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I was walking home and happened to catch sight of a Coco Pops advert. It reminded me of the time that Kelloggs changed the name to fit in with the US line. Then were forced to do an embarrassing U-turn when there was a public outcry and sales dropped off. Good grief I thought. I'm getting old. Hence the idea for this thread.
You know you're getting old when you remember when:
Snickers used to be called Marathon (much better name imho)
Starburst used to be called Opal Fruits (much better name imho)
Coco Pops changed its name to Choco Krispies then back again
Jif changed its name to Cif
Kids TV wasn't full of condescending PC nonsense
The country didn't grind to a halt with a few inches of snow
School was still open despite having more than a few inches of snow on the ground
Your school was never mentioned on the list of schools shut due to boilers breaking down in the aforementioned snowy weather.
You know you're getting old when you remember when:
Snickers used to be called Marathon (much better name imho)
Starburst used to be called Opal Fruits (much better name imho)
Coco Pops changed its name to Choco Krispies then back again
Jif changed its name to Cif
Kids TV wasn't full of condescending PC nonsense
The country didn't grind to a halt with a few inches of snow
School was still open despite having more than a few inches of snow on the ground
Your school was never mentioned on the list of schools shut due to boilers breaking down in the aforementioned snowy weather.
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and the children's TV thing! I had the misfortune to catch something or other and i thought the presenters were so condescending towards their viewers.
Are they? They were Starburst last week!
Yes, unless someone found some really really old bags of them and bought them from me today!
(imho)
A sat nav that doesnt require electricity I think.
In my humble opinion.
I remember avidly listening to the chart run down on a Sunday evening on the radio when it mattered who had hit the coveted number one spot. Does anyone care any more?
You know you're old when you ask your kids to sort out your mobile phone for you
You remember the fashion for baggy/loose trousers - halfway down backsides with underpants showing from school and it has come around again, more than one time since you left.
I was at the forefront of the home computer revolution in the 80s using BBSs, MUGs/MUDs and the fledgling internet and writing my own software, even a bit of assembly language. I was one of the first users of the web when it appeared in the early 90s, but this whole facebook/twitter thing just goes right over my head. It makes me feel old.
Oh, and catching sight of yourself in a shop mirror and wondering who it is!! I can't look THAT old, can I??
...you can no longer tell the difference between a fourteen-year-old and an eighteen-year-old.
lol lol lol I so agree, I no longer look in shop mirrors cause all I keep seeing is a younger version of my gran, I swear I'm gradually turning into her.
Is that what you told the police when you got caught in bed with one?
JOKES!
I think i'm too young for the marathon one, but remember them all.
Opal Fruits only came back limited edition, and only can be bought in asda (i think)
Edit: Never mind the last bit sorry!! didn't read enough
But that irritates me. Am I old?
Well Im young ad remember Spangles, Dolly Mixture and 1p Chews!:eek::D