{"id":81311,"date":"2023-11-15T09:22:49","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T09:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/?p=81311"},"modified":"2023-11-15T09:22:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T09:22:49","slug":"how-common-are-you-quiz-reveals-habits-marking-you-out-as-lower-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/lifestyle\/how-common-are-you-quiz-reveals-habits-marking-you-out-as-lower-class\/","title":{"rendered":"How common are you? Quiz reveals habits marking you out as lower class"},"content":{"rendered":"
Is ordering a skinny latte part of your daily routine? Or maybe you love tuning into a good podcast while you go about your errands.<\/span><\/p>\n Well according to socialite Nicky Haslam, these are just two things that mark you out to others as distinctly ‘common’ in 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n This week, the Eton-educated interior designer – who is friends with Queen Camilla –\u00a0 released his fifth ‘Common List’ tea towel, consisting of 37 playfully snobbish things he sees as lower class.<\/span><\/p>\n Despite his connection to the Royal Family, the 84-year-old didn’t spare the Prince and Princess of Wales on this occasion – and <\/span>took issue with their coordinated navy blue outfits this past Easter<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n But for everyday people, the well-connected socialite believes they should avoid watching The Repair Shop, taking part in Zoom calls, viewing the Northern Lights or ordering lobster if they want to be seen as upper-class.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pictured: Nicky Haslam, 84, poses with his fifth ‘Common List’ tea towel, which he sells for \u00a340 on his website<\/p>\n So just how ‘common’ are YOU by Nicky’s standards? Take the quiz below to find out…\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1. Have you ever used the word ‘more-ish?’<\/p>\n 2. Have you ever travelled to the Northern Lights?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n 3. Do you listen to or record your own podcast?\u00a0<\/p>\n 4. Do you use the phrase ‘110%’ in everyday life?<\/p>\n 5. Is a punnet of strawberries currently in your fridge?<\/p>\n 6. Do you follow Karl Lagerfeld’s cat Choupette on Instagram?<\/p>\n 7. Have you posted about your grief online?<\/p>\n 8. Have you ever visited Puglia in Italy?\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n 9. Do you bake brownies?<\/p>\n 10. Do you listen to Petroc Trelawny on BBC Radio 3?\u00a0<\/p>\n 11. Have you ever ordered anything containing Aperol?\u00a0<\/p>\n 12. Are you a fan of Grayson Perry or his wife?<\/p>\n 13. Have you ever written an invitation with metallic pen?<\/p>\n 14. Do you own a collarless shirt?<\/p>\n 15. Do you regularly eat Italian food?<\/p>\n 16. Do you boast about your adult children’s achievements?<\/p>\n 17.\u00a0 Have you ever participated in a Zoom meeting?<\/p>\n 18. Do you believe in aliens?<\/p>\n 19. Are you a fan of The Repair Shop?<\/p>\n 20. Do you pride yourself in being a music fan?<\/p>\n 21. Have you ever incorporated a ‘pop of colour’ into your wardrobe or home?<\/p>\n 22. Do you actively look forward to fly-pasts?<\/p>\n 23. Do you regularly order lobster in restaurants?<\/p>\n 24. Do you currently have a bucket list?<\/p>\n 25. Do you follow Joe Wicks online or completed his workouts in lockdown?<\/p>\n 26. Do you have Type II diabetes?\u00a0<\/p>\n 27. Do you have a jumpsuit hanging in your wardrobe?<\/p>\n 28. Have you ever visited an arboretum and\/or posted about it online?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n 29. Have you ever sold your business?<\/p>\n 30. Have you ever sung the hymn Lord of the Dance in church?<\/p>\n 31. Do you carry your house keys everywhere you go?<\/p>\n 32. Is your coffee order a ‘skinny laartay’?<\/p>\n 33. Do you own crystal coffee sugar?<\/p>\n 34. Have you ever attended a music festival?<\/p>\n 35. Have you or do you currently own a remote-controlled lawnmower?<\/p>\n 36. Have you ever been to Wimbledon tennis tournament?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The interior designer and Eton-educated socialite included the Wimbledon tennis tournament on his list. Pictured: the Prince and Princess of Wales with Prince George and Princess Charlotte in the Royal Box this summer<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pictured: Actress and model Kate Upton is one of the celebrities who have posted a photo of themselves drinking an Aperol Spritz in recent years<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pictured: the late designer Karl Lagerfeld with his cat Choupette, who still has their own Instagram account<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Socialite Nicky Haslam included BBC’s hugely successful series ‘The Repair Shop’ in his most recent ‘Common List’<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The socialite also took issue with people saying ‘110%’ – which often appears in conversations in the reality series Love Island<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The interior designer is also not a fan of the artist Sir Grayson Perry or his wife of 31 years Philippa<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Despite his connection to the Royal Family , the 84-year-old didn’t spare the Prince and Princess of Wales on this occasion – and took issue with their co-ordinated navy blue outfits this past Easter<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nicky Haslam (L) and Queen Camilla, then the Duchess of Cornwall,\u00a0attend\u00a0Fortnum & Mason’s Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon for the launch of Tom Parker Bowles’ book Let’s Eat Meat on October 21, 2014 in London<\/p>\n Speaking to the Daily Mail’s Diary Editor Richard Eden, Nicky said he finds it ‘odd’ seeing the whole Wales family dressed in blue.<\/p>\n \u2018It\u2019s supposed to suggest a calm upper-classness, which is so dull. If you look at pictures from the old days, the royals had wonderful exotic clothes. But now they look like dummies in Peter Jones\u2019s window.\u2019<\/p>\n He adds of William and Catherine: \u2018They do childish things, like play football and games. They couldn\u2019t be less sophisticated. They don\u2019t go to literary lunches and read extraordinary books or go to the theatre.\u2019<\/p>\n Haslam, whose clients have included Sir Mick Jagger and Sir Rod Stewart, also condemns Wimbledon, saying: \u2018The people who go to it, the whole atmosphere, is now common, there is no glamour whatsoever. It\u2019s no longer elite.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n Despite claiming to be a gatekeeper of all things high-class, Nicky Haslam raved about one very affordable high street store in an interview with the Daily Mail’s Jan Moir.<\/p>\n ‘You have to stay modern and not limit yourself,’ he says. ‘Now I adore Primark. Three perfect T-shirts in a pack for \u00a39 \u2014 and they last for years.’\u00a0<\/p>\nNicky Haslam’s ‘Common’ Quiz:\u00a0<\/h3>\n