You know what “Sike” means.
- You know the profound meaning of “Wax on, Wax off.”
- You know that another name for a keyboard is a “Synthesizer.”
- You can sing the McDonald’s Big Mack, Filet-o-fish, Quarter Pounder, and French Fry song.
- You know who Mr. T is.
- You know who Fat Albert is. And who was old boy with the pink mask?
- You ever wore fluorescent, neon clothing.
- You could breakdance, or wish you could.
- You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.
- You Believed that saying “By the power of Greyskull!” You actually HAD the power.
- Partying “like it’s 1999” seemed SO far away.
- You thought that Transformers were “more than meets the eye.”
- You knew that “Knowing is half the battle.”
- You wanted to be on Star Search.
- You can remember Michael Jackson when he was black.
You wore a banana clip at some point during your youth.
- You remember the Garbage Pail Kids, and probably owned some.
- You knew what Willis was “talkin’ ’bout.”
- You HAD to have your MTV.
- You actually thought “Dirty Dancing” was a REALLY good movie.
- You thought that ATARI was a state of the art video game.
- You owned cassettes.
- You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we’d all be living in space.
- You know what leg warmers are and probably had a pair.
- You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.
- You wore your shirt with the collar up.
- You had a Swatch Watch with the Swatch Guard.
- Your Lego collection started with the free sets in a Happy Meal.
- You remember when Happy Meals came in a box, not a paper bag.
- You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
- You had Wonder Woman or Superman underwear.
- You know what a “Push Up” ice cream is.
You went in the house when the street lights came on.
- You changed into play clothes after school.
- You owned, or knew somebody with a Commodore 64.
- You hated Scrappy Doo.
- You recorded songs off the radio with your boom box.
- You wished you had a light saber.
- Somehow you still know all the words to songs played on VH1’s “Big 80s”
- Your arm was full of rubber bracelets.
- You have ever said, “Gag me with a spoon.”
- You have ever wondered what happened to Saturday morning cartoons.
- You had to get up to change the channel, or had one of those noisy brown clicky boxes.
- You can still sing 1 to 12 from the Pinball machine song on Sesame Street.
- You thought the Thriller video was pretty cool.
- You remember the first time you went in to a video store to rent a movie.
- Canadians watched Romper-Room, Mr. Dress-up, and the Friendly Giant – remember the teeny weeny furniture you wished you had?!
You wore those wide, colorful shoelaces.
- Quiet Riot’s “Come on feel the noise” was the best song – ever.
- You know where “I want my two dollars” came from.
- You still cannot go in to the water because of that damn movie Jaws.
- El Debarge’s “Get a Beat to the Rhythm of the Night” plagued the radio every hour.
- You remember life before minivans and SUVs.
- Cars: Gremlins were cool – Pacers were not!
If you can identify with at least half of this list then you, my friend, are a “Child of the 80s!”