You know you are over 40 if...

[Jethro]

.... you understand "go to bed said zebedee ..."

[Captain Maltese]

If you once thought the toughest man on the planet was Zeb Macahan.

[Jethro]

... you remember reading Whizzer and Chips  (UK kids comic) and still shun whizz kids because you were a chipite through and through.

[Sybl]

Okay theres obviously a logical explaination here but on the surface thats scary.... (was quickly scanning the thread and stopped at the above post completely at random......)

you know your over 40 because you recall a time BEFORE Star Wars

The only live game of football(soccer) shown on TV each year was the FA Cup final

When you think Batman, you think Adam West first.

You rode a Chopper bike

When you went food shopping with parents, the total family food bill for them was less than the cost of buying food for your pet today.

you were dupped as I was, the bbc code [ you ] reads your name with no spaces, who ever reads it sees their own user name.. I saw sybl you saw [you] <<used bbc code there

[eiselmann]

See logical explaination.....thanks....<<mumbles> stupid bbc code should be made to do lines while listening to Lady Gaga/Justin Bieber duets>

[aFireWithin]

If you remember a commercial touting big green numbers and little rubber feet.

[Anesa]

If you know what this is, (and possible owned one in your lifetime)  ;P

[Darius]

if you remember when home phones were on "party lines"

[LunarSage]

((Noticed that a lot of these work for "you know you're over 30" as well ))

[JDboots]

You tell your kids how high the snow was when you had to walk to school.

[MusicMan]

your conception was a result of the Summer of Love

[Monsieur]

When your once  hairy calves start becoming as smooth as your ass

[despickable]

Remember when you got your first color tv
Went to a milk bar, corner store for all your groceries and could buy a large bag of mixed lollies(candy)
You had slides instead of photos and a projector to show them on the lounge room wall

[Sybl]

...when bathing suits were decent.

[Captain Maltese]

...the disco floor has lost its lure because you feel like the visiting dinosaur.

[Sybl]

...you became a legal adult in the early 70's.

[Anesa]

...you ever had (or remember) "Home Economic" classes in high school.

[LunarSage]

...you ever had (or remember) "Home Economic" classes in high school.

Heck I remember those and I'm only 33 (well 34 next month )...

How about this one? 

If you remember when no one had microwaves?

If you remember when satellite was something that required a huge ugly dish in your yard and you thought "wow, they must have a lot of money!"

[BlueCitrusSky]

... you are actually 40.

[Captain Maltese]

When you look at a bunch of soldiers about to disembark, and think.... "they send kids off to war now?"

[LunarSage]

If the police officer who just pulled you over is young/old enough to be your son.

[Captain Maltese]

If all your favorite singers have at least some grey in their hair.

[Selloh]

When pong was AWESOME. Sneaking notes to your classmates was a fine art.

[Dawg]

Whenever you see ROFL you hear Scooby Doo trying to say Waffle.

[Mister Grimm]

...you ever had (or remember) "Home Economic" classes in high school.

I had Home Economics in Middle school and I'm only 22 lol. -slinks out of the thread-