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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 323257" data-attributes="member: 1246">&quot;You might be a child of the 80&#039;s if...&quot; 1. You know, by heart, the words to any &quot;Weird Al&quot; Yankovic song. 2. A predominant color in your childhood photos is &quot;plaid.&quot; 3. The three words, &quot;Atari,&quot; &quot;IntelliVision&quot; and &quot;Coleco&quot; all sound familiar. 4. You remember when hooking your computer into your television was the only way to use it. 5. You still occasionally hum a Debbie Gibson tune. 6. You remember &quot;Friday Night Videos&quot; before the days of MTV. 7. You remember when they actually played videos on MTV. 8. At one time, your hair became something that could only be described as, &quot;I was experimenting.&quot; 9. You see teenagers today wearing the same clothes you wore at that age and they still look bad. 10. One of your biggest regrets was not being able to participate in the 60&#039;s. 11. While in high school, you and your friends discussed elaborate plans to get together again at the end of the century and play &quot;1999&quot; by Prince over and over again. 12. You remember when music that was labeled &quot;alternative&quot; really was. 13. Although you hate to admit it, you just don&#039;t understand half the lingo that today&#039;s kids use. 14. You knew all the words to Billy Joel&#039;s &quot;We Didn&#039;t Start the Fire,&quot; but it didn&#039;t hold any meaning for you until the third verse. 15. You can remember a time when &quot;going out for coffee&quot; DIDN&#039;T involve 19,000 selections to choose from. 16. Kids that work in restaurants and supermarkets are starting to irritate you by calling you &quot;Sir&quot; or &quot;Ma&#039;am.&quot; 17. You&#039;re starting to realize that getting carded while buying alcohol is a good thing. 18. You know who shot J.R. 19. You ever dressed to emulate a person you saw in a Madonna, Duran Duran or Cyndi Lauper video. 20. There were at least three people in your school that voluntarily went by the names of &quot;Skip,&quot; &quot;Buffy,&quot; &quot;Muffy,&quot; or &quot;Dexter.&quot; 21. You had ringside seats for Luke and Laura&#039;s wedding on General Hospital. 22. The phrase, &quot;Where&#039;s the beef?&quot; still doubles you over with laughter. 23. You remember thinking the special effects in the movie &quot;Tron&quot; were the best ever. 24. You&#039;re starting to think that Corvettes really look good, and aren&#039;t really for someone going through a mid-life crisis. 25. Finally, this rings a bell: &quot;...and my name is Charlie. They work for me.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 323257, member: 1246"] "You might be a child of the 80's if..." 1. You know, by heart, the words to any "Weird Al" Yankovic song. 2. A predominant color in your childhood photos is "plaid." 3. The three words, "Atari," "IntelliVision" and "Coleco" all sound familiar. 4. You remember when hooking your computer into your television was the only way to use it. 5. You still occasionally hum a Debbie Gibson tune. 6. You remember "Friday Night Videos" before the days of MTV. 7. You remember when they actually played videos on MTV. 8. At one time, your hair became something that could only be described as, "I was experimenting." 9. You see teenagers today wearing the same clothes you wore at that age and they still look bad. 10. One of your biggest regrets was not being able to participate in the 60's. 11. While in high school, you and your friends discussed elaborate plans to get together again at the end of the century and play "1999" by Prince over and over again. 12. You remember when music that was labeled "alternative" really was. 13. Although you hate to admit it, you just don't understand half the lingo that today's kids use. 14. You knew all the words to Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire," but it didn't hold any meaning for you until the third verse. 15. You can remember a time when "going out for coffee" DIDN'T involve 19,000 selections to choose from. 16. Kids that work in restaurants and supermarkets are starting to irritate you by calling you "Sir" or "Ma'am." 17. You're starting to realize that getting carded while buying alcohol is a good thing. 18. You know who shot J.R. 19. You ever dressed to emulate a person you saw in a Madonna, Duran Duran or Cyndi Lauper video. 20. There were at least three people in your school that voluntarily went by the names of "Skip," "Buffy," "Muffy," or "Dexter." 21. You had ringside seats for Luke and Laura's wedding on General Hospital. 22. The phrase, "Where's the beef?" still doubles you over with laughter. 23. You remember thinking the special effects in the movie "Tron" were the best ever. 24. You're starting to think that Corvettes really look good, and aren't really for someone going through a mid-life crisis. 25. Finally, this rings a bell: "...and my name is Charlie. They work for me." [/QUOTE]

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