Posted on 02/08/2008 5:10:44 AM PST by Lucky9teen
What do you think was the best generation?
I am an 80's child myself....and I miss.....
the music,
the fads and fashion......
and a good conservative President - Reagan...
I knew a steel worker who left a metal picture.
But I digress.
Records. Ahh. Dare I say it—eight track?!
What’s sad, is some of the songs from back in the day...are being brought back by artists of today, but as backup beats or sound bits or worse yet, redone by today’s artists...
There just isn’t any creativity/originality of today’s music, imo. I miss Billy Idol, The Eurythmics, The Police, Depeche Mode, etc. And even though some artists from the 80’s are still together, it’s not like they used to be and they’ve sold out to today’s sound. ugh
How bout it? Just like tv programming, which I refuse to watch. What diff does it make if all the writers are on strike? None of them have ever had an original thought in their entire miserable copycattin lives.
I graduated in 1980 - I can really relate to the movie “Dazed and Confused.” It’s got an awesome soundtrack.
Mark
Fish are unionized. They all work for scale.
Hey - I don't mean to carp, but will you quit floundering around with those crappie fish puns and clam up?
The following are entries to a contest by the Washington Post, in which respondents had to write a two-line romantic poem....except that the last line had to be as un-romantic as the first line Was romantic.
1. My darling, my lover, my beautiful wife:
Marrying you screwed up my life..
2. I see your face when I am dreaming.
That’s why I always wake up screaming.
3. Kind, intelligent, loving and hot;
This describes everything you are not.
4. Love may be beautiful, love may be bliss,
But I only slept with you because I was pissed.
5. I thought that I could love no other—
that is, until I met your brother.
6. Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is
sweet, and so are you ~
But the roses are wilting, the violets are
dead, the sugar bowl’s empty and so is your head.
7. I want to feel your sweet embrace
But don’t take that paper bag off your face.
8. I love your smile, your face, and your eyes
Damn, I’m good at telling lies!
9. My love, you take my breath away.
What have you stepped in to smell this way?
10. My feelings for you no words can tell,
Except for maybe “Go to hell.”
11. What inspired this amorous rhyme?
Two parts vodka, one part lime.
LOL!!! Booo
I should be joining in this thread, I’ve been fishing for ideas off the net for ages
Look guys, this isn’t the plaice for fish related humour. I don’t try and say it’s ok because it’s the silliness thread. It wont kelp, I wasn’t prawn yesterday. I’m getting a bad haddock from having to read this thread. Posting to pointless thread is a bad halibut. This isn’t manta be funny, I don’t want to have a roe about it.
I’m going to listen to some music and drink reef. So don’t expect me to chip in.
We’ll start with Sea eeled with a kiss and then Sole Train. I love that tuna.
If you wan’t something better to do then theres a good film on tonight with Pike Lee and Skate Moss in it.
If this thread was about mammals then I’d give it my seal of approval.
| You Are Most Like George W. Bush |
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A big city lawyer went duck hunting in rural
Missouri. He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a
Farmer’s’ field on the other side of a fence.
As the lawyer climbed over the fence, an elderly
farmer drove up on his tractor and asked him
what he was doing.
The litigator responded, ‘I shot a duck and it fell
In this field, and now I’m going to retrieve it.’
The old farmer replied, ‘This is my property, and
You are not coming over here.’
The indignant lawyer said, ‘I am one of the best
Trial attorneys in the United States and, if you
Don’t let me get that duck, I’ll sue you and take
Everything you own.’
The old farmer smiled and said, ‘Apparently, you
Don’t know how we settle disputes in Missouri.
We settle small disagreements with the
‘Three Kick Rule.’’
The lawyer asked, ‘What is the ‘Three Kick Rule?’
The Farmer replied, ‘Well, because the dispute
occurs on my land, I get to go first. I kick you
three times and then you kick me three times
and so .. on back and forth until someone gives up.’
The attorney quickly thought about the proposed
contest and decided that he could easily take the
Old Codger.
He agreed to abide by the local custom.
The old farmer slowly climbed down from the
Tractor and walked up to the attorney.
His first kick planted the toe of his heavy steel
toed work boot into the lawyer’s groin and
dropped him to his knees.
His second kick to the midriff sent the lawyer’s
last meal gushing from his mouth.
The lawyer was on all fours when the farmer’s third
kick to his rear end, sent him face-first into a
fresh cow pie.
The lawyer summoned every bit of his will and
managed to get to his feet.
Wiping his face with the arm of his jacket, he said,
‘Okay, you old fart. Now it’s my turn.’
The old farmer smiled and said, ‘Nah, I give up.
You can have the duck.
Wow - did this thread just become turbot-charged? If we kept this up we cod have a whale of a time...but think of the huge manatee!
“I’ve recently gotten on an Elvis kick . . .”
Elvis was the new guy on the scene when I graduated high school. Didn’t care much for him then and still don’t. Never got into rock until the 90s when some shakey guys I was doing a little pro bono for introduced me to Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. I’ve been a fan of late 60s early 70s rock ever since.
| You Are Most Like Ronald Reagan |
 But even if people do disagree with you, they still fall victim to your charms! |
| In 1962 (the year you were born) |
 John Glenn becomes the first American in orbit when he circles the earth three times in the Mercury capsule Friendship 7 Cuban Missile Crisis occurs when Soviet offensive missile build-up is discovered Cuban Missile Crisis is averted when President Kennedy and Soviet premiere Krushchev agree to remove missiles Maryiln Monroe is found dead in her Los Angeles home The drug thalidomide is recalled when it becomes linked with severe birth defects in thousands of children worldwide Pantyhose becomes available for sale in U.S. department stores Jim Carrey, Sheryl Crow, Jon Bon Jovi and Tom Cruise are born New York Yankees win the World Series Green Bay Packers win the NFL championship Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley cup Lawrence of Arabia wins the Oscar for best picture The Beatles release their first recording: the single "Love Me Do"/"P.S. I Love You" Johnny Carson debuts as host of The Tonight Show |
I'm hooked!
| In 1968 (the year you were born) |
|
North Koreans seize USS Pueblo and 83 man crew in the Sea of Japan Communist troops attack Saigon and 30 province capitals in the "Tet Offensive" Martin Luther King is assassinated in Memphis, TN Senator Robert F. Kennedy is shot in California after celebrating presidential primary victories American troops destroy a town in South Vietnam in the "My Lai Massacre" Peggy Fleming wins Olympics figure skating gold medal The United States Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university LL Cool J, Lisa Marie Presley, Jeri Ryan, Lucy Lawless, Celine Dion, Traci Lords, Tony Hawk, Kylie Minogue, and Sammy Sosa are born Detroit Tigers win the World Series Green Bay Packers win Superbowl II Montreal Canadians win the Stanley Cup 2001: A Space Odyssey and Planet of the Apes are the top grossing movies The rock musical Hair opens on Broadway The Beatles' White Album and Simon and Garfunkel's Bookends are released Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, debuts on NBC |
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