Help Remember The 1980s

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You're an '80s child if...

1) Snap bracelets were always getting you in trouble at school.
2) You played with "My Little Ponies".
3) Friendship bracelets were ties that couldn't be broken.
4) You’ve ever read Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, The Babysitters Club, or Sweet Valley High.
5) You know all the words to "Ice Ice Baby".
6) You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.
7) You had a crush on one of the New Kids on the Block members.
8) You wanted to be on Star Search.
9) You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before he had
Plastic surgery.
10) Heaven forbid you wore one of those T-shirt rings or a scrunchi on one side of your shirt during your youth.
11) You were styling with your French rolled pants.
12) You wore multiple pairs of socks in the middle of the summer just so you could Be "hip"
13) You had puff painted your own shirt at least once.
14) You owned a doll with 'Xavier Roberts' signed on its butt. Cabbage Patch Kids! 15) You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."
16) You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off"
17) You were upset when She-ra, Princess of Power, and He-Man cancelled. 18) But the commercials in between were for Barbie and the Rockers and you knew all the words to all their songs.
19) You can remember watching Full House and Saved by the Bell for endless hours, back when they were new episodes.
20) You have seen at least 10 episodes of Fraggle Rock.
21) You hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future."
22) You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name." 23) You wanted to be a Goonie. ("Goonies never say die.") "Yes!"
24) You remember Madonna in her cone stage.
25) You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince."
26) You even wore fluorescent-neon clothing...
27) You could break dance, or wished you could.
28) You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.
29) You remember M.C. Hammer.
30) You can still sing the rap to "Fresh Prince of Bel Air".
31) You own any cassettes.
32) You owned a pair of LA Gear, Keds, or Converse tennis shoes.
33) You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlin or an ET lunchbox.

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