ICTChris Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 1 hour ago, buchan30 said: Looking back, i probably could have been a politician because in this year we ran a mock election in our modern studies class. My mate was one of the candidates standing, when my modern studies teacher asked who i voted for her, i said him. I was asked why? I said, because he is my mate. The sort of cronyism that is rife in politics these days. In my school the guy who won the mock election in 1997 is now an MP. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 7 hours ago, UsedToGoToCentralPark said: Ah yes 1997, I voted for Jacob Rees-Mogg. Genuinely had to look that up to see if it was a joke or not. Would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when he was canvassing around the likes of Methil at that time. Some of these pictures are excellent caption competition material: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 3 hours ago, Hedgecutter said: Genuinely had to look that up to see if it was a joke or not. Would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when he was canvassing around the likes of Methil at that time. Some of these pictures are excellent caption competition material: Hide contents My god I hate that c**t 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 24 minutes ago, Bert Raccoon said: My god I hate that c**t He's just cutting his grass. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 Infamously JRM took his nanny with him campaigning in 1997. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Imagine living in fife and voting for that scrawny c**t. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 9 hours ago, ICTChris said: In my school the guy who won the mock election in 1997 is now an MP. For Glasgow North, by any chance? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 17 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: For Glasgow North, by any chance? Yep. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 There's a cracking photo of Rees-Mogg jumping over a garden gate when canvassing in Fife and looking like an utter fud if you care to find it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FK1Bairn Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 (edited) I turned 17 in January of 97, went to a 'big' football stadium in the April for the cup semi replay v Celtic in a bus run by a cousin. I remember the second half taking about 4 years but what an amazing atmosphere after Willie Young's full time whistle. I'm sure I piled off the bus at a pub in Moodiesburn on the way home where I got served my first ever pint. Went to the final by train and the main thing I remember was being on the underground/low level on the way to Ibrox, the carriage being full of Falkirk fans until about 10 Killie fans got on, being sh*t feart of trouble starting but everybody just having a great time. Apart from that, met my first proper girlfriend, lost my virginity and passed my driving test. I also have a vague memory of being in the high school teacher staff room for a leaving lunch with my fellow 6th years and teachers on the day of the election, during the lunch the Headmaster tell us all it would likely be the final time we were all in the same room together and thinking "yeah right then". Twenty five years later and there's still some folk I haven't seen since that day Edited February 8, 2022 by FK1Bairn Removed a memory from 97 as it was actually 98 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antlion Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 1 hour ago, tamthebam said: There's a cracking photo of Rees-Mogg jumping over a garden gate when canvassing in Fife and looking like an utter fud if you care to find it. Why the f**k not: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Luddite Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 (edited) 1997, the year "culture" ground to a halt? The endless, systematic strip-mining of Star Wars as an intellectual property begins , paving the way for the endless, systematic strip-mining of numerous intellectual properties already in existence* Grand Theft Auto first released, an "intellectual property" which will glamorize anti-authority sentiment for impressionable young males. Hip-Hop/ "Gangsta Rap" become mainstream, creating various templates for how much of pop-culture will be presented to us Brass Eye is broadcast - arguably the peak of satire before the onslaught of a post-satire world I'm Alan Partridge is broadcast (with laughter track) taking a cultish parody creation to mainstream sitcom status WWF wrestling tv shows are produced with a formula and template that will remain unchanged, focusing on an anti-authoritarian bent, doing away with the notion of good vs evil for a generation of teenage males. The first year the "Champions" League features teams who are not Champions. Formulaic production and presentation becomes calcified. "Driving School" is broadcast - setting the template for the type of reality tv shows which will dominate television screens in the following years First publication of Harry Potter which will become the template for a seemingly endless ream of teenage/adult fantasy escapism "franchises" * I'm not big on Star Wars so I may be wrong on this. My understanding is that though there were books, computer games and various other types of merchandise prior to 1997, from what I've read/been told it took on a whole new systematic approach from 1997 onwards. I'm sure there are plenty other examples of tv shows that became set in stone in their presentation. Maybe the events I've listed are of no real consequence and I'm giving more weight to them than they deserve? Edited February 8, 2022 by Luddite 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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