You ever
ended your sentence with "psych".You solved the Rubics cube....by peeling
off the stickers.You
watched the pound puppies.You can sing the
rap to "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air".You wore biker shorts under
your skirts
and felt
stylish.You yearned to be a member of the Baby-Sitters Club and tried to
start a club of your own
(amen).You owned thoes little Strawberry Shortcake
pals scented dolls.You know what 'Whoa' means from
blosson.Three
words: M.C. Hammer.You thought it would be great to have a friend
named "boner".You can
sing the entire theme to "Duck Tales" long!The
crypt Keeper really freaked you out.remember reading Kool-Aid
man
comics.You
ever watched Fraggle Rock.You had plastic streamers on the handle bars
of you bike.When it was
actually worth getting up early on a Saturday
to watch cartoons.You wore a pony tail to the side of your head.You
saw the
original Teenage Mutant Ninja Tutles on the big screen.You got super-excited
when it was Oregon
Trail day in computer class school.You made
your mom buy you one of thoes clips that would hold your shirt in a
knot
on the
side.You had a Kirk Cameron poster on your bedroom wall.You played the
game "Mash" with friends at
school.You wore a Jordach jean jacket and
you were proud of it.L.A. Gear.Your mother wouldn't let you have
garbage
pail kids.You wanted to change your name to Jem in Kindergarten and all
the Romoma books.You
know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax
off"You wanted to be a Gonnie.You ever wore fluorescent, neon if
you
will,
clothing.You wanted to be on StarSearch.You can remember what Michael Jackson
looked like before his
nose fell off.You took lunch pales to school.You
have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female
smurf.You
remember the craze, and then the banning of slapbraclets.You still get
the urge to use "NOT" at the
end of every statement you make.You remember
Hypercolor T-shirts.Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite
band.You
remember Punky Brewster.You loved Howard the duck.You thought Sheera and
He-Man should
hook up.You thought your childhood friends
would never leave because you exchanged "friendship braclets".You
ever
owned
a pair of Jelly shoes.After you saw Pee-Wee's big Adventure you couldn't
stop saying "i know you are
but what am I?".You remember going to the
skating rink before there were inline skates.You ever got seriously
injured
on a slip 'n' slide.You know not to mix pop rocks and soda.You have played
with a 'skip-it'.You had or
went to a birthday party at McDonald's.If
you've ever wanted to go to Degrassi High.You ever sat on or used one
Knee
on a skateboard.You learned oldies songs by watching "Alvin and the Chipmunks".You
had a Glow Worm
or watched the cartoons.You remember dancing
along with the Bangles in "Walk like An Egyptian".If y ou
remember
Heathcliff the orange cat.You saw the Clifornia Raisins Christmas claymation
special.You've gone
through this list occasionally saying "That
wasn't from the 80's".You remember the PopplesDON'T WORRY, BE
HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!You
wore socks over tights with high-top ReeboksYou wore like 8 pairs of socks
ar once,
scrunched down.MISS MARY MACK MACK MACK ALL
DRESSED IN BLACK BLACK BLACK......You
remember
boom boxes instead of CD players.You remember watching both "Gremlins"
movies.You remember
the gimp fad.You remember the transformers.You
knew waht it ment to say: "Care bear stare!!" and you had a
favorite.You
remember Rainbow Bright and MY Little Pony Tails.You remember watching
TV thinking doogie
howser was hot!You remember Alf, the little
furry brown alien from Malmac. You remember the large amounts
of hairspray
used.You remember those very stylish headbands.You remember Eve Garland
from out of this
workd and how she could stop by pressing the
tips of her index fingers together and talking to her dad through a
glowing
cube
in her bedroom.You remember the beginning of New Kids on the Block.You
remember watching The
Cosby Show.You remember Mr. Belvadier.You
remember Michael J Fox in Familys Ties and Back to the future.
- A forward from my good friend Brian "The DUKE" Morris