You know you're a child of the '80s if...
…everything in your wardrobe is either pastel or fluorescent
…you never go out for a night on the town without frosted blue eye shadow and feathered bangs
…your sunglasses had paint splattered all over the lenses
…you still have the tendency to turn up the collar of your polo shirts
…you wore a banana clip at some point during your youth
…you had an entire wardrobe of Esprit clothing
…your best party dress was either a rah-rah or puff-ball skirt.
…you wore Wet n' Wild makeup
…you thought knickers and leg warmers were cool
…your make-up collection contained cerise pink, electric blue or banana yellow
…you ever used Lee Press-On nails
…you had snap bracelets
…you wore jelly shoes
…you wore bike shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish
…you owned a "Frankie says" T-shirt
…you ever had a Swatch watch
…you wore bright-white L.A. Gear tennis shoes.
…you had had five pairs of socks on at any given time
…you remember when Jordache jeans with a flat-handle comb in the back pocket was cool.
…your bangs were teased perfectly to 7 inches above the rest of your hair.
…you still wear your "Members Only" jacket.
…you are still baffled by the "day glo" clothing trend.
…a piece of folded paper and two hands could tell your fortune.
…you know "Where's the beef?"
…your first Walkman weighed 10 pounds and was the size of a brick.
…you know the words to the "Oscar Mayer" theme songs
…you wanted to be "The Hulk" for Halloween
…you still watch things on Beta tapes
…you remember dancin' to a Big Mac at McDonalds!
…you still think that drinking soda and eating Pop Rocks would make your stomach explode
…you still carry your boombox on your shoulder
…you know how to use a rotary phone
…you went roller-skating every Friday night (not to skate, but to 'hang out')
…you remember these six words: "This is your brain on drugs."
…your idea of hi-tech toys is still the heat-sensitive color-changing sticker on Transformers
…you owned a *real* Rubik's cube.
…you still have your scratch-n-sniff sticker collection
…your closet still contains a CASIO SK-1 keyboard
…you still think Donkey Kong can beat Mario up
…you know who shot J.R.
…you practiced getting in and out of your car through the windows
…you thought that Garbage Pail Kids were your children's worst enemy
…you can name at least three members of the Brat Pack
…you thought David Hasselhoff was awesome in Knight Rider but sucked in "Baywatch."
…you wanted to go "Where Everybody Knows Your Name"
…you remember Bruce Willis from Moonlighting, not Die Hard
…people are constantly gagging you with spoons.
…you watched 'Star Search' on a regular basis.
…you owned the soundtrack to 'Miami Vice' - both versions
…you know the meaning of Wax on/Wax Off
…you know all the words to "I'm just a bill, sitting up on Capitol Hill" and "School House Rock."
…you remember when MTV didn't exist.

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