1. Expectation: Everyone from Surrey lives in a massive mansion.
Reality: We either rent, live at home, or own a shoebox.
2. Expectation: Our gardens have swimming pools and BBQs.
Reality: We have a birdbath and make a grill when the sun's out.
3. Expectation: Surrey natives still talk like it’s 1912.
Reality: Surrey natives still talk like it’s 2016, even when they probably shouldn't.
4. Expectation: We ate our school lunch in a fancy dinner hall.
Reality: We ate our Turkey Twizzlers in a converted gym.
5. Expectation: At school we always looked incredibly smart.
Reality: Everyone at school got told to do up their top button and sort their tie out.
6. Expectation: Lunch means dressing to impress and catching up with friends.
Reality: We celebrate making a saving on the Boots meal deal.
7. Expectation: We all drive flash motors.
Reality: We like to pretend we can afford a supercar.
8. Expectation: This is how the squad looks:
Reality: This is how the squad actually looks:
9. Expectation: We go on holiday to Saint-Tropez and money's no object.
Reality: We go to less glamorous locations and waste all our money on booze and stupid outfits.
10. Expectation: High streets in Surrey have nothing but designer shops.
Reality: There's Dorking high street, famous for its giant cock sculpture.
11. Expectation: We buy fresh fruit and veg from a local, organic store.
Reality: Most of us are more likely to pick up reduced items that are going out-of-date.
12. Expectation: We spend Saturday afternoons playing polo.
Reality: We're more likely to spend Saturday afternoons watching football.
13. Expectation: Our local boozer is a quaint little pub.
Reality: Every town in Surrey has a Wetherspoon's in it.
14. Expectation: "Oh, you're from Surrey!"
Reality: "Yeah, Croydon."
