Had an awful "icebreaker" thing at a work thing the other day and had to come up with two facts and one lie and they had to guess the lie. One fact was that Jeremy Beadle presented me with my GSCE certificate. None of them knew who Jeremy Beadle was.
When doing a presentation on copyright infringement I explained why some musicians make a living producing copycat baselines for sampling purposes, and that the KLF kept getting into trouble for using the originals.
Writing, books and fountain pens, everything being done slower, productions at theatres that have been knocked down; now in University archives as historical productions. I recall them being alive and full of hope and optimism.
When I self-deprecatingly mentioned how it makes me feel old to hear about Kurt Cobain's daughter marrying Tony Hawk's son and the reaction I got was "Who's Kurt Cobain?"
When I did the Bar course I was in my early 40s. There were two young women in my tutorial group. As the morning's work finished one day, I mentioned to the young woman next to me that I was looking forward to getting a sandwich from the bar across the road and then eat it in the sunshine in Lincoln's Inn Fields. She was sweet but not very outgoing. She said that sounded nice and would it be OK if she joined me, of course I said yes.
We got our sandwiches and were munching them on a bench in what was some very pleasant sunshine, and we talked about not a lot.
Because it had happened to me within the previous day or two, I mentioned that I'd heard a song on the radio, and although I hadn't heard it or even thought about that song for 20 years or so, the entire lyrics popped into my head immediately. I said something like 'It's weird when that happens', referring generally to suddenly remembering things you thought you'd forgotten.
She looked me in the eye, deadpan, and said: "I wouldn't know; I'm only 22."
Benj reminds me of someone on my masters in 2009 stressing that they hadn't done an exam for 18 months until I pointed I hadn't done one since the previous millennium.
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25yo gymbodied hotties
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Asian? Inked? Side hustle on Insta?
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Your Mum?
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Pretty sure the ‘85 act is still good law
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unk
all three on occasion but not mandatory
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you a fan of Kim Triple-X aka Manga
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Not on my work phone sun.
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assumed you keep personal phone at hand 24/7 for poon reasons sun
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Had an awful "icebreaker" thing at a work thing the other day and had to come up with two facts and one lie and they had to guess the lie. One fact was that Jeremy Beadle presented me with my GSCE certificate. None of them knew who Jeremy Beadle was.
That aged me.
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heh this is like “I used to live next door to a european young footballer of the year… Gary Shaw” for me
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Just had to look him up. Jesus that is some vertiginous decline as a footballer right there:
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yeah
I was 2 when he moved in next door to us - he was current EYFotY at the time
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When doing a presentation on copyright infringement I explained why some musicians make a living producing copycat baselines for sampling purposes, and that the KLF kept getting into trouble for using the originals.
“Who are the KLF?”
What the fook are they teaching these days?
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Yep been there with the two facts one lie thing yuk.
So mine were
I was a soldier once.
I am a judo black belt.
I ran away from school in Kent when I was 16 and hitch hiked home to Cyprus.
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Writing, books and fountain pens, everything being done slower, productions at theatres that have been knocked down; now in University archives as historical productions. I recall them being alive and full of hope and optimism.
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My first car was a Triumph Herald. 80,663 miles on the clock when I bought it, and took it over the 100. Puddles would form in the passenger footwell.
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1. I babysat the drummer in a relatively well known band.
2. I know lots of the words to Flanders & Swann songs
3. I remember getting free milk at primary school
4. I remember when Jim’ll Fix It was prime time TV.
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When I self-deprecatingly mentioned how it makes me feel old to hear about Kurt Cobain's daughter marrying Tony Hawk's son and the reaction I got was "Who's Kurt Cobain?"
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Remembering that candles were important to keep around due to rolling blackouts.
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Good work, jim.
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I saw Kurt Cobain at Manchester Poly
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Some tutorial that must've been.
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it was a Sub-Pop tour with Tad just after Bleach came out
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Back on topic, I’ve paid 35 quid a week to live in Zone 2
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Yikes, that is going back ('87/88 at a guess?).
Still massively jealous though.
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autumn of ‘89
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Am looking forward to that collaboration. In U-ter-t-t-ter-ter-o?
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Nice.
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I remember when you could watch a First Division (as was) match paying less than a fiver on the turnstiles to stand.
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I remember paying £28 a week for a large room in a nice house, the one with 2 windows centre of this street view:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.4283458,-0.1358523,3a,48.5y,4.24h,105…
That was summer '89. Streatham was a bit more stabby then.
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10p bus fare under 16 ;)
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I have a filofax with 071 phone numbers...
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I recall the days when you could buy a pint of beer and three cemeteries and still have change from £1.
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Vote Shirley and vote often?
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Laz, the OP says "things which", not "persons who (in your dreams!)" date you!
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When I did the Bar course I was in my early 40s. There were two young women in my tutorial group. As the morning's work finished one day, I mentioned to the young woman next to me that I was looking forward to getting a sandwich from the bar across the road and then eat it in the sunshine in Lincoln's Inn Fields. She was sweet but not very outgoing. She said that sounded nice and would it be OK if she joined me, of course I said yes.
We got our sandwiches and were munching them on a bench in what was some very pleasant sunshine, and we talked about not a lot.
Because it had happened to me within the previous day or two, I mentioned that I'd heard a song on the radio, and although I hadn't heard it or even thought about that song for 20 years or so, the entire lyrics popped into my head immediately. I said something like 'It's weird when that happens', referring generally to suddenly remembering things you thought you'd forgotten.
She looked me in the eye, deadpan, and said: "I wouldn't know; I'm only 22."
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Owning Now 10 on double cassette.
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"Ouch" for Benj
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Benj reminds me of someone on my masters in 2009 stressing that they hadn't done an exam for 18 months until I pointed I hadn't done one since the previous millennium.
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Still being traumatised by Threads nearly 40 years later
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Posting on a thread about Larry Grayson
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Ok, then, just leave that door open if you like, Bentines.
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and then give us a twirl
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getting high on Tippex thinner at school...
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Have since followed Laz’s lead and looked up Kim ‘Manga’ XXX. I mean ffs.
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