Page High School
Class Of 1989
U R Child of 80s if
You've ever ended a sentence with the word SIKE.
You can sing the rap to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and can do the Carlton
You know that 'WOAH' comes from Joey on Blossom
If you ever watched 'Fraggle Rock'
It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.
You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.
You played the game 'MASH'(Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House)
You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it.
You know the profound meaning of ' WAX ON , WAX OFF'
You wanted to be a Goonie.
You ever wore fluorescent clothing(some of us...head-to-toe)
You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off and his cheeks shifted.
You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
You took lunch boxes to school...and traded Garbage Pailkids in the schoolyard.
You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.
You still get the urge to say 'NOT' after every sentence.
You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.
You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes.
After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying 'I know you are, but what am I?'
You remember 'I've fallen and I can't get up'
You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.
You have ever played with a Skip-It.
You remember boom boxes and walking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that.
You remember watching both Gremlins movies.
You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot.
You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.
You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool...and don't even flinch when people refer to them as 'NKOTB'
You knew all the characters names and their life stories on 'Saved By The Bell,' The ORIGINAL class.
You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.
You just sang those words to yourself.
You still sing 'We are the World'
You tight rolled your jeans.
You owned a bannana clip.
You're still singing shot through the heart in your head, aren't you!
...You had a crush on one of the New Kids on the Block members.
...You wanted to be on StarSearch.
...You ever uttered the word "Radical!"
...You wore jelly shoes and jelly bracelets
...You thought "Ghostbusters" was by far the coolest movie
...You remember watching shows like "Punky Brewster" , "Webster", "You Can't Do That On Television" , "Wild&Crazy Kids" and "Double Dare"
...You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off. Or even when he had those freaky eyes in "Thriller" at the end of the video.
...You wore a banana clip in your hair or one of those slap on wrist bands at some point during your youth.
...You rolled up the bottoms of your splatter painted jeans.
...You wore loafers with everything, and you put the laces in those little rolls.
...You had slouch socks, and puff painted your own shirt at least once.
...You owned a doll with 'Xavier Roberts' signed on it's butt.
...You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."
...You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off."
...You can name half of the members of the elite "Brat Pack."
...You can remember watching Full House and Saved by the Bell for endless hours!
...You have seen at least 10 episodes of Fraggle Rock.
...You yearned to be a member of The Babysitters Club, and tried to start a club of your own.
...You sat on your back porch, playing with your "My Little Pony" , "Rainbow Brite" , and "Strawberry Shortcake" dolls
...You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer."
...You hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future."
...You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name."
...You thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool.
...You know what "sike" and "not!" mean
...You fell victim to 80's fashion : big hair, crimped, combed over to the side, big hoop earrings, and possibly the worst:you wore spandex pants.
...You wanted to be a Goonie, or Elliot from E.T.
...You owned an extensive collection of Cabbage Patch Kids and trolls.
...You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince."
...You actually saw Ted Danson as the MacDaddy he played "Sam" to be.
...You ever wore flourescent -neon if you will clothing....
...You could breakdance, or wished you could.
...You know who He-Man and She-Ra are.
...You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.
...You know all the words to "Ice Ice Baby".
...You remember MC hammer well.
...You can still sing the rap to "Fresh Prince of Belair".
...You own any cassettes.
...You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon.
...You remember and/or own any of the CareBear Glass collection from PizzaHut.
...Pizza Hut was the coolest place to hang.
...Poltergeist freaked you out.
...You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an E.T. lunchbox.
...You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.
...You wanted to communicate with some being named Cinergy, or you wanted green hair like that lead singer of the Misfits.
...You totally LOVED Barbie's cooler, punkier counterpart, "Jem" and her "Rockers"
...You wanted to have an alien like Alf living in your house.
...You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.
...You wore tights under shorts and felt stylish.
...You layered your multi-colored slouch socks, and added suspenders to make your outfit complete.
...You ever had a Swatch Watch.
...You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the care-bear stare.
...You had a crush on one of the Coreys
...You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
...You had WonderWoman or Superman underwear.
...You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.
...You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power"
...You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
...Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away!!!!!!!!!!!!!
...You ever owned or wanted any of the NKOTB action figures or dolls.
...You remember when Deborah Gibson was "Debbie" Gibson.
...you know, by heart, the words to any "Weird" Al Yankovic song
...the Brady Bunch movie brought back cool memories
...you remember the first time "Space: Above and Beyond" aired - it was called "Battlestar Galactica"
...three words: "Atari" "IntelliVision" and "Coleco". Sound familiar?
...you remember the days that hooking your computer into your television wasn't an expensive option that required gadgets - it was the ONLY WAY to use your computer!
...you remember "Friday Night Videos" before the days of MTV
...you ever owned a pair of "Pop-Wheels" - that handy little combination of shoe and roller skate that lasted about a year on the open market
...a predominant color in your childhood photos is "plaid"
...you're pissed that you couldn't really participate in the 60's, pissed that you were a part of the 70's, think you wasted too much time doing stupid, meaningless things in the 80's, and still have no clue what the 90's are all about
...you see teenagers today wearing clothes that show up in those childhood photos, and they still look bad
...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
...one of the top five questions you've always wanted answered was to Robert Smith of the Cure - "What WAS that head on the door thing anyway?"
...you were shocked and horrified at the Challenger explosion (which you were probably watching in school at the time), and yet, when someone mentions the name "JFK", the first thing you think of is "Oliver Stone"
...you, yes you, sat down and memorized the entire lyric sheet to "It's the end of the world as we know it"
...you can't remember when the word "networking" didn't have a computer connotation to it as well
...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 knew all the words to Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire", but it really didn't hold any meaning for you until about the third verse
...you've recently horrified yourself by using any one of the following phases:
"When I was younger"
"When I was your age"
"You know, back when..."
"Because I SAID so, that's why"
"Just can't (fill in the blank) like I used to"