When I was your age...

[Black_Apalachi]

..there was a shop called 'Woolworths'.

You've probably seen the Facebook groups like this, but I think this one's the best :D. Post some others you know or can think of!

Thread closed by Garion (Assistant Forum Manager): To prevent arguments.

[Nixt]

Pluto was a planet :p

[kk.]

Only red and blue pokemon.. Or something lol

[Black_Apalachi]

Only red and blue pokemon.. Or something lol

there were only 150 Pokémon ;) love that and Garion's one too!

[Blinger1]

we didn't have cars :rolleyes:

[Black_Apalachi]

for Christ sake. I'm going to bed.

Edited by invincible (Forum Super Moderator): Please don't post pointlessly.

[Blinger1]

umm...

i am just saying what my grandma says to me..

[sLaggings]

'i had teeth'

:D

[[Chris]]

English phrases/words/sentences/songs

WERE NOT POLITICALLY INCORRECT.

[rojertwose]

A linguistics professor was lecturing his class one day. 'In English', he said, 'A double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative.'
A loud voice from the back of the room piped up, 'Yeah, right.'

[kk.]

A linguistics professor was lecturing his class one day. 'In English', he said, 'A double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative.'
A loud voice from the back of the room piped up, 'Yeah, right.'

Er the only relevance of that is to the post above.. And whoever approved this post since it's not over 5 (your post count)

[Blinger1]

Er the only relevance of that is to the post above.. And whoever approved this post since it's not over 5 (your post count)
i did wonder what that had to do with anything...

[FlyingJesus]

tbh there were never only 150 Pokémon, Mewtwo is #150 and based on #151, Mew

I'm so cool

[Neversoft]

tbh there were never only 150 Pokémon, Mewtwo is #150 and based on #151, Mew

I'm so cool

Ho-oh (#250) was also in the very first Pokemon episode, so even when there were only 151 confirmed Pokemon we knew there were more.

[kk.]

Which is why my version of the pokemon one is best (:

[Alkaz]

We had BN biscuites.
I like them kinda things :P

[ItsDave]

there was a place called Kidzone

[sLaggings]

there was a place called Kidzone

There's still Kidzone in my local Ymca in america :D

There weren't any forums. Hell, there weren't any computers.

[Blinger1]

I thought these were jokes? I've not lol'd yet.

[kk.]

No ,they're not jokes...

[Swearwolf]

tots tv

[Blinger1]

Okay then... ... So where do u find these facebook groups I've never seen one

[Black_Apalachi]

OK, in the search bar on Facebook type 'When I was your age' and you should see a few examples.

The idea is something which was around when you were younger but is no longer around today. So you could say to a kid, 'when I was your age....'.

It's only funny when you use something everyone's heard of and that was a big thing in its time but kinds today might not have heard of, or at least in a few years time, hence the Woolworths example, (to those outside the UK: Woolworths was a big retailer that went bust last year). In fact a lot of them might only be relevant to those in the UK.

So posting stuff like, 'there was no electricity' or something, misses the point. Perhaps the whole thing would only be humorous to slightly older people, which would probably explain some of the misguided replies.


Here's one, 'When I was your age, there were only four TV channels' :P.

[Blinger1]

Woolworths still exists oddly enough I shopped there yesterday.
Maybe u need to updat the first post today that -.- and did m first reply piss u off?

[Black_Apalachi]

Woolworths still exists oddly enough I shopped there yesterday.
Maybe u need to updat the first post today that -.- and did m first reply piss u off?

Oh well like I said,


... a lot of them might only be relevant to those in the UK. ...

I don't understand the second part of your post but I won't be discussing it.

Garion's Pluto example is perfect btw. Most of us grew up being taught that Pluto was the furthest planet from the Sun in our galaxy, but it has since been downgraded :).

[Blinger1]

Yes, did my first post (we didn't have cars :rolleyes:)

Yes, did my first post (we didn't have cars :rolleyes:) piss u off

Accidental double posts merged by Garion (Assistant Forum Manager): Please do not post off topic.

[sLaggings]

I thought these were jokes? I've not lol'd yet.


No ,they're not jokes...

It went way off-topic, but invincible refuses to close it, thus why it got moved here.

[Blinger1]

It went way off-topic, but invincible refuses to close it, thus why it got moved here.

It was never a joke tho :(

[sLaggings]

It was never a joke tho :(

I suppose 'In my time there was a store called wolsworth' is more of a statement that a joke, so you're right.

[Cheryl]

yeah well...
There was a shop called woolworths imo is the best :)

[stone-is-island]

I didn't have any trouble.

[Ardemax]

we didn't have to change things to be more 'appropriate' for other religions/backgrounds

[FlyingJesus]

Okay then... ... So where do u find these facebook groups I've never seen one

Wow lucky, I get this crap come up all the time on mine. There are a few people on my list who seem to spend all day looking for groups that have some slight relevance to them so they can join. Seriously there's like "getting nice texts makes me happy" groups as though it's not obvious to life.

[Fifteen]

When I played Tomb Raider, I locked the butler in the freezer

4 FOR YOU GLEN COCO, YOU GO GLEN COCO!

The real reason we're in Iraq is to catch rare pokemon!

[Glitter]

when i was your age freddo's were only 10p :')
bebo and myspace were where it was at, not facebook
we had that vile mint custard for school dinner
plenty was called bounty

[FlyingJesus]

4 FOR YOU GLEN COCO, YOU GO GLEN COCO!

Literally the only thing worth being a "fan" of out of all the possibilities, lovesit

[kk.]

When I played Tomb Raider, I locked the butler in the freezer

4 FOR YOU GLEN COCO, YOU GO GLEN COCO!

The real reason we're in Iraq is to catch rare pokemon!

When I was your age the real reason we were in iraq was to catch pokemon? What we doing now? Lol. You just posted group names :p even so, I'm a member of the first one!!

[Jordy]

When I was your age freddos were 10p. Now they're 17p!!!

[GoldenMerc]

Freddo's were 10p

[Black_Apalachi]

When I played Tomb Raider, I locked the butler in the freezer

4 FOR YOU GLEN COCO, YOU GO GLEN COCO!

The real reason we're in Iraq is to catch rare pokemon!

They're just normal groups. That is my only memory of Tomb Raider though :P.


when i was your age freddo's were only 10p :')
bebo and myspace were where it was at, not facebook
we had that vile mint custard for school dinner
plenty was called bounty

AMBER GETS IT! THANK YOU.

[Ardemax]

space invaders were 10p

[IceNineKills]

When I was your age, "The Rugrats" were babies! (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=198727029186&ref=search&sid=1202566470.1783631516..1)

[sLaggings]

threads like this weren't created.

[Black_Apalachi]

When I was your age, "The Rugrats" were babies! (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=198727029186&ref=search&sid=1202566470.1783631516..1)

That's a great one! I joined it lol :D


threads like this weren't created.

Look, if you are too immature to understand something, then must you come along and destroy everybody else's fun? There isn't a rule that insists you must post in every single thread on the forum regardless of whether you have any positive input to provide. :eusa_wall

[sLaggings]

Here, I'm going to try a new one, since you still can't put my on ignore like you've been told.

When I was your age, we didn't bully certain members of a forum.

[Black_Apalachi]

1) You are on ignore. However I feel a degree of curtsey to read replies to my own threads.

2) You were also told to leave me alone yet you nitpick at everything in every thread I make/comment in.

3) Why are you always so hypocritical? :S I'm not the one bullying. I don't randomly target you for no reason as if you never post sly little comments at me. Please post when you have some of value to contribute to the thread. Cheers.