Good things which have fallen out of fashion

AARRRGH

Ring Donuts

These are lovely. People don't seem to eat them anymore.

Chocolate fondue

These were popular in the 80's. Anyone remember deep fried banana dipped in chocolate? Mmmmm!

Arcade games

They still make amazing arcade games (realistic car simulators etc.) Does anyone care?

Bumpers

Bumpers are cool.

Board games

Monopoly, Hotel, Cleudo, etc. These are deadly. No only plays them anymore.

Comics

Do kids read comics anymore?

Terry

Mullets and flares.

Heisenberg.

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ejmaztec

The Scientist wrote: »

Moustaches and baskets that go on the front of your bicycle.

Moustache on a bicycle? Were they ever in fashion?

star-pants

going for drives... you can't really anymore -- too much traffic and noone wants to.
best thing was being picked up from school - seeing a change of clothes on the back seat - you knew you were off to the beach/mountain/wherever.

back in time for tea

Rabies

I remember when the All Things Retro forum was popular.
Now people use AH for everything

Archeron

Bubonic plague,
Washboards, both for washing clothes and making music.

Karoma

Manners.




*stiff upper lipism*

starn

Drink driving

Maximilian

Dolphin harpooning.

Good times.

constitutionus

fun.

if the medias anything to go by half the stuff i did playing as a kid shouldve killed me by now. not to mention the lead poisoning i shouldve contracted from toys basted in the stuff. honestly you cant even run in the school yard anymore.

star-pants

Archeron wrote: »

Washboards, both for washing clothes and making music.

ooh we've an egg slicer - its plastic on the bottom and has a thing you pull down that has metal strings to 'slice' thru the egg (had it for YEARS) I used to pretend it was a mini harp.

slouchy socks, av8s and shoulder pads (none of which I'd rush to see returning)
homemade donuts - dad used to make em - used to buy Granny Smith doughnut mix, they don't make it anymore...

ejmaztec

RTE TV closing down before midnight! The test-card then, was better than the Late Late Show now.

jester77

Bowler hats.... long, long overdue a return

briantwin

Recession
Cheap housing
Irish staff in pubs
Rollerblades
Illuminous green smiley face t-shirts and lollipops in night clubs

Archeron

Things were much more fun when everything was in black and white.

Red Hand

dublindude

Pye

star-pants wrote: »

going for drives... you can't really anymore -- too much traffic and noone wants to.
best thing was being picked up from school - seeing a change of clothes on the back seat - you knew you were off to the beach/mountain/wherever.

back in time for tea

I still do that now, only it's my other half who picks me up and usually gives me a bell on the mobile saying "Fancy going the beach/picnic/drive/riverside pub in random town?"

Wertz

Decent dance music in clubs.

The_Minister

dublindude wrote: »

Board games

Monopoly, Hotel, Cleudo, etc. These are deadly. No only plays them anymore.

You fail for omitting Risk

WindSock

starn wrote: »

Drink driving

I miss the oul lads driving at -10 mph after the pubs closing. It's the young hoons driving fast that messed it up for them.

Maximilian

The_Minister wrote: »

You fail for omitting Risk

Agreed.

Anyone remember Buccaneer?

Earthhorse

dublindude wrote: »

Board games

Monopoly, Hotel, Cleudo, etc. These are deadly. No only plays them anymore.

Comics

Do kids read comics anymore?

Both these hobbies are healthier than they've been in years. Plenty of good stuff out there for those interested enough.

GhostInTheRuins

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

dublindude

Who's Dublindude? Is he a dublin version of Navan man?

AARRRGH

Maximilian wrote: »

Agreed.

Anyone remember Buccaneer?

Yeah that was cool.

I also loved "Block Towers" (a 2000 AD game), "Space Crusade" and "Hero".

AARRRGH

D.T. Jesus wrote: »

Who's Dublindude?

Ask YORE MA!!

(Sorry)

Cool_CM

The Scientist wrote: »

Moustaches and baskets that go on the front of your bicycle.

Come to Germany, You'd love it!

Creature

Soda Stream, moustaches and slavery.

Pompey Magnus

Capes. It was a sad day for men everywhere when the coat was invented. You can't make a flashy entrance/exit with a coat.

dublindude

dublindude wrote: »

Board games

Monopoly

If anything monopoly is coming back in style. But now you use credit cards instead of money:mad:

Sonic the hedgehog , I recenetly bought a pc game which allowed me to play all the retro sonic games from the megadrive just as they were

God so much fun

Andrewf20

- Supercans. 500ml of fizzy goodness.
- For the kids - cardboard with pegs in bike spokes and Kelloggs wheel reflectors. See attached.
- Wham.

c - 13

Depeche_Mode wrote: »

Capes. It was a sad day for men everywhere when the coat was invented. You can't make a flashy entrance/exit with a coat.

Depends how long your coat is and how quiet you are
<_<
>_>

Doctor DooM

dublindude wrote: »

Arcade games

They still make amazing arcade games (realistic car simulators etc.) Does anyone care?


Comics

Do kids read comics anymore?

When home consoles became able to port arcade games near flawlessly, that was their death knell.

I can't speak for kids but there's certainly a thriving 20 something market for comics. They're not really aimed at kids, any more. Unless you speak of beano/dandy etc.

SheroN

<QUOTE>Soda Stream</QUOTE>

Soda Steam is making a come back, I was walking through arnotts I think when a girl started telling me about soda stream. The major selling point this time round is that it's good for the environment as you reuse the bottle.

Wertz

Tap water.

monkeyfudge

dublindude wrote: »

Yeah that was cool.

I also loved "Block Towers" (a 2000 AD game),

That was Block Wars... and yes.. it was pretty damn awesome... There was an expansion pack too that I always wanted to get that let you have 4 players with 4 massive blocks battling it out.

On topic... I really wish hats were as fashionable as they used to be back before the 60s came along and ruined everything for some reason.

humanji

Waiting 20 minutes for computer games to load (and all the colours and noises that accompanied it).
Playing outside. Nowadays kids go outside and sit on a curb, playing their DS's and PSP's. In my day, we beat the **** out of each other in british bulldogs or murderball.

constitutionus

coolsmileygirl wrote: »

Sonic the hedgehog , I recenetly bought a pc game which allowed me to play all the retro sonic games from the megadrive just as they were

God so much fun

oh dont talk. i bought something similar for the PS2 with loads of games on it that used to be for the old commadore 64 et al. spent ages playing gauntlet, spyhunter, bubble bobble (or whatever ) PSSST , rampage etc etc

class.

its amazing how playable those simple games were.

Pherekydes

• Manners
• Punctuation
• Standardized spelling
• Kids doing what they're told
• Good grammar
• A time when you could discipline someone else's kids and their parents would back you up
• Concerts/cinema/lectures without mobile ring tones
• People saving for their house deposits instead of getting them off their parents
• People not having their parents look after their kids
• Manners

ziggy

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Dragan

Speed

funktastic

Milk bottles
Cigarette shaped confectionary
The Ice Age
Dinosaurs
Alf
Old Italia ’90 Irish jerseys
Late 80s/early 90s Indie/Shoegaze scene
1920s slang

Terry

Slow coach wrote: »

• Manners
• Punctuation
• Standardized spelling
• Kids doing what they're told
• Good grammar
• A time when you could discipline someone else's kids and their parents would back you up
• Concerts/cinema/lectures without mobile ring tones
• People saving for their house deposits instead of getting them off their parents
• People not having their parents look after their kids
• Manners

Ahem.
Standardised.

'Ol Jack Chance

asbestos

Pherekydes

Terry wrote: »

Ahem.
Standardised.

Either is quite ok, namesake. Look 'em up.

Terry

Yes, but it also shows the lack of stadardisation.
Also, the second one is the dumbed down American bastardised version, where they use "Z" instead of "S".

AARRRGH

I'm with Terry on this one.

GhostInTheRuins

Terry wrote: »

Also, the second one is the dumbed down American bastardised version, where they use "Z" instead of "S".

Wrong

Pherekydes

D.T. Jesus wrote: »

Wrong

Thank you, Jesus.

Jimbo

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Drink driving