Posted on 05/31/2005 7:26:28 AM PDT by pissant
The 1970s were a time of some serious changes in our society and culture. Some good, most bad. Here at the Pissant Reasearch Center, we've compiled the Top 5 lists of the good and bad which that forgetful decade foisted upon us.
TOP 5 BAD THINGS FROM THE 1970s
5. Polyester suits
4. Detroits Automobiles
3. Jane Fonda
2. Disco
1. Jimmy Carter
TOP 5 GOOD THINGS FROM THE 1970s (this is tough)
5. Scooby Doo
4. Dorothy Hammill
3. Monday Night Football team (Cossell, Meridith, Gifford)
2. John Paul II
1. Count Chocula & Frankenberry
LOL. Ya, that oughta work. Better yet, let's go hourly. Then we'll all be pushing daisies before we reach 1990!
Yeah, yeah.
On 1/1/80, I got stoned.
On 1/2/80, I got stoned.
On 1/3/80, I got up early and walked around the neighborhood, making sure to pass by (my secret love) Donna's house, hoping to catch a glimpse of her, even though it was early Sunday morning and we had stayed up late after our friends Mike and Michelle's wedding and there was no way she was going to be up that early but I was such a love sick puppy I had to give it a try because I couldn't sleep anyway because I could not get her off of my mind and it was driving me crazy. Then, I got stoned.
1/4/80....etc.
LOSER! Ya needed to crawl in her bedroom window naked. That woulda impressed her!
Yeah, and her parents, too.
And her brothers.
a minor complication at best! ;o)
Weegee needs credit too!
She was NOT a happy camper. But, she did her four years and divorced the bum.
never hooked up with her after that??
No. She moved to California then Ohio and I went to college and got married.
I actually drove up to see her 6 years ago (I hadn't seen her since 1982). I had to let her know how I felt, lo, those many years ago. I have been in love 3 times in my life, and she was number 2.
She was surprised, and pleased. Then, she hit me for not telling her then.
She will always be my "what might have been."
That has got to ACHE! I gotta a couple of gals like that, too!
It was really weird.
We were friends for a long time before I started having feelings for her. Then, I wanted to ask her out, but everytime I was around her, my tongue turned to jello.
I said nonsense sentences like "huh Donna, hew yu don, tadoy?"
She probably thought I had a speech impediment.
I spent most of middle school and nearly all of high school mooning after a young lovely with whom I shared almost all my classes. In my sophomore year I casually introduced her to Ted, the guy who sat in front of me in one of the few classes I didn't share with said young lovely.
She and Ted went on a date that Friday. And again the Friday after that. By the end of the year the young lovely and Ted had made plans for her to graduate early so that they could marry...which they did. I attended the wedding, and those who knew of me and my endless stupid torch-carrying eyed me with sympathy as we all watched them walk down the aisle.
But wait, it gets better. Within five years the YL had divorced Ted and become a fat harridan with bad skin and a worse attitude. My thought upon discovering this was "Gee, I'm sure glad I dodged THAT bullet!"
So you see? Sometimes it all works out for the best! =]
Excellent point.
Oooooo an 80's thread! Can I get a ping for that one?!
You'll have to ask CPOWife. She's the Mistress of Nostalgia! ;o)
I've got some good stuff for the 80's!
I wouldn't miss that thread for nuttin' honey!
You will probably do the unthinkable. You are woman, therefore you will wear one.
LOL! I vow right here and now that I will NEVER, EVER, where one of those things. I resisted the return of bell bottom britches.
We wouldn't let you miss it either. You will be PINGED to death! ;o)
Not if I have anything to say about it. After all, it is my thread. ;-)
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