... you've bought stationery at Trago Mills

... you think Exeter's a big city

... you can tell sheep from goats

... and straw from hay (obviously!)

... you once went to Totnes for the day and returned three weeks later, very happy, but with no idea why

... you think London's 'up north'

... the smell of cow shit makes you feel at home

... everywhere else in the UK feels cold

... you have a friend who lives on a farm

... you live on a farm

... you know and love Massey Ferguson

... you learnt to drive in a field or on a beach

... you live in a cottage

... your home has a thatched roof

... you've been stuck behind a stupid tourist on a country lane

... you saw the total eclipse in '99

... your local newspaper's lead story is 'cow falls off bridge'

... you turned to drink, drugs or heavy metal at an early age

... you know the best sledging to be had is at Haytor

... your friends say you sound like a farmer

... you have nothing to do after 5:30pm

... you think pink wellies are a fashion statement

... you know 'Cornish' pasties are actually from Devon

... you've boiled / frozen / been washed away during Ten Tors

... you know how to walk over a cattle grid

... you want to know who came up with 'take moor care'

... you know all about 'letterboxing' (but wish you didn't)

... you watch 'Spotlight' (and know Teresa Driscoll, Justin Leigh, Russel Labey, Craig Rich and the gang )

... you've been pony trekking

... 'short and choppy on the North coast' makes total sense to you

... you think nothing of grass growing in the middle of the road

... your town is 'the gem of south Devon' or 'the English Riviera' despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary*

... you think a barn dance is a wild night out

... until you went on holiday, the tallest building you had ever seen was Debenhams in Exeter

... you've reversed for 3 miles when you met a stubborn tourist on a country lane

... it takes you 4 times longer to drive anywhere between May and September

... you carry an umbrella everywhere even when it's 35 degrees (because it WILL start to hail randomly)

... you're a closet fan of The Wurzels

... your second cousin is also your sister's stepmother

... your neighbours' average age is 76

... your best friend goes joyriding in tractors

... your parents regularly thanked God for Crealy Country Park and Woodlands

... your teachers regularly thanked God for Paignton Zoo, Buckfast Abbey, Morwellham Quay and the legendary House of Marbles

... you can't stand the grockles, despite living off their money

... you thought it was normal for more than 50% of your high street's shops to be operated by charities

... everyone you meet has been on holiday to your home town - no wonder it's so busy in summer

... you spent your entire childhood wanting to leave the place, yet now that you have, you cry yourself to sleep then dream of rolling green hills and long, sandy beaches

... you used to look through your physical geography textbook because you knew half of the places in there

... you know that 'the Launa man can'

... your most thrilling childhood experience was the Death slide at Woodlands / Crealy / The Devon Shire Horse Centre

... before Freeview, you didn't believe the rumours about a '5th television channel'

... you don't yet have Freeview - what 5th channel?

... you found out about Plymouth Hoe / Westward Ho! before you realised the name could be entertaining

... your local shop sells clotted cream fudge and bucket/spade packs, but not newspapers

... your local publican (who has sideburns and red face) is a member of CAMRA, and thinks a 'gastropub' is a medical complication (he serves peanuts & crisps)

... you don't understand why a cinema would need more than two screens

... your birthday was read out by a rabbit called Honeybun, Gus Honeybun

... you use the 'fast and close' method for

YOU KNOW YOU'RE A BRITISH 90s KID IF...


YOU CAN SING THE RAP TO "THE FRESH PRINCE OF BELL AIR"

YOU'VE WORN LEGGINGS AND FELT COOL.

YOU USED TO LOVE PLAYING WITH YOUR "PUPPY IN MY POCKETS"

YOU REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY WORTH GETTING UP ON A SATURDAY MORNING TO WATCH LIVE & KICKING OR SM:TV.

YOU HAD A HUGE FRINGE AT SOME POINT IN YOUR CHILDHOOD.

YOU REMEMBER READING AND WATCHING "GOOSEBUMPS"

YOU TOOK PLASTIC CARTOON LUNCH BOXES TO SCHOOL.

YOU KNOW THE WORDS FROM THE SHAKEY JAKE MILKSHAKE ADVERTS

YOU REMEMBER THE CRAZE OF YO-YOS AND TAMAGOTCHI'S

YOU STILL GET THE URGE TO SAY "NOT" AFTER EVERY SENTENCE.
NOT.

YOU KNEW THAT KIMBERLY, THE PINK RANGER, AND TOMMY, THE GREEN RANGER WERE MEANT TO BE.

YOU COLLECTED POKEMON CARDS.

YOU PLAYED AND/OR COLLECTED POGS.

YOU HAD A WEIRD ALIEN THAT LIVED IN GOOEY STUFF IN A PLASTIC 'POD' AND THOUGHT IF YOU STUCK 2 BACK TO BACK THEY WOULD HAVE A BABY!

YOU WATCHED THE ORIGINAL POSTMAN PAT, FIREMAN SAM AND NINJA TURTLES.

YIKES PENCILS WERE THE BEST!-WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM?

YOU REMEMBER WHEN THE NEW BEANIE BABIES WERE ALWAYS SOLD OUT

YOU GOT YOUR MUM TO BUY 'BN' BISCUITS

YOU USED TO WEAR THOSE STICK ON EARRINGS, NOT ONLY ON YOUR EARS BUT AT THE CORNERS OF YOUR EYES.

YOU KNOW THE MACERENA BY HEART.

"TALK TO THE HAND" ENOUGH SAID.

YOU REMEMBER THE TIME BEFORE LITERACY AND NUMERACY HOUR EXISTED.

YOU THOUGHT BRAIN FROM "PINKEY AND THE BRAIN" WOULD FINALLY TAKE OVER THE WORLD.

YOU REMEMBER BUM BAGS.

YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO BE ON FUN HOUSE

YOU COLLECTED TAZOS.

2 WORDS, SPICE GIRLS.