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Bold The Things You've Done...
Waited for forty minutes in the rain for a bus and then two come at once.
busses are way frequent in Brighton, so no. And before I lived here I lived in a land where we only had two buses a week...one out of the village on a Tuesday and one back on a Thursday...the most useless service in the world, eva!
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.
was pretty fucking happy about the Tories being ousted though
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.
well, it was my Dad's, but I played
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.
Made a whole orrery once...
Used leaf tea, warmed the teapot, and put the milk in last.
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.
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.
who can possibly have escaped childhood without?
Seen a performance by Morris Dancers.
Many many Morris Dancers. At the annual town Morris Dancing festival. More Morris Dancers than you can shake a jingle-belled-leg at
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.
I sit and chat with the big issue selling guy up my road every week for a bit. He's a lovely man.
Given old clothes/books/stuff to Oxfam.
Been to France on a school trip.
Yup, and had half the class arested for drug trafficking, then had customs take our coach apart and end up getting back home at about 4am, in time to get home and get back to school for our Geography GCSE..great.
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.
Had a parent who stood, most embarrassingly, for local council elections.
Except I didn't find it embarrassing. It was fab. Green Party..wooot!
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.
not every year...once or twice
Consider 'Europe' a foreign country.
Were christened CofE, but have never been to church except for weddings, christenings and funerals.
Never been christened
Had a Sindy doll.
Remember 'Marathon', 'Opal Fruits', 'Jif' and 'Oil of Ulay'.
And Immac!
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'.
Never say "gotten"
Harbour fond memories for the Beano and Dandy
Was a Brownie and then a Girl Guide
was a Girl Guide - a Patrol Leader, no less! Until Me and my entire patrol got thrown out and banned from ever rejoining any part of the organisation. Ooops. And we didn't even frickin' do what we were accused of!
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.
Remember the days when 'Top of the Pops' could make or break a popstar.
Travelled from one end of the country (let's say England) 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
Waited for forty minutes in the rain for a bus and then two come at once.
busses are way frequent in Brighton, so no. And before I lived here I lived in a land where we only had two buses a week...one out of the village on a Tuesday and one back on a Thursday...the most useless service in the world, eva!
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.
was pretty fucking happy about the Tories being ousted though
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.
well, it was my Dad's, but I played
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.
Made a whole orrery once...
Used leaf tea, warmed the teapot, and put the milk in last.
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.
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.
who can possibly have escaped childhood without?
Seen a performance by Morris Dancers.
Many many Morris Dancers. At the annual town Morris Dancing festival. More Morris Dancers than you can shake a jingle-belled-leg at
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.
I sit and chat with the big issue selling guy up my road every week for a bit. He's a lovely man.
Given old clothes/books/stuff to Oxfam.
Been to France on a school trip.
Yup, and had half the class arested for drug trafficking, then had customs take our coach apart and end up getting back home at about 4am, in time to get home and get back to school for our Geography GCSE..great.
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.
Had a parent who stood, most embarrassingly, for local council elections.
Except I didn't find it embarrassing. It was fab. Green Party..wooot!
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.
not every year...once or twice
Consider 'Europe' a foreign country.
Were christened CofE, but have never been to church except for weddings, christenings and funerals.
Never been christened
Had a Sindy doll.
Remember 'Marathon', 'Opal Fruits', 'Jif' and 'Oil of Ulay'.
And Immac!
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'.
Never say "gotten"
Harbour fond memories for the Beano and Dandy
Was a Brownie and then a Girl Guide
was a Girl Guide - a Patrol Leader, no less! Until Me and my entire patrol got thrown out and banned from ever rejoining any part of the organisation. Ooops. And we didn't even frickin' do what we were accused of!
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.
Remember the days when 'Top of the Pops' could make or break a popstar.
Travelled from one end of the country (let's say England) 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