You know you've grown up in london when...

You have the reflex of always leaving home with an umbrella no matter how sunny it is.
- You can tell when Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham, Fulham, West Ham or Charlton are playing because you can here people screaming from the pub down the road.
- You only know what’s going on in the world because of the slogans on the Evening Standard boards.
- The Millennium Dome. Enough said.
- You have an Oyster Card.
- You’ve lost your Oyster Card.
- You go Christmas shopping on Oxford Street and/or High Street Kensington
- You knew better than to go anywhere near Westminster Abbey when the Queen Mum died.
- Big Ben’s really not that big a deal.
- The rest of the world seems inexpensive.
- You were happy that London got the Olympics for 5 minutes, until you realized what a nuisance it would be.
- You’ve had your phone stolen by a chav.
- You've bought clothes at Selfridges.
- You’ve gone ice skating and bowling at Queen’s Way, but never bothered to ask why they combined the two under one roof.
- Your parents have complained about the congestion charge.
- You don’t actually know anyone who works at the Gherkin.
- “Mind the gap”.
- As we speak, there’s probably something wrong with the Piccadilly Line.
- You’re furious that Ken Livingston wants to do away with the double-decker.
- You know someone who survived the Blitz.
- Everyone has a story of how close they, or someone they know, were to taking the tube on 7/7.
- Oh, the sales...
- You’ve had the urge to hurt a pigeon.
- Things close when the Queen’s horses need to take a walk..
- You know of the concept of Seasons, but you've never lived them.

- It’s probably raining right now.