aren't you?
My additions:
69. You can sing the theme song to Full House.
70. You still sometimes watch Full House - for nostalgic reasons, of course.
71. You remember "car phones" being larger than your home phone.
72. You remember Caller ID coming into popularity.
73. Some of your favorite computer games were Dangerous Creatures, Treehouse, Petz, and Pepper's Adventures in Time.