You know you're old when...

[ThePrisoner]

...you get a letter from a candidate for Parliament saying the best way for you to vote is by post, with an application form and post paid envelope included with the letter.
I nearly choked on my Werther's Original. Was going to write to say how cheeky it was but I'm already settled for the night.

 

[Norman_Conquest]

You know you are old when you write Rochdale as our next game instead of Rotherham and can't see what you've done wrong.

 

[red_clowne]

When you realise you're stood outside an open fridge with a drill in your hand

 

[Gramsci]

When grandchildren ask you was Wilf Mannion any good.

 

[1finny]

Met the new Finance Director yesterday
We are going to be in a right financial mess

How the fook can he know any stuff - he looks like a 12 year old

 

[speckyget]

When you realise John Travolta and Olivia Newton John reaching No. 1 with 'You're the One That I Want' represents the chronological mid point between now and Adolf Hitler becoming German Chancellor.

 

[stjohn]

You always have a wee at 8 o'clock every morning but unfortunately don't get up until half past!

 

[1finny]

You always have a wee at 8 o'clock every morning but unfortunately don't get up until half past!

I remember my uncle giving me some wonderful advice about 30 years ago.

’Remember, if you ever **** the bed, get to sleep while it is still hot son’

Wise words

 

[Lottowyn]

When your children are older than your doctor.

 

[NorthumberlandBoro]

You become a regular on FMTTM.

 

[sweet_left_foot]

When parts of the body previously referred to as left and right, become good and bad.

 

[MichaelDebeve]

When someone at work references "The young lads" ....and you painfully realise they aren't talking about you anymore

This happened to me just before Christmas... the wife said "what do you expect, your 37 and work with some 22 year olds"

 

[Scrug]

The other day, I sneezed and tweaked my hamstring.

 

[El Guapo]

Involuntary noises / groans when getting up out of a seat

 

[Littlejimmy]

When you watch old '80s and '90s reruns of Top of the Pops on BBC4 and ask, "what's this rubbish? It's just noise!"

 

[London_Boro]

When you realise that the junior members of staff look bewildered as you're telling them about the seven iconic albums that were released in a 44 day period back in 1991 and say they've heard of a couple of the bands but don't know their music....... as they were born 10 years AFTER these were released!

I feel old..... but mostly sad for them!!

• Metallica – Metallica (The Black Album), August 12, 1991
• Pearl Jam – Ten, August 27, 1991
• Guns N’ Roses – Use Your Illusion I & II, September 17, 1991
• Red Hot Chilli Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik, September 24, 1991
• Soundgarden – Badmotorfinger, September 24, 1991
• Nirvana – Nevermind, September 24, 1991

 

[NorthumberlandBoro]

You no longer fall over, you have a fall.

 

[NorthumberlandBoro]

You get Norman Conquest's musical references.

 

[El Guapo]

You get Norman Conquest's musical references.

Thank fck for that, I’m officially not old yet!!

 

[atypical_boro]

When your niece, whose well into her twenties, doesn't know what 9/11 was, or even 7/7.