Things that would never "fly" today

[Pilgrim]

Just about everything in Blazing Saddles.

Except the Campfire scene. It's a classic and as good today as it was upon the film's release.

 

[sleddogn]

funny how many mentioned blazing saddles, i too instantly thought of it

 

[shadowtippy]

funny how many mentioned blazing saddles, i too instantly thought of it

Why wouldn't Blazing Saddles be politically correct?

 

[Alkali Ike]

Little faulty memory there. The kids weren't smoking. The mom was. They were cussing, but they were playing Dungeons and Dragons not poker, and waiting for pizza delivery man. (As Elliot stepped on the pizza when ET threw the baseball back.)

But, another movie reference, "Jaws" after the July 4th attack, the Mayor smoking in the hospital, and ash trays at the nurse's station..

Basscooker might be conflating ET and Stand By Me.

 

[Alkali Ike]

My dad used to drive me and my friends to school riding in the back of his El Camino.

 

[bertthebassist]

The look on the bartenders face when we had her card our friend (check ID).
We were celebrating his 21st birthday, the first day he could legally drink in the bar.
She had been serving him for about 3 years without realizing how young he was.

 

[shadowtippy]

The look on the bartenders face when we had her card our friend (check ID).
We were celebrating his 21st birthday, the first day he could legally drink in the bar.
She had been serving him for about 3 years without realizing how young he was.

That sounds like my sister in law. The off duty cop that worked the door at a bar was surprised when she asked, "Aren't you going to wish me happy birthday? I'm 18 today." At the time, 18 was the legal age to drink in Louisiana. She had been going there for three years.

 

[Alkali Ike]

I’m in my sixties and Target cards me if I buy a bottle of wine. Cracks me up.

 

[sacahill42]

Lawn Darts with metal pointed ends

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I still have a scar in my right forearm from a variation of dodgeball we played with Jarts. My mom took the Jarts away after that...

 

[sacahill42]

I remember being expected to walk/bike home from school at 7 years old, and beginning about that age, I was rarely within my parents' eyesight during daylight hours. That just doesn't fly today. It's not a question of what my kids are capable of doing for themselves - they're all intelligent girls and we've taught them not to follow strangers - it's a question of what other people in our society are capable of doing to a child, and how well we actually know our neighbors.

Yep...no adult supervision from the time we got home from school until parental units got home from work. Mostly riding bikes for miles in the woods around the house (the woods are now subdivisions ).

 

[Downunderwonder]

Why wouldn't Blazing Saddles be politically correct?

You can't poke that much fun at the stupidity of white folks being racist!

 

[FilterFunk]

You can't poke that much fun at the stupidity of white folks being racist!

You mean you can no longer say "Dock that ch*** a day's pay for nappin' on the job" or "Come on - how 'bout a good ol' ni**** work song?" in a movie?!

 

[basscooker]

... Oh, the sheriff is near!

 

[FilterFunk]

... Oh, the sheriff is near!

"'Scuse me while I whip this out..."

Don't get me started on "Blazing Saddles" quotes!

 

[Chad Michael]

Hand crank windows on new vehicles...

 

[sleddogn]

Mongo only pawn in game of life

 

[Samatza]

The comment my ex boss made in an open office to a very hard working coworker who said “I don’t get paid enough for all the effort I put in”

my ex bosses answer; “you’re the highest paid female in this company “

The whole office fell dead silent and all eyes were staring at him in disgust and disbelief.

 

[MYLOWFREQ]

Heroin was sold as a nonprescription pain relief/cold medicine by Bayer until the early 1900s. The airplanes and busses had ashtrays. We rode our bikes with no protection or brakes down the hills, sometimes multiple kids on one bike.

 

[buldog5151bass]

Riding in the back of a pickup truck on the highway.

 

[MYLOWFREQ]

Candy Cigarettes are still made.

Candy Cigarettes 24ct Nostalgic Candy

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We saw these in Florida in 2016.