I recently received an e-mail from one of the authors of this list (LLGnome@aol.com): This was written originally by, Linda Gardner and Amanda Froning as a article for our highschool newspaper in 1995 at Ursuline Academy in wilmington delaware. I just think it is really cool that something we did for fun with our random pop trivia knowlegde is seen all over the web. -Linda You should definitely take the time to thank her (I did) for her great work! :-) Here are 88 Ways to know that you are stuck in the 80's. 1. your fondest childhood memory is when Skippy got his head stuck in the banister 2. you relax by putting on your legwarmers and dancing to the "Footloose" soundtrack 3. you think the Two Coreys are "totally awesome" 4. you're still bitter that Wham! broke up 5. Punky Brewster is your hero 6. you type all of your term papers on a Commodore 64 7. you still resent your parents for not installing a dumbwaiter in your house like Webster's 8. the only video games you play are Frogger and Pac Man 9. you're building your own Clockwork Smurf 10. your summer attire is Jellies and Jams 11. A-Ha's "Take on Me" is still your favorite video 12. you consider yourself truly, truly, truly outrageous, much like Jem and the Holograms 13. you wonder why more people don't wear high heels, Jordache jeans, and lacy ankle socks 14. you call all motorcycle cops "Ponch" 15. every time you go to the beach you look for Snorks 16. you're still upset Madonna and Sean broke up 17. you know who Stinky Sullivan is 18. you work out with "Get in Shape Girl" 19. you want to be Molly Ringwald when you grow up 20. you enjoy dancing on the ceiling and wearing your sunglasses at night 21. you know who Loverboy is 22. you think there should be a Kids Incorporated original cast reunion 23. you think of Janet Jackson as "that girl who used to date Willis" 24. you can sing the theme song to Small Wonder 25. every time you see a fountain you want to dance around it and yell "Fame!" 26. you still have a shoebox full of Garbage Pail Kid cards 27. you petition Congress to make "Born in the USA" the national anthem 28. you still use your Snoopy Sno-Cone machine 29. you know it's not "comma, comma, comma" it's karma 30. you stay up nights wondering what Bastian's mother's name was in "The Neverending Story" 31. you have nightmares about the Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak 32. you still practice your Care Bear Stare 33. you know that girls just wanna have fuh-un 34. you can name all The Wuzzles 35. you harbor a secret dream of being slimed by Alistair 36. you can do the Safety Dance 37. in your spare time you are writing "The Breakfast Club 2" 38. you like to "connect the dots, la la la la!" 39. someone metions Jennifer Beals and you don't say "Who?" 40. your prized possesion is a collection of "Return of the Jedi" Shrinky Dinks 41. you know whose number is 867-5309 42. you get depressed thinking about Anthony Michael Hall's career 43. you're starting a write-in campaign to MTV to bring back Remote Control 44. you drink Diet Coke because Max Headroom told you to 45. you consider Jo vs. Blair the major philosophical conflict of the 20th century 46. you have a duck phone and ride around your house on a little train 47. you want to be one of the Solid Gold Dancers 48. you still watch things on Beta 49. you want to change your name to Rio and dance on the sand 50. you know that "Weird Science" was a movie before a tv show 51.. your favorite proverb is "some like it hot and some sweat when the heat is on" 52. you always waited for the Sweet Pickles Bus to visit your house 53. your favorite party game is Hungry Hungry Hippos 54. you saw the New Kids on the Block when they were Tiffany's opening act 55. you liked Tom Hanks better when he was a crossdresser 56. you know which Hollywood Square Jm J Bullock was in 57. you practice getting in and out of your car through the windows 58. you have the tendency to turn up the collar of your polo shirts 59. you're still wondering who really was the boss 60. you know what the "P" in "Alex P. Keaton" stands for 61. you keep asking your teachers if instead of the quiz you can take the physical challenge 62. you organize weekend tournaments of TV tag 63. you still drink New Coke 64. when you watch "Terminator 2" you wonder where Vincent is 65. you know ALF's real name 66. you never go out for a night on the town without frosted blue eyeshadow and feathered bangs 67. you can name all of the Thundercats 68. you got a hankerin' for a hunk of cheese 69. everything in your wardrobe is either pastel or fluorescent 70. your musical inspiration is Sonny Mann 71. sometimes you just want to shout, shout, let it all out 72. you're planning a dream vacation to Mepos 73. you use your Speak and Spell to phone home 74. you know the original members of Menudo 75. sometimes out of the blue you just got to shake your love 76. when you're stuck in traffic you tell your car to engage Turbo Boost and are surprised when it doesn't talk back 77. you remember when Vanessa sang Kareoke to "Locomotion" 78. you know that Mr. Steele functions best in an advisory capacity. 79. people are constantly gagging you with spoons 80. your idea of appreciating ancient cultures is "Walk Like an Egyptian" 81. the only thing you know about the Nazis is that they threw Indy to the snakes 82. you still use your hair crimper before going out on a hot date 83. you hatch plots to break Murdock out of VA hospital 84. you know which five people Serpentor's DNA came from 85. you have "We Are the World" on 45 86. you're still sending death threats to Mr. Rubik 87. you can feel St. Elmo's fire burnin' in you 88. you watch NYPD Blue thinking, "Well, they're no Crockett and Tubbs, that's for sure"