People shared the out of date cultural references that simply refuse to die and it’s one of our favourite Twitter natters of the year
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My architect recently asked “Have you won the Pools?” when I asked about installing underfloor heating.
— Pedantic Tosspot (@PedantAnnoying) March 12, 2023
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We had a 9 year old pupil called Heidi last year and I always greeted her with Hi-de-Hi, hoping against hope that she would reply Ho-de-Ho, but no… Not really surprising.
— Tim Stockil (@TimStockil) March 12, 2023
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We’ve got a load of phones in our office that don’t work. I often pick them up and wistfully say ‘J R Hartley’.
About 1/10 colleagues get it and snigger. The rest think I need a holiday
— #hellomynameisCarrie (@mumwifenurse) March 12, 2023
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I recently said plug me into a Sega to someone who looked at me so blankly I nearly ceased to exist
— Daniel Zaïre (@dzaire1979) March 12, 2023
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Saying ‘too orangey for crows’ at anything with even a hint of orange in.
— Lucy Arnold (@LucyVRArnold) March 12, 2023
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At break after my presentation in a school, I apologised lightheartedly for ‘waving my arms about like Magnus Pyke.’ Cue a wall of baffled expressions from teachers in their 30s. https://t.co/vNMFm1AvD7
— Daniel Blythe (@danblythewriter) March 12, 2023
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A friend who has COVID described herself as sounding like the “Nottingham station guy from the Tunes ad” this week. Referencing an advert from 1985. https://t.co/sHw1LSGNkw
— Darren J (@CountingSheep5) March 12, 2023
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I said “It does exactly what it says on the tin” to a bunch of Seattle devs, had to explain, and immediately regretted it
— bloodyexhausted – & – GTTO (@bloodyexhausted) March 12, 2023
And finally, this one that will never die.
WASSSSUUUPPPPP https://t.co/URp4MgwC8C
— Rick Edwards (@rickedwards1) March 13, 2023
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The way we know Monopoly is out of date is a little depressing
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