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Well I absolutely detest Christmas, New Year, Easter, Father's Day, Mother's Day, Valentine's Day along with any other over-commercialised days.

Gee Megan. I have always rather liked the Righteous Brothers 'Unchained Melody'. Not as good as 'You've Lost that Loving Feeling though. For 'badness' how about Kate Bush 'Wuthering Heights' or 'Babooshka' (might not be spelt right bit I'm sure you know which song I refer to); For those with long enough memories (late 50's/early 60's) Tommy Steele's 'Little White Bull' or 'Half a Sixpence'. Finally anything and everything recorded by Sir Cliff.

I for one remember those 'good old days'. I used to work in a factory that had around fifty women ( teenage girls really, schoo leaving age in the UK at that time was 15 - most  women did not work after getting married in those days - and just about every one wore heels like those illustrated to work every day. Unfortunately, for safety reasons, they were not allowed to wear them while working, had to wear 'flats'. The heels went back on even to walk some 100 yards to the shop at lunch time. From what I understood most would not be seen dead outside without their heels.

Sorry meganiwish but I have absolutely no idea how to add links. With my computer skills I'm lucky to have figured out how to write replies.

Yes that Paper Lace song was sick, sick, sick.

Surely 'Tiny Tim' has to feature in here somewhere. I've often wondered if the rumour that he wore rubber gloves to go to the toilet because he did not touching 'a certain part of his body' were true.

Among the worst songs ever recorded are any with the word 'Christmas' in them. Yes people, I'm one of those miserable bastards that cannot stand anything the day stands for. I'll bet that makes me popular!!

Rolf Harris (should I mention his name?) had a song that I cannot recall the title of but it was basically about a blind child. I thought that pretty sick. Over my (too) many years of listening to 'music' the list of horrors is too long to mention. Most things recorded since about 2000 are absolute crap. Who 'invented' rap?

As I had not at that time moved to Oz I also remember 1963 very well. Horrible time, no football for many weeks. I was totally bored.

Sorry Gary. I think you'll find he/she is AUSTRIAN not Australian. Won this years Eurovision song contest.

I guess only a few will understand the Berwick Rangers comment.

Surely this is simply FASHION and nothing to do with the 'normal' idea of when to wear boots. The few women I have seen wearing them, our seasons are opposite to those in US, Europe, have done so in the summer months.

In my youth in Britain I was always led to understand that the term WOG stood for WILEY Oriental Gentleman.

Megan. The term I referred to maily orginated in the 1950/60's era, that of the so-called £10 tourist (of which I am one. Still here after almost 50 years). The Australian Government subsidised migrants from many European countries at this time and you had to stay for a minimum of three years. As many returned home after this period of time, those subsidised became known as 'tourists'. At the same time derogatory names began to flouish, one being 'Prisoner of Mother England' for anyone from the UK, and boy didn't the Scots and Irish get upset. I have no idea why this name was 'chosen'. WOG was another of these names and, unlike in Britain where I believe it refers to persons of Asian ancestry, here it refers to those of mainly Greek origin, although also covers those from Italy and Spain. I am after all these years still called a 'Pommie Bastard' by many, and not always in jest.

Another trem for the meaning of Pommie I have heard is 'Prisoner of Mother England.

Perhaps my local ladies team can play in these!!

All I can say redandwhite is HERE, HERE and not only in Russia.

I'll probably get shot down in flames over this but I seem to recall reading somewhere that when Clint Eastwood was mayor of Carmel CA that he ordered many 'old times' laws be updated or repealed. If memory serves me correctly one of the old laws found was that it was illegal for females to wear heels higher than two inches within the city boundary. The reason for the law was because those who wore higher heels were regarded as 'ladies of the night' and prostitution was also banned. Another law found was that it was illegal to eat ice cream in the streets of Carmel. 

Megan. I was not 'wearing ignorance as a badge of pride' as you put it. I was simply stating the fact that I had never heard of the guy.

With reference to #9, there's certainly at least one person in Oz who hasn't - 'lil' ol' me.

I can't recall it EVER happening.

Talk about murdering a song!!

Not exactly a 'misheard line' but chatting with a friend today bought back other memories of 'strange' things that have happened in the world of pop music. In the Kinks song 'Lola' they sing the words 'Cherry Cola'. We recalled a rumour that circulated at the time that the band had to return to the studio to re-record the song as the BBC, at that time the only radio station in Britain, would not play the song with the original words, which were said to be 'Coca-Cola' which the BBC regarded words as 'advertising' something they would not permit on their airwaves. Also the same establishment for many years would not play Bo Diddelly's song that contained the words "My Dinga-Ling' because they were 'sexual' a slang term for a certain part of the male anatomy. One the BBC did seem to miss was Little Richards 'Tutti-Frutti' a term my father used to use for a gentlman of a certain persuasion.

Thank you Dr Shoe. I enjoyed that little joke

Thanks for that info Megan. So until I was corrected (again) today, I have for over 50 years had it wrong.