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Wanna make someone feel old?

Post 1

Pinniped


I accidently hit on a good way to do it. Take their date of birth, then go back before it by their age, and recount the events of that 'equidistant' time. Try it - you'll find they seem really ancient.

So - the Weddell's birth was closer to the outbreak of WWI than it is to the present day smiley - laugh
Trouble is...in my own Time-Mirror the Titanic is out looking for an iceberg smiley - blue

You guys got any good ones?


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Post 2

Apparition™ (Mourning Empty the best uncle anyone could wish for)

There a lots of good ones if you are younger.

"oh really? when you were doing that I was finishing primary school" (you have to smile innocently for best effect)


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Post 3

Captain Kebab

Oh good grief - I'm back with the Titanic as well! smiley - sadface

That's really cheered me up!


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Post 4

Apparition™ (Mourning Empty the best uncle anyone could wish for)

What happened in 1950?


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Post 5

Captain Kebab

The Korean war started. That's all I can think of off-hand. I wasn't around them. smiley - smiley


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Post 6

Apparition™ (Mourning Empty the best uncle anyone could wish for)

me neither, 1950 is my date of birth minus my age.


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Post 7

There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho

There's 22 years between me and Mrs Gosho - all I have to do to make me feel old and her feel young is say "I saw The Clash, the Stranglers, and XTC even before you were born" smiley - biggrin


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Post 8

Apparition™ (Mourning Empty the best uncle anyone could wish for)

How long did it take before saying that stopped feeling weird?


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Post 9

kC - You know I'm Right.

try these


http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/index.html

http://www.onmybirthday.com/


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Post 10

Saturnine

What happened in 1966? smiley - doh


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Post 11

There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho

"How long did it take before saying that stopped feeling weird?"

Never... and it doesn't feel half as weird as saying "I was having smiley - yikes before you were born" smiley - blush


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Post 12

RMF Art Vandelay: Missing- Presumed Fed[Hero], Join DISF at A925391!

Queen? Who is Queen?


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Post 13

Apparition™ (Mourning Empty the best uncle anyone could wish for)

oh yes, that would wouldn't it smiley - yikes

my birthday is in may and my wife's is in december, that's our age difference.


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Post 14

McKay The Disorganised

What happened in 1966? - England won the world cup at football.


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Post 15

There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho

They bloody well didn't smiley - cross

1966 was the year that West Ham won the World Cup smiley - winkeye

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smiley - ok


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Post 16

RMF Art Vandelay: Missing- Presumed Fed[Hero], Join DISF at A925391!

Someone other than Pierce Bronsan played James Bond?


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Post 17

clzoomer- a bit woobly

Paul McCartney was in a band?


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Post 18

clzoomer- a bit woobly

Paul McCartney was in a band?


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Post 19

clzoomer- a bit woobly

What's a 'Wings'.


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Post 20

RMF Art Vandelay: Missing- Presumed Fed[Hero], Join DISF at A925391!

I beleve Paul's new signifigant other responded "he was in a band before Wings?" to a reporter...


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