Old sayings that younger folk won't get any longer

[Molotov]

18 minutes ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said:

David Attenborough became controller and gave us many shows, Monty Python and The Old Grey Whistle Test to name but 2.

I loved the background to name of the OGWS programme once I found out why it was called that. 

When it first came to my attention as a very young lad I thought it was just a late night edition of the sheepdog trials for auld dugs that the BBC used to broadcast.

I was later to find it produced some outstanding musicians. 

Great TV.

Edited January 12, 2023 by Molotov

[Alert Mongoose]

On the subject of TV though not that old.

 

[Theroadlesstravelled]

A scud book.

In my day finding a porn mag lying in the street was a memorable day.

Nowadays with the internet, kids have instant access to a lode of the most fucked up, nastiest porn imaginable.

[SlipperyP]

16 hours ago, dee_62 said:

Also eagerly awaiting the new phone book dropping through the letterbox to see if your family's name and address was still in it! 

Heard about this, we were never in the same house for long enough..

[hk blues]

9 hours ago, tamthebam said:

*Insert Chewin the Fat "Oooh" Gif*

Our Mitsubishi colour TV was bought in the mid 70s. There were two switches - one was an on/off switch and the other was a stand by switch - which you pulled out.

If you were starting from scratch you put the on/off switch to on. Then you had to wait for the TV to warm up and a red light would go on to show it was ready. Only then could you start watching programmes 

It blew up in 1986 and the more modern TV (made in Haddington) that replaced it didn't need to warm up 

Are you sure you hadn't bought an oven by mistake?

[hk blues]

10 hours ago, scottsdad said:

Don't hear about dustmen any more. 

My Old Man's a Dustman.

[Fullerene]

3 hours ago, Theroadlesstravelled said:

A scud book.

In my day finding a porn mag lying in the street was a memorable day.

Nowadays with the internet, kids have instant access to a lode of the most fucked up, nastiest porn imaginable.

Similarly there were Porn Cinemas that showed nothing else.  Once video shops and the internet came along they had to switch to other films or close down.

You would think that would be the end of the matter but no.  I recall one woman who refused to go see a perfectly ordinary film at the Cameo in Edinburgh because it used to be a cinema like that.  Now that I think about it, the cinema name was probably a clue.

[hk blues]

13 minutes ago, Fullerene said:

Similarly there were Porn Cinemas that showed nothing else.  Once video shops and the internet came along they had to switch to other films or close down.

You would think that would be the end of the matter but no.  I recall one woman who refused to go see a perfectly ordinary film at the Cameo in Edinburgh because it used to be a cinema like that.  Now that I think about it, the cinema name was probably a clue.

I don't think we had such things in Dundee.  

[Melanius Mullarkey]

“Quick, here’s Johnnys Mobile Video van, go and see if he’s got any new blue movies”

[Dan Steele]

"And one from under the counter".

[Bert Raccoon]

10 Club and a box of matches Mr, they're for my maw

[Sergeant Wilson]

1 hour ago, Fullerene said:

Similarly there were Porn Cinemas that showed nothing else.  

Classic Grand...so I'm  told.

[scottsdad]

1 hour ago, Fullerene said:

Similarly there were Porn Cinemas that showed nothing else.  Once video shops and the internet came along they had to switch to other films or close down.

You would think that would be the end of the matter but no.  I recall one woman who refused to go see a perfectly ordinary film at the Cameo in Edinburgh because it used to be a cinema like that.  Now that I think about it, the cinema name was probably a clue.

The folk here who work on rigs deny it, but I have it on good authority that there is a porn cinema on every oil rig. These guys spend most of their off hours in there watching 70s bongo movies.

[Fullerene]

7 minutes ago, scottsdad said:

The folk here who work on rigs deny it, but I have it on good authority that there is a porn cinema on every oil rig. These guys spend most of their off hours in there watching 70s bongo movies.

Obsessed about drilling.

[Newbornbairn]

8 minutes ago, scottsdad said:

The folk here who work on rigs deny it, but I have it on good authority that there is a porn cinema on every oil rig. These guys spend most of their off hours in there watching 70s bongo movies.

Making them too.

[Archie McSquackle]

10 hours ago, get_the_subbies_on said:

Horrible, but would the youth of today know why someone would be called a “Joey” as an insult? 

We had a teacher at our school called Mr. Deacon. You can imagine his new nickname. 

[jimbaxters]

6 minutes ago, Archie McSquackle said:

We had a teacher at our school called Mr. Deacon. You can imagine his new nickname. 

 

[Arthur daley]

2 hours ago, Fullerene said:

Similarly there were Porn Cinemas that showed nothing else.  Once video shops and the internet came along they had to switch to other films or close down.

You would think that would be the end of the matter but no.  I recall one woman who refused to go see a perfectly ordinary film at the Cameo in Edinburgh because it used to be a cinema like that.  Now that I think about it, the cinema name was probably a clue.

You would be hoping they had replaced the seats before reopening ,or at least replaced the stained ones . 

[Shandon Par]

Used to have a building site gaffer who, upon seeing me miss my target with a sledgehammer would say “you wouldnae miss it if it hud hair roond it”. 

[Melanius Mullarkey]

2 hours ago, scottsdad said:

The folk here who work on rigs deny it, but I have it on good authority that there is an oil rig on every offshore porn cinema. 

FTFY