Back in my day

[laladonny]

In my day, we didn't have rocks. We had to go down to the creek and wash our clothes by beating them with our heads.

In my day, we didn't have hand-held calculators. We had to do addition on our fingers. To subtract, we had to have some fingers amputated.

In my day, we didn't have water. We had to smash together our own hydrogen and oxygen atoms.

Back in my day, '60 Minutes' wasn't just a bunch of gray-haired, liberal 80-year-old guys. It was a bunch of gray-haired, liberal 60-year-old guys.

Back in my day, they hadn't invented electricity. We had to watch television by candlelight.

In my day, we didn't have shoes. We just laced up our feet.

In my day, we didn't have topless waitresses -- the only thing we had to complain about was when the waitress got her finger in the soup.

[brightncheerful]

In my day, we didn't have water. We had to smash together our own hydrogen and oxygen atoms.

When i was at school, the chemistry teacher showed us pupils how to do that. Fascinating the cracking sound led to complaints to the headmaster from occupiers of neighbouring buildings.

[Mike4]

In my day, we posted jokes on forums that were funny.

[stevensfo]

In my day, we didn't have water. We had to smash together our own hydrogen and oxygen atoms.

When i was at school, the chemistry teacher showed us pupils how to do that. Fascinating the cracking sound led to complaints to the headmaster from occupiers of neighbouring buildings.

I honestly wouldn't be surprised. When I think back to us reprobates and the asbestos mats, leaning over white hot bunsen burners with the occasional tie or bit of hair getting singed, producing all sorts of weird and wonderful chemicals that always had a strange salty taste, or liquids that looked like vodka but tasted foul etc. Goodness knows how we survived! I think it was the school dinners that kept our immune systems strong!
A nervous young woman, possibly a trainee teacher was showing us something or other, when there a loud crack, and her enormous glass container split, depositing an awful lot of water on the floor. Normally, we would have all laughed, but the horrified look on her face made us feel sorry for her. Something very rare in a school!

It got worse when we discovered how easy it was to make hydrogen sulphide **......leaving quickly before anyone noticed!

Steve

** Rotten egg smell used in 'stink bombs' bought from joke shops in those days. Not allowed any more. Can kill in similar way to cyanide.

[PinkDalek]

In my day, we posted jokes on forums that were funny.

Where were these funny forums?

[Markab01]

In my day, we posted jokes on forums that were funny.

Where were these funny forums?

I believe that they used to tell some jokes in the Forum Romanum of ancient Rome.
Some of them are still doing the rounds on here.

[csearle]

In my day, we posted jokes on forums that were funny.

This is Laughing Lemons no-one said anything about jokes. E.g. many people laugh irrationally in times of great grief. Laughing in disbelief is I suppose on-topic? C.

[Mike4]

In my day, we posted jokes on forums that were funny.

This is Laughing Lemons no-one said anything about jokes. E.g. many people laugh irrationally in times of great grief. Laughing in disbelief is I suppose on-topic? C.

Deeply sorry M'Lud, I misunderstood.

I thought this forum was for jokes. Quelle pirrock, moi!

[Nimrod103]

In my day, we posted jokes on forums that were funny.

Where were these funny forums?

I believe that they used to tell some jokes in the Forum Romanum of ancient Rome.
Some of them are still doing the rounds on here.

Genuine Roman joke:

A provincial young man came to Rome, and walking down the street, drew everyone's attention because he was a look-alike of the Emperor Augustus. The Emperor, having summoned him to the palace, looked at him and asked:
-Tell me, young man, did your mother come to Rome anytime?
He repied:
-She never did. But my father was frequently here.

It had them rolling in the amphitheatre aisles, especially the bit where the young man is thrown to the lions afterwards.

[AsleepInYorkshire]

Especially for Laladonny. The original "back in my day"

Enjoy

AiY

[GrahamPlatt]

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)

[laladonny]

AIY,
Tuh-ri-fic. Thank you.
lld

[TUK020]

In my day, we posted jokes on forums that were funny.

This is Laughing Lemons no-one said anything about jokes. E.g. many people laugh irrationally in times of great grief. Laughing in disbelief is I suppose on-topic? C.

Oh, if that's what you are after, try "Musk Endeavours" over on Macro Topics

[Mike4]

In my day, we posted jokes on forums that were funny.

This is Laughing Lemons no-one said anything about jokes. E.g. many people laugh irrationally in times of great grief. Laughing in disbelief is I suppose on-topic? C.

Oh, if that's what you are after, try "Musk Endeavours" over on Macro Topics

Yeah I've been keeping a weather eye on that thread.

And yes the basic premise in all seriousness seems to be something like "electric cars are the future, where a basic model costs £45k and goes 100 miles on a tank of fuel that takes an hour to fill up".

Fill ya boots, funnier than here!