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Remembering the 80s...the decade that brought us The Coreys, slap bracelets and LA Gear...

It's fun to hop in your Deloreon and go back to when we were little kids, eating Mr. T cereal and waking up to Pee Wee's Playhouse on Saturday morning. You Know You Grew Up In the 80's if:

1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word SIKE.

2. You can sing the rap to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and can do the Carlton

3. You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on Blossom

4. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock"

5. It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

6. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.

7. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.

8. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.

9. You played the g ame "MASH"(Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House)

10. You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it.

11. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF"

12. You wanted to be a Goonie.

13. You ever wore fluoresce nt clothing. (some of us...head-to-toe)

14. You can remember what Michael Jackso n looked like before his nose f ell off and his cheeks shif ted.

15. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

16. You took lunch boxes to school.. . a nd traded Garbage Pailkids in the schoolyard.

17. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.

18. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence.

19. You thought your childhood friends would never l eave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.

21. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes.

22. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventu re you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?"

2 3. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"

24. You remember going to the skating rink before there wer e inline skates.

25. You have ever played with a Skip-It.

26. You remember boom boxes and wa lking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that.

27. Y ou remember watching both Gremlins movies.

28. You thought Doogie Howser/Saman t ha Micelli was hot.

29. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown al ien from Melmac.

30. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool...and don't even flinch when people refer to them as "NKOTB"

31. You knew all the characters na mes and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell," The ORIGINAL class.

32. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.

33. You just sang those words to yourself.

34. You still sing "We are the World"

35. You tight rolled your jeans.

36. You own ed a bannana clip.

37. You rem ember "Where's the Beef?"

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