It Was Acceptable In The 80's

[tutankamun]

Sending your children out to the local newsagent to buy fags and booze for you

[CrazyBullSheep]

Wearing Pringle Jumpers with a Granpa shirt under it along with a snazzy pair o Sta-press and a dapper pair o Puma California

 

Y Cardigans

 

the permed Mullet

[Bobby Connor]

Sending your children out to the local newsagent to buy fags and booze for you

 

Better still, sending your children out to the Ice Cream Van for 10 Lambert & Butler at the extortionate price of 86 pence.

[Bobby Connor]

Flecked trousers.

[Bobby Connor]

Assault.

[Bobby Connor]

A side parting.

[tup]

1. Drink driving.

2. Wholesale stadium wide abuse of black players with chants like 'nigger, nigger lick my boots' etc etc.

3. Hirsute clunges.

4. Glue sniffing.

5. Electro.

6. Semi-naked weemin on tins of lager.

7. Allegros, Maestros, Montegos and Ambassadors.

8. Proper ringpulls on tins of lager.

9. Mullets on men with spiked bits on top, poodle perms etc.

10. Compulsory smoking of fags, choked ashtrays well in need of emptying, used sardine tins with Donald Duck stickers on them as temporary ashtrays etc etc.

11. Breakdancing.

12. Owning clapped out pieces of shit like Capris and Escort RS Turbos.

13. Being a super rock star poof and temporarily surviving AIDS.

14. Being a comedian and succumbing to AIDS.

15. Going to the shop/vannie with a note from your mither for a half bottle of vodka and 40 fags, and getting served them no bother.

16. Cashing in umpteen lemonade bottles at once.

17. Adidas Sambas.

[looksgoodinred]

Women wearing leg warmers, even if you weren't doing the 20-Minute Workout.

 

[CrazyBullSheep]

The Beach End Full O manic dons fans

[Bobby Connor]

Stealing juice from the Bon Accord van.

[CrazyBullSheep]

Women wearing leg warmers, even if you weren't doing the 20-Minute Workout.

 

 

 

:spunk:

[Bobby Connor]

Prawn cocktails.

[tup]

1. Drink driving.

2. Wholesale stadium wide abuse of black players with chants like 'nigger, nigger lick my boots' etc etc.

3. Hirsute clunges.

4. Glue sniffing.

5. Electro.

6. Semi-naked weemin on tins of lager.

7. Allegros, Maestros, Montegos and Ambassadors.

8. Proper ringpulls on tins of lager.

9. Mullets on men with spiked bits on top, poodle perms etc.

10. Compulsory smoking of fags, choked ashtrays well in need of emptying, used sardine tins with Donald Duck stickers on them as temporary ashtrays etc etc.

11. Breakdancing.

12. Owning clapped out pieces of shit like Capris and Escort RS Turbos.

13. Being a super rock star poof and temporarily surviving AIDS.

14. Being a comedian and succumbing to AIDS.

15. Going to the shop/vannie with a note from your mither for a half bottle of vodka and 40 fags, and getting served them no bother.

16. Cashing in umpteen lemonade bottles at once.

17. Adidas Sambas.

18. Leg warmers.

19. Mahogany effect dashboards.

20. Getting tampered with by the local scout leader.

[CrazyBullSheep]

Calling 'Special' people Spazzies

 

BTW I do not condone the use of this word but as the thread title suggests it was acceptable in the eighties

[Bobby Connor]

Flids. Never see them any more.

[daytripping]

Taping the hit parade on a sunday night off radio 1, you had to be sharp with the button or you heard the dj!

 

Putting the cassette into your walkman.

[tup]

1. Drink driving.

2. Wholesale stadium wide abuse of black players with chants like 'nigger, nigger lick my boots' etc etc.

3. Hirsute clunges.

4. Glue sniffing.

5. Electro.

6. Semi-naked weemin on tins of lager.

7. Allegros, Maestros, Montegos and Ambassadors.

8. Proper ringpulls on tins of lager.

9. Mullets on men with spiked bits on top, poodle perms etc.

10. Compulsory smoking of fags, choked ashtrays well in need of emptying, used sardine tins with Donald Duck stickers on them as temporary ashtrays etc etc.

11. Breakdancing.

12. Owning clapped out pieces of shit like Capris and Escort RS Turbos.

13. Being a super rock star poof and temporarily surviving AIDS.

14. Being a comedian and succumbing to AIDS.

15. Going to the shop/vannie with a note from your mither for a half bottle of vodka and 40 fags, and getting served them no bother.

16. Cashing in umpteen lemonade bottles at once.

17. Adidas Sambas.

18. Leg warmers.

19. Mahogany effect dashboards.

20. Getting tampered with by the local scout leader.

21. Calling feel folk 'spazzies', 'watchbreakers' etc.

22. Getting 10p to go to the phone box and phone the pub to get your faither home.

[daytripping]

Letting your dog go out on its own for its walk.

[tup]

1. Drink driving.

2. Wholesale stadium wide abuse of black players with chants like 'nigger, nigger lick my boots' etc etc.

3. Hirsute clunges.

4. Glue sniffing.

5. Electro.

6. Semi-naked weemin on tins of lager.

7. Allegros, Maestros, Montegos and Ambassadors.

8. Proper ringpulls on tins of lager.

9. Mullets on men with spiked bits on top, poodle perms etc.

10. Compulsory smoking of fags, choked ashtrays well in need of emptying, used sardine tins with Donald Duck stickers on them as temporary ashtrays etc etc.

11. Breakdancing.

12. Owning clapped out pieces of shit like Capris and Escort RS Turbos.

13. Being a super rock star poof and temporarily surviving AIDS.

14. Being a comedian and succumbing to AIDS.

15. Going to the shop/vannie with a note from your mither for a half bottle of vodka and 40 fags, and getting served them no bother.

16. Cashing in umpteen lemonade bottles at once.

17. Adidas Sambas.

18. Leg warmers.

19. Mahogany effect dashboards.

20. Getting tampered with by the local scout leader.

21. Calling feel folk 'spazzies', 'watchbreakers' etc.

22. Getting 10p to go to the phone box and phone the pub to get your faither home.

23. Letting your dog out on it's own for it's walk.

24. Lifting your hand to the wife.

25. Scrambles at weddings.

[tutankamun]

Calling 'Special' people Spazzies

 

BTW I do not condone the use of this word but as the thread title suggests it was acceptable in the eighties

 

Or 'Joeys'

 

Getting 'drunk' on Top Deck

 

Finding porn mags in the local park

 

BMXing

[CrazyBullSheep]

Streaking at major sports events

 

Cheating in football....... Oh Hud on!

[daytripping]

To wait 10 minutes for your tv to warm up.

 

To watch tv in black and white.

[tup]

1. Drink driving.

2. Wholesale stadium wide abuse of black players with chants like 'nigger, nigger lick my boots' etc etc.

3. Hirsute clunges.

4. Glue sniffing.

5. Electro.

6. Semi-naked weemin on tins of lager.

7. Allegros, Maestros, Montegos and Ambassadors.

8. Proper ringpulls on tins of lager.

9. Mullets on men with spiked bits on top, poodle perms etc.

10. Compulsory smoking of fags, choked ashtrays well in need of emptying, used sardine tins with Donald Duck stickers on them as temporary ashtrays etc etc.

11. Breakdancing.

12. Owning clapped out pieces of shit like Capris and Escort RS Turbos.

13. Being a super rock star poof and temporarily surviving AIDS.

14. Being a comedian and succumbing to AIDS.

15. Going to the shop/vannie with a note from your mither for a half bottle of vodka and 40 fags, and getting served them no bother.

16. Cashing in umpteen lemonade bottles at once.

17. Adidas Sambas.

18. Leg warmers.

19. Mahogany effect dashboards.

20. Getting tampered with by the local scout leader.

21. Calling feel folk 'spazzies', 'watchbreakers' etc.

22. Getting 10p to go to the phone box and phone the pub to get your faither home.

23. Letting your dog out on it's own for it's walk.

24. Lifting your hand to the wife.

25. Scrambles at weddings.

26. Finding used scud mags full of weemin with boxes like axe wounds on gorilla's backs.

27. BMX's.

[diamondsr4ever]

wearing a Y cardigan, 51 states and Adidas kicks.

men wearing leg warmers

playing 2 man hunt

22 a side at the local field

bully other kids.

[daytripping]

It was acceptable to get together with 30 of your mates and attack the neighbouring estates kids with a variety of weapons!

[tup]

1. Drink driving.

2. Wholesale stadium wide abuse of black players with chants like 'nigger, nigger lick my boots' etc etc.

3. Hirsute clunges.

4. Glue sniffing.

5. Electro.

6. Semi-naked weemin on tins of lager.

7. Allegros, Maestros, Montegos and Ambassadors.

8. Proper ringpulls on tins of lager.

9. Mullets on men with spiked bits on top, poodle perms etc.

10. Compulsory smoking of fags, choked ashtrays well in need of emptying, used sardine tins with Donald Duck stickers on them as temporary ashtrays etc etc.

11. Breakdancing.

12. Owning clapped out pieces of shit like Capris and Escort RS Turbos.

13. Being a super rock star poof and temporarily surviving AIDS.

14. Being a comedian and succumbing to AIDS.

15. Going to the shop/vannie with a note from your mither for a half bottle of vodka and 40 fags, and getting served them no bother.

16. Cashing in umpteen lemonade bottles at once.

17. Adidas Sambas.

18. Leg warmers.

19. Mahogany effect dashboards.

20. Getting tampered with by the local scout leader.

21. Calling feel folk 'spazzies', 'watchbreakers' etc.

22. Getting 10p to go to the phone box and phone the pub to get your faither home.

23. Letting your dog out on it's own for it's walk.

24. Lifting your hand to the wife.

25. Scrambles at weddings.

26. Finding used scud mags full of weemin with boxes like axe wounds on gorilla's backs.

27. BMX's.

28. Bullying.

29. Fights with the whole school in attendance in a circle chanting 'fight, fight'.

30. 48k of memory for whole actual computers.

[Bobby Connor]

Getting battered and battering folk as part of some grand competition that goes on throughout your entire life until you leave school.

[diamondsr4ever]

bonfires in yer street

[CrazyBullSheep]

It was acceptable to get together with 30 of your mates and attack the neighbouring estates kids with a variety of weapons!

 

And spray painting 'Young (insert gang type name here) Ya BASS'

[daytripping]

Young boxy amros.......ya bass!