I only did it! I found the Holy Grail of parenting!

[PomBearWithoutHerOFRS]

I bought my 15 year old son a t-shirt, without asking. I chose it. He not only declared it to be "poggers champ" but he hugged me and said thank you!
It's a miracle
What was this shirt I hear you ask?
Plain black shirt with the immortal words "Country roads, take me home" printed on the front

[PomBearWithoutHerOFRS]

[Kleptronic]

@PomBearWithoutHerOFRS I am beside myself with envy probably the only time that icon has ever been used as intended.

[cctvrec]

I won with my DD(13)

I bought her a new pair of trainers which she LOVED and said they were perfect.

It just happens that I didn't need to search. She's picked the exact same pair of black Adidas gazelles in different sizes for 3 years now and I don't even think she realised that they were the same ones she always wears until I pointed it out.

[NoViolins]

It's really heartening to discover modern teens are more broadminded and eclectic

I'm not sure if they're any more so than in the 80s. It's just that this particular song is very trendy right now, and teens love things that are trendy.

[Fefifofaff]

Titsywoo I've been Rickrolled! Think I'll do it to my daughter now that you've reminded me about it... 😁

[mosscarpet]

brilliant thread LOL
My dd and her mates (Y13 - now left school)apparently hid pictures of Bob Ross all over the school last year (pre-lockdown) and younger dd said people are still discovering them this year in random places !

[CarpeVitam]

I can't believe I just googled 'poggers champ' 🙄

[twinkletoedelephant]

Well poggers is a popular expression in our house....I had to Google it

[GunsAndShips]

My biggest wins were an "I am Sherlocked" t-shirt and some Ghibli socks. The socks were the most loved Christmas present and shown to everybody. She is obsessed with socks though. Usually wears them odd. Getting ones that look and feel right are the holy grail here.

[Pelleas]

Country Roads (the John Denver song) is very popular with the teen boys

That's lovely to hear! I liked John Denver as a teen in the 1980s, but his music was seen by most teenagers as deeply uncool and weird in those days (when Bros were the kings of pop) - the sort of thing your parents listened to.

It's really heartening to discover modern teens are more broadminded and eclectic.

[kingdomcapers]

Thank you PomBear. I'll be getting those later

[PomBearWithoutHerOFRS]

@kingdomcapers A seller called buildahero has the Africa t shirt. I have one end route

[IncyWincyGrownUp]

Pog/poggers is all over twitch and youtube. It’s generally considered to be good. The longer the word containing pog, the better.

Thanks for the earworm, that’ll be me annoying the cats with dodgy singing!

[Titsywoo]

Anyone else been Rickrolled by their kids?

[Titsywoo]

And yes my DS loves John Denver - well he did 6 months ago but I think it's passed now. Shame I love a bitta John!

[Titsywoo]

Oh so poggers is a real thing?! Dd and her mate were saying something about it the other day and I assumed they were taking the piss.

[PomBearWithoutHerOFRS]

@Kleptronic I met Half Man Half Biscuit once

[PomBearWithoutHerOFRS]

The seller is called whammy-bar-originals - I can't link, am on an ancient kindle.
Size is small, I looked at the size chart and it said 2XL is 44-46 but it only just fits AS who is 6'3 and a 38-40 chest. Luckily I have learned over the years of online shopping, and always buy big.

[Clawdy]

Olivia Newton John sang it too!

[GiantKitten]

Um - pogs? Like pogs & slammers?? From the 90s???

My kids loved those. They’re 27 & 32 now

[Kleptronic]

For the lad, not for me.

[Kleptronic]

My holy grail was a Dukla Prague away kit.

[Oldraver]

DS was into this song a while ago

He is always a little dis-chuffed when he realises his old folks already know any songs he gets into

[oomymoomy]

OP can I ask, how does the sizing come up? My DS has decided he wants this now, but he's kid of between the sizes. He's 11 and very skinny, but about 152cm so wearing age 12-13 in most things now. I don't want to get him the largest size if it's going to drown him or come down to his knees as he'll refuse to wear it then, but worried the next size down might be too small?

[GrapeSodas]

I'd never heard of Poggers champ so i whatsapped my 13 and 16 year dds and they found it hilarious. Said it's from a website called Twitch. They say poggers or pog champ