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Talking about Trumpton made me look it up and I came across this!! 
You remember Now compilations that had the pig on the front cover.
You never questioned why the A-Team was always imprisoned in places that had sufficient tools to build an armoured tank.
Dungeons & Dragons was your favourite cartoon
Your lunch times were spent perfecting swan dives and backspins.
You know the theme tune and the names of all the actors and characters in Dallas & Dynasty.
You ever wished your hair/clothes/lifestyle resembled the above (or they actually did!).
You fell out with friends during heated arguments about the relative merits of Matt & Luke.
You owned, or wanted a "Frankie says..." T-shirt.
You have ever danced (or even worse cried)to Kylie & Jason.
Cerise pink, electric blue and banana yellow have ever featured in your wardrobe or make-up collection.
You ever did the top toggle of your coat up around your neck without having your arms in the sleeves, and knew you looked like a super-hero.
You remember when the Aha video was the pinnacle of modern technology, and you can still sing all the words.
Parachuting Action man was your favourite toy.
Your best party dress was either a ra-ra or puff-ball skirt.
You ever owned a thin, black leather tie (and were proud of it), or worse it was patterned like a piano!
You wondered why a popular kids TV programme told you to "Turn off your TV set and go and do some less boring instead".
You wanted to be either Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys.
You have ever po-goed or space-hopped.
You remember when Keith Chegwin & Maggie Philbin were the hottest romantic couple....
And when Keith was associated with Cheggers Plays Pop rather than Cheggers drinks alcopops.
You wondered why your walkie-talkie didn't have the same range as those in the Red Hand Gang.
You were shocked by the controversial plot lines in Degrassi Junior High.
You remember watching a house inhabited by a jester, a pantomime horse, and a woman who sneezed, and thinking that this was perfectly normal.
You know who Joey Deacon was.
You thought ABBA were cool, the first time round!
You tried to convince your Dad to fit a strip of red lights on the front of his Capri so it looked like KITT.
"Ca-vey Wa-vey!" means anything to you.
Remmington makes you think of something other than shaving equipment.
You wouldn't say no to a milkshake
You've ever had more than 10 sweets in a 10p mix-up.
Not only did you wear luminous clothing, but they were mismatched finger-less gloves and towelling socks.
When Yoda said There is another Skywalker you wished he was talking about you.
Wearing your hair like buns on the sides of your head seemed like a good fashion statement.
You remember when Betamax was at the cutting edge of technology.
You hid behind the sofa whenever you heard the word Exterminate.
Vimto or Dandelion & Burdoch ever featured in your diet.
You were really pleased when Pacman got a girlfriend.
You grew up believing that filing cabinets and telephone boxes possessed magical powers of transformation.
After ET, you wanted a Speak & Spell even though you were top of your class (don't lie you weren't really top of your class)
Your new winter coat was best used to demonstrate that your wings were like a shield of steel.
You remember when PC had one meaning, rather than three.
(Girls) You owned a pair of Pixie Boots, generally worn with leg warmers!
(Boys) You owned a pair of pale grey slip-ons, generally worn with white towelling socks!
Shiny grey flecked suits.
You grew up in Trumpton, Chigley or Camblewick Green.
You've rolled the sleeves of your suit jacket up
Ooh, you could crush a Grape!
You've ever held a chicken in the air, or stuck a deckchair up your nose.
You went to school with Pogo Patterson, Gripper Stebson and Ro-land.
Long scarves, K9, and a time-travelling police box ring any bells.
Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy have ever featured on your Saturday afternoon
You wore legwarmers, tried to do the splits while jumping in the air, while singing you were going to live forever.
Fingermouse
You were proud of your picture appearing in the Gallery, just before watching a lump of plastercine who couldn't speak English.
You know all the words to Hey Mickey (well nobody knows past the first verse anyway).
You remember Look In magazine and when it was only 20p
You wondered why you and your mates never encountered diamond thieves whilst out on your BMXs.
You can remember what Quatro tasted like.Your best mate had a soda stream at home and you were jealous.
The Yuppie next door caught you nicking the VW badge off his Golf Gti
You remember mobile phones that had briefcase size battery packs attached.
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I'm leaving now to go and find myself. If I should return before I get back please ask me to wait!
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WTF?
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