The Rigged-Up Net

Amy sent me this funny/sad list of stuff…

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>YOU KNOW YOU GREW UP IN THE 80’s IF:
>
>1. You’ve ever ended a sentence with the word “PSYCHE”.
>
>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 skirt and felt stylish.
>
>5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tired
to start
a
>club of your own.
>
>6. You owned those lil Strawberry Shortcake scented dolls.
>
>7. You know that “Whoa” comes from Joey on Blossom.
>
>8. Two words: M.C. Hammer
>
>9. If you ever watched “Fraggle Rock”.
>
>10. You had a banana seat bike.
>
>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. You wore a pony tail on the side of your head.
>
>14. You saw the original “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” on the
big screen.
>
>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) with friends at school.
18. You wore Jordache Jean jacket
>and you were proud of it.
>
>19. L.A. Gear…..
>
>20. You wanted to change your name to “JEM” in Kindergarten.
>
>21. You remember reading “Tales of a fourth grade nothing” and
all the
>Ramona books.
>
>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.
>
>26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female
smurf.
>
>27. You took Lunch Pales to school.
>
>28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.
>
>29. You still get the urge to say “NOT” after every sentence.
>
>30. You remember Hyper color T-shirts.
>
>31. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band.
>
>32. You thought She-ra and He-Man should hook up.
>
>33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because
you
>exchanged friendship bracelets.
>
>34. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes.
>
>35. After you saw Peewee’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 in
line
>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 McDonald’s.
>
>41. You’ve gone through this list occasionally saying “This
wasn’t from
the
>80’s!”
>
>42. You remember Popples.
>
>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.
>
>46. “Miss MARY MACK MACK MACK, all dressed in BLACK BLACK BLACK”
>
>47. You remember boom boxes vs CD players.
>
>48. You remember watching both “Gremlins” movies.
>
>49. You know what it meant to say “Care Bear Stare!”
>
>50. You remember watching “Rainbow Bright and My Little Pony
Tales”
>
>51. You thought Doogie Howser was hot.
>
>52. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.
>
>53. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool.
>
>54. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on
Saved By
>the
>Bell”, the ORIGINAL class.
>
>55. You know all the words to Bon Jovi’s “Shot thru the Heart.”
>
>PASS THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS WHO GREW UP IN THE 1980s!!!