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Things That Were Acceptable In Your Youth...

Big Nasty

...that are not accpetable now.

Being let out to play at 8am and not being expected back until dinner time.
Going down the shops to get a packet of fags for yore ma
'Catch a ni&&er by the toe'
being told to get married just coz you were polled
NOT leaving your husband / wife coz he / she is a cnut

Any more...........

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Wattle

Kids in their teens smoking a 20 pack of Major a day.

cloud493

xxxJennyxxx wrote: »

omg really? Black or white;)

Black mostly, I only play white for pokedex completion.

poisonated

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Going swimming in the local resevoir, pi$$ing in same, then having a big healthy glass of water (from same resevoir) when you went home.

I'm not going to drink tap water for a long time after reading that!... Actually I'm lying, I probably will

Caraville

Being a bit odd. Now you're labelled with something with a few letters. Sometimes that's a positive, but not always.

Also I remember when the teacher would give you money to go down to the shop to get the paper in primary school. Don't think you'd be allowed to let a kid walk to the shop on their own anymore now.

Jen Pigs Fly

cloud493 wrote: »

I do that on the bus every day :rolleyes:

omg really? Black or white;)

cloud493

xxxJennyxxx wrote: »

playing pokemon!

I'm now scared that someone will see me playing pokemon black on my DS
the shame

I do that on the bus every day :rolleyes:

The King of Moo

Quoting an entire article in your OP

SeanW

Cereal Rapist wrote: »

Drinking water from the tap!

Yeah, we used to do that in secondary school.

Probably the maddest story I've ever heard about "back in the day" my Uncle in law (RIP) used to borrow a mini-bus so he could drive old people to mass on a Sunday, people who had no other way to get there.

He was 14 or 15 at the time ...

This would have been in the 1950s.

Jen Pigs Fly

Explosions in the Sky wrote: »

I had that emulator for my iphone, so good

I can't afford an iphone, I'm using a sony ericsson that is 6 years old:rolleyes:

mikemac1

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

The "nit nurse" coming to school to check us all one by one.

Does that still happen in schools?

I remember it well, all getting lined up and the nurse checks us all

If you have nits you get some piece of paper about the sheep dip shampoo which you took home to the Mammy

No big deal, is it unacceptable nowadys

Mr. Manager

Drinking water from the tap!

looksee

Riding pillion on my dad's motor bike aged about 7 or 8, and neither of us with helmets.

byhookorbycrook

Swimming in the river
Being encouraged to get a "good colour" (ie lobster) when at the seaside for the day
Having buck teeth
Eating "Space dust" (Imagine all the e additives!!)
Getting slapped by teacher and then thumped at home as well, even if you were in the right
The "nit nurse" coming to school to check us all one by one.

Explosions in the Sky

xxxJennyxxx wrote: »

Omg I play my pokemon red on my gameboy original!
I have an emulator on the laptop where I play yellow, crystal and a few others. I have red, sapphire, silver, soul silver and black.

I had that emulator for my iphone, so good

Ben D Bus

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Going swimming in the local resevoir, pi$$ing in same, then having a big healthy glass of water (from same resevoir) when you went home.

I'm sure it's still happening. Just somebody else's piss now

Bodhidharma

Fighting. I remember it was all taken with a pinch of salt, I'd say if a young fella (under 12 I mean) was in a fight these days the school would have him confronting anger issues in front of a counsellor.

wonderfulname

Leaving the house at dawn and not getting back til dusk, perfectly fine for a child in the 90's but I'd say if I switched off my phone for that long now people would go spare.

Turning up at peoples houses with no prior warning.

I miss life without mobiles...

Big Nasty

Going swimming in the local resevoir, pi$$ing in same, then having a big healthy glass of water (from same resevoir) when you went home.

PhlegmyMoses

lisaface wrote: »

Just being outdoors , I think is the main one. Seemingly that isn't "acceptable" today by both youths or their parents.

Not sure this is fair. Was outside in the garden earlier and there were around 30 kids playing football on the green in front of the house.

Jen Pigs Fly

Explosions in the Sky wrote: »

I'm 20 and I play Pokemon yellow on my Gameboy colour (behind closed doors of course )

Omg I play my pokemon red on my gameboy original!
I have an emulator on the laptop where I play yellow, crystal and a few others. I have red, sapphire, silver, soul silver and black.

Coriolanus

Sitting on the bonnet of a jeep as it was going down a bumpy field, or alternatively standing on the rear step plate, holding onto the spare wheel for dear life.

Leaving the house at 8 am with a packed lunch and a few bob for a treat to go cycling in the country with mates for the day.
Insert swimming/fishing/camping above too.

Being put on a bus into Dublin to go to the cinema.

All done regularly when I was in primary school.

razorblunt

The width of the post in Jumpers for goalposts could vary from inches to feet depending on the score at the time (usually 17-19)

Explosions in the Sky

xxxJennyxxx wrote: »

playing pokemon!

I'm now scared that someone will see me playing pokemon black on my DS
the shame

I'm 20 and I play Pokemon yellow on my Gameboy colour (behind closed doors of course

)

mikemac1

Kids hanging out the back of tractors and your Dad driving along
If you slip you go straight under the wheels of the trailer but sure it was normal to me, kids don't see danger

Putting children on top of a trailer of square bales for some extra weight.
Bouncing around way up there with your brothers, dodging tree branches and loving it

Fook, how was I not killed on the farm

krudler

kids just being allowed be kids, now its all ADD if a kid isnt like a trained dog.

when having a pound in your pocket would buy you enough sugar filled sweets to render you diabetic.

arcades, real ones with proper video games not stupid dance mat ones

Friel

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Sitting on your Da's lap and steering the car when you were 8 years old!

I still do that with my niece when I get in to my street.

Jen Pigs Fly

playing pokemon!

I'm now scared that someone will see me playing pokemon black on my DS

the shame

joyce2009

collecting glass bottles to bring back to the shop for a few pence so we could buy choc ices..:D

Big Nasty

Sitting on your Da's lap and steering the car when you were 8 years old!

ChunkyLover_53

Walking round the house in your Jeyes Fluid.

Now if I try it, my Mrs. and her mates run amok.