You know you're a product of the 80's if...

• You remember Don Johnson when he was "cool"
• You know who shot J.R.
• You remember what Michael Jackson looked like before the surgery
• You owned at least one skinny leather tie
• Your first Walkman weighed 10 pounds and was the size of a brick
• You wore L.A. Gear tennis shoes
• You know the meaning of Wax on/Wax Off
• You had a poster of Bo, Luke or Daisy Duke
• There was nothing to question about Bert n' Ernie living together
• The feeling in your thumb is only now just returning after holding down the Atari joystick to control your favorite video games
• You remember the names of all 4 ghosts in Pacman (Inky, Blinky, Pinky, and Clyde)
• You owned the sound track for 'Miami Vice'
• You thought Hulk Hogan was the best wrestler of all time
• Ferris Bueller/Molly Ringwald was your idol
• You wanted to live in 'the Valley'
• You watched 'Star Search' on a regular basis
• You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince"
• You can sing all the words to "One Night in Bangkok" by Murray Head, and now you understand that it is about chess
• You had an entire wardrobe of Esprit clothing (or coveted one.)
• You know the words to the "Oscar Mayer" theme song
• Your bangs were ever teased perfectly to 7 inches above the rest of your hair
• You ever wore multi-colored earrings that touched your shoulders
• You're still bitter that WHAM broke up
• You know whose phone number is 867-5309
• You can still do the S-A-F-E-T-Y Dance
• You drink Diet Coke because Max Headroom told you to
• You can feel St. Elmo's fire burnin' in you
• You ever wore a bandana tied around your leg and/or a ponytail off-center on the side of your head
• You still have the tendency to turn up the collar of your polo shirts
• You never went out for a night on the town without frosted blue eyeshadow and feathered bangs
• Everything in your wardrobe was either pastel or fluorescent
• Anyone has ever gagged you with a spoon
• You used to know all the words to "I'm just a bill, sitting up on Capitol Hill" and "School House Rock," and can still sing at least part of it today
• The phrase "Where's the beef?" still doubles you over with laughter
• You still can't believe that Milli Vanilli was deceiving you all that time
• Every now and then, you blurt out: "Ooh noo, Mr. Bill!!!"
• You ever watched a movie on a Beta tape
• You know who Martha Quinn is
• You remember SNL when it was funny
• You wore Jordache jeans with a large comb in your back pocket and you were proud of it
• You wanted to be "The Hulk" for halloween
• A piece of folded paper and two hands could tell your fortune
• You thought knickers and leg warmers were cool
• You remember reading "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" and all the Ramona books
• You had ringside seats for Luke and Laura's wedding
• You ever had a Dorothy Hammill haircut
• You thought a Commodore 64 was the highest technology available
• You wanted to be "Where Everybody Knows Your Name"
• You thought 'A Different World' kicked butt
• You can sing the McDonalds jingle for Big Mac..."2 all beef patties, special sauce..."
• You know who played Magnum P.I.
• On Saturday nights, you lived to hear "The Plane, The Plane"
• You can name at least three members of the Brat Pack
• You thought banana clips were a godsend
• You ever wore Wet n' Wild makeup
• You ever wanted to learn to play "Stairway to Heaven" on the guitar or choreographed "Dancing Queen" by yourself in your room
• You wore a "Members Only" jacket
• You owned a pair of those barettes made of woven ribbons in every color of the rainbow
• You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets
• You remember when Pee-Wee wasn't a pervert
• You always thought Donkey Kong could beat Mario up any day
• You ever had a scratch-n-sniff sticker collection
• You ever wore jelly shoes
• You remember hearing that drinking soda and eating Pop Rocks would make your stomach explode
• You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on Saturday mornings to watch cartoons
• You ever ended a sentence with the word 'PSYCHE'
• You ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf
• You used to (and probably still do) say 'What you talkin' 'bout Willis?'
• You ever made/traded with your closest gradeschool friends, friendship pins for your shoes
• You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence
• Your first real watch was a Swatch Watch, complete with the Swatch Guard
• Partying "Like it's 1999" seemed SO far away