Symptoms of being over 25

[iggy1966]

> > SYMPTOMS OF BEING OVER 25
> >
> > 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 50, he's only 50.
> >
> > 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 make an effort to be in and out of the curry house by 11.
> >
> > 12. Sure, you have more disposable income, but everything you want
to
>buy
> > costs between 200 and 500 quid.
> >
> > 13. 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.
> >
> > 14. Pop music all starts to sound crap.
> >
> > 15. 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.
> >
> > 16. You become powerless to resist the lure of self-assembly
furniture.
> >
> > 17. You always have enough milk in.
> >
> > 18. 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.
> >
> > 19. While flicking through the TV channels, you happen upon C4's
Time
>Team
> > with Tony Robinson. You get drawn in.
> >
> > 20. The benefits of a pension scheme become clear.
> >
> > 21. You go out of your way to pick up a colour chart from B&Q.
> >
> > 22. You wish you had a shed.
> >
> > 23. You have a shed.
> >
> > 24. 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...."
> >
> > 25. Radio 2 play more songs you know than Radio 1 - and Jeremy Vine
has
> > some really interesting guests on.
> >
> > 26. Instead of tutting at old people who take ages to get off the
bus,
>you
> > tut at schoolchildren whose diction is poor.
> >
> > 27. When sitting outside a pub you become envious of their hanging
> > baskets.
> >
> > 28. You come face to face with your own mortality for the first
time,
>and
> > the indestructibility of the 20s 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 ...

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