Are you feeling old??
If not, then consider this...
The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1980.
- They have no meaningful recollection of the Reagan era.
- They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf War was waged.
- Black Monday 1987 is as significant to them as the Great Depression.
- Their world has always included AIDS.
- Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums and cassette audiotapes.
- They may have heard of an 8-track, but probably never actually seen (or heard) one.
- The digital Disc was presented to Wall street when they were 1 year old.
- From their earliest years, a camera was something you used once and threw away.
- As far as they know, stamps have always cost about 32 cents.
- Few, if any, have lived without an answering machine.
- Few have used a TV set with only 13 channels.
- Some use the word "clickers" for "remote control", yet they do not know why they say it.
- They were born the year that Walkmen were introduced by Sony.
- The expression "you sound like a broken record" means nothing to them.
You're Probably Aged 25 to 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 remember LeFreak by Chic
- In your sophomore class picture, you're wearing an Izod shirt with the collar "up."
- "All-skate, change directions" means something to you.
- 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 rode in the back of the station wagon and you faced the cars behind you in the "tail gunner" position.
- 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'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 ever wanted to be gagged with a spoon
- Bo and Luke Duke.
- There was nothing strange about Bert n' Ernie living together.
- Knickers and leg warmers were cool
- You learned to swim about the same time Jaws came out and still carry the emotional scars to this day.
- You ever wanted to learn to play "Stairway to Heaven" on the guitar and choreographed "Dancing Queen" by yourself in your room.
- You were afraid of the Sleestaks on Land of the Lost.
- The first time you ever kissed someone was at a dance during "Crazy for You" by Madonna.
- You ever used the phrase "kiss mah grits" in conversation.
- You had ringside seats for Luke and Laura's wedding
- You know who shot J.R.
- This rings a bell: "and my name, is Charlie. They work for me."
- 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 remember when your cable TV box had the three rows of numbers and you had to move the selector switch accordingly.
- You could sing "99 Red Balloons" in English and in German.
- You had Feathered hair.
- Your jaw would ache by the time you finished those "brick-sized" packages of Bazooka gum.
- The phrase "Where's the beef?" still doubles you over with laughter.
