Pop Culture in our generation!!

[Elbereth]

Want to take a trip down memory lane...Here is your place! All you children of the 80's rejoice! This is our haven to reminisce of the old days!!!

Enjoy!!!

[Elbereth]

Hoooray!!!

I just got back from a Bangles reunion concert in upstate New York!!! And the girls are still rockin like the best of them!!!!

They were 'Walking Like an Egyption'...'Dancing in their Room Tonight'...It was just another 'Manic Monday' and a 'Hazy Shade of Winter' all over again!!! And their 'Eternal Flame' was still burning as brightly as it was back in the 80's!!! THEY ROCKED!!!

Break out the aqua net...put on those leg warmers...warm up your Atari joysticks, and get your rubics cube ready!!! I'm taking you all back to the 80's!!!!

[Gamil Zirak]

I don't remember much of the 80's. I'm at the lower end of our age spectrum (I was born in 79). I do remember some of those songs and can probably sing some of them, but I was just a kid back then.

[In Flames]

Glad you had such a good time Elbereth! I was more into hardrock myself, who can forget all the men wearing spandex-pants and having poodle hair? Poison, G n' R, Metallica when they still made good music, Van Halen, Twisted Sister and of course KISS!!

[Elbereth]

I can totally appreciate all those artist. And I was a big big fan of Van Halen, Poison, and Def Leppard back in the day!

LOL...and I'm ashamed to say that yes...I too fell victim to the infamous 80's poodle perms. Although there is not enough money in the world that would ever get me to reveal those frightening pics...so you will just have to use your imagination...;)

[Legolam]

Luckily I'm young enough to have missed the terrible perms, but there was a short hangover period into the 90's when I remember all my mum's friends having them!!

[Niniel]

I have never paid much attention to pop music, because my parents' tv had only three channels, none of them paying attention to music. But when I left home to go to university my tv there turned out to have 30+ channels, including MTV and two other music channels, so that's when I started following pop music. But that was only in 1999, so I don't know a lot of 80's music.

[Raamalooke]

Ah.........the 80's.........

Who remembers those wonderful 80's cartoons? Smurfs? Thundercats? Shirt Tales? He-Man?:cool:

[Maedhros]

Thunder cats rule!!!!!!!

[Raamalooke]

Yep! I always liked Snarf. I used to walk around saying "snarf snarf? snarf snarf snarf!" Yeah, I was kinda weird..................still am. ;)

[DGoeij]

I'm quite sure I have a He-man action figure somewhere. But I have to admit that in recent history he has been slaughtered by my G.I.-Joe's several times.:o
But you have to admit it is rather stupid to swing a sword at a guy who sits in a tank.

I have heard from those Thundercats. Lion-O or something was the leader? I guess I was a little too old by then.
Yuk, did I just say that?

I have a lousy memory for music, the names of songs and bands that is. The number I remember best is 'The Final Countdown', from Europe.
But somehow I manage to sing along with practically every number on a 'Best of the 80's' CD, especially when I have been encouraged by a small amount of alcoholic beverages.:D ;)

[Raamalooke]

Yep, you got it right about Lion-O. There was also Tigra and Cheetara, LOL!

I love the He-Man VS. GI Joe. ;)

You know, I can sing along with those 80's songs after some drinking too. It's amazing what you're willing to admit memory of when you're drunk.

[Maedhros]

Transformers are really cool. I still have the complete Bruticus on top of my TV in my bedroom.
BTW, the coolest thundercat is cheetarah, and definitely the pretiest.;)

[Elbereth]

I was more of a fan of Jem and the Holograms...although She-rah was a close second. In fact I still have an old cassette tape of the Jem theme song...it's quite funny.

You know Saturday morning cartoons are just not the same anymore...the cartoons of the 80's rocked!!!!

[Niniel]

Gee, the Thundercats... I had completely forgotten about them until you metioned them, and even then I didn't remember what they were. Luckily my little brother owns some Thundercats-action figures. Ah, those were the days....

[Narya]

YEAH THE THUNDERCATS AND VOLTRON!!!

Also in music Bryan Adams and Duran-Duran!!!

There's also Perfect Strangers!

[Silnarrin]

"Sword of Omens! Give me sight beyond sight!"

You people are making me feel old...

I think my favorite cartoon was (and I would be surprised if anyone else has actually heard of this one) The Godzilla Power-Hour. Maybe around 1980 or 1981?

[Rangerdave]

I always thought that it was strange that his sword grew whenever he said the word Ho.



I can't believe I just said that.

RD

[Kat]

Ho Ho Ho....
I wonder how he would go around Christmas...guess he couldn't ever pose as a department store Santa.

I was always a fan of 80's cartoons, especially Hanna Barbera (sp?) cartoons-huckleberry hound etc, speedracer, and who could forget josie and the pussycats, shame they ruined it with the movie though.

[Elbereth]

Originally posted by Rangerdave
I always thought that it was strange that his sword grew whenever he said the word Ho.



I can't believe I just said that.

RD


*falls off chair laughing*

Hahahaha!!! I am going to have to remember that one!!! That was priceless!!!

[Narya]

I also love the Transformers, more than meets the eye!!! Love Optimus Prime and ShockWave!

We used to have this gang of bike riders and we would pretend that we were the autobots and the decepticons, and we would transform and stuff and fight. I was Shock Wave.

[Camille]

God! people from the 80's!!!! remember madonna at her fisrt album, michael jackson... and
remember the atari?, pack man?
that was cool!

[Gamil Zirak]

Originally posted by Camille
... and
remember the atari?
My parents still have the atari I had as a kid. My favorite game was River Raid.

[Elbereth]

I love Atari...and we still have the Atari and all of the games still playable even though most of them are nearly 20 years old. I'm bummed though that my older sister claimed the Atari for herself.

However my favorite game was a toss up between Frogger and Donkey Kong Jr. Those were the best!!!

[Legolam]

Nah, my pride and joy was my commodore 64 that I had as a kid. And my favourite game was LOTR - utterly boring and impossible to play (you'd get annihilated by swarms of orcs after roughly 37 seconds) but strangely addictive!

[Winged Elf]

Does anyone remember a text-based adventure game called Zork or something like that? It was impossible to finish because after a certain point, you just started going round in circles, and when you got irritated and typed in capitals it would tell you not to shout and to consult the manual, except I have it on good authority that there was no manual... Very frustrating!

[DGoeij]

The first computer in the house was an Amiga, almost a game-console since it had no hard-drive. Everything worked by floppy-disks. But it had some great games. Recently my little brother (ok, he's 19, but that's still little), found a plug by which we could play the games and use the TV as a screen. We played Dyna Blaster (sp) or Bomber Man as it is called on PC's. Great fun. :D :D

[In Flames]

Yes Legolam!

The Commodore 64 was great!:) My favourite games were KickStartII, Defender Of the Crown and the Conan games :D God it was annoying before the diskdrive came to it, that tapestation was really bad..."PRESS PLAY ON TAPE" Hehe...ah...memories... Before that i had the VIC 20, also known as the Commodore 20.. I remember makin my own games to it, you had a book with nothin but code on every page, and it took several hours to make a game. And ofcourse it turned out to be **** :p
Some dot you had to steer between other dots, that was downhill skiing..hehe...

[Tyaronumen]

Originally posted by Winged Elf
Does anyone remember a text-based adventure game called Zork or something like that? It was impossible to finish because after a certain point, you just started going round in circles, and when you got irritated and typed in capitals it would tell you not to shout and to consult the manual, except I have it on good authority that there was no manual... Very frustrating!

LOL! Actually, Zork I was like this, and so was the original text adventure game: 'Adventure'... Zork took some queues from 'Adventure', such as the part where you start going 'round and 'round in circles, never discovering anything new or interesting because the bloody game is too complicated for a 5 year old. :)



BTW: I can't believe NO one has mentioned 'Super Friends'!!!! That was THE best cartoon on, IMHO... what about those Wonder Twins with the girl who could turn into animals and the boy who could turn into . . . water products. :)

"Form of . . . a BUCKET OF WATER!!!"

*laugh* :)

BTW: I had an '80s flashback the other day when I was in a bar and they started blaring David Bowie's 'China Girl'... Made me feel like I was missing my shoulder pads and perm. :)

[Winged Elf]

Originally posted by Tyaronumen
LOL! Actually, Zork I was like this, and so was the original text adventure game: 'Adventure'... Zork took some queues from 'Adventure', such as the part where you start going 'round and 'round in circles, never discovering anything new or interesting because the bloody game is too complicated for a 5 year old. :)

I actually, at one point, tried to make a map of it (which may still be lurking in a drawer somewhere in my house) and concluded that as far as I could see, the game actually went nowhere. Every direction was a dead end sooner or later. Now, either I was missing something huge, or the game was designed to frustrate its players...

[Elbereth]

Sadly, my family's first computer was a Commodor 24...the darn thing ran on cassette tapes!!! It was very sad. Although we were so proud when we first bought it...we even have pictures of us standing around the box...LOL! :D

[Rangerdave]

Originally posted by Winged Elf


I actually, at one point, tried to make a map of it (which may still be lurking in a drawer somewhere in my house) and concluded that as far as I could see, the game actually went nowhere. Every direction was a dead end sooner or later. Now, either I was missing something huge, or the game was designed to frustrate its players...


XYZZY

A hollow voice says "fool"

RD

[legoman]

hehe, yey ataris. I've claimed our atari and our snes. hehe, I pretty much claim all the old cool stuff, my sisters don't get a look in! I still wish I had an original nes with duck hunt, that was ace!!!!

[Gary Gamgee]

Atari's where cool but Sinclair Spectrum was my definetly my personall favourite. Any one remember a game called Quebert where you had too jump up and down this pyramid thing, changing the colours of the blocks and avioding baddies. Totally pointless and utterly addictive.

The 80's where cool, Adam and the Ants, rubics cube (I could only solve it by swapping all the stickers around, but there was a girl on our street who could solve it in 30 seconds. People would flock from miles around to marvel at her), Tiswas (much better than swap-shop, kids tv was never the same again. Does anyone remember what the letters stood for), scalectric (ok I think you could get that in the 70's but it part of my 80's) the list is endless. I also loved a tv show on BBC2 called the Adventure Game, each week a group of celebs would have solve puzzles to reach the end, collecting money "drogna" on the way and meeting an irritable house plant that would evaporate you if didn't give it a correct gift. Finally crossing the vortex without being evapourated... brilliant stuff:D

[TheFool]

Originally posted by legoman
wish I had an original nes with duck hunt, that was ace!!!!

the one with the light gun! some of my friends had this in their house last year, they used to play it for like 4 hours at a time. Wish I had played it more, you're right it was ace!

I still have in my desk drawer a cassette tape of 'Autobots Lightning Strike' :D :D

Megatron: "Fool! If we use the Energon Cubes to dig a tunnel, what will we use for fuel to drive the space-cruiser?!"

Starscream: "Spare me, Megatron!"


Wish I still had my A-Team ones....

[Wonko The Sane]

Originally posted by Elbereth
I was more of a fan of Jem and the Holograms...although She-rah was a close second. In fact I still have an old cassette tape of the Jem theme song...it's quite funny.

You know Saturday morning cartoons are just not the same anymore...the cartoons of the 80's rocked!!!!

I second that FULLY! I was a huge She-Ra fan and I had the Princess of Power board game!
And then there were the Carebears, and The Snorks, and does anybody remember The Noozles? They were an old cartoon from Nickelodeon.
If anyone else remembers that besides me they get a HUGE hug and kiss! Because I adored that show and even my brother can't remember it though he and I watched it and played it together ALL the time.

Another show I loved was The Smurfs! I'd get up early every Sunday morning with my dad to watch The Smurfs. It was a tradition...and it was all mine. *sniff* And then we moved...and we kind of stopped doing it. I kind of grew out of it? And then he left...well. I still remember those times...and I look back on them fondly. *sigh* So yeah, I love that show!

[Elbereth]

Noozles sounds so familiar...Wonko do remind me of the concept of that cartoon.

Care Bears, Smurfs and the Snorkles were also a personal favorites of mine as well. And does anyone remember Rainbow Brite? I loved that show. I had Rainbow Brite toys and clothing...I even had Rainbow Brite leg warmers...it was the best.

[Kat]

I too was a fan of Rainbow Brite. I had a Rainbow Brite doll, which was my absolute favourite toy, and I took it everywhere...

[legoman]

ah rainbow brite, I used to hide my sisters rainbow brite doll all the time, then she'd yell at me and I'd laugh, twinkle was the best...I remember those days with relish (no salad jokes please).
hmm, and the carebears and my little pony, yup, used to steal those toys aswell, haha, cripes how mean was I, if she'd even touched my star wars toys I'd have gone mad!

[Wonko The Sane]

Originally posted by Elbereth
Noozles sounds so familiar...Wonko do remind me of the concept of that cartoon.

Care Bears, Smurfs and the Snorkles were also a personal favorites of mine as well. And does anyone remember Rainbow Brite? I loved that show. I had Rainbow Brite toys and clothing...I even had Rainbow Brite leg warmers...it was the best.

Noozles was a show with this blue Koala (Blinky) and this pink Koala (Pinky) and they were stuffed animals that "came to life" but they were really from another dimension...and Pinky had a magic makeup compact that could freeze time or open a portal or something, and Blinky had a watch that could make them teleport or transport them in time or something.
And there was a mean blonde girl named Olivia.

I loved Rainbow Brite too! (Legoman, it's Twink btw. NOT Twinky. A Twinky is an american snake cake. Minging really.) My dad drew me a cardboard cutout of Rainbow Brite when I was little. I still have it. One of my most treasured posessions really. Sad I know. But I have so little from him it means a lot to me.

[legoman]

Huh? I didn't say twinky, though I wasn't entirely sure what a twinky was (you just see american teenagers go on about them on TV) but now I know, but I'll let you off for it may not have been twinkle (as I said), it may have been twink, I dunno, little furry guy, he was like a popple.

[Wonko The Sane]

He was most definitely Twink! I have many a Twink doll! :) And Popples were ACE! My cousin had one but I never did and I always wanted one. She let me borrow hers once but I never got to keep it. (Although I tried...)
They've started selling Popples again and I've vowed that I will own one before the year is out!

You Brits are crazy. I had to explain to Snaga what a Twinkie was the other day! It's like a spongecake shortbread type of golden yellow snack cake filled with nasty cream filling. They're awful. But they're an American institution. You have to love Twinkies!

[legoman]

yeah, I always wanted the football popple so I could kick around the house, my sister had one, which I used to kick when she annoyed me, but thats different.

hmm, twinkies, yeah, basically we know then as the thing that the stereotypically horizontally challenged child always has in their hand during any sort of american teen program be it film or series.

[Wonko The Sane]

Hehe. My brother is just like you Legoman. He used to kick my dolls around the house too, but he's younger than I am.
Also from Rainbow Brite we had a few of the evil monster dolls. One was called Lurky. He's really creepy and has a big nose like Gonzo and he's hairy.
He used to scare me when I was little and my brother would hide it in my blankets to try to freak me out.

[legoman]

nah, my sister only bought the good guys, she had twink and brite obviously and also acouple of her friends who looked very similar except they were different colours. that was no fun cos I couldn't stage full on battles between good and evil, hence why I usually stuck to the star wars toys, thatnk god for Darth Vader and the Emporer!

[Elbereth]

FOLKS...I THINK I HAVE FOUND THE ULTIMATE IN 80'S NOSTALGIA WEBSITE!!!


BEHOLD: http://www.yesterdayland.com/

(PS...This site also has links for 60's, 70's and 90's memories as well)

[Aerin]

Yes, I know, I'm not really a Tween and I don't belong in this guild... but I just have to say that I used to watch "Today's Special" all the time when I was little, and when Elb gave me the link to that site, it brought back so many memories. :D

And to think I was born in the middle 80s!

[Wonko The Sane]

Originally posted by legoman
nah, my sister only bought the good guys, she had twink and brite obviously and also acouple of her friends who looked very similar except they were different colours. that was no fun cos I couldn't stage full on battles between good and evil, hence why I usually stuck to the star wars toys, thatnk god for Darth Vader and the Emporer!

Me too!! I had Shy Violet (the purple one) and Patty O'Green (the green one) and my brother had Red Butler! (The red one) We also had a purple sprite and a big Twink pillow! (Twink is the white sprite) and a big Lurky pillow too!!

hehe. Yay!

[legoman]

*steps away from wonko*
wooooo, you remember too much... way too much... thats dangerous.

[Wonko The Sane]

I only remember the names and stuff because I took a Rainbow Brite online quiz recently and it told me the names...
AND I've been on Yesterdayland a lot. It's linked from Bored.com.

That's where I found out the name for "The Noozles" show which I'd forgotten...I love that sight. *sighs* Nostalgia!!!

[legoman]

Ah, I shall let you off, bored.com is an amazing site, I spent many a time there at high school! 'cept they started banning all the links. booo teachers.

[Wonko The Sane]

At my school they did that too...I spent most of Sr. year on bored.com though. :) Hehe.

But my fave site was Yesterdayland. I showed it to my brother to see if he remembered all the shows I remembered but he didn't...it was disappointing. He was too young I guess.

[legoman]

ooh, what was it we always went on... erm, quicknote.com or something, they tried to ban it, but we found a way round it but then the site started charging for its use so we had to stop.
it was a great place, you could just have simple one to one conversations on it. kinda like PMs I guess. hmm, we used to use the computers to talk to people in other rooms or even the other side of the room if we were that bored. haha.

[Wonko The Sane]

My brother once used the DOS thingie to send a message to EVERY computer in the school.
It said, "Hi"...and he got called down to the assistant principal's office and the guy was like, "If you wanted to say hi you could've just come down here" cos he didn't realise it sent to ALL the computers! He thought it was just to him!

Hehe. Does anybody remember Peaches and Cream Barbie? She was like...my very first Barbie. She was beautiful.

[Elbereth]

I remember 'Peaches and Cream' Barbie!

My first Barbie was 'Western Barbie'. She came out in 82' and was very popular back in the day. However, my pride and joy was my pink Barbie Corvette. It was the same one that Gizmo drove in the movie Gremlins.

So to bring the topic around to Tolkien...

How old was everyone when they first watched the animated version of the Hobbit.
I think I was six or seven when I first watched it. I remember that it was the same year that I also saw the movie...the Secret of the Nimh.

[legoman]

I've never seen the animated version of the hobbit.
Is it good?

[DGoeij]

Originally posted by legoman
I've never seen the animated version of the hobbit.
Is it good?

I could not have said it any better and more to the point.:)

[Elbereth]

I remember that I did like the Hobbit movie alot back in the day...however, it has been so long since I last saw the movie in full, that I couldn't tell you whether it is really good or not. *contemplates renting the movie*

The one thing I do remember is that I was really afraid of Gollum and would hide under a blanket or a sofa pillow whenever he came on the screen.

[Wonko The Sane]

I remember Secret of Nimh!! I have it on tape!
I LOVED that movie!!!

But I've never seen The Hobbit in animated version. Although I saw it at Tower Records while I was buying trashy romantic videos, a David Gray CD, watching FotR extended DVD, AND talking all on the phone all at once! ;)

[Ramagna]

By reading some posts of this thread, I think pop culture in our generation differs as well a lot from culture to culture, or am I wrong? :rolleyes:

[Niniel]

I think so, because I have never heard of most of the things you're talking about.

[Elbereth]

Originally posted by Ramagna
By reading some posts of this thread, I think pop culture in our generation differs as well a lot from culture to culture, or am I wrong? :rolleyes:

Yes, you are absolutely right. Even some of my real life friends do not share the same pop culture as I have, (many of them did not grow up in USA,) so many of the games, toys, tv and movies that shape us as we grew up, are very different.

But I am sure we all share some things in common...so why not discuss..:cool:

[Ramagna]

So let's try to find something that you us-people share with us little europeans...

what about.... TOLKIEN! :p

What pop culture would he have had, what do you think?

[menchu]

Let's see... I remember...

watching: 'Heidi', 'David the Gnome', 'Claus' (another gnome that came later), 'Dartacán' (Dogtanion), 'Willy Fogg', 'the Smurfs' and 'Muzzy'. Some time after that, 'Mowgli' (sp?) [Bageera, ba-bageera and Baloo. Bageera, ba-bageera and Baloo are friends... :D], 'Chip y Chop' (Chip & Dale) and a few others included in the Club Disney programmes.
Absolutely Spanish: 'Mortadelo y Filemón'.

films: most of it, 'Grease', hahahaha! I was so into it! And 'The Never-ending story' meant a lot to me. Disney movies as well.

comics: 'Donald Duck', 'Mortadelo y Filemón', 'Zipi y Zape', '13 Rue del Percebe'...

I was a member of the Barbie club. LOL

[Elbereth]

Hehehe...I love Spanish names for things!!!

Chip y Chop for Chip and Dale....I love it!!!


Anyway, I too was a huge fan of Grease! My older sister got me into it after she landed the role of Marty in her Jr. High production of "Grease". We would watch the movie over and over again! I loved it soo much. I owned a pink jacket and I named my bike "Grease Lightning"...and I even permed my hair and wore cool dark shades to look like Rizzo. When I look back on it now...it is rather silly, but at the time I thought it was just the coolest thing.

[menchu]

LOL, a pink jacket! I got to wear a similar full skirt (pink too) on my first year in a dancing contest, but didn't think about the jacket... :D I would have loved it by that age. Awww...

Translating titles is one of the funniest things, there are so many nosense ones! Take 'Jaws'. They called it 'Tiburón' (shark) here. In the 90's then, there was a film with a huge crocodile living in the Great Lakes area and they translated it as 'Mandíbulas' (jaws!). So I wonder what the English name was... hehehe.

Do you know the lyrics to Chip & Dale cartoon tune, cause it'd be great if I can read them in their original English version! :)

[Wonko The Sane]

Originally posted by menchu
LOL, a pink jacket! I got to wear a similar full skirt (pink too) on my first year in a dancing contest, but didn't think about the jacket... :D I would have loved it by that age. Awww...

Translating titles is one of the funniest things, there are so many nosense ones! Take 'Jaws'. They called it 'Tiburón' (shark) here. In the 90's then, there was a film with a huge crocodile living in the Great Lakes area and they translated it as 'Mandíbulas' (jaws!). So I wonder what the English name was... hehehe.

Do you know the lyrics to Chip & Dale cartoon tune, cause it'd be great if I can read them in their original English version! :)

Hmm..Lake Placid I think.

And I remember David the Gnome!! I LOVED that show! My brother and I watched it all the time. Reminds me of The Hobbit actually...with the trolls and the Gnomes that dress like dwarves. :)

I LOVED that show!! I wanted a Swift of my own. :)

[menchu]

I see most of you are movie-people! (I stick to music) Thanks Wonks!

Who was Swift? Bet they changed the name.

My dabbling in Biology was looking for David at every hole on a tree bark. The fox would be too fast to catch, and the size of the gnomes houses was ideal for me... If you are interested, no, I never saw him.

[Wonko The Sane]

Swift was the fox. :)

And yeah, my brother and I went around looking for David the Gnome too.
That show was soo awesome!

[Elennainie]

Hi there, hope it's o.k. to pop in the middle here...just found this thread which is way cool - long live the eighties!!!:cool:
films: most of it, 'Grease', hahahaha! I was so into it! And 'The Never-ending story' meant a lot to me. Disney movies as well.

I'm there with you on Neverending Story, mechu. I always wanted to be that princess - the childlike empress - she's so beautiful! And wasn't it so sad when Atreyu's horse sank in the swamps of despair :(

Oh, and aren't the lyrics to Chip and Dale something like "I'm Chip, He's Dale, we're just a couple of crazy (somethings?) out to have some fun." :)

[Wonko The Sane]

That's the lyrics to the Chip and Dale original cartoons...

But the Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers show is what I was ALL about!!!

I had imaginary friends when I was younger, most of them were small rodents.
Mice...(Like the one from "Dumbo") and chipmunks (Chip, Dale, and Gadget) mostly...
I "played" with them ALL the time. :)
I remember that I used to like to pretend that an evil scientist had caught them and kept them naked in jars doing experiments on them (There was an episode like that!) and I'd pretend to go and rescue them.
I have this strange nurturing streak where I felt so sorry for the things I'd start crying...and I'd have to save them even though they weren't real.
I did it with my stuffed animals too.
I must be crazy. :rolleyes:

[Elbereth]

Here you go Menchu....

The theme to Chip and Dales Rescue Rangers!!!

"Some times some crimes
Go slippin' through the cracks
But these two gumshoes
Are pickin' up the slack
There's no case too big, no case too small
When you need help just call

Ch-ch-ch-Chip 'n Dale
Rescue Rangers
Ch-ch-ch-Chip 'n Dale
When there's danger

Oh no, it never fails
They'll take the clues
And find the wheres and whys and whos

Ch-ch-ch-Chip 'n Dale"

[menchu]

:eek: :eek: IT'S THE... THE... RESCUERS' SONG!!!!!
:D :D YAY! IT'S COOL!!!!!
:p :p CHIPMUNKS ROCK!!!!! (and they're gorgeous, heh-heh!)
THANKS! ¡GRACIAS!

Chi-chi-chi-Chip y Chop, rescatadores. Chi-Chip y Chop, los mejores...
Yay, yay, yay!!! Oh, I'm so glowing I feel I can't talk about the other stuff! Well, I'll have a go!

I loved Artax too, Elennainie! That horse was pretty! I identified myself with Atreyu! Now that I have read the book I see it different though!

What does it mean, Wonks!? Animals are already naked! :D Or did you use to imaginarily dress them up too!? My dog has also suffered those 'experiments', but he loved being in the spotlight!

[Elbereth]

Talking about Chipmunks...Did anyone watch the Chipmunks back in the day. I loved that show!

"Get set! To have some fun...
It's been awhile, but...
We're back in style.

So get set, to have some fun!
We'll bring you action and satisfaction!

We're the Chipmunks! Alvin...Simon...Theodore!!"
(at least that is how I think it goes :confused: )

Those little critters were great! My favorite was Theodore...However my favorite Chippette was Elenore...I think I always identified with her the best.

And the Chipmunks movie was the best!! I still love it...and sing along to all the songs..and for those of you who watched the movie and want to relive it...here is a cool site with the lyrics to all the songs in the movie!
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/4577/music.html

[Elennainie]

The Chipmunks rocked!! I had the record "Chipmunk Rock" and would sing along to "Jessie's Squirrel" (instead of Jessie's Girl) and they did "Whip It" by Devo and "Leader of the Pack" - "I had to tell my Alvin was through....."! On the album cover, Alvin was riding his bigwheel in front of a gang of motorcycles for that one. On the Devo one they were all wearing these funny flat red hats and sunglasses and were pouring whip cream. They were the cutest. I liked Alvin's girlfriend the best...what was her name?

[legoman]

Ah alvin the only chipmonk who could play the awesome outro solo to the theme music whilst dancing around like a loony.

What a brilliant program.

[Elbereth]

RECOMMENDATION OF THE WEEK: (US ONLY)

VH1 - 80'S FLASHBACK SPECIAL "I LOVE THE 80'S"

A DOCUMENTARY LOOK AT THE TOTALLY AWESOME 80'S.
(MON 12/16 -FRI 12/20)

SEE THIS SITE FOR MORE DETAILS: http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/i_love_the_80s/series.jhtml

THIS IS A MUST SEE FOR ALL CHILDREN OF THE 80'S

ENJOY!

[Legolam]

I think this is the same (or similar series) to the one shown a couple of years ago over here. I remember, because on the 8th of January that year (my 18th birthday), they showed I Love 1983, the year I was born. It was sooo cool (even though I remember nothing!) :cool:

[Snaga]

I thought it would be cool to post up the British Army Road-trip playlist... ie all the stuff we played in the car.

I can't remember it all cos I was driving and drinking too much Red Bull and basically getting completely wired trying to stay awake while my entire body was seizing up... but I remember...

Groove Armada
The Waynes World Soundtrack
Legoman's Funny Songs:D
Ash
Oasis
The Clash
Fun Lovin Criminals
Nirvana
Snaga's Lake District Roadtrip Tape.

I'm missing something but I can't think what it was...

[legoman]

erm, that would be the 90 minutes of muse

you remember before we got totally depressed and put on oasis.

hehe, yey my tape, well tooks tape.


ahhh, groove armada - thats what it was...

which was the lake distrcit tape?

[Snaga]

Oh yes ... that sounds right. Muse. I blame the music, but the fact that my body had transmuted into something with all the flexibility of a slab of concrete, and I was strung out on Red Bull might equally have had something to do with it!

You missed the Lake District tape. I played that on the way from Hull to Coventry. It has 'Unfinished Sympathy', 'Time After Time', 'Don't Do It', 'Born Slippy', 'Bittersweet Symphony', 'Please Don't Fight', 'Iron Lion Zion' and other stuff on it. Including Laurie Anderson... I want to hear from anyone who likes Laurie Anderson.

[legoman]

so does he!


thats makes sense, I didn't think I'd heard another compilation.

[Wonko The Sane]

Snaga should post the pic he has of him, Tookish, and Legoman! It's SOO great! :) I love it!

[DGoeij]

Originally posted by snaga1
You missed the Lake District tape. I played that on the way from Hull to Coventry. It has 'Unfinished Sympathy', 'Time After Time', 'Don't Do It', 'Born Slippy', 'Bittersweet Symphony', 'Please Don't Fight', 'Iron Lion Zion' and other stuff on it. Including Laurie Anderson... I want to hear from anyone who likes Laurie Anderson.

I like the cartoons called 'Life with Louie' which are about Louie Anderson.:rolleyes:
But I don't have a head for song-titles, apart from Iron Lion Zion, I have no idea what you are talking about.:(

[Snaga]

I don't know this Louie Anderson person. I've heard of Louie Theroux. He's soo funny!:D

Those songs are by Massive Attack, Cyndi Lauper, Frankie GTH, Underworld (its the Theme from Trainspotting if that helps), The Verve, Back to the Planet and Bob Marley respectively. BttP aren't famous, but the rest are.

[DGoeij]

Originally posted by snaga1
Massive Attack, Cyndi Lauper, Frankie GTH, Underworld (its the Theme from Trainspotting if that helps), The Verve, Back to the Planet and Bob Marley respectively. BttP aren't famous, but the rest are.

Naming artist won't help, except for the very old and famous ones. But adding a movie-title was an excellent idea. I usually need about 2.635 seconds of view time to identify a movie or about seven words describing it (if I've seen it).
OK, I'm grossly exagerating, but I do have an incredible memory for movies. :)
Trainspotting was so weird (and therefore good). And I laughed the lower part of my back of when I heard people claiming it would inspire people to abuse drugs. RIGHT.:rolleyes:

[TheFool]

It's the return of Corey Feldman (http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/07/people.watn.feldman/index.html) , Frog Brother #1!

[Wonko The Sane]

In the vein of the Edinburgh trip I will say:

LOOK AT THIS!!

And in the vein of 80's Pop-Culture I have to say that Cyndi Lauper's largely annoying...but I do quite like Time After Time

[menchu]

Alaaa! I didn't know Corey feldman was that guy from the 'Stand by me' movie!! *drops mandible* Mmm... good memories... I will have to check all the list of people you name...

[Wonko The Sane]

Hehe...*drops mandilble* that's great! I'm going to say that from now on!!

[legoman]

now when you say 'say that' d you mean type it when it is appropriate or actually say it instead of doing it when mid conversation with someone on the street cos that could be a bit strange and rather confusing for those without the knowledge of this conversation.

oh, but that is a nice pic of us 3. hoho.

[Wonko The Sane]

I meant I'll say it when appropriate.

And I really like that pic of the three of you!

Hmm...pop culture. I like...um..does anybody remember that one great show with the funny people?

[Aulë]

lol- most of you seem to be on the older end of the Periaur scale....
My grandparents listen to the type of music ur talking about (J/K :P)

[menchu]

Originally posted by Wonko The Sane
I meant I'll say it when appropriate.
Why do I feel that's when you see a certain orc?

Yeah, funny, funny hairy pic (I'd rather shut up before I start cracking up and someone... erm... I don't know how serious the reaction could be... :D )

Show with THE funny people??? *must be a group of comedians*

[legoman]

hairy huh?? I don't understand... what are you trying to say about snaga?

older end of the tweens??
why not at all, I am not even 20 yet, not even... here that all you old folks, with your pipes and your big arm chairs, I have my whole life ahead of me, oh except those simple not even twenty years which are as you would know behind me...

[menchu]

I'm sure it was Snaga's hair, yes. He could pass as a member of Queen...

[Wonko The Sane]

Legoman's the one with the long hair! Snaga's the one with the short hair and glasses, and Tookish is in the middle!

Snaga does NOT look like anyone even remotely related to the group Queen.

He couldn't even pass for the brother of a groupie! They have long hair by association...

ANYway, yes...hmm...you know that show with the people that make me laugh.

[legoman]

you know Wonko, I have the slightest feeling that Menchu may have been practising the art of sarcasm and well I'm just gonna assume that you knew and were just defending the fact you don't go out with someone with long hair, fair enough - who would, really. But I really don't think it was necessary to point out which one was tookish - that just takes the biscuit.lol.

[DGoeij]

I thought Tookish was the one in the upper left corner, with the surprised look on her face. She was probably wondering who you guys were having your picture taken with. :D

[Snaga]

Originally posted by Pippin_Took
lol- most of you seem to be on the older end of the Periaur scale....
My grandparents listen to the type of music ur talking about (J/K :P) Hmm your Grandparent are big into Groove Armada? Cool!:D

[menchu]

Aaah, Wonko's head is in cloud number nine, I bet she sees happy bears (was that the name for those bears slidding on a rainbow?) all over the place. :D

Hey, long hair is cool. and you could always sell it for a wig and make money when you're tired. Plus it's cold in the isles and that must keep your neck warm. LOL

[Wonko The Sane]

Originally posted by legoman
you know Wonko, I have the slightest feeling that Menchu may have been practising the art of sarcasm and well I'm just gonna assume that you knew and were just defending the fact you don't go out with someone with long hair, fair enough - who would, really. But I really don't think it was necessary to point out which one was tookish - that just takes the biscuit.lol.

Hehe.
NO! I'd date a guy with long hair if we got on together and everything.
I'm just saying that Snaga most definitely does NOT have long hair.

I'm not sure he's capable of it. :) *giggles*

And yes, I knew Menchu was being sarcastic. So was I! :)

And you know, you DO have long hair, maybe they thought YOU were Tookish. ;)

TOTALLY JOKING!!!

[Aulë]

Hmm your Grandparent are big into Groove Armada? Cool!

Yeah! There's nothing that they like better than dancing the waltz to Superstylin':cool:

[legoman]

hahaha, don't you love it when you get in a big sarcasm ring and its gone so far that everyone is explaining to everyone sarcastically that they were being sarcastic to begin with when we all already knew and were being sarcastic about it. How Peotic.


And you know, you DO have long hair, maybe they thought YOU were Tookish.

*ignores the 'totally joking' bit and grits his teeth*
'why I outta.'
lol.

[Snaga]

Originally posted by Wonko The Sane
Hehe.
NO! I'd date a guy with long hair if we got on together and everything.
I'm just saying that Snaga most definitely does NOT have long hair.

I'm not sure he's capable of it. :) *giggles*

And yes, I knew Menchu was being sarcastic. So was I! :)

And you know, you DO have long hair, maybe they thought YOU were Tookish. ;)

TOTALLY JOKING!!! *pretends to not have noticed that little jibe from his beloved... but secretly awaits his chance for revenge*

I used to have long hair. At one point someone convince me to dye it orange too which was stupid cos noone want to look like Mick Hucknall. Bad mistake! My friend cut all my lengthy locks off on one alcohol-fuel shearing session... I was drunk enough to agree. And drunk enough to believe his girlfriend when she told me it was looking good even though she was wetting herself laughing. The next day I debated the question of whether my haircut was worse than my hangover. It took 2 attempts to rectify the damage. :(:eek:

[Wonko The Sane]

Originally posted by legoman
hahaha, don't you love it when you get in a big sarcasm ring and its gone so far that everyone is explaining to everyone sarcastically that they were being sarcastic to begin with when we all already knew and were being sarcastic about it. How Peotic.



*ignores the 'totally joking' bit and grits his teeth*
'why I outta.'
lol.

Alright, let's go at it! I can take both of you an at once!!!

Originally posted by snaga1
*pretends to not have noticed that little jibe from his beloved... but secretly awaits his chance for revenge*

I used to have long hair. At one point someone convince me to dye it orange too which was stupid cos noone want to look like Mick Hucknall. Bad mistake! My friend cut all my lengthy locks off on one alcohol-fuel shearing session... I was drunk enough to agree. And drunk enough to believe his girlfriend when she told me it was looking good even though she was wetting herself laughing. The next day I debated the question of whether my haircut was worse than my hangover. It took 2 attempts to rectify the damage. :(:eek:

It's not completely unwarranted. You can't grow a beard you know....

Hehe. You told me that story.
I'd like to see pictures...cos I really can't picture you with long hair.
:)

[menchu]

Originally posted by Wonko The Sane
You can't grow a beard you know...
Ah, a beard like those guys from the band Medication? There is this fang growing around about dying your beard, plait it partially, then dreadlock the rest... heh-heh!
(Hopes Tamariz never reads and never ever ever is inspired by this) :D

my sister shaved her cheecks once... LOL. She didn't get beard, but kind of a moustache, LOL (now hopes she never ever ever hears of this) :eek: :D

[Snaga]

Don't try to dig yourself out of that hole you're in Wonks. It won't work. Anyway I said I couldnt grow a full beard, cos I'm not very a very hairy orc. I could grow something, but it would just be horrible. Beards are horrible by definition but this would be worse than usual!;)

[Wonko The Sane]

I am in no hole!! That's what I meant! I mean it!
You're very unhairy and I was just making a dig at your inability to grow hair!!

I mean it! *looks around*

What hole am I in?! I'm so confused.

*Sits down and digs deeper, hoping her hole will fill with water soon*

[menchu]

Will you report me if you find the Rocking Moles? :cool:

[legoman]

SNaga!!!!
You've gotta post pics of you as mick hutnall - please. pweddy pwease!!!!!!
even wonko wants to see them.
and surely you've got some of the hangover period with the cut part.

obviously this is just for future reference cos I'm not sure how long I can hold out against the threats from my classmates to do the evil alcohol fuelled home hairstyling trick on me. and not cos I want to laugh at you...

but really - mick hutnall...

[Wonko The Sane]

I wanna see Snaga with long hair too.

He said it was even dyed orange at some point.

You've met him, Legsieman...you agree that it's nearly impossible to picture him with that sort of look don't you?!

[legoman]

Oh, I could picture it, but then I could picture just about anything.
But I just wanna see the mick hutnall look, hehe.

[Wonko The Sane]

Who's Mick Hutnall?

[legoman]

Mick Hutnall: Really annoying, bad looking singing from the group simply red, I'll see if I can find a photo...

http://www.simplyred.co.uk/

hehe, knock yourself out... literally, look at what your marrying hehehehe, sorry snaga, but really, hutnall, thats bad!!!!

[Wonko The Sane]

Eeew.
Scary..Snaga doesn't look like that.

[Aulë]

That's Mick HuCKnall...
But I call him Devil's Spawn.:cool:

[Wonko The Sane]

Snaga says he has a picture of his face pasted over this Mick Hucknall's body but that he had trouble posting it earlier.

This sort of scares me.

[legoman]

Originally posted by Pippin_Took
That's Mick HuCKnall...
But I call him Devil's Spawn.:cool:
so does his mum,
hehehe


Oh and wonko, be afraid, be very afraid!!!!!!


actually apparently simply red were on parkinson last night!!!!! I turned it on at the end and they were on the credits.
So glad I missed that! Tell me they're not making a comeback, please!

[Wonko The Sane]

It's ok, Legoman. They're not making a comeback.

*calms Legoman with Jell-o*

*Is very very afraid*

[legoman]

jell-o...

argh, I have jelly in the fridge at home I made yesterday *rushes through all other posts to run home and eat jelly, yummy jelly!!!!!!

[Aulë]

Bleh!
I'm sick of jelly.
I ate bowls and bowls of it when I had my wisdom teeth removed a few weeks ago.

[Elbereth]

Funny....jelly is something we Americans put in our peanut butter sandwiches. :D

Now let me ask you this....what foods do you remember that you liked as a kid?

I was a big fan of ice cube pops.

I saw it on a PSA commercial when I was a kid. You fill a ice cube tray with your favorite juice, cover it with plastic wrap, and then poke toothpicks in the center of each ice cube holder and then place it in the freezer. A few hours later you come back...and you have instant popsicles!

[greypilgrim]

Those were real good! Nowadays you can buy 1000 of those, a foot long even, in a variety of colors, for only one dollar!:)
I just remember eating tons of peanut-butter cookies when I was young, seriously, tons.
My earlest memories of a candy-like experience was Caramel-Apples, and that stuff..ummm..it comes on a stick, usually found at Theme Parks...I forget the name, Americans, help me!:)
And of course, peanut-butter and jelly sandwiches, and peanut-butter and honey, and just plain old peanut butter....

I know a kids story about peanut-butter sandwiches, and about some kid who got into a "sticky-situation", because he ate so many of them one day! :D But I'm into stories, I'm a wanna-be writer. ;)
Was that about me??:eek:

[Aulë]

GP- were you referrin got fairy floss?

Originally posted by Elbereth
Funny....jelly is something we Americans put in our peanut butter sandwiches

What you call 'jelly' is called 'jam' in normal countries.
You Americans call 'jelly' 'jell-o' for some strange reason...

[TheFool]

We used to have this plastic-snowman-device called 'Mr Frosty' - you loaded ice cubes into the top (under his hat) then turned this crank-handle on his back, and bingo! a pile of snow/slush comes out by his feet (I think Americans call 'em snow-cones)... worked with those flavoured ice cubes too.. :cool: :frosty:
I can draw a picture if anyone's confused :D

[Elbereth]

Yay! I loved Mr. Frosty! We had Mr. Frosty and the Snoopy Snowcone maker when I was a kid. My sister and I each had to have our own snowcone makers because we couldn't share like good siblings. Sibling rivalry...got to love it! :rolleyes:

[greypilgrim]

I dont know the name of the kid's-story in which the fire-department was called to come to his house, with the "jaws of life", to use on his jaws. The story went, he ate so much peanut-butter, his mouth was stuck shut. My dad was a fire-fighter (retired), maybe that's why I was told it!:)

I don't remember ever making any candies. I do remember pumpkin seeds, toasted in the oven.:)
That might be because I'm American, though.:p
We also make very good syrup! You know, to put on pancakes?:p

I see my nephews eating candy I would never dreamed of!:D
I WANT MORE OF THAT! Think about it....
6 ft. of bubble-gum? <VS> big-league-chew?
No contest there! Big League chew looks like chewing tobacco! Blech!Only SOME people from around the world might understand me!
Only some! ;) Does anyone have any bubble-gum memories?
I do..........:D

[legoman]

Hmm, milk lollies and cola cubes, oh and pine-apple chunks at football matches.
ooooh and malt-lick! (malteasers, crushed, then sold by the quarter, yummy!!!!)

[Elbereth]

Do any of you guys remember when penny candies really were sold for a penny? I do! :D

What's better is that I would buy a whole lot of penny candy and then sell it to the younger kids in my neighborhood for 5 cents each...Hehehe...I was a capitalist before the age of 10. LOL!

[legoman]

surely you still have penny sweets over there!!!!!!!!!!! thats sacralidge!!!
We used to go to he shop and ask for £5 of penny sweets and make the shop assistant stand there hile we named each of the 500 individually:
1 of those, 1 of those, oh and other 1 of those, hehe, they used to hate us!!!

[greypilgrim]

TOOTSIEROLLS used to be a penny!

Whats the penny like oversea? Americas had Lincoln and someone else. Let me see...Quarter has Washington on it.
The mint is making new and better coins all the time! What is that all about?
Has anyone seen the whole entire set of american coins?? I saw a map half-chock-full of 'em! It was sweet...I want one!:D Prabobly have to save up though.

[Narya]

yes, tootsierolls and ovaltinies!!!

Bazooka Joe was also a fav. though I got mouth sores when I eat too much.

[Legolam]

All our coins have the Queen on them, and the penny has *checks* a funny drawbridge thing on it too.

My parents bought a boxed set of all the coins made by the Mint in the year I was born (1983). It's so cool, it even has a half penny, and that year was the first year that pound coins were made!!

[TheFool]

I bought a creme egg today... mm mmmm..... Does anyone else get the sneaking suspicion that things like creme eggs, mars bars etc are gradually getting smaller in size every year? Is it a sneaky marketing ploy, or am I just getting old?!

I remember all those old, big coins :D

[Legolam]

Chocolate bars are DEFINITELY getting smaller! I remember proper sizes of chocolate! Or maybe it's just my appetite getting bigger *stomach grumbles*

[Wonko The Sane]

Originally posted by Pippin_Took
GP- were you referrin got fairy floss?



What you call 'jelly' is called 'jam' in normal countries.
You Americans call 'jelly' 'jell-o' for some strange reason...

Jell-O is the brand name so we call all our Jell-O that. Just like we call all plasters Band-Aids.
And jelly and jam are actually different. They're made differently and jelly doesn't have any fruit bits in it.

Originally posted by legoman
Hmm, milk lollies and cola cubes, oh and pine-apple chunks at football matches.
ooooh and malt-lick! (malteasers, crushed, then sold by the quarter, yummy!!!!)

What you call ice-lollies we call popsicles, and in America we have Whoppers which are smiliar to Malteasers (Snaga had some of the latter in the movies last night) but Malteasers have nicer chocolate on the outside.


And yes...Chocolate bars are getting smaller. It's because they've taken to making something called the "King Size" bar which is HUGE and the "Fun Size" which is tiny and NOT fun. So the normal size has been skewed a bit.
Sad really.

You used to get so much more for your money.

[legoman]

What you call ice-lollies we call popsicles
yeah I knew that, silly americans.

haha, but it doesn't matter how big the chocolate bar is as long as it is of the quality that is dairy milk, or actually any other bar sold in my local newsagents - except the ones I don't like.

[Aulë]

haha, but it doesn't matter how big the chocolate bar is as long as it is of the quality that is dairy milk, or actually any other bar sold in my local newsagents - except the ones I don't like.
Nothing beats Nestlé :D
Nestlé Crunchie would have to be the King of chocolate bars :D

[Talierin]

Agreed, Aule... love those things, even though I don't eat chocolate a whole lot

[Wonko The Sane]

Eew...yucky Nestle. Though I do like Crunch bars most everything else they make is sub-par.
Nothing beats a Dairy Milk bar...OMG soooo good. :)

[Snaga]

Not true. Lots of things could beat Dairy Milk. Like those fake cigarettes that you could eat... they're cool. Really tasty plus they encourage small children to smoke...:rolleyes: :D

What I want to know is this... do Americans have places where they go when they want to 'large it'? We Brits (and other Europeans) go to Ibiza, and Kavos and places like this...

Largin' it aka livin' it large aka going somewhere got, partying all night in the most disgraceful debauched way that can only be frowned upon, including dancing to the obligatory euro-dance music... throwing up and then sleeping until 4pm at which point you get up and start all over again.

I'm hoping someone might admit to this, so I can live vicariously through their decadence.:D

[Aulë]

I think they go to Florida or California. :confused:

In Australia, we go to the Gold Coast (south of Brisbane).:D

[Elbereth]

There are lots of places that Americans go to 'live large'

Daytona Beach, FL
Las Vegas, NV
Los Angeles, CA
and
New York, NY

are the hottest places to visit.

But I'm sure there are several other locations that I'm leaving out. Can anyone else help me out.

[DGoeij]

Well, the Dutch 'I want to be part of something' youngsters who 'live large' go either to our won beloved coastal towns and Islands or travel all the way to the Spanish Mediterranean coast (like Salou, Lorret de Mar). I think the difference is primarily wether you wish to get drunk on beer (definitely down here) or on cocktails (Spain).

Funny thing was, when I was travelling home from our summer camp in Germany with my scoutgroup, we stopped at a the first McDonalds we encountered, just after we crossed the Belgium/Dutch border. Entire busloads of Costa del Sol party-goers were unloaded at the same parking lot. I never felt so cool, walking around in my dirty sneakers, baggy pants and scouts blouse, wading trough hundreds of people in expensive pants, tight t-shirts (both boys and girls) wearing fancy earrings and necklaces (again both) and neatly combed and styled haircuts. :D

[Inderjit S]

LOL! Snaga-'larging it'! That is sooooooo Kevin and Perry ;)

Besides, Kavos is more of a R'n'B then Dance (Or 'Euro-Dance') scene, though Ibiza is pretty big when it comes to dance, though that is known around the world. As well as Kavos, Greece has Valaraki (Sure I've spelt that wrong!) and of course Ayia Napa. Amsterdamn is also popular but that is for very much different reasons then partying ;)

[Wonko The Sane]

Las Vegas is the name that comes readily to mind.

And of course Mexico. Mazitlan and Acapulco are popular vacation spots. :)

And as Elbe mentioned Daytona Beach, Florida.

But I haven't seen as much of the same with LA and NY to be honest...

I'm thinking of "spring break" type spots...warm weather...and sinful decadence! :)

[Snaga]

Warm weather and sinful decadence is the idea here!;)

Yeah the phrase 'Larging it' makes me laugh too, Inderjit.:D

Q. What do you call an Ibizan terrorist?

A. All-summer Bin Largin It. ;)

As I sit here in my dirty sneakers and baggy jeans, I suddenly feel cool not larging it!;) Thanks DGoeij!:D

[Wonko The Sane]

How do you pronounce Ibiza?
And the phrase "Largin' it" strikes me as hokey and silly and decidedly uncool. :)

[Snaga]

Eye-bee-tha

I never understood what hokey meant, so I can't comment. Whether 'Larging it' is cool or not is a matter of opinion. A lot of people who are paid to tell you what is cool, will tell you that it is. So probably it isnt. But how would I know?

[Wonko The Sane]

Hokey..cheesy...dorky...lame...:)

Um...Eye-bee-tha?

Yeah...so THAT'S what Hugh Grant was saying in that movie I watched the other day.

"No! Some men ARE Islands. I'M an Island for God's sake. I'm bloody Ibiza!!"

I've been going around saying "I'm bloody Ibiza" since I figured out that what he was saying, was probably the island that you guys were mentioning just pronounced in a scary non-American way. ;)

But actually that's a sort of Spanish pronounciation. (Though true Spain-Spanish pronounciation would say "Eee-bee-tha"...) Coolness anyway. :)