20 signs you’ve watched too many British sitcoms growing up!

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20 signs you’ve watched too many British sitcoms growing up!

1) You don’t mention the war; you mentioned it once but think you’ve got away with it.
2) “Don’t tell him your name, Pike” is the funniest punch line ever written … Ever!
3) This time next year, you’ll be a millionaire.
4) You say “I’m free” whenever anyone asks if you are available.
5) Sod the Playstation three; you’ve always wanted a Metal Mickey.
6) In your mind’s eye, you know exactly what the house at Railway Cuttings in East Cheam looks like.
7) You don’t need subtitles when watching ”Rab C. Nesbitt”.
8) Your cunning plans are better than Baldrick’s
9) You’ve always thought that you are more like Terry Collier than Bob Ferris.
10) You wonder what Tristram Fourmile is doing now.
11) Your crush on Sally Abbott was only broken by Miss Brahms
12) You was never confused, mind you, It’s been a year.
13) You have the highest post count on the http://www.classicsitcoms.co.uk forums.
14) You maintain that Foggy was the definitive third man.
15) At one point, all of your t-shirts had the slogan “Smoke me a kipper ..”
16) The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies is kept under your bed.
17) You wanted Terry Scott and June Whitfield to adopt you.
18) Your political activism is confined to applying to join the Tooting Popular Front.
19) Your school memories are confused with Fenn Street school.
20) You stay awake at night wondering why Stan from On The Buses still lives with his mother.
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  • meelymunchmeelymunch Posts: 384
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    17/20 for me - so i guess i must have watched too many !
  • SentenzaSentenza Posts: 12,114
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    Come the glorious day anyone who writes a sitcom like My Hero willl be first up against the wall.
  • GulftasticGulftastic Posts: 127,389
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    19 and 20 are the ones that let it down for me.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 280
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    15...I didn't have SMAKIBBFB, I had The Committee for the Liberation and Integration of Terrifying Organisms and their Rehabilitation Into Society...

    The front was less subtle...
  • mathertronmathertron Posts: 30,083
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    better smeg than dead
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,796
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    Better dead than smeg. Series 6, episode 6, Out of Time. :)
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 6,400
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    21 everytime you hear a police van go scurrying past you remark to your wife / child 'They wont sell much ice cream going at that speed'

    22 everytime you see Andre Previn , you always call him Andre Preview

    23 When someone mentions the French , you always remember the conversation in Mainwarings office with Wilson that they are 'not very good after lunch'

    24 Everytime you see some bird with thick rimmed oval glasses , your dying to shout out 'ERE ARFUR!'

    25 When your sat on a bus & its stood at a bus stop for ages you start whistling the the theme tune to On The Buses

    26 When you see Christime Blaeakley, Michelle Heaton & Katie Price & instantly recollect the faces on Jones, Godfrey & Frazer in Dads Army 'Keep Young & Beautiful'

    27 When you go in a bed shop & see a water bed & instantly think of Harold & Albert in the Bayswater bedorama or any of the scenes when Albert rips the bed

    28 When you go into a nightclu & its full of blokes & to quote Kirk St Morritz from Dear John' Its The Oscar Wilde Suite'

    29 When you go to a 21st , wedding etc & the DJ is in the corner , youre just dying for him to say 'Bugaloo' , 'Get On Down' & ask him to play 'The Green Door' by Shakin Stevens.

    :)
  • Weeping DreamsWeeping Dreams Posts: 4,434
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    I didn't get where I am today by watching too many sitcoms whilst growing up.:)
  • FizzbinFizzbin Posts: 36,827
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    22 everytime you see Andre Previn , you always call him Andre Preview

    24 Everytime you see some bird with thick rimmed oval glasses , your dying to shout out 'ERE ARFUR!'

    27 When you go in a bed shop & see a water bed & instantly think of Harold & Albert in the Bayswater bedorama or any of the scenes when Albert rips the bed

    :)
    All of these, but especially no. 22. :D I always refer to him as Andre Preview.

    30: Every time you have Lentil Soup, you imagine Neil from The Young Ones has cooked it.

    31: You decide to start growing your own vegetables, inspired to be self sufficient like Tom and Barbara Good.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,492
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    I understand - 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,12,13,15,16,17,18,20,21,23,24,25,27,

    6,10,11,14,19,22,26,28,29 :confused::confused::confused:
  • FroodFrood Posts: 13,180
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    Fizzbin wrote: »
    All of these, but especially no. 22. :D I always refer to him as Andre Preview.

    Me too:D

    31. You have at some point in your life used the expression "tho but, canny lad, tho but!"

    32. If you here someone referred to as 'Miss Jones' you immediately repeat it in your head in Rigsby's voice.

    33. You see Sidney Potier and immediately think "hey, it's Sidney Potter'.

    34. When someone comes up with an idea you contemplate saying "Do you really think that's wise, sir?"

    35. After something goes wrong you think "we're doomed, doomed."

    36. The name 'Bob' always brings a smile to your face.
  • GlenLGlenL Posts: 1,042
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    37. when hearing something vaguely smutty, you mimic a Sid James laugh.
    38. You occasionally greet people with the phrase 'Good Moaning'
  • Andy BirkenheadAndy Birkenhead Posts: 13,450
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    39. You say to a Blood Donor : "A pint ?? That's very nearly an armfull !"
    40. When you do something successfully, you raise your arms and shout "JURASSIC PARK !"
  • AppleTangoAppleTango Posts: 1,893
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    2) “Don’t tell him your name, Pike” is the funniest punch line ever written … Ever!

    That wasn't even the line.
  • FroodFrood Posts: 13,180
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    41. When you see a gorilla you immediately think 'Gerald?'

    42. When you see pigeon on a restaurant menu or in a recipe you immediately think 'Speckled Jim!'
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,796
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    43. When you name your cat Vienna.
  • FroodFrood Posts: 13,180
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    43. When you name your cat Vienna.

    When you name your cat Ponsonby!
  • angelafisherangelafisher Posts: 4,150
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    IIRC "They are the right notes, just not necessarily in the right order"

    and yes, I always think of him as Andre Preview. What a good sport he was!
  • angelafisherangelafisher Posts: 4,150
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    Frood wrote: »
    41. When you see a gorilla you immediately think 'Gerald?'

    42. When you see pigeon on a restaurant menu or in a recipe you immediately think 'Speckled Jim!'

    "When I met Gerald he was wild"

    "Wild, I was livid!"

    I can see me being addicted to this thread!!
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 609
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    oh no, I do some of these things too. I shout I'm free! and very often get "them looks" in the office, and I always say Good Moaning. I bet people think I'm a nutter! :D
  • FrangipangeFrangipange Posts: 88
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    44. You can't look at a slug without being tempted to try to balance it on your top lip.
  • CharlieCharlie Posts: 1,777
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    22 everytime you see Andre Previn , you always call him Andre Preview

    :)

    Sorry to be a pedant but wasn't it Andrew Preview? :D
  • Mrs SprattMrs Spratt Posts: 4,072
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    AppleTango wrote: »
    That wasn't even the line.

    And Andre Preview wasn't in a sitcom.

    So? :p

    Funny thread! :D
  • Billy_ValueBilly_Value Posts: 22,920
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    21 everytime you hear a police van go scurrying past you remark to your wife / child 'They wont sell much ice cream going at that speed'

    22 everytime you see Andre Previn , you always call him Andre Preview

    23 When someone mentions the French , you always remember the conversation in Mainwarings office with Wilson that they are 'not very good after lunch'

    24 Everytime you see some bird with thick rimmed oval glasses , your dying to shout out 'ERE ARFUR!'

    25 When your sat on a bus & its stood at a bus stop for ages you start whistling the the theme tune to On The Buses

    26 When you see Christime Blaeakley, Michelle Heaton & Katie Price & instantly recollect the faces on Jones, Godfrey & Frazer in Dads Army 'Keep Young & Beautiful'

    27 When you go in a bed shop & see a water bed & instantly think of Harold & Albert in the Bayswater bedorama or any of the scenes when Albert rips the bed

    28 When you go into a nightclu & its full of blokes & to quote Kirk St Morritz from Dear John' Its The Oscar Wilde Suite'

    29 When you go to a 21st , wedding etc & the DJ is in the corner , youre just dying for him to say 'Bugaloo' , 'Get On Down' & ask him to play 'The Green Door' by Shakin Stevens.

    :)

    the OP said 20 not 29 you've ruined the thread :D
  • GlenLGlenL Posts: 1,042
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    43. When you name your cat Vienna.
    Frood wrote: »
    When you name your cat Ponsonby!

    When you refer to your cat as 'my pussy'
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