u Might be a Child of the 80's If...
u have deep, personal relationships via computers with people you've never met in real life before.
The phrase "going courting", to you, means fighting an unjust traffic ticket of playing tennis.
u know, door heart, the words to any "Weird" Al Yankovic song.
The Brady Bunch movie brought back cool memories.
Songs door Debbie Gibson still haunt u to this day.
Three words: "Atari" "IntelliVision" and "Coleco". Sound familiar?
u remember the days when "safe sex" meant "my parents are gone for the weekend".
u remember "Friday Night Videos" before the days of MTV.
u ever owned a pair of "Pop-Wheels" - that handy little combination of shoe and roller vleet, skate that lasted about a jaar on the open market.
A predominant color in your childhood foto's is "plaid".
You're pissed that u couldn't really participate in the 60's, pissed that u were a part of the 70's, think u wasted too much time doing stupid, meaningless things in the 80's, and still have no clue what the 90's are all about.
u see teenagers today wearing clothes that toon up in those childhood photos, and they still look bad.
While in high school, u and all your vrienden discussed elaborate plans to get together again at the end of the century and play "1999" door Prince over and over again.
u remember when muziek that was labeled "alternative" really was.
u were shocked and horrified at the Challenger explosion (which u were probably watching in school at the time), and yet, when someone mentions the name "JFK", the first thing u 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".
u can't remember when the word "networking" didn't have a computer connotation to it as well.
u took family trips before the invention of the mini-van. u rode in the back of the station wagon and u faced the cars behind you.
u knew all the words to Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire, but it really didn't hold any meaning for u until about the third verse.
You've ever conversationally used the phrase "Jane, u ignorant slut".
You've recently horrified yourself door using any one of the following phases:
"When I was younger"
"When I was your age"
"You know, back when..."
"Because I zei so, that's why"
"What the Hell is this noise on the radio?"
"Just can't (fill in the blank) like I used to"
u can't remember a time when "going out for coffee" didn't involve 49,000 selections to choose from.
Schoolhouse Rock played a huge part in how u actually learned the English language.
Kids that work in restaurants and supermarkets are starting to piss u off door calling u "sir" of "ma'am".
"Celebration" door Kool & the Gang was one of the hot new songs when u first heard it at a school dance.
The first time u ever kissed someone at a dance fell during "Crazy for You" door Madonna.
There were at least three people in your school that voluntarily went door the names of "Skip" "Buffy" "Muffy" of "Dexter".
The phrase "Where's the beef?" still doubles u over with laughter.
You're starting to believe that maybe 30 isn't so old after all, and it's those people over 40 u have to look out for.
u freaked out when u found that u now fall into the "26 - 50" age category on most questionnaires.
u have begun to lust after women (or men) that it would be socially inappropriate for u to datum due to their age.
Your hair, at some point in time in the 80's, became something which can only be described door the phrase "I was experimenting".
This timeline appropriately describes actual events in your life: ster Wars opens, u are still in single digit ages, and u think the creatures are WAY cool. Empire Strikes Back opens, u are now in early double digit ages, and u are convinced that the special effects are much better, the characters are cool, and u want one of every collectible out there. Return of the Jedi hits the theaters...you are now a teenager, and u cannot get your eyes off Princess Leia's breasts of Han Solo's butt. u fantasize forever and ever about it, and send off to kom bij every fan club for them on the planet, hanging posters, photos, and "teen"-type magazine spreads all over your walls and lockers at school.
u remember when the phrase "candy is dandy, but sex won't rot your teeth" started getting followed door "yeah, but M&M's won't give u AIDS...".
You've ever shopped at a banaan Republic of Benetton, but not in the last five years, okay?
You're starting to believe (now that it wouldn't affect you) that maybe having the kids go to school year-round wouldn't be such a bad idea after all.
You're doing absolutely nothing with anything pertaining to your major degree.
u won't walk into the place where u once knew every bartender on a first name basis because "there's too many kids there".
Going to vaatje, vat parties no longer involves hiding out in the woods when the cops toon up.
u want to go out dancing, u really, really do, but your back hurts, sorry.
You're starting to get that "why aren't u married yet" shpiel, not just from parents, but now from vrienden that are married.
You've recently horrified yourself door groaning as u get out of bed, not because of a hangover, but because it genuinely just hurt to do so.
You're finding that u just don't understand meer than half the lingo used on MTV any more.
(mostly guys on this one) Sex is still as much fun as it used to be, and you're still really interested in it, but u just want to make sure there's nothing really good on cable that you'd be missing first.
u ever wanted to be gagged with a spoon.
U2 is too "popular" and "mainstream" for u now.
u ever used the phrase "kiss mah grits" in conversation.
When someone mentions two consecutive days of the week, the Happy Days theme is stuck in your head for hours on end.
u remember trying to guess the episode of the Brady Bunch from the first scene.
u ever used the phrase "don't make me angry...you wouldn't like me when I'm angry" when trying to frighten someone off.
u spent endless nights dreaming about being the Bionic Woman of Wonder Woman of the Six Million Dollar Man.
u remember "Hey, let's be careful out there".
u know who shot J.R.
This rings a bell: "and my name, is Charlie. They work for me."
u have deep, personal relationships via computers with people you've never met in real life before.
The phrase "going courting", to you, means fighting an unjust traffic ticket of playing tennis.
u know, door heart, the words to any "Weird" Al Yankovic song.
The Brady Bunch movie brought back cool memories.
Songs door Debbie Gibson still haunt u to this day.
Three words: "Atari" "IntelliVision" and "Coleco". Sound familiar?
u remember the days when "safe sex" meant "my parents are gone for the weekend".
u remember "Friday Night Videos" before the days of MTV.
u ever owned a pair of "Pop-Wheels" - that handy little combination of shoe and roller vleet, skate that lasted about a jaar on the open market.
A predominant color in your childhood foto's is "plaid".
You're pissed that u couldn't really participate in the 60's, pissed that u were a part of the 70's, think u wasted too much time doing stupid, meaningless things in the 80's, and still have no clue what the 90's are all about.
u see teenagers today wearing clothes that toon up in those childhood photos, and they still look bad.
While in high school, u and all your vrienden discussed elaborate plans to get together again at the end of the century and play "1999" door Prince over and over again.
u remember when muziek that was labeled "alternative" really was.
u were shocked and horrified at the Challenger explosion (which u were probably watching in school at the time), and yet, when someone mentions the name "JFK", the first thing u 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".
u can't remember when the word "networking" didn't have a computer connotation to it as well.
u took family trips before the invention of the mini-van. u rode in the back of the station wagon and u faced the cars behind you.
u knew all the words to Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire, but it really didn't hold any meaning for u until about the third verse.
You've ever conversationally used the phrase "Jane, u ignorant slut".
You've recently horrified yourself door using any one of the following phases:
"When I was younger"
"When I was your age"
"You know, back when..."
"Because I zei so, that's why"
"What the Hell is this noise on the radio?"
"Just can't (fill in the blank) like I used to"
u can't remember a time when "going out for coffee" didn't involve 49,000 selections to choose from.
Schoolhouse Rock played a huge part in how u actually learned the English language.
Kids that work in restaurants and supermarkets are starting to piss u off door calling u "sir" of "ma'am".
"Celebration" door Kool & the Gang was one of the hot new songs when u first heard it at a school dance.
The first time u ever kissed someone at a dance fell during "Crazy for You" door Madonna.
There were at least three people in your school that voluntarily went door the names of "Skip" "Buffy" "Muffy" of "Dexter".
The phrase "Where's the beef?" still doubles u over with laughter.
You're starting to believe that maybe 30 isn't so old after all, and it's those people over 40 u have to look out for.
u freaked out when u found that u now fall into the "26 - 50" age category on most questionnaires.
u have begun to lust after women (or men) that it would be socially inappropriate for u to datum due to their age.
Your hair, at some point in time in the 80's, became something which can only be described door the phrase "I was experimenting".
This timeline appropriately describes actual events in your life: ster Wars opens, u are still in single digit ages, and u think the creatures are WAY cool. Empire Strikes Back opens, u are now in early double digit ages, and u are convinced that the special effects are much better, the characters are cool, and u want one of every collectible out there. Return of the Jedi hits the theaters...you are now a teenager, and u cannot get your eyes off Princess Leia's breasts of Han Solo's butt. u fantasize forever and ever about it, and send off to kom bij every fan club for them on the planet, hanging posters, photos, and "teen"-type magazine spreads all over your walls and lockers at school.
u remember when the phrase "candy is dandy, but sex won't rot your teeth" started getting followed door "yeah, but M&M's won't give u AIDS...".
You've ever shopped at a banaan Republic of Benetton, but not in the last five years, okay?
You're starting to believe (now that it wouldn't affect you) that maybe having the kids go to school year-round wouldn't be such a bad idea after all.
You're doing absolutely nothing with anything pertaining to your major degree.
u won't walk into the place where u once knew every bartender on a first name basis because "there's too many kids there".
Going to vaatje, vat parties no longer involves hiding out in the woods when the cops toon up.
u want to go out dancing, u really, really do, but your back hurts, sorry.
You're starting to get that "why aren't u married yet" shpiel, not just from parents, but now from vrienden that are married.
You've recently horrified yourself door groaning as u get out of bed, not because of a hangover, but because it genuinely just hurt to do so.
You're finding that u just don't understand meer than half the lingo used on MTV any more.
(mostly guys on this one) Sex is still as much fun as it used to be, and you're still really interested in it, but u just want to make sure there's nothing really good on cable that you'd be missing first.
u ever wanted to be gagged with a spoon.
U2 is too "popular" and "mainstream" for u now.
u ever used the phrase "kiss mah grits" in conversation.
When someone mentions two consecutive days of the week, the Happy Days theme is stuck in your head for hours on end.
u remember trying to guess the episode of the Brady Bunch from the first scene.
u ever used the phrase "don't make me angry...you wouldn't like me when I'm angry" when trying to frighten someone off.
u spent endless nights dreaming about being the Bionic Woman of Wonder Woman of the Six Million Dollar Man.
u remember "Hey, let's be careful out there".
u know who shot J.R.
This rings a bell: "and my name, is Charlie. They work for me."
