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... but is there ever a situation in which you would refuse an okey cokey...

113 replies

MrsWembley · 06/11/2020 22:08

... no matter how mean spirited you were or how awful your personal situation was?

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Thighdentitycrisis · 07/11/2020 00:18

When I worked in an SEN school a Hokey Cokey, Cupid shuffle or Superman was all in day’s work

Davros · 07/11/2020 00:18

I would have had Oops Upside Your Head at my birthday party but I'd never be able to get up these days!

Thighdentitycrisis · 07/11/2020 00:19

Anordinarymum

LOG

ViciousJackdaw · 07/11/2020 00:32

Shall I make us a cheese and pickled onion hedgehog and some vol-au-vents to go with the music?

Anordinarymum · 07/11/2020 00:35

@Thighdentitycrisis

Anordinarymum

LOG

Sorry you got me there... I just looked LOG up and it means a large turd
ViciousJackdaw · 07/11/2020 00:37

So what is it then

Depends on whether you are a babysitter or a bramble picker

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 07/11/2020 00:37

Only if it was a solemn Kraftwerk tribute event.

Even then, probably only once a year - at Te Noihydc.

MrsWembley · 07/11/2020 00:50

😂😂😂

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Anordinarymum · 07/11/2020 00:54

@MrsWembley

😂😂😂
I have a feeling you are being naughty here OP
remaininlight · 07/11/2020 00:54

Anyone remember the lambada?Smile

MrsWembley · 07/11/2020 00:58

@Anordinarymum

If I have had a few shandies I will do almost anything including shinning up lamposts or peeing in the front garden, so the hokey cokey is perfectly acceptable.

Having said this I haven't done any of these antics for years and more's the pity.

I remember with fondness a girl's night out when we left a pub and one friend pushed me down a street in one of those low down trolleys like you find in a garden centre. When we got to the bottom of the street I fell out and landed in dog dirt and had no idea until we got into the warm pub :(

Oh happy silly bloody days.

I had a few nights like thisWink Oh, I miss being young!

At no point would I have refused an okey kokey!! In fact, on several occasions, I pretty certain that I was the one starting themGrin

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MrsWembley · 07/11/2020 01:03

@378990fgj

There has never been a situation in which anyone has offered me an okey cokey.

I feel slighted.

If we ever meet, I will immediately offer you the okey kokey...
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WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 07/11/2020 01:40

I have a feeling you are being naughty here OP

I don't think it's meant to be the Reith Lectures, if that's what you mean....

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 07/11/2020 01:41

Anyone remember the lambada?

Is that the big yellow sculpture in Liverpool....?

Anordinarymum · 07/11/2020 01:46

this thread is getting deliciously silly

Snipples · 07/11/2020 03:46

God the lambada! Not thought about that one for years! I remember my parents dancing to that at the end of the night.

Our toddler class plays Hokey Cokey at the end of every messy play session and I hate it as have to carry DD for the duration of the bloody thing and it's never ending!

When I was a kid I loved that "I am the music man" song. Oompa oompa oomp pah pah.....

Andylion · 07/11/2020 04:00

@RuffleCrow

If i was in america.

They don't do the best bit.

What part is that? In Canada, at least i my part of it, we call it the Hokey Pokey.
Pesimistic · 07/11/2020 04:30

I think it should be that okie cokies are made illegal since it's not the 90s anymore.

August20 · 07/11/2020 04:33

@RuffleCrow

If i was in america.

They don't do the best bit.

What part don't they do?

They call it the Hokey Pokey round here. Like the ice cream.

Mummyoflittledragon · 07/11/2020 04:37

What about the birdie song?

zigzagbetty · 07/11/2020 05:00

My 4 year old has just discovered the hokey cokey so actually found myself doing it for the first time in 20+ years the other day on Blackpool beach the other day! She was rather impressed i knew the words Grin

When we have kids parties found here we still get the full 80s experience with superman and all!

Monty27 · 07/11/2020 05:13

Sadly I've been sucked into it on far too many cringe worthy moments in my dark and distant past that I care to remember.
These days I confess, i look on at the participants in sympathy and simply feel pleased to have learned to just say no 😂

Esterodesavitch · 07/11/2020 05:21

I would partake with a cats bum face. Knees bend, arms stretch, rah rah go fuck yourself.

RainingBatsAndFrogs · 07/11/2020 06:50

Of course!
I’m not addicted to it.

Mummadeeze · 07/11/2020 07:17

Yes to the okey cokey, no to a conga. Find congas really embarrassing but don’t know why.

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