TOP 10 REASONS TO ATTEND OUR 20 YEAR CLASS REUNION

10.  There will be at least one person who will break out the old dance moves like "The Running Man" or will "strike a pose" like Madonna.  You'll find both nostalgic and comedic value in this display.

9.  You don't have to lie about your age.  We all know how old you are.

8.  You need a night out where "everyone knows your name" or will at least read your nametag and pretend to know it.

7.  It's a great excuse to buy some new clothes.

6.  To see if anyone still feathers, teases, or perms their hair (if they still have hair).

5.  To see if anyone will arrive in a Ferrari or, better yet, a private helicopter.

4.  You don't have to ask to borrow the keys to the car or sneak out your window to be with your friends.

3.  You just have to know if everyone really looks like their Facebook profile picture.

2.  You can re-connect with old friends, make connections with new friends, and re-capture, for at least a few hours, the joys of youth.

1.  It won't be the same without you!  Someone may be coming just to see you again.  It's one night - the next one won't come along for another 10 years. 

 

YOU MIGHT BE A CHILD OF THE 80's IF...

3 words: "Atari" "IntelliVision" and "Coleco".  Sound familiar?

You remember "Friday Night Videos" before the days of MTV.

You believed Pop Rocks and Coke was the formula to make your head explode.

A predominant color in your childhood photos is plaid.

You thought "Tiffany" was the bomb.

While in high school, you and all your friends discussed elaborate plans to get together again at the end of the century and play "1999" by Prince over and over again.

You remember when music that was labeled "alternative" really was.

You took family trips BEFORE the invention of the mini-van. You rode in the back of the station wagon and you faced the cars behind you.

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..."
- "Because I SAID so, that's why"
- "What is this noise on the radio?"
 

Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you actually learned the English language.

Kids that work in restaurants and supermarkets are starting to tick you off by calling you "sir" or "ma'am".

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.

"Celebration" by Kool & the Gang was one of the hot new songs when you first heard it at a school dance.

The first time you ever kissed someone at a dance fell during "Crazy for You" by Madonna

You ever owned one of those embarrassing crimping irons or hot stix.

You still think John Hughes movies were the best ever made.

You used to hold in your head the thought that all those gold chains on Mr. T actually looked kinda cool.

The phrase "Where's the beef?" still doubles you over with laughter.

You're starting to believe that maybe the 30's isn't so old after all, and it's those people over 40 you have to look out for.

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're starting to believe (now that it wouldn't affect YOU) that maybe having the kids go to school year-round wouldn't be such a bad idea after all.

You won't walk into the place where you once knew every bartender on a first name basis because "there's too many kids there".

Going to keg parties no longer involves hiding out in the woods when the cops show up.

You want to go out dancing, you really, REALLY do, but your back hurts, sorry.

You're finding that you just don't understand more than half the lingo used on MTV any more.

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.

When someone mentions two consecutive days of the week, the Happy Days theme is stuck in your head for hours on end.

You spent endless nights dreaming about being the Bionic Woman or Wonder Woman or the Six Million Dollar Man

You had ringside seats for Luke and Laura's wedding (on General Hospital). 

You know who shot J.R.

This rings a bell: "...and my name, is Charlie. They work for me."

You owned a Jordache anything, or you remember when Jordache jeans were cool.

You remember when Madonna was just hitting the scene.

You remember the original version of Windows: Macintosh.

You thought "Weird Science" was a masterpiece.

Chevy Chase was really funny in those Vacation movies.

You actually know who Rick Springfield is.

You remember when film critics raved that no movie could ever possibly get better special effects than those in the movie TRON.

You jammed to the Miami Vice theme and/or had one of those cool jackets.

You actually remember Benetton.

You wore a "banana clip" in your hair.

Jelly shoes.

Member's Only.

You ever wanted to be a Goonie.

You know "Jenny's" number.

 

 

 

Signs You Have Grown Up:

1. You hear your favorite song on an elevator.

2. 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.

3. You watch the Weather Channel or the History Channel and really enjoy it.

4. Your friends marry and divorce instead of hook up and break up.

5. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14.

6. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as "dressed up."

7. You're the one calling the police because those darn kids next door
won't turn down the music.

8. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.

9.  You don't know what time Taco Bell closes anymore.

10. Your car insurance goes down and your payments go up.

11. You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonalds leftovers.

12. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.

13. You no longer sleep until the afternoon (unless that's what works for your shift).

14. Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of one.

15. Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3 AM would severely upset, rather 
than settle, your stomach.

16. A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer "pretty good stuff."

17. You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time.

18. 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work.            

19. You are in bed at 11 p.m. most nights rather than just getting ready to go out.         

 20. You read this entire list looking desperately for one sign that doesn't apply to you.