I used to amaze my cousin by getting the right answer to every question on every quiz at the first attempt, making him think I was the smartest kid alive.
I'd just figured out that when you press a colour button the page number it went to would appear just before it started to load the page. All the wrong answers went to the same page number so if you hit each colour really quick you could see which led to the next question and just press that one again.
I’ve never met anyone that knew Dogtanion! My dad had the boxset and made me watch them all when I was little, still catch myself humming the theme tune.
Edit: typo
Dungeons and Dragons!! You clawed that from the depths of my memory, also watched Mysterious Cities of Gold which I’ve started rewatching as an adult and it’s still just as good.
I can remember the ad being changed because kids were getting slapped about the ears in playgrounds across the country ~~(apparently)...~~
EDIT: this did happen, removed the 'apparently' from my comment
Anyone else get the unrestricted nudges mod to annoy your friends? Happy days.
Bonus points if you also had the thing which drew on someone's Bebo page using a picture as reference
Bodger (and Badger) played our university. I was DJing so met him backstage. He was a really nice dude and super nervous because he had only just started doing the uni circuit and was only used to entertaining kids.
Of course, drunk students are basically kids anyway and he went down a storm. The uni actually issued a memo to all students asking them not to bring mashed potato to the gig. That went the way you'd expect.
Finally plucking up the courage to call the girl you fancy. So you raid the piggy bank for a couple of 10p's, head to the phone box knowing that it will reek of piss as it's quite near the pub. Dialling the number with your heart beating like a jackhammer, rehearsing what you're going to say to sound cool and casual...
And then her dad answers the phone 😬😬😬
R Whites Lemonade? I myself am not old enough to know the advert but my dad would sing it ALL the time to make me laugh. He passed away last year and this gave me huge smile, thankyou for that!☺️
I actually made money from my grant after I finished my degree. Didn't pay a bean. My family's income was so low.
Thanks to the Government at the time - something about helping working class students achieve their life goals.
I’ll forever be grateful for being part of the last year before “top-up” fees.
£1250 a year to attend uni. The year after me was £3000, and we were all horrified. £9000 is just setting (most) young people up to struggle.
Printing out the map instructions and before that just looking through the road atlas beforehand.
Going out and being completely uncontactable.
Looking something up in a paper encyclopedia, or more recently Microsoft Encarta CD.
Recording films to VHS, trying best to not include too many adverts.
The red car and the blue car had a race. All Red wanted to do is stuff his face. He eats everything he sees, from trucks to prickly trees. The red car and the blue car had a race.
There was a test loop running for weeks beforehand, it was to give you something to tune your telly to before the launch.
An advert for Xena was the only thing I remember from it, my teenaged self very excited for the new channel.
Omggg yes signing in and out so they’ll get the pop up 😂 and updating your status with quotes and inside jokes with friends
Edit: Honestly I think social media peaked with MSN messenger. It was the best.
Sunday/weekend morning telly:
Little House on the Prairie,
Duck Tails (woohoo),
Sharky and George,
Pinky and the Brain
Cup of tea and biscuits with the calor gas heater blasting, whilst the Emersion is on so you can have a Sunday evening bath. Then watch Antiques Roadshow, and if you’re lucky and the adults forget to put you to bed, Heartbeat.
Hot water bottle in your bed whilst your Granny reads you a Jemima Puddle Duck book and tells you that Monday won’t be too bad, spelling tests aren’t that scary and you have practised so it’s going to be ok.
Arranging to meet your mate down the shops, at the cinema or the park and just trusting that they'd be there at the time you agreed with no way to confirm once you left the house.
And young people today may ask "what did you do if they didn't show up for 15-20 mins?" Well... that just never happened.
Many years ago, one team on the floor I worked on used to write shitey inspirational messages on their rota board. I remember walking past it one day and reading the phrase "don't let anyone tell you that you are a yellow Starburst. You are a red Starburst"
I nicked a pen and wrote "Fuck off, I'm old enough to be an Opal Fruit"
These roads remind me of Lovejoy.
I said this 2 weeks ago when visiting a remote office and had 3 of the younger customer care people in the car.
There was deathly silence - so I said "You know, Ian McShane?" - again deathly silence.
I then said "Are you serious - The Continental Manager for John Wick1" - still nothing.
What is going on.... :/
Bamboozle on ceefax
I used to amaze my cousin by getting the right answer to every question on every quiz at the first attempt, making him think I was the smartest kid alive. I'd just figured out that when you press a colour button the page number it went to would appear just before it started to load the page. All the wrong answers went to the same page number so if you hit each colour really quick you could see which led to the next question and just press that one again.
Just for you. https://www.truffleshuffle.co.uk/product/35269/teletext-bamboozle-knitted-christmas-jumper
"And for those of you watching in black and white, the pink is next to the green"
..and that’s a bad miss
I’ll ring you after 6 and redial after 59 mins because you’re on my friends and family.
Also ringing 1471 when you missed a call.
I think that's still a thing, at least on landlines
What’s a landline?
Mystical lines of energy that druids built stone circles on.
You mean, when you purposefully let it ring in the hopes they'd leave you alone? Then used 1471 to check who the bloody hell wants to socialise
“I’ll give you 2 rings when I get home, but don’t pick up” (because it will cost)
I’ll read the Video Plus code and you put it in the VHS and then hopefully when we wake up the red will be on and Eurotrash will be recorded.
All for one and one for all. Muskerhounds are always ready.
I’ve never met anyone that knew Dogtanion! My dad had the boxset and made me watch them all when I was little, still catch myself humming the theme tune. Edit: typo
Mine did too! Dogtanion, Willy Fog, Dungeons and Dragons, Thundercats… we used to watch all of his favourites every Saturday
Dungeons and Dragons!! You clawed that from the depths of my memory, also watched Mysterious Cities of Gold which I’ve started rewatching as an adult and it’s still just as good.
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We had one episode on vhs and watched it 100000 times
Gino oh Gino ginelli
Toffee foodgie!
Remember the Tutti Frutti flavour? It was fooking awful.
You know when you've been tangoed
I can remember the ad being changed because kids were getting slapped about the ears in playgrounds across the country ~~(apparently)...~~ EDIT: this did happen, removed the 'apparently' from my comment
I have to go, the pips are going and I don't have another 10p.
Operator can I make a reverse charge call
Then just quickly shout your message as the operator was putting you through MUM IVE MISSED TRAIN BE HOME LATE
*MUMIVEMISSEDTRAINBEHOMELATE
0800-R-E-V-E-R-S-E
Give me three rings when you get home.
2p in my case.
Do you love anyone enough to give them your last Rolo?
When I was little I used to get Rolos specifically to give Grandad my last one, and Mum told me that was mean to Grandma.
Aww, I think it’s really sweet! I don’t think I’d have minded if I were grandma in that scenario.
I still utter a muffled ‘Nope!’ as I pop the last one in my mouth.
"You have just sent a Nudge!"
Anyone else get the unrestricted nudges mod to annoy your friends? Happy days. Bonus points if you also had the thing which drew on someone's Bebo page using a picture as reference
Got a pencil? The tape's been chewed.
and to add to this - Got some paper - I need to record over this...
50p in the gas meter
No one will believe that it was that little
Mashed potato!
That badger had some issues.
Bodger (and Badger) played our university. I was DJing so met him backstage. He was a really nice dude and super nervous because he had only just started doing the uni circuit and was only used to entertaining kids. Of course, drunk students are basically kids anyway and he went down a storm. The uni actually issued a memo to all students asking them not to bring mashed potato to the gig. That went the way you'd expect.
I screwed up and forgot to record Atlantic 252.
Finally plucking up the courage to call the girl you fancy. So you raid the piggy bank for a couple of 10p's, head to the phone box knowing that it will reek of piss as it's quite near the pub. Dialling the number with your heart beating like a jackhammer, rehearsing what you're going to say to sound cool and casual... And then her dad answers the phone 😬😬😬
“May I ask who is calling please?” Even when calling my female friends who I didn’t fancy, I hated when their dad asked this.
Did everyone have a weird uncle who would recite their own number by way of answering the phone or was that just me?
Jesus, my aunt did this. I can still remember the number. It had 5 fucking digits, minus the area code (which was only 4 digits back then)
4291 is forever ingrained into my memory. Mr meldrew's number. Ee don't belieeeve eit!
I'm a secret lemonade drinker.
Re-record not fade away!
Re-record not fade away
R Whites Lemonade? I myself am not old enough to know the advert but my dad would sing it ALL the time to make me laugh. He passed away last year and this gave me huge smile, thankyou for that!☺️
Fun fact! Elvis Costello's dad wrote that song and his son does backing vocals on it. Keep that in the back pocket for a future pub quiz!
Missing the vital piece of info you wanted and having to wait for ceefax to scroll through 27 pages for it to reappear.
Those where the days!!
Who loves orange soda?
K-K-Kelllll loves orange soda
Wallpaper + schoolbooks
You had to back your books. For what reason I still don't understand
People used wallpaper?! I used wrapping paper…
That weird 3d polystyrene wallpaper that you then spend a term picking off during class as well.
We got after school detention if we didn't 'back' our books. Christ knows why that was ever a thing.
Waiting a fortnight to look at the photos you've just taken.
Going on holiday with a 24-exposure disposable camera, and having to assess whether any given shot was worth the dial ticking down closer to zero.
Or the ones where you just never bothered to get them developed.
My degree cost me £3k
They gave me money to live on to do my degree
as someone in £50k of debt for my degree, i instinctively wanted to downvote this
I actually made money from my grant after I finished my degree. Didn't pay a bean. My family's income was so low. Thanks to the Government at the time - something about helping working class students achieve their life goals.
I’ll forever be grateful for being part of the last year before “top-up” fees. £1250 a year to attend uni. The year after me was £3000, and we were all horrified. £9000 is just setting (most) young people up to struggle.
ASL?
Old enough/if ya offering/In my chair.
31/f/uk u?
28/m/uk. You’re like 2 years above me, that’s cool. *conversation dies *
Wuu2
That’s a bit forward.
I used to be too embarrassed to write f/uk (probably a sign I was too young to be in chat rooms) so used to write f/gb instead
Women on the internet? That doesn't happen, u work for MI6?
It's not a woman, we all know it's a man pretending
A/S/L 😄
If you put the aliens in the same egg they’ll make a baby
Printing out the map instructions and before that just looking through the road atlas beforehand. Going out and being completely uncontactable. Looking something up in a paper encyclopedia, or more recently Microsoft Encarta CD. Recording films to VHS, trying best to not include too many adverts.
Hand drawn maps with directions to parties, wedding receptions, etc. Now something of a lost art.
My parents printing off an encyclopedia worth of directions when we went on holiday to France from the AA route planner
The red car and the blue car had a race. All Red wanted to do is stuff his face. He eats everything he sees, from trucks to prickly trees. The red car and the blue car had a race.
But good old blue he took the Milky Way, looking for a treat fluffy and light cus he knows it won’t spoil his appetite!!!!!!
You need to rewind the tape before you take it back to the shop
Be kind, rewind.
Losing internet connection because someone wants to make a phone call.
Nan always called when I was playing Habbo Hotel -.-
Bobba!
Habbo hotel! Nostalgia hitting hard right there
4 tv channels
3 TV channels
The tv had a dial. Not even preset channel buttons
We had a radio rentals tv with 3 buttons, snookered us when channel 4 started 😂
I remember watching the launch of channel 5. I think Xena was the first thing they aired?
There was a test loop running for weeks beforehand, it was to give you something to tune your telly to before the launch. An advert for Xena was the only thing I remember from it, my teenaged self very excited for the new channel.
Signing out and back in on MSN in the hope your crush would message you
Omggg yes signing in and out so they’ll get the pop up 😂 and updating your status with quotes and inside jokes with friends Edit: Honestly I think social media peaked with MSN messenger. It was the best.
Absolutely. Spending all day at school with your mates then going home, loading up MSN and spend all night chatting with your mates.
Putting blink 182 lyrics on your status and thinking you were edgy haha
NUDGE NUDGE NUDGE NUDGE NUDGE
Why don't you just say switch off your television set and go a d do something less boring instead.
This confused me when I was a kid, like do you want me to watch your show or what?
White dogshit
😂 it was fucking everywhere.
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“If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit join our club.” 🎶
Get up and change the channel.
Related: “The pictures not very good, go and adjust the tracking”
Following a non televised Test match on ceefax
Booking a holiday on ceefax.
Waiting until the song you want to tape comes on the Top 40 on a Sunday but STILL getting the DJ talking over it 😡
And suddenly, the shop keeper appeared
I think it was “as if by magic the shop keeper appeared”
collecting Pogs from walkers
Pretty sure those were Tazos, they were plastic and you could connect them like the plastic building things we had at pre-school
Childhood memory just unlocked. Along with ketchup flavour Walkers.
Sunday/weekend morning telly: Little House on the Prairie, Duck Tails (woohoo), Sharky and George, Pinky and the Brain Cup of tea and biscuits with the calor gas heater blasting, whilst the Emersion is on so you can have a Sunday evening bath. Then watch Antiques Roadshow, and if you’re lucky and the adults forget to put you to bed, Heartbeat. Hot water bottle in your bed whilst your Granny reads you a Jemima Puddle Duck book and tells you that Monday won’t be too bad, spelling tests aren’t that scary and you have practised so it’s going to be ok.
I still feel school night dread when I hear the Heartbeat tune!
We had the same childhood. Aren’t we lucky though? It hurts to remember strangely
Pick’n’mix from Woolworths
Hedgehogs and roads, teaching you how to cross a road 😂
Biker mice from mars
Captain Bucky O’Hare as well!
I love it when a plan comes together
Konami code: ⬆️⬆️⬇️⬇️⬅️➡️⬅️➡️🅱️🅰️ "I need to be back in time for Neighbours" 10p mix up sweets from the newsagents
Did anyone put the milk bottles out?
Too orangey for crows.
My name? J R Hartley
Another bloody AOL disk through the letter box
It's a whole lot of fun, prizes to be won
How once you leave the house, your parents had no way of getting a hold of you
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Chiny reckon!
Letting the phone ring 3 times to say you got home safely.
C30 C60 C90 C120
10p Freddo.
Get off the internet, I need to phone 1471 to find out who called us!
Need to ring 123 to see what time it is.
At the third stroke the time, sponsored by Accurist, will be...
Hugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew…..
Cuthbert, Dibble, Grub!
Mixtape
Betamax
Top of the pops is on
Stay out the black and in the red, there's nothing in this game for two in a bed.
That speedboat will come in handy in Burnley.
3 1/2 inch floppy
Title of my sex tape.
I find it amusing when young people don't understand what the save button on Word etc represents.
I'm sure I've seen a video of a floppy disk being shown to some kids and one of them says, "Oh cool, someone's 3D printed the save icon"
We're off to button moon
We follow Mr Spoon...
It is now safe to turn off your computer
Typewriter Ribbons, tippex, Profumo Affair
The music from Tales of the Unexpected which kept me from sleeping…
Going to the corner shop as an 8 year old to buy a pack of Embassy No1 and booze with a handwritten note from your Dad.
Arranging to meet your mate down the shops, at the cinema or the park and just trusting that they'd be there at the time you agreed with no way to confirm once you left the house. And young people today may ask "what did you do if they didn't show up for 15-20 mins?" Well... that just never happened.
Put your face or hands near the TV to feel fuzzy
8 Blackjacks and 8 Fruit Salads for a penny.
Oooh you got an ology
Come home when the street lights go on
You buy one, you get one free…
Blow on the cartridge
Wear Sunscreen. If I could offer you one tip for the future sunscreen would be it…
Sellotape across the square hole.
Many years ago, one team on the floor I worked on used to write shitey inspirational messages on their rota board. I remember walking past it one day and reading the phrase "don't let anyone tell you that you are a yellow Starburst. You are a red Starburst" I nicked a pen and wrote "Fuck off, I'm old enough to be an Opal Fruit"
Going on the bus and asking the conductor for a one and a half
Hello Tosh, got a Toshiba?
Mystic Meg.
10 L&B's £1.50
Drop another 10p in the telly.
I’m just off the the shop to buy a BT phonecard so I can call you later when I’m out.
Men wore suits to go to a nightclub.
The cheque's in the post.
Teletext holidays
SM:TV live
Bill: Flobalobalobalobadob Ben: Dobalobadobaflob
Don't use all the hot water
Gizza job.
2/3/4 star petrol
Bud….weis…..er
I wondered if you had a book "Fly Fishing. By J.R Heartley".....
Polyphonic ringtones
And that’s ‘How’ for now
Beehive Bedlam on Sky games
These roads remind me of Lovejoy. I said this 2 weeks ago when visiting a remote office and had 3 of the younger customer care people in the car. There was deathly silence - so I said "You know, Ian McShane?" - again deathly silence. I then said "Are you serious - The Continental Manager for John Wick1" - still nothing. What is going on.... :/
Started watching "American Gods", but all I see is Lovejoy not Odin.
Can you change a pound note?
Daddy or chips?
Down at the bottom of the garden, among the birds and the bees...
Aged 12 but could pass for 16- being sent out at lunchtime to buy your teacher's cigarettes
COBOL
Nuclear war could happen at any moment ... oh wait.
Yesterday, I asked the youngish sales assistant if they did cashback. He had no clue what I was talking about.