The Official Friday Silliness Thread Salutes the 1970's (All Skate)

imdb.com ^ | January 5, 2007 (5 Janvier 2007) | sully777

[sully777]

Dig it: The 1970's are calling...pick up the phone and groove on the memories. When was the last time the Democrats ran the House and the Senate? When was the last time the Conservatives wondered what became of the GOP? When was the last time people craved an "energy policy"? When was the last time the word TAXATION was used in the same sentence as inevitable? When was the last time people considered Ford and Carter as Presidents? When was the last time Iran seriously threatened the USA? When was the last time AM radio ruled the airwaves? When was the last time music was as purposely bad as today? Dynamite! You remember the last time was the 1970s.

Trip out and go back in time to AM radio, a pick in your afro, corn rows platform shoes, bell bottoms, silk shirts, short shorts, large neck chains, mood rings, disco music, rollerskating mania, teen idols, Farrah Fawsett, the Brady Bunch, the misery index, high inflation, price controls, SALT, Annie Hall, and invention of the personal computer. Come join the fun--

All Skate.

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Click the Picture Roller Boogie trailer

Click the Picture Sugar Ray "Every Morning"

Click the Picture Classic Family Guy Roller Disco

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[girlscout]

· Stash
Your personal supply of contraband.

· Stellar
Cool

· Stoked
Feeling happy with something; excited, as in he called me and I was sooooo stoked!

· Stone Fox
A "fox" was a really cute guy, but a "stone fox" was the ultimate cute guy!

· Stone Groove
Something so cool, it can't just go away. It's etched in stone.

· Stoned
High on dope

· Stop Dipping In My Kool-aid
stay out of my buisness

· Streak
To run in public in the nude. Very popular in 1974.

· Stylin'
When you were all decked out in your coolest outfit... "You look Maaaaavelous"

· Sucka!
someone who just got hustled. dummy. stupid.

· Sweet!
so awesomely cool, dude.

· Take A Chill Pill
Calm down, cool out. You're too hysterical.

· Talking Jive
making no sense when speaking

· Ten-four Good Buddy
Borrowed from CB slang; probably not used as much by kids as adults. "Ten-Four" means "I got your message" and "good buddy" was what CBers called each other. "You got the skinny on that?" "Ten-four, good buddy."

That's Cool
sure why not or no thanx

[the OlLine Rebel]

I'll take your word on that! (Hey, it looks like it anyway!)

[sully777]

Da bomb is an old saying...I suppose it depends on what part of the country you were from.

[girlscout]

· That's Old School
That means it is an old style of being.

· That's So Tubular, Man!
tubular/radical- awesome, cool, excellent, stellar..ect..

· That's Tight, Man.
Maybe it was a Northwest thing, but when we said, "Oooh, that's tight, man." It meant, "Okay, that was a low blow" or not very nice at all, a real cut down.

· That's Wacked
thats screwed up, thats weird, theres something wrong with that, ex: "that dude was wacked"

· Thats Jive Man
Somthin that aint cool. Usually when someone did somthin uncool to someone else.

· This Is Wicked, Man
cool or righteous

· Threads
clothing

· Tight!
awesome, cool, being excited.

· To Go Bananas
To go crazy!

· To The Bone
totally; completely; to the max. He is scopin' on her to the bone (or TTB)

· Toke
take a hit off a joint

· Totally
As in "that's right"

· Totally Hot
means fashion good

· Totally Awesome
totally cool; absolutely: "That joint was like so totally awesome"

Tripping
A term used to describe a deemed insane action or comment by others. i.e. The teacher wants us to read 10 chapters tonight, They are tripping if they think we can read this much tonight.

[the OlLine Rebel]

I'll have to ask my sister. She was a disco queen then.

[Lucky9teen]

Your Hippie Dude Name Is:

Spirit

Hippie Dude Name Generator

[girlscout]

· Truckin
Moving along, taking off, splittin'

· Tubular
Good; cool; ex: "That dance was tubular!"; Awesome, Cool!

· Tunes
music

· Unreal
Strange, odd, unique in a weird way, e.g. "That's unreal, man!" Similar in meaning to "far out."

· Up Your Nose With A Rubber Hose!
No way, or I'm ticked off by what you did. From "Welcome Back, Kotter." Also, In your ear!

· Veg Out
to relax

· Wanker
a penis. ex. Ya bloody wanker or My wanker is big

· Way Cool
Way Cool: very cool, like wow man. "That was a Way Cool move"

· Well Excu-u-use Me!
Another Steve Martin-ism,often heard when he hosted Saturday Night Live, and often abused by would-be comedians at parties, etc. by people who thought they sounded as funny as he did, but who usually didn't.

· What It Iz?
Used as a greeting. " What's happenin' bro. What it iz?"

· What It Was, What It Is, What It Will Be....
What it was, what it is, What it will be gonna change for me, gonna set me free- chant- means things are going to work out for the best, and are gonna change

· What's Happening?
What is going on. Ex: What's happening, man?

· What's Shakin'?
Casual greeting; equivalent to "What's Happening?", "How's it going?"

What's The Buzz?
What's going on? What's happening?

[Lucky9teen]

And for the chicks

Your Hippie Chick Name Is:

Echo

Hippie Chick Name Generator

[sully777]

There are drive thrus with those pneumatic alarms. There's a few Pizza Huts and Charlies Chickens that usew such devices and I'll be...I still make the people inside mad.

[girlscout]

Your Hippie Dude Name Is:

Revolution

Hippie Dude Name Generator

[GreenAccord]

"In an unsuccessful attempt to coin a phrase, Horace Muskraker seats a dead horse. Unfortunately, Bartholomew Van Finklestein was busy on the other side of town beating his dead horse.

Much to Mr. Muskraker's chagrin, Mr. Van Finklestein's horse was located much, much closer to the offical phraseology patent office, and was therefore able to register his claim in advance."

[girlscout]

Your Hippie Chick Name Is:

Timber

Hippie Chick Name Generator

[Lucky9teen]

In that case...

1970's Big Inventions

Many cool inventions happened in the seventies that changed the way we live today!




The tecorder-wheel printer was designed and the floppy disk were invented by Alan Shugart.
In 1971, the dot-matrix was invented. In the same year, the food processor and the liquid-crystal display were made. Also, the VCR or videocassete recorder was invented.
In 1972, the word processor was invented. Also in 1972, Pong ( the first video game ) was invented by Nolan Bushnell, and the Hacky Sack was invented by John Stalberger and Mick Marshell.
In 1974, the first post-it note was produced by Arthur Fry.
In 1975, the laser printer was invented and the push through tab on a drink can was invented.
In 1976, the ink-jet printer was invented.
In 1979, cellular phones were invented.

[sully777]

I lived vicariously through my older siblings...my older sister bought an Emerson turntable. Her first real album as an older teen was Allman Brothers Eat A Peach.

She gave me all her old 45s with the old phonograph that played 33 1/2rpm and 45rpm. My first musical interest was old Motown and R&B. My oldest sister gave me The Best of Three Dog Night (early works prior to their later success with Joy to the World, Shambala, etc) which constituted my first album -- all at the age of 7!

[Lucky9teen]

FACTS about this decade (1970-79):
Population: 204,879,000
Unemployed in 1970: 4,088,000
National Debt: $382 billion
Average salary: $7,564
Food prices: milk, 33 cents a qt.; bread, 24 cents a loaf; round steak, $1.30 a pound
Life Expectancy: Male, 67.1; Female, 74.8

[sully777]

I'll have to ask my sister. She was a disco queen then.

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IIRC, da bomb was more "urban" than what was acceptable disco slang. I guess the 70s had their groups just like today. What is acceptable slang in one group is unacceptable in another...with a few words being universal like "dynamite" and "dig it".

LOL--Reminds me of Sir Mixalot on VH1's I Love The 70's: "We hated disco...all these brothers dressing up and dancing like they were #%$% playboys jetting their way from Paris to NYC...you're from $%^$& Brooklyn -- %&$^ *$**$!!!"

[girlscout]

· What's Up, Dude
what are you doing, how are you doing, or just HEY!!!

· What's Your 20?
Derivation of the CB radio term "10-20"--meaning one's present location. In common usage, the phrase "What's your 20?" is someone asking where you are or live.

· Whatever
you don't care

· Where Ever You Go, There You Are
A statement showing revelation at a situation or result of an event

· Wicked
freakin awesome!!!

· Wipeout
Surfing term; when you are separated from your surfboard by a big wave, eg. "Did you see that wipeout!"

· Wired
high

· Yank My Chain
To mislead someone. To waste their time. To be dishonest. "Dont yank my chain buddy."

· Yeah, Baby!
o yeah; great;

· You're Harshing My Mellow!
It means, like, you're annoying me or making me mad. *someone keeps poking you* "Stop it man! You're harshing my mellow!"

· Your Mother
refers to someone telling someone else that they had sex with someone elses mother. the statement is of course not meant to be taken seriously, but is used as a bad comeback.

· Zetus-Lapeduz
like are you serious....NO WAy...thats not true. that cant be happening! You are jokin right?!

· Zipperhead
A white person who acts with black tendencies; Guys with short hair, usually into disco music.

· Zippy
to go Fast. ex. dang you are zippy. or. you are zip!

Zoinks
AMAZING; scared, horrified;shocked

[bert]

....."That bike is bitchen", .....

From the movie "American Grafitti circa 1962, uttered by debbie dunham who had the night of her life with the toad.

[sully777]

Your Hippie Dude Name Is:

The Cartman

Hippie Dude Name Generator

[bert]

Think I have a vessel with dried out sea monkeys waiting for 50 years to see if they'll come back to life.