How to tell if you are a Londoner?

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  1. You say “the City” and expect everyone to know which one.
  2. You have never been to The Tower of London or Madame Tussauds but love Brighton
  3. You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Shepherds Bush to Elephant & Castle at 3:30 on the Friday before a long weekend, but can’t find Dorset on a map.
  4. Hookers and the homeless are invisible.
  5. You step over people who collapse on the Tube.
  6. You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multilingual.
  7. You’ve considered stabbing someone.
  8. Your door has more than three locks.
  9. You consider eye contact an act of overt aggression.
  10. You call an 8’ x 10’ plot of patchy grass a garden.
  11. You consider Essex the “countryside”.
  12. You think Hyde Park is “nature”.
  13. You’re paying £1,200 a month for a studio the size of a walk-in wardrobe and you think it’s a “bargain”.
  14. Shopping in suburban supermarkets and shopping malls gives you a severe attack of agoraphobia.
  15. You pay more each month to park your car than most people in the UK pay in rent.
  16. You pay £3 without blinking for a beer that cost the bar 28p.
  17. You actually take fashion seriously.
  18. You have 27 different take-away menus next to your telephone.
  19. The UK west of Heathrow is still theoretical to you.
  20. You’re suspicious of strangers who are actually nice to you.
  21. Your idea of personal space is no one actually physically standing on you.
  22. £50 worth of groceries fit in one plastic bag.
  23. You have a minimum of five “worst cab ride ever” stories.
  24. You don’t hear sirens anymore.
  25. You’ve mentally blocked out all thoughts of the city’s air/water quality and what it’s doing to your insides.
  26. You live in a building with a larger population than most towns.
  27. Your cleaner is Portugese, your grocer is Somali, your butcher is Halal, your deli man is Israeli, your landlord is Italian, your laundry guy is Philippino, your bartender is Australian, your favourite diner owner is Greek, the watch seller on your corner is Senegalese, your last cabbie was African, your newsagent is Indian and your local English chippie owner is Turkish.
  28. You wouldn’t want to live anywhere else until you get married.
  29. You roll your eyes and say ‘tsk’ at the news that someone has thrown themselves under a tube train.
  30. Your day is ruined if you don’t get a copy of Metro on the way to work.
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That is spot on… But boy do i love living in the best city in the world

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Funny. Especially the Elephant & Castle, we’ve all been there…

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Sorry, must be me but not many relevant to me.

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  1. You consider eye contact an act of overt aggression.

I love going on the underground and saying hello to everyone and looking 'em in the eye when I do it

You townies are bleedin’ odd y’know…

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Thankfully only a few of those are true, for me. Good list

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no matter where you are in london, the ACE is only just down the road…

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Are you kidding? lol

I think it is 1 of the poxiest rides going, from se london/bermondsey.

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Most of it makes sense… good one

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  1. You pay £3 without blinking for a beer that cost the bar 28p.

  2. You don’t hear sirens anymore.

  3. You’ve mentally blocked out all thoughts of the city’s air/water quality and what it’s doing to your insides.

Too true! Much too true…

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Dont drink the water, but I heard on the radio his morning(Time FM) how to avoid being stabbed.

1: Dont go down Dark alleys

2: avoid gangs of youths

3: dont make eye contact as it might be seen as a challenge

Tell us something new

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No one says please or thank you!!! Gits!

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man, i’m such a londoner!

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I second Flick, You gotta love this city

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Yup too true!

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Thank one is right up there with the ‘how to tell if a girl fancies you…’

If a girl touches her brest while making eye contact, this is an indication she desires sexual intercource with you…

or

Her bra is chaffing and you got a big spot on your nose.

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LOL, That is very funny…

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I love this one, an oldie but a goodie :smiley:

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-What country do Halals come from?

-Have I missed the apparently typical London sight of watch sellers on corners?

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Halal meat is the muslim version of Kosher I believe, loads round bayswater and edware road.