Things that were 'very much of their time'

[Sue]

Free Nelson Mandela tee shirts

Bird's Eye lemon mousse

Strawberry mivvis

Tinned garden peas

Paraffin coming round to your house (Esso Blue and Aladdin Pink)

Coalman ditto

Melamine plates

Smocking

Sunsuits

White ankle socks

American Tan stockings

Roll-ons

:))

[Belle]

creamola foam

[SeanMacGabhann]

Not sure I would agree that Irish stereotypes are played out that much these days. And the difference between poking fun at Aussies, Brummies et al and the sort of jokes at the expense of women/homosexuals/black and asian people is that unlike the latter, Aussies and Brummies aren't REALLY oppressed/regularly beaten up/discriminated against financially in any way are they?

[Michael Palaeologus]

I think that Brummies are discriminated against/bullied. Not sytematically, but the stereotype of the "thick Brummie" is alive and kicking, as is that of the "dishonest Scouser" and "violent Glaswegian"

Dont get me started about the oppression of us Gingers.

[*Bob*]

You're not even a Brummie though, are you, MP?

[woofmarkthedog]

*Bob* Wrote:

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> You're not even a Brummie though, are you, MP?

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Correct...

But he was "Ginger" ( life can be tough, I mean Ginger to Grey ,with nothing in between ...)

Though he still has hair, which is a plus

W**F

[SteveT]

Children in cafes, restaurants, and supermarkets, who should be seen but not heard.

[brum]

Sean is quite right in what he says though to be the butt of essentially the same joke over and over, just because of your accent, isn't nice, whether you have been discriminated against historically or not. And yes the Irish jokes are definitely fewer these days, particularly in TV programmes, tho I do recall a thread on this forum a short while ago that may have offended some Irish forumites ( don't ask me to supply a link - it is best left forgotten!)

[SteveT]

The co-op divi

Irish jokes and all that went out with the commedians,

it's all observational humour like Billy Connolly and Eddy Izzard's been doing for eons.

[LazarusLong]

*Bob* Wrote:

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> Is you not feelin Grime then innit?

White people speaking as if they're black.

[LazarusLong]

LazarusLong Wrote:

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> *Bob* Wrote:

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> > Is you not feelin Grime then innit?

>

> White people speaking as if they're black.

Or rather

Old people speaking as if they're young.

[*Bob*]

> > White people speaking as if they're black.

> Old people speaking as if they're young.

You've got it! Congratulations.

[RosieH]

Crying to The Smiths in your bedroom.

[????]

I did that yesterday....dancing to the Thompson Twins in your Kitchen...this morning.

[MrBen]

The Met Office. Totally useless after their BBQ summer and predicting a mild winter, their new focus appears to be telling us what's happening outside which involves looking out the window. And it would seem that they are now being challenged by a small private forecasting team based in Wales that accurately predicted last summer would be crap and winter would be very cold with snow. And these hipsters are now funnily enough predicting a genuine BBQ summer this year....if they are right then the Met office's days are numbered - a public -private partnership on the cards perhaps?

[MrBen]

And if I hear the words "BBQ summer" ever again...

[Sue]

Formica kitchen tables

Wringers

Pre Fabs

Bourne and Hollingsworth

Swan(n?} and Edgar

Fuller's walnut cake

Selfridges and Harrods' catalogues

AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH :-$

[SimonM]

There are still prefabs in ED! :))

[Sue]

I know!

Brill! (word very much of its time :) )

:)-D

[woofmarkthedog]

Yeah...

...but who'd want to live in a boring ol "pre-fab" anyway

http://media.dwell.com/images/480*643/blue-sky-prototype-house-exterior-portrait-balcony.jpg

...eh ?

W**F

[SteveT]

coal fires

[HonaloochieB]

Alley Gobs.

[Sue]

SteveT Wrote:

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> coal fires

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Yes and no ......

[firstchoicegary]

i pulled down a wall in a job and it was a wall covering an old chimney . never seen so much coal dust!!

[firstchoicegary]

vhs but probably been said already