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Fings Ain't What They Used To Be

43 replies

Hullygully · 05/06/2011 21:36

Are they?

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Umami · 05/06/2011 21:37

Yes.

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handsomeharry · 05/06/2011 21:38

No

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Umami · 05/06/2011 21:39

Perhaps.

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Hullygully · 05/06/2011 21:39

Really?

I don't think so

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thenightsky · 05/06/2011 21:40

of couse not

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OldMacEIEIO · 05/06/2011 21:40

things didnt used to be what they were before that either

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Tambern · 05/06/2011 21:40

nostalgia just isn't as good as it used to be

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Umami · 05/06/2011 21:40

What's up with your fing?

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Hullygully · 05/06/2011 21:41

Not MY fing, fings. In general.

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ChaosTrulyReigns · 05/06/2011 21:41

Can they only get better though?

[confusled]

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Umami · 05/06/2011 21:42

Young people today...

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OldMacEIEIO · 05/06/2011 21:43

forum evolved. Hully not like

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Cain · 05/06/2011 21:43

In what respect? On MN? I agree, but then could also disagree...same old, same old. In Britain? Oh yes, the jury is still out whether the change is for the good. World wide? Oh yes they are, slaughter and maiming of innocents - its par for the course it seems.

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Umami · 05/06/2011 21:44

I remember when this was all trees...

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Hullygully · 05/06/2011 21:44

No, not the forum. Fings.

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handsomeharry · 05/06/2011 21:45
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Mum2aLoon · 05/06/2011 21:45

I used to love Spangles.

Nothing fills the Spangle-shaped void in my life.

And there are other fings, but this is the most important fing.

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FunnysInTheGarden · 05/06/2011 21:46

course they're not, that is evolution my friend............

Of course tis to my chargrain that we have all evolved in Netmums, but there yea go.

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Umami · 05/06/2011 21:46

...and you could buy a ticket to the pictures, some lard dipped in sugar, and a ride home on a charabanc, and still have change from thre'pence ha'penny...

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ChickensHaveNoEyebrows · 05/06/2011 21:47

No, fings ain't what they used to beeeee

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FunnysInTheGarden · 05/06/2011 21:47

chagrain looks better but is still wrong.........sigh

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Hullygully · 05/06/2011 21:48

You used to see a lot more flashers. When I was the age my dd is now, I'd already seen four, She hain't seen nary a whisker.

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OldMacEIEIO · 05/06/2011 21:48

oh.
fings

Anyfing wot happens before you are 25 is new and exiting
Anyfing wot happens before you are 40, is ok ish
After 40 , its new fangled tacky and shit

-Mark Twain (sort of)

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usualsuspect · 05/06/2011 21:48

Mars bars are definitely smaller than they uses to be

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PPPop · 05/06/2011 21:48

Wot fings?

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