‘What’s the most embarrassing way you’ve discovered that your cultural references are obsolete?’ – 21 people who think they’re still making Top of the Pops

12.

‘A young woman at work had never heard of Captain Kirk. I was dumbfounded.’
–thistlewold

13.

‘Taking new staff on a day out to Doune Castle, my colleague and I just looked at each other and both said ‘I fart in your general direction’ in cod French accents, as we fell about laughing the new staff looked like they were mentally preparing an escape plan.’
–PickleInterlopingCat

14.

‘Compared a situation to being chased by a T-rex in Jurassic Park to a 17 year old on a driving lesson. Was met with silence.’
–TheLoneEcho

15.

‘Last year I asked in the pub what alcopops they had. The barmaid had no idea what an alcopop is.’
–CreativeChaos2023

16.

‘Sent my 16 year-old daughter the ‘Charlie says’ meme. I feel very old now. Tell your mum where you’re going then!’
–NinjaTeaDrinker

17.

‘If I’m winding up my husband for talking about the weather too much, I always say ‘alright Michael Fish’. Occasionally I sing the song about John Kettley. The kids look blankly at me.’
–cake-bake-fake

18.

‘We had a very loud doorbell at the office. One time it went off and I commented how it sounded just like Noel’s House Party. Met with Gen Z death stare and never tried speaking to the youth again.

Thankfully I did not reference Mr Blobby that day. Went home and watched Jonathan Creek to wallow in 90s nostalgia.’
–yazshousefortea

19.

‘I said ‘Here’s one I made earlier’ to a colleague not long ago when she asked me for something. She asked what I was on about and walked off! There’s only like 6 years difference!’
–moonbrows

20.

‘When talking to my 20 year old colleague about the amount of holidays she’s goes on: ‘Get you, Judith Chalmers’. Total and utter nothingness.’
–kelly-golightly

21.

‘My colleagues regularly take pleasure* in finding out that what I remember watching on the news were topics they learned about at school. A recent favourite was the fall of the Berlin Wall.

*far, far too much pleasure, if you ask me. They’re a cheeky bunch of upstarts.’
–thesaharadesert

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