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To ask you to guess my age from 5 facts..

464 replies

Coldemort · 02/12/2019 17:58

So this one was going round the pub the other night and I thought it was a lot of fun. And actually quite thought provoking. So... can you guess my age from these 5 facts.

  1. I legally bought cigarettes at 16... and had them in the smoking room at work.
  2. my first concert was a Smash hits tour headlining Sean Maguire and Boyzone
  3. I paid tuition fees at university
  4. my favourite outfit as a pre-teen was from tammy girl
  5. I have no IT qualifications, including GCSEs. I never had a dedicated 'IT' subject on my school timetable.

So what year was I born???

And play along... :)

OP posts:
smemorata · 02/12/2019 18:09

I had IT lessons at junior school but am definitely older so I'll say 1980.

TitianaTitsling · 02/12/2019 18:10

1981

MrsMoastyToasty · 02/12/2019 18:10

1973

BertandQueenieforever · 02/12/2019 18:10

1980/81

MunchMunch · 02/12/2019 18:10

Actually I'll change my guess to 1975

mummmy2017 · 02/12/2019 18:11

You were born in 1969.

Monkeychunkyfunky · 02/12/2019 18:11

I think 1979 so you're 40.

MikeUniformMike · 02/12/2019 18:12

1973

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Coldemort · 02/12/2019 18:13

Hmmm bit of discrepancy so a few more..

  • despite really wanting to I was too young to vote in the welsh devolution referendum (obscure but ties in with another one)
  • at university if I wanted to go on the internet I had to walk to the library
  • drink of choice at 18 was either Reef of Red Square!
OP posts:
EmmaGrundyForPM · 02/12/2019 18:13

I think you were born in 1981

Snoopdogsbitch · 02/12/2019 18:13

1975

churchandstate · 02/12/2019 18:14

1982

doadeer · 02/12/2019 18:14

In the spirit of the game I'll see it I can do some clues for my age!

  1. My favourite gift I ever received as a child was a princess jasmine costume
  1. The first film I can remember seeing at the cinema was Jumanji
  1. I did IT classes at school but they mainly involved playing roller coaster tycoon
  1. I owned a blackberry and thought I was so high powered (think ally mcbeal)
  1. My first crush was Peter Andre 😂😂😂😂
VioletCharlotte · 02/12/2019 18:14

1980? I'm not sure what year tuition fees came in. Although I was born in 1975 and I did GCSE IT.

churchandstate · 02/12/2019 18:14

Double down on my entry: Reef. 😂

ringme · 02/12/2019 18:14

1978

lemonbiscuit · 02/12/2019 18:14

1975

IndigoHexagon · 02/12/2019 18:14

Born 1984

Alsohuman · 02/12/2019 18:15

I’m doubling down too.

longhaulstress · 02/12/2019 18:15

1982

MrsBudd · 02/12/2019 18:16

34

Wafflehouse · 02/12/2019 18:16

1980

ClashCityRocker · 02/12/2019 18:16

I think the IT thing is a red herring...my husband did It at school (although I think it was called computer studies) and he's in his fifties.

I'm going with 1981.

Cherrypies · 02/12/2019 18:16

I would say you are 53-55

halcyondays · 02/12/2019 18:17

1981 but your school was behind the times if they did no IT.