What will you tell your grandchildren about these times ?

jimmycrackcorm · 23-04-2012 12:06PM

I'll tell them that the 80's were worse.

yuppies · 23-04-2012 12:55PM

I'll tell them about that marvellous day when Al Gore invented the internet in 2004.

Fluorescence · 23-04-2012 01:03PM

Hypothetically speaking, I'd tell them things were much worse in my day. That we had to walk 20 miles to school and back, uphill both ways. That we had none of yer fancy bail-outs thankyouverymuch, we Irish paid our own way. That an entire family shared a single pair of shoes. That Enda Kenny used to come round to each house, pilfer your savings that you hid under your mattress because them bankers weren't trustworthy. That Sean Sherlock trailed behind him, unplugging everybody's modems and declaring we should all start learning NewSpeak.

Or something.

Jesus Wept · 23-04-2012 01:37PM

THE HARD WINTER OF 10/11!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11!!

John Doe1 · 23-04-2012 01:43PM

I will tell them about the time that I was forced to eat my dog because we were so poor becasue of the recession.

I will tell them about global warming and how Ireland had 30 degree temperatures every day before climate change.:)

Mammanabammana · 23-04-2012 01:54PM

It'll all be about the weekend at the start of May 2012 when grandad won €40 million on the Euro millions.

bamboozle · 23-04-2012 01:56PM

'well back then there was this political party full of teachers and publicans and general shysters called Fianna Fail, they had this corrupt ****** as leader who bought 3 general elections with idiotic policies like bench-marking, creating crazy inflation in property prices...'

Pdfile · 23-04-2012 02:19PM

facekicker + terry naked should be enough to kep the youngin's away for a while

paddyandy · 23-04-2012 02:23PM

Well Child ..".We did'nt care enough about important matters and jumped around like Baboons holding Pints when the Football was on the Telly .That was how this Country became a halting site ."

Sleepy · 23-04-2012 03:27PM

I'll tell them to learn from them. Not to make the same mistakes as their great-grandparents and my own generations did. I'll also probably tell them all the things their parents are doing wrong and why they shouldn't do those either

IM0 · 23-04-2012 03:33PM

not to get a 100% mortgage

Eric Cartman · 23-04-2012 03:33PM

Not to pay too much attention to reeling in the years, that there were still people with more sense than daddys money and not everyone was a hipster, that everybody hated the crustys at occupy dame street and that there was no revolution to televise, that indie music was still considered as shít then as it is now , and that it was in those times we didnt know that nigella lawson was immortal and she was still that hot in my day.

ejmaztec · 23-04-2012 03:55PM

IM0 wrote: »

not to get a 100% mortgage

...and then tell them that there's another 75 years of repayments, most of which they'll have to make when the mortgage gets left to them in your will.:(

Stiffler2 · 23-04-2012 03:59PM

Well - I'll be calling my child Joe.

and I'll be telling him about how a disgrace it was..........

SunnyDub1 · 23-04-2012 04:22PM

how a country blamed a world recession on one man... Bertie Ahern

Jesus Wept · 23-04-2012 04:31PM

SunnyDub1 wrote: »

how a country blamed a world recession on one man... Bertie Ahern

Hi Bertie.

Bullchomper · 23-04-2012 04:34PM

The reason you are now living in an oxygenated tent is because ignorant swine did not ratify the Kyoto agreement - now go eat some synthesized food and change my pants, I just shat myself - again.

c_man · 23-04-2012 04:42PM

What will you tell your grandchildren about these times ?

"You know your Granny was a skank back in the day kids"

sam34 · 23-04-2012 05:35PM

my grandmother (who died in 1995) was about ten years old in 1916. I remember asking her "do you remember 1916, what was it like?", meaning the Easter Rising etc, I thought she'd have great tales to tell as the area we're from is quite republican. but the things she remembered were personal things, the births and deaths of siblings and cousins, emigrations, marriages, the poverty the family lived in etc. I remember pushing her to see if she remembered anything about the rising, but all she wanted to tell me were the personal things, as far as she was concerned I could read about the political stuff, she was passing on personal family memories that would die out if not passed on.

at the time, I was a bit frustrated but looking back I'm glad that she did that, it was poignant and sweet and very personal.

paddyandy · 23-04-2012 10:09PM

Sam 34 ; What the ordinary people felt and experienced throughout world history is little recorded .I would love to know how the bystanders felt through many pages of history which were often written by elite members of society .History is a tedious subject without their opinions .Both my Grandfathers were actively involved but i've no idea how they felt about it all .Both got very good jobs later as a direct result .It's a tiring subject full of dates and meetings etc.

Missmiddleton · 23-04-2012 10:16PM

I'll tell them about the introduction of the smart phone and the whole "living on line thing" that people were into at the time. Tweeting pictures of your breakfast, that kind of thing.

jaffacakesyum · 23-04-2012 10:22PM

Turtyturd wrote: »

It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times.

itchbee · 29-05-2012 01:10PM

to PADDY and SAM..all info regarding the rising, civil war etc,,is now open to the public, because all persons directly linked to the events have passed away , this was why they were kept inder lock and key for so long, so none involved could be held responsible for their actions from back them , if you ctc the military bureau in Cathal Brugha , you can arrange to go in and look through all notes taken from witnesses to the events , i ve been studying this era of our history for many years and am in ctc with both the irish and british armies , as i will eventually write about from both sides i hope , but the info held there is amazing,,, and if you have the relatives names,,dont see why you cant find info on them farily quick if they ever gave statemants

Thedogsgone · 29-05-2012 01:13PM

Dear Grandchild,

An awful lot happended but I wasnt involved because I was too busy complaining about the state of the world on the internet.

Sorry.

Nothingbetter2d · 29-05-2012 01:50PM

probably tell them about when germany tried to take over europe for the third time sparking another war. WWIII a war of economics

smash · 29-05-2012 01:52PM

- Wait until I tell you about the internet
- Granda, what's an internet.

It could happen with how fast things are moving!

mikemac1 · 29-05-2012 01:57PM

First it was the ozone layer
Then it was global warming
Now it's climate change
Next decade it will be something else

KKkitty · 29-05-2012 02:04PM

How hard it was deciding what device to use to go on the net, how we had feck all money but hey it was grand, how keyboard warriors were rampant, how copy and paste were staples in studying for exams, Joe Duffy was god incarnate.

golden lane · 29-05-2012 02:09PM

how (i was born in 1945) except for a few very hard, but exciting times as a child....i have lived in a world of plenty........

and at this time, there is still plenety.......stop listening to all the moaners, they just want more and more.......

Scanlas The 2nd · 29-05-2012 02:19PM

I'll tell them my net take home pay was higher than it had ever been and I was also the happiest I had ever been. Life was good.

What will you tell your grandchildren about these times ?

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