You are a true child of the 80s if you ...

You Remember Now compilations that had the pig on the front cover.

When you went on holiday to the seaside you stood on the breakwater trying to do a crane kick.

You never questioned why the A-Team were always imprisoned in places that had sufficient tools to build an armoured tank .

You remember Knight Rider, Airwolf and Street Hawk theme tunes.

You wish you were one of Chockys Children.

You've ever said "bright light, bright light" in a strange high-pitched voice.

You know the theme tune and the names of all the actors and characters in Dallas & Dynasty.

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

You owned, or wanted a "Frankie says..." T-shirt.

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

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

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 remember when the A-Ha video was the pinnacle of modern technology, and you can still sing all the words.

Your first crush was on Daisy, Luke or Bo. Parachuting Action man was your favourite toy.

(Girls) Your best party dress was either a ra-ra or puff-ball skirt.

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

You wondered why a popular kids TV programme told you to "Turn off your TV set and go and do some less boring instead".

You have ever po-goed or space-hopped.

You remember watching a house inhabited by a jester, a pantomime horse and a woman who sneezed, and thinking that this was perfectly normal.

You tried to set up a "Famous Five" or "Secret Seven" gang with your school friends.

You thought ABBA were cool, the first time round!

You tried to convince your Dad to fit a strip of red lights of the front of his Capri so it looked like KITT.

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

You've ever seen a girl, a clown and noughts and crosses on your TV.

Remmington makes you think of something other than shaving equipment.

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

Not only did you wear luminous clothing, but they were mismatched with fingerless gloves and towelling socks.

When Yoda said "There is another Skywalker" you wished he was talking about you.

Wearing your hair like buns on the sides of your head seemed like a good fashion statement.

You remember when Betamax was at the cutting edge of technology.

Conveyor belts regularly carried washing machines, deep-fat fryers and a cuddly toy.

You hid behind the sofa whenever you heard the word Exterminate!

Vimto or Dandelion & Burdoch ever featured in your diet.

You were really pleased when Pacman got a girlfriend.

You grew up believing that filing cabinets and telephone boxes possessed magical powers of transformation.

After ET, you wanted a Speak & Spell even though you were top of your class.

Your new winter coat was best used to demonstrate that your wings were like a shield of steal.

You remember when PC had one meaning, rather than three.

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

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

(Boys) You owned a pair of pale grey slip-ons, generally worn with white towelling socks! Shiny grey flecked suits?!

You grew up in Trumpton, Chiggly or Candlewick Green.

You've rolled the sleeves of your suit jacket up.

You ve ever held a chicken in the air, or stuck a deckchair up your nose.

You went to school with Pogo Patterson, Gripper Stebson, and Ro-land.

Long scarves, K9, and a time-travelling police box ring any bells.

Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy have ever featured on your Saturday afternoon.

You wore legwarmers, tried to do the splits while jumping in the air, while singing you were going to live forever.

Fingermouse?!

You were proud of your picture appearing in the Gallery, just before watching a lump of plastercine who couldnt speak English.

You fantasised about those girls from that Robert Palmer video.

Jan Hammer and the theme to Miami Vice were just too cool!

Trains, in Wales, went Pshh-t-cuf, pshh-t-cuf, pshh-t-cuf, pshh-t-cuf, pshh-t-cuf.

You know all the words to Hey Mickey (well nobody knows past the first verse anyway).

Stringfellow Hawke was your hero.

You remember Look In magazine, and when it was only 20p.

You wondered why you and your mates never encountered diamond thieves whilst out on your BMXs.

No 73?

You can remember what Quatro tasted like.

You want some Beef Jerky my friend?

Your favourite baddie was The Cunning Transfer.

Your best mate had a soda stream at home and you were jealous.

The Yuppie next door caught you nicking the VW badge off his Golf Gti.

You remember mobile phones that had briefcase size battery packs attached.

You cringed everytime your parents reminisced about the popular culture of their youth.

Supergran.

Metal Mickey.

Fizz Bombs.

Stay press trousers.

You ran around the playground saying "We came we sawwe kicked ass".

You remember that spiky flat-tops were the rave after Top Gun.

You used to laugh at a hairy sock called Alf.

You know what a Doozer is.

Glow-worms.

You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.

You actually thought Dirty Dancing was a REALLY good movie.

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

You know where to go if you wanna go where everybody knows your name.

You Believed that By the power of Greyskull you HAD the power.

You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.

You know who Max Headroom is.

You know the profound meaning of Wax on Wax off.

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