Signs You Were Born in the 1980s Part II

Author: DavidJones  //  Category: Pop Culture, Random

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- You remember a time when the Macarena was actually cool to do

- You remember when Facebook was called a “cordless phone”

- You owned a special comb for your Treasure Troll

- You like Christian Bale, but you’re a little more partial to Adam West

- You put on a pair of glasses, pulled your pants up high, snorted, and asked, “Did I do that?” in your best Urkel voice

- You remember when there was only 1 Michelle Tanner

- You’ve always seen Howie Mandel as the genius behind Bobby’s World, not Deal or No Deal

- You asked someone to marry you with a Ring Pop

- You own parachute pants

- Your first encounter with Alanis Morisette was on You Can’t Do That on Television

- You actually thought Scooby-Doo was taped before a live studio audience

- You sang The Song That Never Ends until you got punched

- You remember when baseball cards were actually worth something

- No one batted an eye at the thought of two men named Ernie and Bert living together

- You always hoped your doctor was named Doogie

- You tried to turn your skateboard into a hoverboard

- Who cares about “The Fonz?” Mike Seaver was the man!

- Your role model: Mark Summers

- You can finish this: “And I’d like to take a minute, just sit right there, I’ll tell you how I became the prince…”

- You decided your lifetime career and future spouse by playing MASH

- You’ve tasted the “orange drink” at a birthday party at McDonalds

- Your first taste of American literature was Goosebumps or The Boxcar Children

- You’ve ever seen a movie starring Shaq

- You remember when floppy discs were actually floppy

- You’ve mastered “Oregon Trail”

- You poked a hole in the wrong part of a Capri Sun and had it squirt all over you

- Your mom wouldn’t let you play Mortal Kombat because it was too violent

- You ever owned anything made by Sega

- You’re still waiting for Macaulay Culkin to make another Home Alone movie

- You thought Trapper Keepers were the coolest!

- You actually wanted to hang with Mr. Cooper

- You remember when Nick At Nite had shows from before your time; not shows that were canceled 2 years ago

- You ever said “Whoa!” and tried to sound like Joey Lawrence

- You remember when McDonalds put a Barbie or Hot Wheels toy in the Happy Meal’s when they couldn’t think of anything better to use. Oh wait. That still happens

- You remember when Adam Sandler movies were funny

- You paired the phrases “Power Rangers movie” and “best ever” in the same sentence

Signs You Were Born in the 1980s

Author: DavidJones  //  Category: Pop Culture, Random

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- If you were a guy you wanted to be Zack Morris and date Kelly Kapowski. If you were a girl you wanted to be Kelly Kapowski and date Zack Morris.

- You can still recite the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme, and you remember when the show moved to CBS and went downhill.

- You can relate to Doug Funny is so many ways.

- You remember when Polly Pocket actually could fit in your pocket

- You owned a Walkman

- At point you were sure Laserdisc would be the next big thing

- You know how to get to world 8 from world 4…and you know what game I’m referring to

- You knew Michael Jackson as the guy who did the song on Free Willy

- You ate a Flintstones Push-Up Pop

- You wore your pants backwards to be just like Kriss Kross (“The Daddy Mac will make you…”)

- You remember when MTV actually played music videos

- You remember when the worst show on TV was Beavis and Butthead

- Vanilla Ice…striped sideburns…enough said

- You drank “Surge”

- You’ve corrected someone by stating that Tommy was in fact the Green Ranger and the White Ranger

- You’ve owned a pair of shoes that you have to “pump” up

- “Clap on…clap off”

- You remember when you actually wanted to stay home on Friday nights to watch TGIF

- You can recite the Saved By the Bell graduation song word for word and it still makes you cry

-  You considered naming your first daughter Topanga

- You know Cuba Gooding Jr. as the guy whose brother Omar was on Wild and Crazy Kids

- You can Skip-It

- You’re still mourning from the loss of Mr. Hooper

- Your LA Gear shoes lit up while you walked

- You remember when Arnold Schwarzenegger was an actor

- When someone says, “Who should we call?” your first instinct is to yell “Ghostbusters!”

- You can name all of the New Kids on the Block

- Your teacher showed you the OJ verdict during school

- At one point, you really wanted a MiniDisc player

- You thought one of the girls in Hanson was cute

- You know what a “busy signal” sounds like

- You needed to use Microsoft Encarta for research

- You bought a slap bracelet…only to find out a few days later they weren’t allowed at school

- Your family’s first cell phone looked like an Army walkie-talkie

- You owned the board game Mousetrap, set up all the pieces, but never played the actual game