Ten ways to tell if you're a Geezer

1 You can't watch a football match without wearing a Burberry peaked cap

2 Your cocktail of choice is a Turbo Shandy (Smirnoff Ice plus half a lager) or a Green Goddess (a Blue WKD plus half a lager)

3 If someone called you an Arndale Rat or a Kappa Slapper you'd hit them for not showing you nuff respec

4 A quiet night out will see you spend at least £60. And that's just the booze

5 When you hear Three Lions you get tearful and know things will never be as good as 1996 again

6 You know the names of every person in your local and play for the pub's Sunday team

7 When you wear your tracksuit bottoms you tuck them into your socks so people can see your £140 trainers

8 You folically adjust yourself to match Becks' or Posh's changing hairstyles

9 There's no point clicking onto the Friends Reunited website - all your mates still live in the same town as you

10 You believe university students fulfil a necessary function - serving you drinks when you're on the lash


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Ten ways to tell if you're a Geezer

This article was first published on guardian.co.uk at 08.06 BST on Sunday June 08 2003. It appeared in the Observer on Sunday June 08 2003 on p3 of the News section. It was last updated at 08.06 BST on Monday June 09 2003.

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