I, for one, welcome the return of the 80s

Umaro · 24-06-2008 09:20PM #1

Many commentators have stated that if present economic conditions maintain their course it's likely we'll see a return to the 80s. This can only be a good thing.

Rambo movies = good

Legwarmers = good

Unemployment = more time with the family/more time to watch classic 80s cartoons such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or the one where it's The Three Musketeers only they're all played by cartoon dogs ("Ruff ruff ruff, one for all and all for one")

Rocky III = good

Wham! = good

To all the people at Hibernian who are mourning the loss of their jobs, I say: do not shed a single tear, you may be steeped in debt with no prospects but emigration and the Dole queue, but Dempsey's Den will be back on the air soon.

Hooray for the 80s!

Karoma · 24-06-2008 09:21PM

Swwweeeeet. Zig and Zag shall return to RTE 2 and be funny amusing not what they became! Will LEGO be good again?
Shall penny sweets be 1c?

24-06-2008 09:21PM

I look forward to the swift return of woppa bars.

RayM · 24-06-2008 09:26PM

Another advantage is that we'll be able to go on the dole and stay on it, without getting accused of being lazy. People will look at you sympathetically and wish you luck in your impossible jobseeking quest. Whereas during the Celtic Tiger years, if you weren't working, you were automatically presumed to be a sponging waster.

Archeron · 24-06-2008 09:27PM

DJ Kat will once again rule the world of television.

Important question though, will this classify as time travel? Because if I'm going to meet myself aged 9 in the 80's, I'd like to put on a tie and look decent. May as well give myself something to aspire to when I grow up.

Run_to_da_hills · 24-06-2008 09:27PM

Buy a gaff in the City for the change in your pocket.

rossie1977 · 24-06-2008 09:29PM

liverpool league champs every year and european champs every second year

ireland actually qualifying for major football tournaments

good fun arnie flicks like predator, running man, terminator etc

roscommon actually having a half decent senior team

english wrestling on itv, the return of giant haystacks

the return of great metallica albums not the sh*te we have to put up with these days

gcgirl · 24-06-2008 09:32PM

A Bros reunion on the cards!!! Big hair Rock Bands !! Joe Elliote growing his hair!! No1 coming back to our screens alomg with Joe Maxi and loved Nighthawks as well!! oh and Garda Patrol !!!

Run_to_da_hills · 24-06-2008 09:33PM

rossie1977 wrote: »

the return of great metallica albums not the sh*te we have to put up with these days

Apart from Garage Inc, Metallica have not produced any albums since 1991.

marcsignal · 24-06-2008 09:35PM

Umaro wrote: »

I, for one, welcome the return of the 80s

Good God Man !! Do you fully realise the implications of what you're saying ?? :eek::eek:

Rick (with the silent 'P') Astley ?
Shakespears Sister ?
Bros ?
Fine Young Cannibals ?
TaPau ?
Mel and Kim ?
No Late Pubs and only Leeson Street as an Alternative ??
and
Mullets for God sake ! Mullets I say !!!

Ruu_Old · 24-06-2008 09:36PM

Kangroos runners, glad I saved my pair! X-worx, eclipse and dunlop tracksuits, fab. Looking through Ireland with rose tinted glasses for the victory, thems were the times.

rossie1977 · 24-06-2008 09:37PM

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Apart from Garage Inc, Metallica have not produced any albums since 1991.

they have still brought out load, reload and st anger but they were all craptastic

Run_to_da_hills · 24-06-2008 09:39PM

rossie1977 wrote: »

they have still brought out load, reload and st anger but they were all craptastic

I said albums not rubbish :mad:

connundrum · 24-06-2008 09:43PM

1980's Shows
ALF
Cagney & Lacey
Cheers
Cosby Show, The
Diff'rent Strokes
Dukes of Hazzard, The
Facts Of Life
Family Ties
Golden Girls, The
Greatest American Hero
Growing Pains
Head of the Class
Hill Street Blues
Knots Landing
Love Boat, The
MacGyver
Miami Vice
Mork & Mindy
Mr. Belvedere
St. Elsewhere
Three's Company
Magnum PI
The A Team

That'll do.

I reckon that this aul recession will have the amount of cars on the road back to 1980's numbers, thereby saving the planet.

Recession, loving mother earth!

Sherifu · 24-06-2008 09:45PM

Law students entering the McDonalds career path.

fonpokno · 24-06-2008 09:52PM

connundrum wrote: »

1980's Shows
ALF
Cagney & Lacey
Cheers
Cosby Show, The
Diff'rent Strokes
Dukes of Hazzard, The
Facts Of Life
Family Ties
Golden Girls, The
Greatest American Hero
Growing Pains
Head of the Class
Hill Street Blues
Knots Landing
Love Boat, The
MacGyver
Miami Vice
Mork & Mindy
Mr. Belvedere
St. Elsewhere
Three's Company
Magnum PI
The A Team

That'll do.

I reckon that this aul recession will have the amount of cars on the road back to 1980's numbers, thereby saving the planet.

Recession, loving mother earth!

don't forget Airwolf and KnightRider!

RayM · 24-06-2008 09:53PM

connundrum wrote: »

I reckon that this aul recession will have the amount of cars on the road back to 1980's numbers, thereby saving the planet.

Even better than that - since nobody will have any work to go to, the roads will be completely clear at 'rush hour'.

Rust on cars, orange buses, white dogshit, Live at Three... I can't wait until the recession starts to hit really hard.

Ghost Train · 24-06-2008 10:04PM

No Internet yippee... wait.... why is this good...*starts to cry*

Loopy · 24-06-2008 10:10PM

RayM wrote: »

Rust on cars, orange buses, white dogshit, Live at Three... I can't wait until the recession starts to hit really hard.

OMG, what's up with that... How comes dog shit aint white anymore

ejmaztec · 24-06-2008 10:13PM

RTE closing down every night after the Angelus.

mike65 · 24-06-2008 10:21PM

Alice Glenn and Oliver J. Flanagan in the Dail, Charles Haughey like Napoleon with Bertie "Five O'Clock Shadow" Ahern at his side, the Labour party Beardiestas. The price for returning to the eighties could be far higher than some here understand.

Mike.

Kovik · 24-06-2008 10:24PM

Hooray for a return to the days before divorce was legal.

No divorce = No divorce rate = Highest marriage success in the world. Sorted.

Also, I miss seeing St. Bridget on my cash.

EDIT: Just found out it was Catherine McAuley on my £5 notes, not the other one. My childhood is ruined! **** the 80s.

pocketac3s · 24-06-2008 10:27PM

If it lasts long enough Ireland are a sure to get into the next European championships, then roll on two successive world cups!

All hail recession!

Max_Damage · 24-06-2008 10:28PM

Another does of radiation from Chernobyl is in order.

Captain Darling · 24-06-2008 10:30PM

Datsun Cherry ftw.

stovelid · 24-06-2008 10:31PM

Sherifu wrote: »

Law students entering the McDonalds career path.

...to the merriment of the rest of the population.

marcsignal · 24-06-2008 10:33PM

RayM wrote: »

......white dogshit, Live at Three...

Live at Three..... Asleep at Quarter Past

looptheloop wrote: »

OMG, what's up with that... How comes dog shit aint white anymore

The Corpo clean it up now, before it gets the 18 months required to reach that state

lorweld · 24-06-2008 10:35PM

Ruu wrote: »

Kangroos runners, glad I saved my pair! X-worx, eclipse and dunlop tracksuits, fab. Looking through Ireland with rose tinted glasses for the victory, thems were the times.

Oh I'd forgotten about my kangaroo runners, there was a secret pocket in the tongue of them. I used to hide my money in there.

ejmaztec · 24-06-2008 10:40PM

Fuc*ing huge pot-holes that you could sail a Stena ferry in.......oh, sorry, still got 'em........:o

mike65 · 24-06-2008 10:41PM

Kangroos runners

Had a few pairs of them, fecking huge ugly things they were too. Shellsuits, they'll have to come back as well. The population of Lisduggan will be trilled.

Mike.

marcsignal · 24-06-2008 10:43PM

lorweld wrote: »

I used to hide my money in there.

You must have been doing well in the 80's

I, for one, welcome the return of the 80s

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