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1. That thing where you twirl your finger next to the side your head to indicate that someone is "crazy".

― the baby from three men and a baby, but all growed up (nordicskilla), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Adam your rapid-fire moniker changes are making me dizzy.

Also: pump fist in the air going "hwoo hwoo hwoo" a la the Arsenio Hall show.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:36 (twenty-two years ago)

2. Eat treacle and huddle closely over a wireless radio to hear President Taft assure the nation that the Great Meatpacking Crisis of 1910 will be settled shortly 'by means of our National Guard and buckshot.'

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:36 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't think that's in line with the spirit of the question

― ModJ (ModJ), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:37 (twenty-two years ago)

I am allowing for a liberal interpretation. But if you insist:

3. "Wanna come over and play some Atari games?"

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Eat treacle

I initially read this as "ear treacle." I'm glad I was wrong.

― america's first municipal lunatic asylum (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:41 (twenty-two years ago)

More plz!

― the baby from three men and a baby, but all growed up (nordicskilla), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Oddly enough I did the Arsenio and the head twirling loco thing at my office today.

― LiquidTide (LiquidTide), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:41 (twenty-two years ago)

the rotary dial motion

― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Die from smallpox, then.

― ModJ (ModJ), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:43 (twenty-two years ago)

when visiting her in London I responded to something my sister said by slapping my hand against my chest and going "daieee..." in a retarded voice. She started laughing at me and asking if I was 14. Nothing like a little sister to force you back into old habits.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:46 (twenty-two years ago)

My supervisor totally once did the "crazy" handgesture after a co-worker walked away. But like me, he might just be 14.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Family bowling

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Purchase food at an automat

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:49 (twenty-two years ago)

minigolf

― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:49 (twenty-two years ago)

minigolf

I played miniature golf earlier this year.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Me too.

― the baby from three men and a baby, but all growed up (nordicskilla), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Have milk delivered

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Purchase gasoline at a full-service gas station (yeah, i know - NJ and OR excepted)

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Get given free milk in breaks at school.

― the baby from three men and a baby, but all growed up (nordicskilla), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Do they...still give away free stuff with cereal? It doesn't seem like they do.

― the baby from three men and a baby, but all growed up (nordicskilla), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Walk on the moon

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Vote

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:53 (twenty-two years ago)

wish they were Prince

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:53 (twenty-two years ago)

free milk in breaks

Oh the inadvertant misreadings.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:54 (twenty-two years ago)

care

― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:57 (twenty-two years ago)

THE TWEE THE TWEE MY GOGGLES DO NOTHING

Take dictation.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 15 January 2004 04:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Gather the family around the radio to listen to the latest episodes of popular radio serials.

― As Sweet As Melody (Dee the Lurker), Thursday, 15 January 2004 04:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Walk on the moon

or alternately, moonwalk à la MJ

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 15 January 2004 04:21 (twenty-two years ago)

go "wick-wick-WACK" with the hand motion

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 15 January 2004 04:21 (twenty-two years ago)

(thank god)

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 15 January 2004 04:22 (twenty-two years ago)

refer to lame people as 'herbs,' attractive people as 'foxes' or 'studs' - maybe this is all generational shit tho. i never said any of that shit. maybe it was all rap records and tv sitcoms then?

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Thursday, 15 January 2004 04:25 (twenty-two years ago)

the watusi, the mashed potato, the twist, the madison, the frug, the running man (unironically), the shimmy, the alligator, the harlem shuffle, the electric slide (oh but on the rare occasions that they do LOOK OUT cause you will have big ole ladies all over the floor).

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Thursday, 15 January 2004 05:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I used a payphone with a rotary dial today. I'm surprised that Alexander Graham Bell didn't answer instead of my grandmother.

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 15 January 2004 05:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Ha well theres one - use a payphone. Cant think of the last time I used one.

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 15 January 2004 05:42 (twenty-two years ago)

My cell coverage doesn't work in Memphis.

Ha. People don't seem to go to Memphis anymore, either.

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 15 January 2004 05:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Love another human being.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 15 January 2004 06:24 (twenty-two years ago)

People don't leave pies on window sills to cool down anymore.

― Alfie (Alfie), Thursday, 15 January 2004 09:02 (twenty-two years ago)

beat rugs in the garden

― MarkH (MarkH), Thursday, 15 January 2004 09:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Send regular letters to friends, except if they've moved to a faraway country.

beat rugs in the garden

Rug beating still goes on in Finland, though not in the garden. Many apartment buildings have special racks for this.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 15 January 2004 09:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Have two lounges, ie. sitting room/drawing room. Or sculleries, for that matter.

― Silly Sailor (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 15 January 2004 09:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Finland is a curious place.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Thursday, 15 January 2004 10:08 (twenty-two years ago)

I now only have to imagine Gareth and the payphone and all is right with the world.

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 15 January 2004 10:37 (twenty-two years ago)

*1. That thing where you twirl your finger next to the side your head to indicate that someone is "crazy".*

I just finished watching "The Exorcist" and Lee J. Cobb did that!

― weather!ngda1eson, Thursday, 15 January 2004 11:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes! And someone did on that Dennis Rodman show last night! And my wife pointed out someone doing it on Sex And The City! Is it coming back?

― the baby from three men and a baby, but all growed up (nordicskilla), Thursday, 15 January 2004 15:19 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.historyslice.com/kids/toys/hoop1.jpg

― Nemo (JND), Thursday, 15 January 2004 15:44 (twenty-two years ago)

What about hula hoops? Haven't seen those in quite a while...

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 15 January 2004 15:48 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.bcl.co.uk/images/kp%20gifs/kp1.gif

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 15 January 2004 15:51 (twenty-two years ago)

...speak to each other anymore - it's all texting and email (and, uh, messegeboards) nowadays.

Also, nobody uses combs anymore.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Thursday, 15 January 2004 15:55 (twenty-two years ago)

say "dingy-bahooo"

― jed_ (jed), Thursday, 15 January 2004 16:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Try to pause the song you're taping off the radio *just* before Shadow Stevens starts talking.
Make those which-one-do-you-choose paper things.
People don't have bad teeth the way they used to. In the US, at least.

― paulhw (paulhw), Thursday, 15 January 2004 16:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Achieve happiness in a hypermediated and hypersexualised environment which shows every sign of worsening?

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 15 January 2004 16:24 (twenty-two years ago)

arm wrestle
hitchhike

― kephm, Thursday, 15 January 2004 16:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Download albums off the internet, apparently...

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 15 January 2004 17:00 (twenty-two years ago)

you can still get milk delivered around here. milkman comes once a week, not daily, though.

wear hats other than baseball caps.

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 15 January 2004 17:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Make me laugh.

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 15 January 2004 17:23 (twenty-two years ago)

A: Ferrets.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 15 January 2004 17:25 (twenty-two years ago)

be impressed by "camera tricks".
try and see magic eye pictures.

― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 15 January 2004 17:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Look for Waldo.

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Thursday, 15 January 2004 17:42 (twenty-two years ago)

people no longer perm their hair, unless you live in a god forsaken place like southern kentucky.

also, no one ever uses the "what's your sign?" pick up line anymore, unless they are doing it in an oh-so-ironic way.

― Emilymv (Emilymv), Thursday, 15 January 2004 17:58 (twenty-two years ago)

go skating on the Thames.

(bloke on breakfast weather pointed out that the Thames last(?) froze over 40 years ago this week. or did he say 1940?)

andy

― koogs (koogs), Sunday, 18 January 2004 15:50 (twenty-two years ago)

throw their excrement out onto the street

― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 18 January 2004 16:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Speak for yo...why are you looking at me like that?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 18 January 2004 16:11 (twenty-two years ago)

well you do have two asses so i guess you can be excused more than most

― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 18 January 2004 16:32 (twenty-two years ago)

there is really another spoof movie poster in this i feel

― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 18 January 2004 16:32 (twenty-two years ago)

51. decant their whisky or spirits into those big cut-glass bottles with glass stoppers, although i have no idea why this was ever done in the first place

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Sunday, 18 January 2004 16:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Same reason as people use milk jugs.

― N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 18 January 2004 17:01 (twenty-two years ago)

you mean like a "oh no my dear, we've ALWAYS made our own marmalade" kind of thing?

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Sunday, 18 January 2004 17:06 (twenty-two years ago)

it's a matter of aesthetics I think. My mother says, sometimes, "get that ignorant milk carton off the table, put it in a jug!"

― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 18 January 2004 17:12 (twenty-two years ago)

she just doesn't want you to notice that the sell-by date is two weeks gone.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Sunday, 18 January 2004 17:15 (twenty-two years ago)

you mean you don't usually need a knife and fork to eat milk?

― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 18 January 2004 17:17 (twenty-two years ago)

once it starts having conversations with you it's time to go back to the "ignorant" carton i think

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Sunday, 18 January 2004 17:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Write cheques.

Yeah, I do, but only about once every three months or something.

― Snnap Dragon (snnap dragon), Sunday, 18 January 2004 17:46 (twenty-two years ago)

How old is the history of 'ignorant' meaning 'uncouth'? I've noticed it most in Irish and black culture.

― N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 18 January 2004 17:48 (twenty-two years ago)

the mormons do it a lot too!

― teeny (teeny), Sunday, 18 January 2004 18:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Form an orderly queue at bus stops.

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 18 January 2004 18:49 (twenty-two years ago)

No more television antennas on the roof. If you don't have cable or satellite, you're probably just using rabbit ears. And you're probably not even using tinfoil on the tips.

I can't remember the last time I used one of the Function keys on my keyboard. It was more than likely the last time I used WordPerfect.

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 19 January 2004 00:34 (twenty-two years ago)

I thought I'd never write a cheque again, til my blasted real estate agent removed the BPay (online banking) function for their office and replaced it with their own "version" that had a ridiculous monthly fee to use it, and on top of that said they'd stop accepting cash payments (which cant surely be legal???). So cheque is all I can do, I couldnt even remember how to fill one in at first.

― Trayce (trayce), Monday, 19 January 2004 00:38 (twenty-two years ago)

haha i've been writing cheques like mad lately

― the surface noise (electricsound), Monday, 19 January 2004 00:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Stockdale & Leggo in St Kilda can eat my fuc. I hate cheques.

― Trayce (trayce), Monday, 19 January 2004 00:47 (twenty-two years ago)

i know what you mean. they're a big pain in the ass

― the surface noise (electricsound), Monday, 19 January 2004 00:47 (twenty-two years ago)

decant their whisky or spirits into those big cut-glass bottles with glass stoppers, although i have no idea why this was ever done in the first place

my dad does this. i think that it's because his friend who gifted him with the monstrosity is over fairly often.

― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 19 January 2004 01:07 (twenty-two years ago)

56. keep hope chests.

― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 19 January 2004 01:08 (twenty-two years ago)

57. Go to a drive-in theater to watch a double-feature.

― As Sweet As Melody (Dee the Lurker), Monday, 19 January 2004 05:06 (twenty-two years ago)

The Chicken Dance.

― may pang (maypang), Monday, 19 January 2004 05:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Use a typewriter.

― Sean (Sean), Monday, 19 January 2004 06:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Change channels on TV by getting up and turning the knob round to "the other side".

― Trayce (trayce), Monday, 19 January 2004 06:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Call me.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 19 January 2004 14:16 (twenty-two years ago)

fall in love forever.

― RJG (RJG), Monday, 19 January 2004 14:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Say "here's my pager number" while sounding smug.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 19 January 2004 14:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Worry about The Bomb.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 19 January 2004 14:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Leave their door open so that the neighbours can just pop in for a chat.

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 19 January 2004 14:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Haven't you been watching Eastenders recently?

No more television antennas on the roof. If you don't have cable or satellite, you're probably just using rabbit ears.

Hello? Freeview!

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 19 January 2004 14:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Sorry, I should have said "live lives like people on TV where doors are left open so that the neighbours can pop in for a chat yet no-one pops in to nick your telly".

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 19 January 2004 14:54 (twenty-two years ago)

four months pass...

announce the beginning of a joke with "I say, I say, I say..."

Actually, what the fuck was that all about?

― dog latin (dog latin), Saturday, 29 May 2004 13:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Round these parts, don't listen to Radio Free Europe no more

(and I don't mean the R.E.M. song)

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Saturday, 29 May 2004 13:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Make piggy-banks from plastic jug bottles. At least I don't think.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Saturday, 29 May 2004 14:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Listen to the cricket/football on a portable radio while working outside gardening or whatever.

― Fred Nerk (Fred Nerk), Saturday, 29 May 2004 14:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Bring the motherfucking ruckus

― don (don), Saturday, 29 May 2004 14:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Darn socks

― Maria D., Saturday, 29 May 2004 16:49 (twenty-two years ago)

wear fancy hats (not like they used to, anyway)

― Maria D, Saturday, 29 May 2004 16:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Walk more than a block, before begging to use their car to go to the store.

Buy actual CDs

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Saturday, 29 May 2004 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Light up a cigarette wherever you damn well please.

― Aaron A., Saturday, 29 May 2004 20:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Look nice to get on the airplane.

― Aaron A., Saturday, 29 May 2004 20:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Converse with a girl between the ages of about 5 and 17 without either feeling like a creep, or being sure that someone is eyeing you warily.

― Aaron A., Saturday, 29 May 2004 20:35 (twenty-two years ago)

raise their kids well

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 29 May 2004 21:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Speak English

― Pack Yr Romantic Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 29 May 2004 21:56 (twenty-two years ago)

wash a hat.

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Saturday, 29 May 2004 22:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Make sweet, sweet love to me.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Saturday, 29 May 2004 22:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Use or read Diaryland. Stileproject. Fark. McSweeneys. Homestarrunner. Hell, the Onion.

― Aaron A., Saturday, 29 May 2004 23:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Roll a joint on an album cover balanced on your lap. Maybe I'm incorrect here.

― jim wentworth (wench), Sunday, 30 May 2004 03:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Use the nickname 'Honest John' for our deeply esteemed PM without irony.

― Fred Nerk (Fred Nerk), Sunday, 30 May 2004 03:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Stay true to the Black will of the Nightspirit. decline of this pains my soul and feeds the wolfen-thirst within.

― Vas Djifrens (latebloomer), Sunday, 30 May 2004 05:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Polish shoes

― Madchen (Madchen), Sunday, 30 May 2004 10:49 (twenty-two years ago)

wash a hat.

Yeah, like what the hell is up with this frat-boy thing where you wear an Abercrombie & Fitch baseball cap to the point where the colors get all bleached out and the brownish sweat stains rise from the brim like a halo? Is this to make it abundantly clear to everyone that, man, you've done lots of fun things in the sun...beach, jetskiing, snowboarding, touch football, etc. I can tell that without the hat, thanks.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 30 May 2004 13:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Instruct a child to go cut a switch to beat the child with.

― sucka (sucka), Sunday, 30 May 2004 15:30 (twenty-two years ago)

make mixtapes

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Sunday, 30 May 2004 15:34 (twenty-two years ago)

on second thought, perhaps i am just rolling with the wrong crew on that one.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Sunday, 30 May 2004 15:46 (twenty-two years ago)

have coming out parties (the debutante kind)

[BTW: I have my milk delivered, have been known to roll a joint on an album cover, and still make mixtapes]

― Maria D., Monday, 31 May 2004 12:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Doff ones hat towards a young lady in order to indicate polite appreciation for her well-formed ankle.

― Fergal (Ferg), Monday, 31 May 2004 12:59 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

Emphatically scratching your chin and/or going "EEERRRNNNIIIIEEEE" to symbolise that you don't believe someone.

― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 13:27 (twenty years ago)

Worry about CFC gases.

― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 13:29 (twenty years ago)

Worry that kids should spend more time outside than indoors playing those evil computer games.

― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 13:30 (twenty years ago)

picking one.

― when something smacks of something (dave225.3), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 13:32 (twenty years ago)

Chin scratching I remember but not the "EEERRRNNNIIIIEEEE". It was all "Jimmy Hill" round my way.

― robster (robster), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 13:33 (twenty years ago)

"chinny reck-on"

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 13:37 (twenty years ago)

Think.

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 13:39 (twenty years ago)

saying "Gordon Bennett"

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 13:40 (twenty years ago)

Do the Wayne's World pelvic thrust and say "Schwing!"

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 13:41 (twenty years ago)

or "Cor blimey" xpost

― beanz (beanz), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 13:42 (twenty years ago)

The bloke I sit next to at work still says "Schwing!". He doesn't do the pelvic thrust though.

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 13:47 (twenty years ago)

draw and quarter heretics

― Old School (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 13:58 (twenty years ago)

They don't go down to the lakes in winter and cut blocks of ice to be stored on sawdust and resold in July. Which is too bad, really, because it was electricity-free ice.

― Laurel (Laurel), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 14:01 (twenty years ago)

defenestrate

― emilys. (emilys.), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 22:06 (twenty years ago)

Worry that kids should spend more time outside than indoors playing those evil computer games.

I do worry about that actually.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 22:10 (twenty years ago)

People don't say "you know" to fill empty spaces between words. "Like" and "basically" are the new you knows.

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 22:21 (twenty years ago)

obsolete terms of endearment can really turn your stomach. I heard a guy in the gym call his girlfriend "mamacita."

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 22:24 (twenty years ago)

mamacita as in the spanish term -is obsolete? or am i missing something?

― kephm (kephm), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 22:29 (twenty years ago)

Spanish-speaking people saying mamacita: Classic
Anglo on Martha's Vineyard saying mamacita: DUD

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 22:32 (twenty years ago)

put money in new born babies prams.

― jed_ (jed), Thursday, 20 October 2005 01:49 (twenty years ago)

mira mira! que linda!

― astor riviera (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 20 October 2005 01:52 (twenty years ago)

i'm not sure i've ever heard a spanish-speaking person say "mamacita." i hear "mami" a lot though.

― astor riviera (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 20 October 2005 01:57 (twenty years ago)

wyclef says mamacita

― minna (minna), Thursday, 20 October 2005 01:58 (twenty years ago)

i had these brazillian neighbors once, a couple....

― kephm (kephm), Thursday, 20 October 2005 02:58 (twenty years ago)

Do the Wayne's World pelvic thrust and say "Schwing!"

hahahaha i... uh... say schwing sometimes... kind of as a joke i guess? i don't even know.

i'm kind of ashamed of it.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 20 October 2005 04:13 (twenty years ago)

i also have a totally unshakeable attachemnt to the "that's what she said!" joke (it is a great joke with many applications)

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 20 October 2005 04:14 (twenty years ago)

"____-um? i nearly ___ him!"

― astor riviera (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 20 October 2005 04:19 (twenty years ago)

Telling their kids that the Boogieman will come and get 'em if they don't eat their vegetables

― Eva van Rein (Gaia1981), Thursday, 20 October 2005 04:58 (twenty years ago)

jazzercise

― astor riviera (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 20 October 2005 05:00 (twenty years ago)

Quote Fletch.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Thursday, 20 October 2005 05:03 (twenty years ago)

Telling the truth. Everyone lies these days unlike in days of yore when no one ever fibbed and a white lie was telling someone that no, they really did not look fat in that dress rather than certain "fabrications" about WMD and asylum seekers throwing children overboard. Well as opposed to the past "reds under the bed" fairytales. So the falsehoodmeter is just more exaggerated now. But still ... there's just not as much respect for the *truth* today and major political lies are legitimated as "spin." Pfft.

― saleXander / sophie (salexander), Thursday, 20 October 2005 05:20 (twenty years ago)

Take responsibility for their own actions.

― Mingus Dew (Mingus Dew), Thursday, 20 October 2005 05:39 (twenty years ago)

1. BATHING MACHINES.

― Roxymuzak, Mrs. Carbohydrate (roxymuzak), Thursday, 20 October 2005 05:40 (twenty years ago)

suck my cock

― geoff (gcannon), Thursday, 20 October 2005 05:45 (twenty years ago)

2003 was "that's what she said" year in the comix store I work at

also, a lot of Spanish speakers in NE Georgia totally say mamacita

― emilys. (emilys.), Thursday, 20 October 2005 16:27 (twenty years ago)

I say "cor blimey" from time to time, in a non-affected manner as well.

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 20 October 2005 16:30 (twenty years ago)

Grime

― Confounded (Confounded), Thursday, 20 October 2005 16:43 (twenty years ago)

Carry a rolled-up newspaper under their arm on the way to work.

― knife (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 22:05 (twenty years ago)

They do still carry it down the hall to the crapper.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 22:11 (twenty years ago)

counting out change starting at the amount you spent and ending at the bill amount you gave them

― emilys. (emilys.), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 22:21 (twenty years ago)

take responsibility for the conditions of their world

― steve ketchup, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 01:39 (twenty years ago)

Play marbles or jacks (as opposed to Basement Jaxx)

― j.lu (j.lu), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 02:20 (twenty years ago)

counting out change starting at the amount you spent and ending at the bill amount you gave them

There are still clerks out there who do this. They're predominantly older employees, though. The last time it happened was when I was at Radio Shack buying a coaxial cable; I was so pleasantly surprised that I couldn't help but thank the clerk for doing that.

― This Field Left Blank (Dee the Lurker), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 04:56 (twenty years ago)

Tip their hats in greeting.

― moley (moley), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 05:19 (twenty years ago)

I do a little head-nod often, that I like to think is like a subtle hat-tip or curtsey. I probably look quite potty.

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 05:20 (twenty years ago)

hit with runners in scoring position

― Jimmy Mod wants you to tighten the strings on your corset (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 05:21 (twenty years ago)

i... uh... say schwing sometimes... kind of as a joke i guess?

My dept. had an intern this past summer whose last name was Schwing. I resisted saying "Schwing!" to her for two months, and then during her last week I finally asked her, "Do people say 'Schwing!' to you a lot?", and she just groaned. She was in like 2nd grade or something when Wayne's World was around, so she said she had to spend several years of her life having everyone say "Schwing!" to her before she ever even saw the skits or movies.

I also sometimes tip invisible hats to people. Or give mock salutes. I don't know why, it just seems like we need more greeting body language.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 05:27 (twenty years ago)

Does anyone still click their heels? I'm pretty sure that one's gone for good, even in Schleswig-Holstein.

― moley (moley), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 05:58 (twenty years ago)

I clicked my heels the other day but in an ironic non-spontaneous way.

― Bombed Out and Depleted / Kate (papa november), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 05:59 (twenty years ago)

i'm gonna do a lot more heel-clicking. it's way cute.

― g-kit (g-kit), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 10:55 (twenty years ago)

leave me alone

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 12:20 (twenty years ago)

Tell jokes (well in London they certainly don't)

― BarabadabaDadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 12:21 (twenty years ago)

run down the street chasing dogs with strings of sausages in their mouths.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 12:22 (twenty years ago)

(women) standing waiting for the husbands to come home after a night out with the lads, with curlers in the hair, a nightgown on, with their arms folded and holding a rolling pin

― BarabadabaDadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 12:24 (twenty years ago)

Tell jokes (well in London they certainly don't)

this is a really good one. can't remember the last time i told a joke or was told a joke in the 'classic' sense.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 12:26 (twenty years ago)

knock policmens hats off with footballs

― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 12:26 (twenty years ago)

... I have to go back to Glasgow to hear new jokes. Expensive business, I'm tellin' ya (xpost)

― BarabadabaDadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 12:27 (twenty years ago)

build death defying rope swings.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 12:30 (twenty years ago)

saying "Gordon Bennett"

-- Colonel Poo (colonelpo...), October 19th, 2005.

i do this! not on the internet.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 12:31 (twenty years ago)

share a party line with neighbors and be able to listen in to their telephone calls (I did this as a kid)

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 12:43 (twenty years ago)

use white-out

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 12:44 (twenty years ago)

sniff mimeographs

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 12:44 (twenty years ago)

If I knew what a mimeograph was I might well sniff one

― BarabadabaDadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 12:46 (twenty years ago)

play whist

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 12:47 (twenty years ago)

"The mimeograph machine (commonly abbreviated to mimeo) or stencil duplicator was a printing machine that was far cheaper per copy than any other process in runs of several hundred to several thousand copies. It was not capable of photocopying a document, as a special stencil had to be prepared by hand. Popular until the early 1970's, especially in the preparation of tests and notes for use in classrooms, it has been largely supplanted by photocopying and offset printing."

The smell was like nothing else. As soon as the teacher would hand out a copy of the test or homework or whatever, every kid would immediately sniff the sheet.

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 12:49 (twenty years ago)

use 5 inch floppy disks.

― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 12:53 (twenty years ago)

I wish I'd gone to your school (xpost)

― BarabadabaDadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 12:53 (twenty years ago)

You wouldn't have wanted to go to my school -- my teacher had a paddleboard she used to spank children. Classroom spankings don't happen much anymore either.

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 13:06 (twenty years ago)

My elementary school still had one! They smelled unusual. And I think the chemicals or ink involved got everyone high.

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 13:08 (twenty years ago)

ritual slaughter of innocents by druids

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 13:09 (twenty years ago)

Book-It

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 13:21 (twenty years ago)

Ask the barmaid for a pen so you can write down the phone number of the person you have been snogging.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 13:31 (twenty years ago)

These days the only time i ask barmaids for pens is when I'm doing a crossword...................... please kill me now

― BarabadabaDadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 13:43 (twenty years ago)

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