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Gen X where are you ????

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JRHartleysmum · 06/06/2023 16:39

What are you ‘I’m old’ references that younger folk might not understand ?
I’ll start: ‘too orangey for crows, it’s just for me and my dog’

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wildinthecountry · 06/06/2023 21:56

@Leela2 Monkey is ITVX .

1ittlegreen · 06/06/2023 21:56

It's just for me and my dawg

theblackradiator · 06/06/2023 21:57

"oh and Bob make your own f**king tea!"
guess the film ???

1ittlegreen · 06/06/2023 21:58

Clickncollect · 06/06/2023 16:54

I still sit down to dinner sometimes and say ‘feed me’ in a deep voice as per the McCain oven chips advert.

Oh what about 'hope it's chips, it's chips, we hope it's chips. .' To tune of kay sera

alargeoneforme · 06/06/2023 21:58

Once upon a time, not so long ago, there was a little girl and her name was Emily, and she had a shop.

Bagpuss. I was very, very young and for some reason, I found it absolutely terrifying and creepy but my mum loved it and used to make me watch it!

wildinthecountry · 06/06/2023 21:59

Also watching Laurel & Hardy or Harold Lloyd on BBC 2 around 6 pm .

Peppermint81 · 06/06/2023 22:00

Magic shooooes?

Vellincharm · 06/06/2023 22:01

The leaves will be falling in Berkshire now

theblackradiator · 06/06/2023 22:01

he used give me roses
I wish he would again
but that was on the outside
and things were different then

WhisperingAutistic · 06/06/2023 22:02

theblackradiator · 06/06/2023 22:01

he used give me roses
I wish he would again
but that was on the outside
and things were different then

Oh I bloody loved that programme. Used to watch it with my mum.

theblackradiator · 06/06/2023 22:03

theblackradiator · 06/06/2023 22:01

he used give me roses
I wish he would again
but that was on the outside
and things were different then

that should read he used To give me roses
ffs!

notasgreenasiamcabbagelooking · 06/06/2023 22:04

We're called Jossy's Giants
Football's just a branch of science.

FlutteryButterfly · 06/06/2023 22:04

All the way round and flick!

Monkeytennis97 · 06/06/2023 22:06

DeoForty · 06/06/2023 21:47

Does anyone remember these? I had a green one. You could also get mini versions if I remember correctly...

Yup I had one!

wildinthecountry · 06/06/2023 22:07

WhisperingAutistic · 06/06/2023 22:02

Oh I bloody loved that programme. Used to watch it with my mum.

Yes! I'm always wishing they would repeat it again but 😞

theblackradiator · 06/06/2023 22:08

WhisperingAutistic · 06/06/2023 22:02

Oh I bloody loved that programme. Used to watch it with my mum.

me too I was in high school at the time and used to stay up late to watch it. bloody loved it. it was the top topic of conversation in the classroom the next day as everyone would stay up to watch it. it was great wasn't it.

BigFloppa · 06/06/2023 22:09

I could do with a D

UrsulaBelle · 06/06/2023 22:09

Rentaghost anyone?

theblackradiator · 06/06/2023 22:10

1ittlegreen · 06/06/2023 21:56

It's just for me and my dawg

kiora!

theblackradiator · 06/06/2023 22:12

the water in majorca, don't taste like what it oughta.

PuffinsRocks · 06/06/2023 22:12

Oh Mr Soooooft,
Oh won't you tell me why the world in which you're living
Is so soft?

(Trebor Softmints)

popcornfrenzy · 06/06/2023 22:12

Did anyone else have a glo-worm? I bloody loved mine - it was a green worm but had a yellow/orange tummy when you pressed it

ErinAndTonic · 06/06/2023 22:14

Never been so confused in my life 🤣🤣

PuffinsRocks · 06/06/2023 22:14

wildinthecountry · 06/06/2023 22:07

Yes! I'm always wishing they would repeat it again but 😞

You can buy some of it on DVD on Amazon but it's a stupid amount of money.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=prisoner+cell+block+h&ref=nb_sb_noss
It was in stock and fairly reasonably priced a few years back and I'm kicking myself that I didn't buy it all.

Rolypolyfishheads · 06/06/2023 22:15

Accrington Stanley? Who are they?

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