Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Facts of Life

I read on MSN where they are planning a Facts of Life Reunion show. That got me to thinking back...way back. Here's an e-mail I like to save and read over when I get reminiscent. Enjoy

YOU KNOW YOU GREW UP IN THE 80s IF.....

You ever ended your sentence with "psych" (heh heh...SO TOTALLY DID!!!)
You solved the Rubics cube.....by peeling off the stickers (Oh, is there another way?)
You watched the pound puppies (I believe I had a pound puppy bag...)
You can sing the rap to "the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (Hey, I still can!)
You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish (oh my...)
You owned those little Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls (Now my little girl has them)
You know what 'Whoa' comes from Blossom
Three words: M.C. Hammer (How 'bout those hammer pants ya'll "Can't touch this!")
You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales"
If you played the chipmunks Christmas album all year long!
You ever watched Fraggle Rock
You had plastic streamers on the handle bars of your bike
You remember When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday
to watch cartoons (Well, back then there was no satelite and we couldn't watch them 24/7)
You wore a pony tail to the side of your head (*LOL* I can't stop laughing at these)
You saw the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the big screen (Dude, remember when Vanilla Ice was cool and he had a cameo on the sequel!!??)
You know the words to "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred
You made your mom buy you one of those clips that would hold your
shirt in a knot on the side
You had a Kirk Cameron poster on your bedroom wall
You played the game "Mash" with friends at school
You wore a Jordache, Gitano, or L.A Gear acid wash jean jacket and you were proud of it
Your mother wouldn't let you have garbage pail kids
You remember reading "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" and all the Ramona books
You know the profound meaning of "Wax on,Wax off"
You wanted to be a Goonie
You ever wore fluorescent, neon if you will, clothing
You wanted to be on StarSearch or Soul Train
You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off
You took Lunch pales to school
You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf
You remember the craze, and then banning of slap bracelets
You still get the urge to use "NOT" at the end of every statement you make
You remember Hypercolor T-shirts
Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band
You remember Punky Brewster
You thought Sheera and He-Man should hook up
You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you
exchanged "friendship bracelets"
You ever owned a pair of Jelly Shoes
After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you couldn't stop 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 ever got seriously injured on a slip and slide
You know not to mix poprocks and soda (or your stomach will explode right?!)
You have played with a 'skip-it'
You had or went to a birthday party at McDonald's
You learned oldies songs by watching Alvin and the Chipmunks
You had a Glow Worm or watched the cartoons
You remember dancing along with the Bangles in "Walk Like An Egyptian"
If you remember Heathcliff the orange cat
You remember Popples
DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!
You wore socks over tights with high-top Reeboks
You wore like 8 pairs of socks at once, scrunched down
MISS MARY MACK MACK MACK ALL DRESSED IN BLACK BLACK BLACK.....
You remember boom boxes instead of CD players
You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies
You remember the Transformers
You remember Rainbow Bright and MY Little Pony Tales
You remember watching TV thinking Doogie Howser was hot!
You remember Alf, the little furry brown alien from Melmac
You remember the large amounts of hairspray used
You remember those very stylish headbands
You remember Vicky the Robot
You remember Eve Garland from Out of this World and how she could stop
time by pressing the tips of her index fingers together and talking to
her dad through a glowing cube in her bedroom
You remember the begining of New Kids on the Block
You remember watching The Cosby show
You remember Mr.Belvadere
You remember Michael J. Fox in Family Ties and Back to the Future
You know all the names of the gang from "Saved by the Bell"

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