Message no. 1

From:	MC23 mc23@**********.com
Subject:	You might be a Gen-X-er if...
Date:	Tue, 2 Feb 99 15:51:18 -0500

>You wore anything Izod, especially those windbreakers that folded up
>into a pouch you could wear around your waist.
>
>You remember when Jordache jeans were cool.
>
>In you fifth grade class picture, you're wearing an Izod shirt with
>the collar up.
>
>You know, by heart, the words to any "Weird Al" Yankovic song.
>
>The Brady Bunch movie brought back cool memories.
>
>You ever rang someone's doorbell and said "Landshark".
>
>Three words: "Atari" "IntelliVision" and "Coleco".
Sound familiar? (or
Pong)
>
>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.
>
>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..."
>
>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 or Cyndi Lauper video.
>
>The first time you ever kissed someone at a dance came during "Crazy
>for You" by Madonna.
>
>You remember with pain the sad day when the Green Machine hit the
>streets and made your old Big Wheel quite obsolete.
>
>The phrase "Where's the beef?" still doubles you over with laughter.
>
>Honestly remember when film critics raved that no movie could ever
>possibly get better special effects than those in the movie TRON.
>
>(girls) you thought Sean Cassidy was "dreamy", drooled over "Ted, your
>ship's photographer" on the Love Boat
>
>You freaked out when you found that you now fall into the "26-50" age
>category on most questionaires.
>
>Your hair, at some point in time in the 80's, became something which
>can only be described by the phrase "I was experimenting".
>
>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 theres.
>
>You've ever shopped at a Banana Republic or Benetton, but not in the
>last five years.
>
>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 pertaining to your major.
>
>You ever wanted to be gagged with a spoon.
>
>U2 is too "popular" are "mainstream" for you now.
>
>You ever used the phrase "kiss mah grits" in coversation.
>
>You remember trying to guess the episode of the Brady Bunch from the
>first scene.
>
>You spent endless nights dreaming about being the Bionic Woman or
>Wonder Woman.
>
>You remember "Hey, let's be careful out there".
>
>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 catch on, after all, there was Tab.
>
>You know all the words to the double album set of Grease.
>
>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.
>
>"All-skate, change directions" means something to you.
>You owned a pair of Rainbow suspenders just like Mork used to wear.
>
>You bought a pair of Vanns and wanted to order a pizza in
>history class so you could be just like Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at
>Ridgemont High.
>
>You owned a Preppy Handbook.
>
>You were too young to go see the Blue Lagoon so you just had to settle
>for second hand reports.
>
>You remember when there was only "G, PG, and R"
>
>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 remember when your cable box had the three rows of numbers and you
>had to move the selector switch accordingly.
>
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