SIGNS OF OUR TIME
YOU'RE PROBABLY AGE 25-35 IF...
You wore anything Izod, especially those windbreakers that folded up into a pouch you could wear around your waist.
You owned a Jordache anything, or you remember when Jordache jeans were cool.
You know the words to LeFreak by Chic.
In your sophomore class picture, you're wearing an Izod shirt with the collar "up."
Your "dressy" wardrobe centered on pastels and linen blazers, guys included.
You know, by heart, the words to a "Weird" Al Yankovic song.
You remember when Madonna was just hitting the scene.
The Brady Bunch movie brought back cool memories.
"The Reflex" was a cool song.
You remember "Battlestar Galactica."
Three words: "Atari," "Apple," and "Pong."
You remember the days that hooking your computer into your television wasn't an expensive option that required gadgets - it was the ONLY option.
You remember the original version of Windows: Macintosh.
You thought "Weird Science" was a masterpiece.
You remember any or all of the following: Echo & the Bunnymen, Cutting Crew, Scritti Politti, or Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark.
Chevy Chase was really funny in those vacation movies.
You remember "Friday Night Videos" before the days of MTV.
A predominant color in your childhood photos is "plaid."
While in high school, you and all your friends discussed elaborate plans to get together again at the end of the century and play "1999" by Prince over and over again.
You remember when music that was labeled "alternative" really was.
You took family trips BEFORE the invention of the mini-van.
You rode in the back of the station wagon and you faced the cars behind you in the "tail gunner" position.
You've recently horrified yourself by using any one of the following phrases:
"When I was younger"
"When I was your age"
"You know, back when..."
"Just can't (fill in the blank) like I used to"
Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you actually learned the English language.
You ever dressed to emulate a person you saw in either a Duran Duran, Madonna, Rick Springfield, or Cyndi Lauper video.
You actually know who Rick Springfield is.
You remember with pain the sad day when the Green Machine hit the streets and made your old Big Wheel obsolete.
The phrase "Where's the beef?" still doubles you over with laughter.
You remember when film critics raved that no movie could ever possibly get better special effects than those in the movie TRON.
You jammed to the Miami Vice theme and thought Jan Hammer was cool.
You wanted to move to Hawaii because that's where Magnum lived.
For the girl crazy bunch: Your first sexual dream occurred to thoughts of Jeannie, Marsha Brady, Samantha from Bewitched or, for those hard-core comic fans out there, Daphne from Scooby Doo, Josie or any one of her Pussycats.
And for the boy crazy bunch: You thought Sean Cassidy was "dreamy", lusted after "Ted, your ship's photographer" on the Love Boat and Chachi, or, to keep it fair to the comically interested, thought Aquaman was just a hunk on Superfriends.
Your hair, at some point in time in the 80's, became something which can only be described by the phrase " I was experimenting."
Guys: You remember when a guy piercing his ear was radical to the max, but did it anyhow.
This timeline appropriately describes actual events in your life: Star Wars opens, you are still in single digit ages, and you think the creatures are WAY cool.
Empire Strikes Back opens, you are now in early double digit ages, and you are convinced that the special effects are much better, the characters are cool, and you want one of every collectible out there.
Return of the Jedi hits the theaters...you are now a teenager, and you cannot get your eyes off Princess Leia's breasts/Han Solo's butt.
You've ever shopped at a Banana Republic or Benetton.
You actually remember Benetton.
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.
You ever wanted to be gagged with a spoon.
U2 is too "popular" and "mainstream" for you now.
You owned a Trapper Keeper.
You remember when there was only "G, PG and R", none of this PG-13 crap.
You learned to swim about the same time Jaws came out and still carry the emotional scars to this day.
Wonder twin powers, activate . . . form of an iceberg, shape of a hammer.
You spent endless nights dreaming about being the Bionic Woman/Man or Wonder Woman/the Incredible Hulk.
You remember "Hey, let's be careful out there."
You ever wanted to learn to play "Stairway to Heaven" on the guitar and choreographed "Dancing Queen" by yourself in your room.
You know all the words to the double album set of Grease.
"All-skate, change directions" means something to you.
You ever rang someone's doorbell and said "Landshark."
You bought a pair of Vanns and wanted to order a pizza in history class like in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
You were afraid of the Sleestacks on Land of the Lost
You ever owned a pair of "Pop-Wheels" - that handy little combination of shoe and roller skate that lasted about a year on the open market.
You, yes you, sat down and memorized the entire lyric sheet to "It's the end of the world as we know it"
You watched HR Puffenstuff as a child.
You were convinced for years that Batman was a mildly overweight man with a moderate beer belly who wore his underwear outside of his clothes and talked strangely.
You freaked out when you found that you now fall into the "26 -50" age category on most questionnaires.
You ever used the phrase "kiss mah grits" in conversation.
You remember trying to guess the episode of the Brady Bunch from the first scene.
You had ringside seats for Luke and Laura's wedding.
Your parents wanted you to attend medical school, but you decided it was pointless since Quincy got all the babes, anyway.
You know who shot J.R.
This rings a bell: "and my name, is Charlie. They work for me."
You were unsure if Diet Coke would ever catch on, after all, look at Tab.
You ever had a Dorothy Hammill haircut.
You sat with your friends on a Friday night and dialed "8-6-7-5-3-0-9" to see if Jenny would answer.
You owned a pair of Rainbow suspenders just like Mork used to wear.
You were too young to go see the Blue Lagoon so you just had to settle for second-hand reports.
You remember when your cable TV box had the three rows of numbers and you had to move the selector switch accordingly.
You ever actually tried to turn on a jukebox by hitting it twice and saying "heeey".
You could sing "99 Red Balloons" in English and in German.
Feathered hair.
You had a pair of "zips" and made that Z mark in the ground everywhere.
You actually believed everything Leonard Nimoy told you on "In Search Of..."
Your jaw would ache by the time you finished those "brick-sized" packages of Bazooka gum.
You had a crush on Bo and Luke Duke, or Kristi McNichol.
VCR's cost $1,000.
Mattel Electronics Baseball, Basketball and Football were state-of-the-art.
"Come on give it a try....we're gonna show you just why... we're gonna teach you to fly, high"
There was nothing strange about Bert n' Ernie living together.
Rotary phones.
Rotary TV channel dials.
Dolfin shorts, knickers and leg warmers were cool.
It was a major accomplishment to get to the "Chase" scene in Ms.Pacman.
You ever owned a Donnie and Marie or Sonny and Cher doll (girls only)
