You know you’re old when ...

The programme you’re watching is sponsored by Voltarol.

Noodler

I’m delighted to think I must be really young as I don’t know what Voltarol is.

supplyagain

Either that or you’re so decrepit you’ve forgotten what it is.

lardylady

You remember your first Olympic experience was listening to the commentary on the radio.

tidal

You kneel on an imaginary bench, fall on to the cooker and burn your arm in two places. No, I wasn’t drunk at the time.

sparklepig2002

You start sentences with, “In my day” or “The problem with young people today is”.

youareworthit

You remember the poverty the last Tory government caused.

Bauble

You remember butter being sold out of small wooden barrels in the Co-op.

bobvincent

One son is going grey and the other is going bald.

lindenlea

You can honestly say you don’t really know what your wife’s natural hair colour was.

bobvincent

Your childhood is now used in history lessons.

robyn147

Your first tricycle is in a museum.

coaltown1

You have to ask the question before going to a gig: “Is it sitting down?”

vannie

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