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- Waited for forty minutes in the rain for a bus and then two come at once.
- Fought someone bodily for the last packet of butterscotch Angel Delight in the convenience store.
- Failed to find Last of the Summer Wine at all amusing.
- Danced with delight the morning after a general election.
- Shouted at Radio 4.
- Bought Marks & Spencer's underwear. 
- Made bubble and squeak.
- Complained about the weather.
- Stood in the doorway or by the window gazing out at rain/snow/hail as though it were a new phenomenon.
- Tried to use a public loo and been forced to walk out again and cross your legs till you got home due to sheer disgustingness of same.
- Had a Hornby train set.
- Said 'ah well, mustn't grumble'.
- Honestly believed that Marmite is an actual foodstuff.
- Thought that cider was a girlie drink and only realised the error the day after, when that whole hideous karaoke striptease incident comes flooding back and you realise you're wearing someone else's pants.
- Made Heath Robinson-esque sculptures out of Meccano.
- Used leaf tea, warmed the teapot, and put the milk in last. - now, milk in last is just *daft*, because if it's off, you've wasted a whole cup of tea, as any fule kno.
- Been taken to 'The Nutcracker' as a Christmas treat.
- Taken ballet lessons.
- Been to a panto.
- Read Noddy books as a child.
- Had riding lessons and joined the Pony Club.
- Watched 'Blue Peter' twice a week, every week, for at least five years. Maybe not five years.
- Know that 'Dr Who' had an existence prior to his incarnation as Tom Baker.
- Consider 'Blake's 7' the apotheosis of British TV science fiction.
- Had nits.
- Seen a performance by Morris Dancers.
- Been to the Glastonbury festival.
- Said 'bollocks' a lot.
- Played on an old Second World War bombsite as a child.
- Had a father/grandfather who fought in the War but never talked about it.
- Know that the Second World War started in 1939, not 1941.
- Have parents/grandparents who remember the Blitz and rationing.
- Been hunt sabbing.
- Played in a children's playground floored with SOLID CONCRETE!
- Been stuck on the Tube for more than 20 minutes for no reason that is ever divulged to anyone.
- Gone Christmas shopping in Harrods/Selfridges.
- Bought the Big Issue.
- Given old clothes/books/stuff to Oxfam.
- Been to France on a school trip.
- Made a crown for a nativity play with old-style Rowntree's Fruit Gums.
- Made anything from a Blue Peter programme. (Bonus points if you attempted the comedy Christmas Wreath using M&S food bags.) Tracy Island! Yeah!
- Carry an umbrella for more than three hundred days a year. (How else are you supposed to make sure it doesn't rain?)
- Had a parent who stood, most embarrassingly, for local council elections.
- Managed to live in the UK but not visit all of its constituent countries. Despite my (slightly) Scottish heritage, I've never been there.
- Been to a foreign supermarket and stocked up on Nutella to a ludicrous extent.
- Been on a booze cruise to Calais.
- Holidayed at the seaside every year and caught crabs (THE SHELLFISH THANK YOU VERY MUCH!) in rockpools.
- Consider 'Europe' a foreign country. (Okay, a collection of foreign countries.)
- Were christened CofE, but have never been to church except for weddings, christenings and funerals. I was christened Presbyterian, and I used to go to chapel an awful lot.
- Had a Sindy doll. quite a few, actually.
- Remember 'Marathon', 'Opal Fruits', 'Jif' and 'Oil of Ulay'.
- Consider fish 'n' chips a basic food staple, not a Quaint British Novelty.
- Had curry sauce on your chips. 
- Don't celebrate St Patrick's Day. Still less call him 'St Pat', 'St Paddy' or, as I have seen today, 'St Patty'. Nothing against it, but I've never really celebrated it as such.