(this is a little long, but funny)

"Alternative" music actually was...and not popular Top 40 tunes.

"Ca-vey Wa-vey!" means anything to you.

"Celebration" by Kool & the Gang was one of the hot new songs when you first heard it at a school dance

"Poltergeist" totally freaked you out.

(Girls) You owned a pair of Pixie Boots, generally worn with leg warmers.

At one point during your teenage years, you walked with a noticeable tilt to one side due to the number of plastic rings on that arm.

Atari, IntelliVision, TelStar and Coleco were the ultimate gaming systems to own.

Cerise pink, electric blue and banana yellow have ever featured in your wardrobe or make-up collection.

Dungeons & Dragons was your favorite cartoon.

Four-square was THE playground game.

Guys: You remember when a guy piercing his ear was radical to the max, but did it anyhow.

If you ever said "I pity the fool".

In many of your childhood photos you are wearing something plaid.

Jelly bracelets & shoes!

Leg warmers and headbands alá Pat Benatar once looked really cool to you.

Never let them see you sweat.

Once, while spending hours in the arcade, you actually lined up quarters on the top panel of the game -- to "reserve" your spot.

One word: Izod.

Ooh, you could crush a Grape!

Parachuting Action man was your favorite toy.

Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.

Pierce Brosnon will always be Remington Steele, not James Bond.

Poltergeist freaked you out.

Punks actually "shocked" people.

Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you actually learned the English language

Spend a majority of your time in your late 20s & early 30s obsessing over how much better things were "back then".

The Dark Crystal is still one of your favorite movies.

The first time you ever kissed someone at a dance fell during "Crazy for You" by Madonna

The phrase "Where's the beef?" still doubles you over with laughter

The TV movie "The Day After" still scares the heck out of you.

There were at least three people in your school that voluntarily went by the names of "Skip" "Buffy" "Muffy" or "Dexter."

You thought eating Reese's Pieces would attract your own Alien.

There were days that the homework just had to wait until the ABC Afterschool Special was over.

This rings a bell: "and my name, is Charlie. They work for me."

U2 is too "popular" and "mainstream" for you now

When someone mentions two consecutive days of the week, the Happy Days theme is stuck in your head for hours on end.

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.

Words: "Atari" "IntelliVision" and "Coleco". Sound familiar?

You actually believed for a minute that K.I.T. (The night rider) actually was real.

You actually know who Rick Springfield is

You actually saw Ted Danson as the MacDaddy he played "Sam" to be.

You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the care-bear stare.

You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.

You always wondered why Tootie always wore those skates.

You are still baffled by the "day glo" clothing trend.

You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"

You can name at least half of the members of the elite "Brat Pack."

You can remember Michael Jackson when he was black.

You can remember watching Full House and Saved by the Bell for endless hours.

You can remember what Quatro tasted like.

You can sing the McDonald's Big Mack Filet-o-fish, quarter pounder, French Fry song while jump roping.

You can still sing the rap to "Fresh Prince of Belair".

You can, right now, hum to yourself the theme to 'Inspector Gadget'

You can't remember a time when "going out for coffee" DIDN'T involve 49,000 selections to choose from.

You can't remember a time when "hitting the outlet stores" didn't mean going to an electrical warehouse

You can't remember when the word "networking" didn't have a computer connotation to it as well

You carried a big colored comb in your back pocket.

You carried you lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunchbox.

You chewed Dr. Pepper bubble gum.

You could break dance, or wish you could.

You could go through a case of Aqua Net hairspray in a week.

You could have got away with it if it hadn't been for those meddling kids.

You cried at Zammo's funeral.

You even wore fluorescent, neon if you will, clothing.

You ever did the top toggle of your coat up around your neck without having your arms in the sleeves, and knew you looked like a super-hero.

You ever dressed to emulate a person you saw in either a Duran Duran, Madonna, or Cyndi Lauper video.

You ever had a Swatch Watch, and a Swatch Guard for it.

You ever had more than 10 sweets in a 10p mix-up.

You ever owned a pair of "Pop-Wheels"—that handy little combination of shoe and roller skate that lasted about a year on the open market.

You ever owned a thin, black leather tie (and were proud of it), or worse it was patterned like a piano.

You ever owned one of those embarrassing crimping irons.

You ever said "It's my ball, and if I can't be Kevin Keegan I'm going home!"

You ever uttered the word "Radical!"

You ever wanted to be gagged with a spoon.

You ever wore fluorescent—neon if you will—clothing...

You fell out with friends during heated arguments about the relative merits of Matt & Luke.

You fell victim to 80's fashion: big hair, crimped, combed over to the side, and you wore spandex pants.

You freaked out a little when you realized you fall into the "26-50" category of most surveys.

You got a Little Professor calculator for Christmas.

You had a crush on Bo Derek.

You had a crush on Jon Bon Jovi, or know someone who did.

You had a crush on one of the Corey's (Haim or Feldman).

You had a crush on one of the New Kids on the Block members.

You had a poster of Rob Lowe, Kirk Cameron, Michael J. Fox or Don Johnson on your wall.

You had a Swatch Watch with the Swatch Guard.

You had MALL Hair.

You had slouch socks, and puff painted your own shirt at least once.

You had to come in the house when the street lights came on.

You HAD to have your MTV.

You had to stay after class to scrub your desk because your silver Outliner pen leaked through.

You had top-of-the-line Commodore 64s in your jr. high computer lab

You had Wonder Woman or Superman underoos.

You have a tendency to turn the collar up on your Polo shirts.

You have ever called 867-5309.

You have ever danced (or even worse cried) to Kylie & Jason.

You have ever po-goed or space-hopped.

You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female Smurf.

You have heard of "Garbage Pail Kids" (and perhaps still have a collection of them).

You have seen at least 10 episodes of Fraggle Rock.

You have worn a Banana Clip, or knew someone who did.

You held the top score on Pac-Man.

You hid out behind the gym during recess to read "Are you there God, it’s me Margaret?" with your friends.

You hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future."

You inserted the word "like" into, like, every sentence.

You jammed to the Miami Vice theme and thought Jan Hammer was cool.

You just had to have a Trapper Keeper to stay organized at school.

You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince."