School 1977 vs School 2007....How true is this !
 

School 1977 vs. School 2007

Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school.

1977 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up mates.

2007 - Police are called, Armed Response Unit arrives and arrests Johnny and Mark. Mobiles with video of fight confiscated as evidence. They are charged with assault, ASBOs are taken out and both are suspended even though Johnny started it. Diversionary conferences and parent meetings conducted. Video shown on 6 internet sites.

Scenario: Jeffrey won't sit still in class, disrupts other students.

1977 - Jeffrey is sent to the principal's office and given 6 of the best. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.

2007 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. Counselled to death. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. School gets extra funding because Jeffrey has a disability. Drops out of school.

Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbour's car and his Dad gives him the slipper.

1977 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.

2007 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy is removed to foster care and joins a gang. Psychologist tells Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy's mum has an affair with the psychologist. Psychologist gets a promotion.

Scenario: Mark, a college student, brings cigarettes to school .

1977 - Mark shares a smoke with the school principal out on the smoking area.

2007 - Police are called and Mark is expelled from School for drug possession. His car is searched for drugs and weapons.

Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers, puts them in a model plane paint bottle and blows up an anthill.

1977 - Ants die.

2007 - MI5 and police are called and Johnny is charged with perpetrating acts of terrorism. Teams investigate parents, siblings are removed from the home, computers are confiscated, and Johnny's dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly with American Carriers ever again.

Scenario: Johnny falls during break and scrapes his knee. His teacher, Mary, finds him crying, and gives him a hug to comfort him.

1977 - Johnny soon feels better and goes back to playing.

2007 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces three years in prison. Johnny undergoes five years of therapy. Becomes gay.

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very good...and, sadly, completely accurate...

MM, xx

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bring back 1977. People were normal then........appart from me of course,but I was only little!

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I was in the 1st year of secondary school.....bring back Spangles, MoJo's, Jublee's, Getting stung by stinging nettles and using a doc leaf to take the irritation away, Runaround with Mike Reid, SwapShop, Tiswas, Marathon's (not Snickers !), Opal Fruits (not Starburst !), Crackerjack, Mary Mungo & Midge, Mork and Mindy, The Clangers, Catweazle, The Corona Lorry,......Happy Days !

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You forgot Bagpuss and Charlies Angels!!

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You are forgetting;

2007 - Johnny makes only two spelling mistakes in writing his name on his A'Level paper. he gets an A grade :sneaky:

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I remember all them, God that makes me feel old (I'm only 28!)
I wish I was 18 again and know what I know now!!!

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you old git!
was in my second year of primary school!

reminds me of standing outside one of my law school exams a couple of years ago. worked out that a couple of my class mates had not started high school by the time I had graduated from Uni. It did make me feel rather old :(

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YOU OLD GIT :p lol. I was still a twinkle in my dads eyes! Was another 2 years till lil' Chris hit the scene.

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I swear that chocolate-covered "Wagon Wheels" were twice as big in 1977 as they were in 2007.

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Was Captain Pugwash in the 1970s? Or am I showing my age?

Roger The Cabin Boy, Master Bates....... or am I losing my memory as well?

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Not sure. I was too busy planning my future as a dancer in Legs and Co on top of the pops!:rofl:

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Didnt you apply for Pan's People first ?:rofl:

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I've heard he was in the 70's.....how about midweek "Sportsnight" with David Coleman or Harry Carpenter or World of Sport with Dickie Davies,a and the early caveman version of WWF.....Wrestling from Blackpool, with Mick McManus, Big Daddy & Giant Haystacks.....and the videprinter like a bouncing typewriter giving the football results out !

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No. I did write to Jim'll fix it though!

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Dear Jim, when I grow up I want to live in Dubai......how's about that then ?:rofl:

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And to be in the nolan sisters! At least I got one of them though!!:rofl:

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"And to be in the Nolan Sisters"....If I had had said that, it would have sounded like a sexual ambition.....but hey, I also wanted to be Charlie's Angels !!:rofl:

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Im having real problems with this at the moment. The site wont update from an hour ago and the only way I can get in is through the links on my email.Cant get into my PM's either. is it just me?

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And Daisy Duke!!

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....and how about Miss Diane from Crossroads !!:p

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...and not forgetting Seaman Staines (semen stains) ! Spike Milligan's mind at work. Most people never spotted the undertones.

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SOMEONE HELP ME!!! I dont know what to do! ive tried re-starting it.nothing is working.everytime I go on,the site is where I left it an hour ago.

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Not sure what your current problem is but I can get into my PMs.

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When I go onto the site this thread has only got 2 replies.Mine being the last.

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With this reply, we are up to No 26.

Although, I now notice the site is slowing up for me.

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not memory... but just taken by the popular urban myth.

It seems there was never any double entendre in the character names:
http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/pugwash.asp

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it was the 70's but those names are an urban myth!

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Hey, things aren't so bad these days. Just remember how racist everybody was back then...

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I once had to escort Giant Haystacks to his car to make sure he didnt get pestered by fans! of course there weren't any waiting for him!

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Alf Garnett!!!:rofl:

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Yeah, and 'Love Thy Neighbour', do you remember that? Although the white guy invariably ended up looking like an ignorant, hapless idiot.

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And I met Big Daddy a few times.Our school used to go swimming at Crystal Palace swimming pool.He did his training there!

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Well I never... was completely hoodwinked by those urban myths and.. oft said.. repeated them!

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[QUOTE=BangleMan;5898499]School 1977 vs. School 2007
And another few....

Scenario: Johnny who's 13 hormones start kicking in and he develops an interest in adult entertainment

1977 - he finds a porno mag on a building site, looks at the pictures and keeps it hidden under his bed.

2007 - He sits down with his pc and google and in 3 weeks has filled his 500 gig hard drive with every conceivable sexual deviance imaginable in full HD widescreen

In the 70s a mobile was hung from the ceiling, a PC was a policeman, Being Un-PC was a policeman who'd lost his job, technophobia was not being able to put your coins in the phonebox before the pips went, a blackberry was a fruit, a bluetooth was someone with poor dental hygiene, on line was where you hung your washing, the net was for fishing, the world wide web was a b-movie about giant spiders, drugs were what the doctor gave you to feel better and global warming was leaving your atlas on the radiator.

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That's really funny :)

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1977? Never mind the Bollox, the Clash, race riots, skinheads, paki bashing. Glam Rock..... yeah, think i like it better now.

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wasn't he called shirley or something equally girlie...?

MM, xx

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Yes,I think he was. But then,a man in lycra....what do you expect!!!

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Yes he was, ......and dont call him Shirley !