Cultural references the ‘young uns’ don’t get

[Peculiar23]

Called someone at work ‘Victor Meldruw’ and got looked at blankly. God, I’m old
Anyone else ??!!!

It's only a farthing on the rates. It's from the film 'The Ladykillers', not as well-known as a TV jingle, but one that we used to say.

Julian and Sandy talk Polari!

9/11

Airplane?

Darling Fascist Bully Boy, give us some more money, you bastard!

What does boomshanka mean?

May the seed of your loin be fruitful in the belly of your woman.

Are You Being Served was filthy at times and my mum let me watch it from about the age of five. Was watching a repeat of it a few years ago and there is a bit where Captain Peacock is beckoning Mrs Slocombe across the floor with a 'come hither' movement and she puffs out her chest and says, 'Captain Peacock, I respond to no man's finger.' I mean how did they get away with that at 8pm with Mary Whitehouse on the prowl?

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Alan Breeze - I am boiling some beef and carrots now - did he sing a song about boiled beef and carrots?

From the same era and from Ray's a Laugh -'the ginger tom from next door'.

Me and my oldest friends still say this.

Min, there's someone knocking in the upstairs tent.

One of my friends said this today.

A bit obtuse maybe but whenever my son says "sweeeeet", both my husband and and I respond with "Duuuude".

What makes it even funnier is that we didnt realise the other person person was doing it until my son said it when we were all together and we both said it at the same time! 🤣

I'll thcweam and thweam until I'm thick. I can, you know.

We say "the footor" and wave our fingers about. I miss Going Live, it was so much better than anything now.

Smooth on the inside, crunchy on the outside….

I used to interview people (social research) and this always worked to put them at ease: "Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin."

("Listen with Mother").
Bring back Laa-arry the Lamb.

Loads off corkers from The Fast Show:

“Scorchio” - which I still use now whenever it’s forecast to be very warm and sunny
“Buono estente” and “butros, butros ghalli”
”This week, I ‘ave bin mostly eatin’…..”
“I’m a little bit woo, a little bit weyyy”
”Int milk brilliant!”

And on the subject of milk, I have to include an 80’s classic - “Accrington Stanley? Who are they?” “Exactly!”

And of course Peter Kay’s “Garlic bread? It’s the future!”.

The red car and the blue car had a race
all red wants to do is stuff his face etc.

Leslie Nielsen in Airplane!, the same man who gave us "Nice Beaver...(priscilla Presley in reply) Thanks I just got it stuffed" genius!!

I tried

"in a mans brain, information is stored at a steady rate, in a woman's brain, still at a relatively low level of education it overloads" (Harry Enfield)

with some sixth formers, nothing, nada...

He eats everything he sees
From trucks to prickly trees...

And it always sounded weird as they had to slightly change it from the Going Live number when they added the extra 1 to area codes 'Going Live on 081 811 8181!'

If I need my husband to do something I shout
"Man! Where are you man?"

And if we are arguing about whether soneone said something we'll say "shall I get the tapes?". My son says that now too. 🤣

I cant even remember what they were from. Smack The Pony maybe?

In 100 years time I'm convinced Queen will be among the very few acts (ie. count in one hand) whose music is still known/current to the public.

Oh so many but at least I can have a chuckle to myself. Xx