Gacked from derryderrydown

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Bold the things you have done....italics are my commentary


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. Or indeed, to have any point whatsoever.

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.
Once, when camping, my mum made me and my brother go out when it was hailing *ice-cubes*, to collect them, so we could boil potatoes.

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. It was an N-gauge, as opposed to the O-gauge that everybody else had.
Well, we had my dad's...

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.
I was never that naive...

Made Heath Robinson-esque sculptures out of Meccano.

Used leaf tea, warmed the teapot, and put the milk in last.

Been taken to 'The Nutcracker' as a Christmas treat.
Just about every year.

Taken ballet lessons. And Highland, and gymnastics, and riding...

Been to a panto.

Read Noddy books as a child.

Had riding lessons and joined the Pony Club.
Never joined the club,but had lessons.

Watched 'Blue Peter' twice a week, every week, for at least five years. Simon Groom, Peter Duncan and Sarah Greene or Janet Ellis.
I wasn't that much of a viewer, but I probably caught it a few times a month.

Know that 'Dr Who' had an existence prior to his incarnation as Tom Baker.
Oh, yes. And watched them all, too.

Consider 'Blake's 7' the apotheosis of British TV science fiction.
Well, I don't know about that... maybe? Except what about Doctor Who? And Red Dwarf? Oh, it's so hard to say.

Had nits.
And know that the only way to get rid of them is patience, a bowl of water and a good nit-comb.

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.
Yes, though I don't know if it counts. One died before I was born and the other was German...

Know that the Second World War started in 1939, not 1941.

Have parents/grandparents who remember the Blitz and rationing.
My mum blames her "wash the mould off and it'll be fine" (actual quote!) mentality on this.

Been hunt sabbing. Been hunting but not hunt sabbing. And I rather wish I could go hunting again.

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.)

Carry an umbrella for more than three hundred days a year.
I don't do this now, and I live in Japan, where brollies are carried for rain, snow and sun.

Had a parent who stood, most embarrassingly, for local council elections.

Managed to live in the UK but not visit all of its constituent counties.

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 in rockpools. Well, I generally went to the seaside but it was in the Caribbean, so I don't think it counts.

Consider 'Europe' a foreign country.

Were christened CofE, but have never been to church except for weddings, christenings and funerals.

Had a Sindy doll.

Remember 'Marathon', 'Opal Fruits', 'Jif' and 'Oil of Ulay'.

Consider fish 'n' chips a basic food staple, not a Quaint British Novelty.
I would cheerfully main for good fish and chips, with salt and vinegar and maybe ketchup or mayo.

Had curry sauce on your chips.

Don't celebrate St Patrick's Day.

Never say "gotten"

Harbour fond memories for the Beano and Dandy

Was a Brownie and then a Girl Guide.
Nope, I was in the Woodcraft Folk. Mixed, boys and girls, and we only had to wear a green shirt as the uniform. Still got a few badges, mind.

Watched Hetty Wainthrope the first time it was shown and thought little Geoffrey was sweet.

Remember Kathy Gale (Honor Blackman) in the Avengers.

Get ALL the jokes in Monty Python.

In addition:

Remember the days when 'Top of the Pops' could make or break a popstar.

Travelled from one end of the country to the other in one day and called it a long but do-able journey.

Used a racist term and then paused, waiting for someone to come arrest you for being un-PC.

Cried when we lost the World Cup in football (that game with a round ball and two goals, NOT the American version of rugby).
No, I was just a little bitter. Plus, in my family, we tend to support by degrees-of-Arsenal. Thus, a French victory means we had a pretty good win, a Swedish one means a mild win... and so on and so forth.

Greeted news of someone's trauma with "I'll put the kettle on."

Can quote from any of the following: Allo Allo, Red Dwarf, Brittas Empire, League of Gentlemen, Black Adder