The following signs suggests you're lost in that wasteland between the X and
the Baby Boom:
* You remember when Jordache jeans were cool.
* In your fifth grade class picture you were wearing an Izod shirt with the
collar up.
* You know by heart the words to any Weird Al Yankovic song.
* The "Brady Bunch" movie brought back cool memories.
* You ever rang someone's doorbell and said "Landshark!"
* Three words: Atari, IntelliVision and Coleco, sound familiar.
* You remember the days when "safe sex" meant that your parents were gone for
the weekend.
* You remember "Friday Night Videos" before the days of MTV.
* A predominant color in your childhood photos is plaid.
* While in high school, you and your friends discussed elaborate plans to get
together again at the end of the century and play Prince's "1999" until you
passed out partying.
* You remember when music that was labeled alternative, really was.
* You took family trips before the invention of the minivan.
* You rode in the back of the station wagon and faced the cars behind you.
* You watched HR Puffenstuff as a child, but now that you're older you really
understand that it would have been much better had you known about drugs at
the time.
* You've recently horrified yourself by using any one of the following
phrases:
When I was younger...
When I was your age...
You know, back when...
* "Schoolhouse Rock" played a huge part in how you actually learned the
English language.
* You're starting to view getting carded to buy alcohol as a GOOD thing.
* You ever dressed to emulate a person you saw in either a Duran Duran,
Madonna or Cyndi Lauper video.
* The first time you ever kissed someone at a dance came during "Crazy for
You," by Madonna.
* You remember with pain the sad day when the Green Machine hit the streets
and made your old Big Wheel quite obsolete.
* "Where's the beef?" still doubles you over with laughter.
* You honestly remember when film critics raved that no movie could ever
possibly get better special effects than those in "Tron."
* Your hair at some point in time in the 80's became something which can only
be described by the phrase, "I was experimenting."
* You've ever shopped at a Banana Republic or Benetton, but "not in the last
five years, okay?!"
* You're starting to believe now that maybe having the kids go to school year
round wouldn't be such a bad idea after all.
* You're doing absolutely nothing pertaining to your major.
* You ever wanted to be gagged with a spoon.
* U2 is too popular and mainstream for you now.
* You ever used the phrase "Kiss mah grits!" in conversation.
* You remember trying to guess the episode of the "Brady Bunch" from the first
scene.
* You spent endless nights dreaming about being the Bionic Woman, Wonder
Woman, or the Six Million Dollar Man.
* You had ringside seats for Luke and Laura's wedding on "General Hospital."
* You remember, "Hey, let's be careful out there."
* Your parents wanted you to attend medical school, but you decided it was
pointless since Quincy got all the babes anyway.
* You know who shot JR.
* This rings a bell: "...and my name is Charlie. They work for me."
* You were unsure if Diet Coke would ever catch on after all.
* You know all the words to the double album set of "Grease."
* You ever had a Dorothy Hamill haircut.
* You sat with your friends on a Friday night and dialed 867-5309 and asked
for Jenny.
* "All skate, change directions," means something to you.
* You owned a pair of rainbow suspenders just like Mork used to wear.
* You bought a pair of Vanns and wanted to order a pizza in history class so
you could be just like Jeff Spicoli in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High."
* You owned a preppy handbook.
* You can clap along to "Mickey" with the best of them.
* The cop, the sailor, the biker, the cowboy, the Indian, and the construction
worker.
* You remember when leg warmers were the thing to wear.
* Some of your favorite commercials involved Count Chocula, Frankenberry, and
Boo-Berry.
* You tried dancing like the gopher on "Caddyshack."
* "Come On Eileen" will always have a place in your heart.
* You remember cigarette commercials on TV.
* You can relate to most outfits worn on "American Bandstand" reruns.
* You can name at least 6 Superfriends.
* "PUPPY POWER!!!" means something to you.
* You always wondered why the professor could make a damn car with bamboo, but
he could never build a boat to get them off the island.
* You know by heart the theme songs to "Happy Days," "Laverne and Shirley,"
and "Three's Company."
* You get fond memories watching "Muppet Show" reruns.
* You remember Michael Jackson as a black man.
* Parachute pants.
* You needed one glove just like Michael.
* One word: breakdancing.
* You remember running around outside, pointing up in the sky, yelling "Da
plane, da plane!"
* You could never believe the things you saw on "That's Incredible."
* You know at least 10 Helen Keller jokes.
* You were too young to go see "The Blue Lagoon" so you just had to settle for
second hand reports.
* You remember when there was only PG and R - none of this PG-13 crap.
* You learned to swim about the same time as "Jaws" came out and still carry
the emotional scars to this day.
* You remember when your cable TV box had a sliding selector switch.
* You actually believed everything Leonard Nimoy told you on "In Search Of..."
* Your jaw would ache by the time you finished those brick sized packages of
Bazooka gum.
* Bo and Luke Duke.
* VCRs cost $2,000.
* There was nothing strange about Bert and Ernie living together.
* Rotary dial telephones.
* You actually believed that Mikey, famed for his Life cereal commercials,
died after eating a packet of Pop Rocks and drinking a Coke.
* The theme song to "The Greatest American Hero" still comes back to you on
occasion.
* "Bueller? Bueller?"
omg, this is me all the way!!! singin......"youv'e got the look I want to
know better, you've got the look that's altogether...blah blah blah...the
Jordache look"...lololol
and The Greatest American Hero was one of my favorite tv shows! oh oh one more
thing...remember those Candies shoes with the spike heels??? lol..... |
