bart Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 Someone sent me this this morning he he Symptoms of being 25+ > >Just kill me now! Those of you feeling slightly sensitive about your age I >would suggest not reading No. 30! > >1. You leave clubs before the end to "beat the rush". > >2. You get more excited about having a roast on a Sunday than going >clubbing. > >3. You stop dreaming of becoming a professional footballer and start >dreaming of having a son who might instead. > >4. Before throwing the local paper away, you look through the property >section. > >5. You prefer Later with Jools Holland to Top of the Pops. > >6. All of a sudden, Tony Blair is not 46, he's only 46. > >7. Before going out anywhere, you ask what the parking is like. > >8. Rather than throw a knackered pair of trainers out, you keep them because >they'll be all right for the garden. > >9. You buy your first ever T-shirt without anything written on it. > >10. Instead of laughing at the innovations catalogue that falls out of the >newspaper, you suddenly see both the benefit and money saving properties of >a plastic winter cover for your garden bench and an electronic mole >repellent for the lawn. Not to mention the plastic man for the car to deter >would-be thieves. > >11. You start to worry about your parents' health. > >12 . Sure, you have more disposable income, but everything you want to buy >costs between 200 and 500 quid. > >14. You don't get funny looks when you buy a Disney video or a Wallace and >Gromit bubble bath, as the sales assistant assumes they are for your child. > >15. Pop music all starts to sound crap. > >16. You opt for Pizza Express over Pizza Hut because they don't have any >pictures on the menus and anyway, they do a really nice half-bottle of house >white. > >17. You become powerless to resist the lure of self-assembly furniture. > >18. You always have enough milk in. > >19. To compensate for the fact that you have little desire to go clubbing, >you instead frequent really loud tapas restaurants and franchise pubs with >wacky names in the mistaken belief that you have not turned into your >parents. > >20. While flicking through the TV channels, you happen upon C4's Time Team >with Tony Robinson. You get drawn in. > >21. The benefits of a pension scheme become clear. > >22. You go out of your way to pick up a colour chart from B&Q. > >23. You wish you had a shed. > >24. You have a shed. > >25. You actually find yourself saying "They don't make 'em like that >anymore" and "I remember when there were only 3 TV >channels" and "Of course, in my day...." > >26. Radio 2 play more songs you know than Radio 1 - and Jimmy Young has some >really interesting guests on. > >27. Instead of tutting at old people who take ages to get off the bus, you >tut at schoolchildren whose diction is poor. > >28. When sitting outside a pub you become envious of their hanging baskets. >(So true!) > >29. You make an effort to be in and out of the curry house by 11. > >30. You come facem to face with your own mortality for the first time, and >the indestructibility of the 20's gives way to a realisation that you are >but passing through this life and if you don't settle down soon and have >kids you'll have no-one to look after you when you're old and frail and >incontinent and you can't go on p**sing your life up against a wall forever >and think of how many brain cells you're destroying every time a swift half >turns into 10 pints, and look at that, a full set of stainless steel >saucepans for 99 quid, they cost as much as 35 each if you buy them >separately, and you get a milk pan thrown in, ... > >31. You find yourself saying "is it cold in here or is it just me?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBerry Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 Good one Daryl ! I especially like n° 15 :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bart Posted February 25, 2004 Author Share Posted February 25, 2004 i did to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blangy Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 ouch i'm 25 :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenjie Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 too many of them fit! :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sternly Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 HICKSY GOT A SHED! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel at his table Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 I'm really happy that I'm 18 :lol: :lol: It's cool :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blangy Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 too many of them fit! :o agrees :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaver Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 HICKSY GOT A SHED! :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sternly Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 HE DOES HAVE ONE :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaver Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 i don't get it :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soleil Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 6. All of a sudden, Tony Blair is not 46, he's only 46 #30 was funny. I say #31 all the time. :/ But I'm still under 25 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StupidIntel Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 :( Maybe my parents lied to me about my age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noni Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 All of them are so true, aaaaaargh!!! I'm obsessed about feeling old and, damn it!!, I'm reading Bridget Jones and that doesn't help me!! :( :( :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycdplayerisbroke Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 good thing im not 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noni Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 Yeah, lucky you!! I have a hard krysis when I turn into 25... :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycdplayerisbroke Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 im there for you noni :kiss: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noni Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 Well, what I meant is that 'I HAD a krysis...' but, that's nice, Eric, thanks!! :blush: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycdplayerisbroke Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 haha i feel like a nerd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noni Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 Noooo, it was my fault... By the way, what 'nerd' means? :dozey: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycdplayerisbroke Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 nerd = loser, dork, etc i cant describe it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noni Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 Aaaah, ok... thanks for the info *saves nerd as new word to use* But you're not a nerd, then!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycdplayerisbroke Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 yeah i am! hitting on a 26 year old? cmon now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noni Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 Well, who knows... Maybe I'm not 26 and I lied in my profile... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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