YOU'RE LOST BETWEEN A BABY BOOMER AND A GEN X'ER IF......
1. You remember when Jordache/Calvin Klein jeans were cool.
2. In your 5th grade class picture you were wearing an Izod shirt
with the collar up.
3. You know by heart the words to any Weird Al Yankovic song.
4. The Brady Bunch movie brought back cool memories.
5. You ever rang someone's doorbell and said, "Landshark."
6. Atari. Pacman. Space Invaders.
7. You remember the days when "safe sex" meant that your parents
were gone for the weekend.
8. You remember Friday Night Videos before the days of MTV.
9. The predominant color in your childhood photos is plaid.
10. While in high school, you and your friends discussed elaborate
plans to get together again at the end of the century and play
Prince's "1999" until you passed out partying.
11. You remember when music that was labeled "alternative" ,
really was.
12. You or your friends took family trips BEFORE the invention of
the minivan.
13. You rode in the back of the station wagon and you faced the
cars behind you.
14. You've ever conversationally used the phrase, "Jane, you
ignorant slut!"
15. You watched HR Puffinstuff as a child, but now that you're
older, you really understand that it would have been much
better had you known about drugs at the time.
16. 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"
17. Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you actually learned
the English Language (though, you still hate the girl who can
skate a figure 8.).
18. You're started to view getting carded to buy alcohol as a
GOOD thing.
19. You ever dressed to emulate a person you saw in either a Duran
Duran, Madonna, or Cyndi Lauper video.
20. The phrase, "where's the beef?" still doubles you over with
laughter.
21. Girls thought Sean Cassidy was dreamy and lusted after Ted
the photographer on The Love Boat.
22. You freaked out when you found that you now fall into an age
category on most questionarres.
23. You ever wanted to be gagged with a spoon.
24. You ever used the phrase "Kiss Mah Grits!" in conversation.
25. You remember trying to guess the episode of either the Brady
Bunch or Gilligan's Island from the first scene.
26. You spent endless nights dreaming about being the Bionic
Woman, Wonder Woman, or the Six Million Dollar Man.
27. You could hardly sleep the night before school started and
did everything in your power to have the coolest lunch box
of anyone in your inner circle.
28. You had ringside seats for Luke and Laura's wedding.
29. You remember, "Hey, let's be careful out there."
30. You know who shot J.R.
31. This rings a bell...."....and my name is Charlie. They work
for me."
32. You know all the words to the double album set of Grease.
33. You sat with your friends on a Friday night and dialed
867-5309 to see if Jenny would answer.
34. Three words: Welcome Back Kotter.
35. Two words: Vinnie Bobarino
36. One word: Horshack
37. "All Skate" & "Change Directions" means something to you.
38. You bought a pair of Vanns and/or wanted to order a pizza in
history class so you could be just like Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times
at Ridgemont High.
39. You remember when there was only PG and R, none of this PG-13
crap.
40. You learned to swim about the same time as Jaws came out and
still carry the emotional scars.
41. Bo, Luke, and Daisy Duke.
42. You remember when VCR's cost about $2,000.
43. There was nothing strange about Bert and Ernie living
together.
44. Rotary dial telephones.
45. You actually believed that Mikey, famed for his Life
cereal commercials, died after eating a packet of pop rocks
and drinking a Coke.
46. The theme song to Greatest American Hero still comes back to
you on occasion, "Look at what's happened to me, I can't believe
it myself, suddenly I'm out on top of the world, it should've
been somebody else!"
47. You anxiously awaited EVERY Alexis/Krystal catfight.
48. You made one of those colored wax-covered wine bottles or a
"hook-a-rug".
49. Your TV had a spin dial channel selector!
50. You've been an eye witness to all of John Travolta's career
hits & misses.
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