It's scary how many of these are true!!!!!  
YOU ARE A CHILD OF THE 80'S IF:


    -You know what a "burnout" is  -You know what "Sike" means
    -You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off"
    -You know that another name for a keyboard is a "synthesizer"
    -You can name at least half of the members of the elusive
         Brat Pack
   -You know who Tina Youthers is  -You wanted to be a Goonie
   -You felt ashamed when Rob Lowe got in trouble for sex with
         minors and videotaping it, because you liked him  
   -You know who Max Hedroom is
   -You ever wore fluorescent, neon clothing
   -You could breakdance, or wished you could
   -You wanted to be Hulk Hogan or a My Little Pony for Halloween
   -You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the
       power!"
   -Partying like it's 1999 seemed SO far away.
   -You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye
   -You wanted to be on StarSearch
   -You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his
       nose fell off
   -You wore a banana clip at some point during your youth, or
        you knew someone who did.
   -You, or someone you knew, owned a doll with  "Xavier
        Roberts" signed  on its ass  
   -You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout"
   -You HAD to have your MTV
   -You hold a special place in your heart for "Back To The Future"
   -You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows
        your name"
    -You though Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool.
    -You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a really,really,
         good movie.
    -ditto for "Footloose"  -You have heard of Garbage Pail Kids
    -You knew "the Artist" when he was humbly called  Prince
    -You remember when ATARI was a state of the art  device
    -You own any cassettes
    -You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd  all be
        living on the moon  
   -You remember and/or own any of the CareBear Glass collection from
      Pizza Hut or any other stupid collection they came out with.
   -Poltergeist freaked you out.
   -You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunchbox
   -You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf
   -You know what a doozer is
   -You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and you felt
       sooo stylish  
  -You ever had a Swatch Watch
  -You had a crush on one of the Coreys (Haim or Feldman), or
      you know someone who did.
  -You had Wonderwoman or Superman underoos  -You know what a
     "whammee" is
  -You had a crush on Jon Bon Jovi or knew someone who did
  -You remember what a "slap bracelet" is
  -Your bangs had to be at least 3 inches high to be cool

If you can identify with half of the items on this list then
 you, my friend, are a "CHILD OF THE 80'S".