How do you define being Common !!!

Builder's bum(on anyone!)

Farting in public...

Me.

Thongs above the waistband!

When I was at school we were taught that eating in the street was common - my husband still goes by this rule and would rather starve than eat in the street.

Was anyone else taught that certain words were common - settee instead of sofa, dessert instead of pudding, lounge instead of living room, toilet instead of lavatory.

Yes, but I carried on regardless!

Orange fake-tanned bare legs and white stilettos!

Years ago when still young enough, I went to a 'bad taste' party and decided to dress in a common manner. Fishnets, white stilettos, short tight red dress with a big frill around the hips, lots of makeup etc. The odd thing is unexpectedly I felt great and had loads of attention from my amazed male friends who only ever usually saw me in trousers and teeshirt. I remember sitting on a bar stool with my legs crossed surrounded by a little group of men. One of them said 'you could earn a fortune on a street corner' and another 'you could earn a fortune here'. It was a wonderful experience but I went back to the trousers and teeshirt because mum brought me up not to be common.

Deeply ingrained in me is sitting room instead of living room or lounge. I think my mum had pretensions that we were only a step away from a drawing room!

anagram So agree about the white stilettos. carol Double yuk about the thongs visible above the waistband - especially my neighbour who is 68. She dresses fairly normal in a smart casual way so why the thong. annobel Farting in public yes is a no-no. Hence why my 10 year-old GD was trying not to cough when we were queuing for the cinema.

And burping in public (yuk)

It's something you sense - definition hardly necessary. The opposite is also innate - the sort of classy, ladylike quality that some women seem to achieve effortlessly.

Going to the supermarket in pyjamas, dressing gown and slippers, usually to buy cigarettes and/or beer!

gracesmum Indubitably!

shysal, I think that would be below common!

I agree, Annobel! That is sheer slobbishness....

The mums who drive to the entrance at my DGSs school gate drive up to the no parking signs and deposit their off springs,these mums still in their pyjamas/dressing gowns totally slobbish !!!

Yuk!

I'm not sure it matters about women going out in their pjs. I would hope they put shoes on though. Slippers need to be kept clean for indoors, and wouldn't be good to drive in.

Jingl! We've got to maintain some standards!

I agree! How about shouting really loud in public. In particular shouting at children in the street.

To be honest (I typed gomest!), some day clothes are less like proper clothes than some PJs so what the heck? So long as people are 'decent'. I often see people on the street who are supposedly dressed for the day but who don't look awfully decent to me. Let me re-phrase that! I'm sure they're decent (I'm just saying that to be PC!) but I wouldn't be seen dead (as the saying goes) dressed as they are. Some PJs are really nice.

In short, I don't think you can always tell!

Oooh, I used to LOVE white stilettos, when I was still able to walk in `em! But then I`m common!

When I was young and struggling financially I had a pair of stilettos which I died black in the winter and white in the summer, along with my handbag! I did this for several years.