People shared the most out of date cultural references they still hear and it’s a very funny and totally relatable read
Time now to rewind the clock just a little bit – in every sense, in fact – to when the estimable @NickMotown asked his Twitter followers about the out of date cultural references they still hear.
The responses took us on a trip down memory lane whilst demonstrating the lasting influence that certain adverts and celebrities can have on our collective consciousness.
Here’s his initial question…
And you don’t have to be a person of a certain age to appreciate the responses, but it will definitely help.
1.
Don’t get me started about how often “Rock on Tommy” still gets uttered in my house
— nathan bevan (@nathbevan) March 12, 2023
2.
“Course you can, Malcolm” and “Thass ’andy ’Arry – stick it in the oven” still get used regularly round our house. Both c. 1978.
On a side note, did you know that Nigel Plaskitt, who played Malcolm, is the puppeteer of the PG Tips monkey?
— Samuel West 💙💛 (@exitthelemming) March 12, 2023
3.
I described a tricky task as “like The Krypton Factor” to a baffled young person.
— Kat (@mostly_sleepy) March 12, 2023
4.
I was walking down the street a few months ago when a man in a car pulled up, waited a minute or so for me to walk past him, wound his window down and shouted “nice flares, huggy bear” before driving off.
— GlennyRodge (@GlennyRodge) March 12, 2023
5.
I still regularly say “Magic Our Maurice”.
Oh No it’s Selwyn Froggitt last aired in 1978.
— Neil (@_Enanem_) March 12, 2023
6.
Sometimes when I hold the door for someone I say ‘ hi… I’m Carlton your doorman’…they have no idea….( Mary Tylor Moore in case no one in the WHOLE world remembers…)
— Marey Devlin (@MareyDevlin) March 12, 2023
7.
Everybody of course says “ Language Timothy”- in THAT voice from the Sitcom Sorry with Ronnie Corbett- ended 1988?! Don’t they??
— Sheila (@giddypop) March 12, 2023
8.
I still use “more holidays than Judith Chalmers”.
— Dave (@MrDaveLewis) March 12, 2023
9.
Despite not being born when first televised, if someone says “I don’t really know”, my GF will add “Vera” in the style of Les Dennis circa 1985.
She can also do a fine falsetto “magical, mechanical, mouse organ!”
— GravesMistake ☕️🥐 (@Dr_Messiah) March 12, 2023
10.
I will occasionally say ‘I heard that, pardon’ creating mystified looks in return.
I think the reference comes from Uncle Mort (?) in an obscure 1970s northern comedy called ‘I didn’t know you cared.’
— Achtung! Millwall Podcast (@AchtungMillwall) March 12, 2023
11.
Whenever one of my daughter’s would shout “Hey!” at me or their mum I would follow up with “you, Rocksteady Crew!”.
Now, my eldest daughter responds to that with “show ’em what to do, make a break make a move!”
She’s 7 😂
— Ryan (@ryandrews) March 12, 2023
12.
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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13.
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
14.
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
15.
Saying ‘too orangey for crows’ at anything with even a hint of orange in.
— Lucy Arnold (@LucyVRArnold) March 12, 2023
16.
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
17.
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
18.
a friend went to a wake where he overheard someone ask if the buffet was put on by Bobby Sands.
— Shaun Mcmanners (@ShaunMcmanners) March 12, 2023
19.
Every time I drive quickly my wife says “alright Nigel”. The kids have no idea.
— Paul Humphreys (@Hump_dog) March 12, 2023
20.
I used the expression ‘gotta lotta bottle’ in a conversation on Friday. Luckily the person knew what I was going on about.
— Craig (@Craigasjj) March 12, 2023
21.
I still use “more holidays than Judith Chalmers”.
— Dave (@MrDaveLewis) March 12, 2023
22.
Not a reference exactly but my brother had a teacher at school they nicknamed “R Whites” because he looked like the chap from the lemonade advert 😂
— Laura ✨ (@LauraElby) March 12, 2023
23.
WASSSSUUUPPPPP https://t.co/URp4MgwC8C
— Rick Edwards (@rickedwards1) March 13, 2023
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