childhood naivety thread

[mogzilla]

If you don't like early era Iron Maiden, you are an adult.
Fixed that for you.

Fixed that for you - if you're going to insult, at least do it with proper English.

FIGGGHHHT!

[vzzbux]

Been reliving Paul Dianno era, I prefer his vocals to Captain Bruce.







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[staticgirl]

yorkshire puddings with jam....

[Gavin_Leahy]

Potatoes and beans, mashed together.

[JayzusB.Christ]

Mike Jones - my childhood imaginary action-hero character, named after Indiana Jones and, er, Mike.  Often called 'Patcheye' due to his eyepatch, until I realised how shit it sounded.  Took on the characteristics of the hero of every film I ever watched - he finally ended up exactly like Mad Max (the Russians conveniently nuked Mike's America just after I'd watched Mad Max 2). He was also a bit like Danny Franks, and sometimes Kano. Think his bad eye somehow grew back too, in an early example of mental retconning. Jesus.

[O Lucky Stevie!]

Star Wars (the films are the weakest link in the whole franchise, aren't they?)

Samantha Fox

Old skool Golden Age Campbellian sf

tricia yates off grange hill.

Mate, you know that you've grown up when you can no longer have a crush on Felicity Kendall yet find a young Penelope Keith strangely compelling

[Kev Levell]

I've been misreading the title to this thread as childhood nativity all week...

I was expecting goofy old pictures of board members dressed as shepherds and the like.

[Jared Katooie]

I used to believe that if I stood on a pavement crack I would have bad luck.

This used to cause me considerable problems given the poor state of much of the pavement surface, with cracks going in all directions etc.

[King Trout]

Major internet sensation:

http://axecop.com/index.php/page/episode_1

Somehow appropriate on this thread.

- Trout

[johnnystress]

Actions Man's thick wooly jumper could stop bullets

[Dandontdare]

My friend's kid has just started at a catholic school and he told his mum the school cook is God, because he gives them their food and then they all have to thank God for it.

[maryanddavid]

I was on hol at my Aunts in Manchester, I was about 8 and my brother was may 10. My Aunt asked if we liked Yorkshire pudding, which we said yes. When she came out with these little cakes with the roast beef, we were where's the pudding, we were expecting some bowl of rice pud or something. Never had them since, the're not big in the west of Ireland!

My two oldest, 7 and 6 are always asking 'were you born then'. I have been asked was I around for WW1, Saint Patrick, Robin Hood, yesterday it was T Rex, and today it was Saint Bridgid. I'm only 35!

There was stuff that we used to eat as kids, that was great like treacle/golden syrup/honey/sugar and even glucose sandwitches, and then there was the just plain wrong (after my mother got a toasted sandwitch maker) toasted bannana sandwitches, why?

David

[The Cosh]

Oy, I'll have none of that talk about Choppers. Still got mine in the garage where I grew up.

You grew up in the garage? Things were better before social services!

I also had a Chopper. A second-handed yellow monstrosity which I loved until the day I tried to turn a corner and the handlebars sheared completely off leaving me completely unable to stop myself going straight into a wall. You can't jump off the back of a chopper.

[Spartacus Hughes]

Oy, I'll have none of that talk about Choppers. Still got mine in the garage where I grew up.

You grew up in the garage? Things were better before social services!

I also had a Chopper. A second-handed yellow monstrosity which I loved until the day I tried to turn a corner and the handlebars sheared completely off leaving me completely unable to stop myself going straight into a wall. You can't jump off the back of a chopper.

I  had a 2nd hand green Chopper and as I lived on the third floor carrying the fucker up the stairs was a Herculean feat to a 10 year old. I think it was made of lead.

[Noisybast]

You want to try lugging a Raleigh Strika around...