1. You did the King Tut Strut on skates at Holiday or Foothill Skate.
2. You know that the lyrics of Duran Duran, Pat Benatar, Madonna, Van Halen, and Cyndi Lauper are all prophetic truth.
3. You knew the design differences between a Big Wheel and a Green Machine.
4. You know the profound meaning of “WAX ON, WAX OFF“.
5. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off and his cheeks shifted.
6. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.
7. You remember boom boxes. and walking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that.
8. You owned a banana clip.
9. You remember “Where’s the Beef?“
10. You had big hair and you knew how to use it.
11. You wouldn’t miss The Dukes of Hazzard on Friday nights, and you were happy when you were finally old enough to stay up late enough to watch Fantasy Island.
12. You owned a Swatch Watch.
13. You had the original Atari game system. And it came from Sears or Best.
14. You begged your mom for a Member’s Only jacket, and it had to come from Mervyns.
15. You remember using a rotary dial phone to call your friends.
16. You played Jungle Hunt or Defender at Romano’s Pizza.
17. You actually believed that Mikey, famed kid on the Life cereal commercials, died after eating Pop Rocks and drinking a Coke.
18. The ‘real’ name of those shirts was Alligator Shirts, not Izod, and you wore them with the collar up.
19. You remember when acid washed jeans were cool.
20. You remember “Friday Night Videos” before the days of MTV.
21. You remember that music that was labeled “alternative” really was.
22. You’re starting to believe that having the kids go to school all year wouldn’t be such a bad idea after all.
