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...the many things that you remember as a kid or teenager...
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...I remember when I was... I don't know... 18 or 19 maybe... that my brother and I asked mum and dad if we could wallpaper our bedroom and that we would pay for the wallpaper and we would do all of the work... they happily said... "yes!"... really quickly because they weren't paying for it... bad mistake... when we did it we wouldn't allow them to see it until we had finished it... we finally got it done and we were so proud of ourselves and were grinning like Cheshire Cats... when we let them come in to see it they were greeted by 164 topless women!... (yes we counted them)... lol!... mum was horrified and dad laughed his head off!... mum got the shits with dad because he laughed and then he turned to us to tell us off for doing it lol!... here is the only actual photo of the wallpaper and me at around 18 or 19 methinks... (that's my hair just after I got in cut really short from my waistline up to my shoulders that I was telling you all about before lol!)...
...years later (after we had moved out)... they had decided to make the bedroom into a sewing room type of thing and mum and dad decided to get us back for us putting up that wallpaper...one day they rang us at our respective homes and asked the both of us around to their house... we had our wives with us... as we walked in mum and dad sat my brother and I down and were really serious when they started to talk to us.. they said something like... "boys... we've been sort of putting this away for you two for quite a long time now and have come to a decision to hand this to you now... don't waste it... here you are"...
...they handed us two envelopes that looked like they had wads of banded cash in them... they were so thick and we both instantly thought... "oh wow!... we're rich!"... (I even had a new car picked out in my head within 2 seconds flat)... lol!... we both did a little 'thankyou' types of speech and opened the envelopes...
...they had taken almost a week to take the time to cut up the old wallpaper from our bedroom with nothing but a pair of scissors and a ruler and pen into the exact size of $50 dollar notes and had even taken the time to band them all together just so that it would look like massive wads of cash!... (there went my new car!)... lol!...
...I will never forget their howls of laughter that seemed to go on for hours... both my brother and I were completely red faced as our wives and even my sister (she was in on it the rotten thing) laughed at us... lol!... I felt such a complete tit!... (pun intended)... after we recovered from shock my brother and I tipped our hats off to them for fooling us so well... how they didn't laugh when they were handing those massive 'wads of cash' to us I'll never know lol!... they did it so straight faced... that was so clever of them to do that so well to us lol!... to fool me like that is such a rarity but they did it and they did it so well!...
cheers.
...years later (after we had moved out)... they had decided to make the bedroom into a sewing room type of thing and mum and dad decided to get us back for us putting up that wallpaper...one day they rang us at our respective homes and asked the both of us around to their house... we had our wives with us... as we walked in mum and dad sat my brother and I down and were really serious when they started to talk to us.. they said something like... "boys... we've been sort of putting this away for you two for quite a long time now and have come to a decision to hand this to you now... don't waste it... here you are"...
...they handed us two envelopes that looked like they had wads of banded cash in them... they were so thick and we both instantly thought... "oh wow!... we're rich!"... (I even had a new car picked out in my head within 2 seconds flat)... lol!... we both did a little 'thankyou' types of speech and opened the envelopes...
...they had taken almost a week to take the time to cut up the old wallpaper from our bedroom with nothing but a pair of scissors and a ruler and pen into the exact size of $50 dollar notes and had even taken the time to band them all together just so that it would look like massive wads of cash!... (there went my new car!)... lol!...
...I will never forget their howls of laughter that seemed to go on for hours... both my brother and I were completely red faced as our wives and even my sister (she was in on it the rotten thing) laughed at us... lol!... I felt such a complete tit!... (pun intended)... after we recovered from shock my brother and I tipped our hats off to them for fooling us so well... how they didn't laugh when they were handing those massive 'wads of cash' to us I'll never know lol!... they did it so straight faced... that was so clever of them to do that so well to us lol!... to fool me like that is such a rarity but they did it and they did it so well!...
cheers.
...I remember when I was... I don't know... 18 or 19 maybe... that my brother and I asked mum and dad if we could wallpaper our bedroom and that we would pay for the wallpaper and we would do all of the work... they happily said... "yes!"... really quickly because they weren't paying for it... bad mistake... when we did it we wouldn't allow them to see it until we had finished it... we finally got it done and we were so proud of ourselves and were grinning like Cheshire Cats... when we let them come in to see it they were greeted by 164 topless women!... (yes we counted them)... lol!... mum was horrified and dad laughed his head off!... mum got the shits with dad because he laughed and then he turned to us to tell us off for doing it lol!... here is the only actual photo of the wallpaper and me at around 18 or 19 methinks... (that's my hair just after I got in cut really short from my waistline up to my shoulders that I was telling you all about before lol!)...
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...years later (after we had moved out)... they had decided to make the bedroom into a sewing room type of thing and mum and dad decided to get us back for us putting up that wallpaper...one day they rang us at our respective homes and asked the both of us around to their house... we had our wives with us... as we walked in mum and dad sat my brother and I down and were really serious when they started to talk to us.. they said something like... "boys... we've been sort of putting this away for you two for quite a long time now and have come to a decision to hand this to you now... don't waste it... here you are"...
...they handed us two envelopes that looked like they had wads of banded cash in them... they were so thick and we both instantly thought... "oh wow!... we're rich!"... (I even had a new car picked out in my head within 2 seconds flat)... lol!... we both did a little 'thankyou' types of speech and opened the envelopes...
...they had taken almost a week to take the time to cut up the old wallpaper from our bedroom with nothing but a pair of scissors and a ruler and pen into the exact size of $50 dollar notes and had even taken the time to band them all together just so that it would look like massive wads of cash!... (there went my new car!)... lol!...
...I will never forget their howls of laughter that seemed to go on for hours... both my brother and I were completely red faced as our wives and even my sister (she was in on it the rotten thing) laughed at us... lol!... I felt such a complete tit!... (pun intended)... after we recovered from shock my brother and I tipped our hats off to them for fooling us so well... how they didn't laugh when they were handing those massive 'wads of cash' to us I'll never know lol!... they did it so straight faced... that was so clever of them to do that so well to us lol!... to fool me like that is such a rarity but they did it and they did it so well!...
Hahahaha! That's awesome. Nice hair and moustache
You were cheeky little buggers!
You're lucky she didn't make you take it down right then and there. Looks like they can give it back just as well lol.
I remember the wallpaper in bedrooms as a kid. My brother got to have Wacky Races wallpaper while I was stuck with purple flowery crap
Speaking of remembering things as kids.
Did anyone else watch the Sooty videos?
I loved them so much. My favourite character (but they all were pretty great) was Sweep the dog. God he was hilarious and his squeaking voice. hahahaha.
Sweep 4-Ever!
I actually have been watching the latest series of the show on GO! every morning this past week when I get ready for work
. They have a new guy presenting with them. He is not as good as the original guy Matthew Corbett but he is decent.
Did anyone else watch the Sooty videos?
I loved them so much. My favourite character (but they all were pretty great) was Sweep the dog. God he was hilarious and his squeaking voice. hahahaha.
Sweep 4-Ever!
I actually have been watching the latest series of the show on GO! every morning this past week when I get ready for work
. They have a new guy presenting with them. He is not as good as the original guy Matthew Corbett but he is decent. 
jessy_girl
Well-Known Member
...I remember when I was... I don't know... 18 or 19 maybe... that my brother and I asked mum and dad if we could wallpaper our bedroom and that we would pay for the wallpaper and we would do all of the work... they happily said... "yes!"... really quickly because they weren't paying for it... bad mistake... when we did it we wouldn't allow them to see it until we had finished it... we finally got it done and we were so proud of ourselves and were grinning like Cheshire Cats... when we let them come in to see it they were greeted by 164 topless women!... (yes we counted them)... lol!... mum was horrified and dad laughed his head off!... mum got the shits with dad because he laughed and then he turned to us to tell us off for doing it lol!... here is the only actual photo of the wallpaper and me at around 18 or 19 methinks... (that's my hair just after I got in cut really short from my waistline up to my shoulders that I was telling you all about before lol!)...
View attachment 50507
...years later (after we had moved out)... they had decided to make the bedroom into a sewing room type of thing and mum and dad decided to get us back for us putting up that wallpaper...one day they rang us at our respective homes and asked the both of us around to their house... we had our wives with us... as we walked in mum and dad sat my brother and I down and were really serious when they started to talk to us.. they said something like... "boys... we've been sort of putting this away for you two for quite a long time now and have come to a decision to hand this to you now... don't waste it... here you are"...
...they handed us two envelopes that looked like they had wads of banded cash in them... they were so thick and we both instantly thought... "oh wow!... we're rich!"... (I even had a new car picked out in my head within 2 seconds flat)... lol!... we both did a little 'thankyou' types of speech and opened the envelopes...
...they had taken almost a week to take the time to cut up the old wallpaper from our bedroom with nothing but a pair of scissors and a ruler and pen into the exact size of $50 dollar notes and had even taken the time to band them all together just so that it would look like massive wads of cash!... (there went my new car!)... lol!...
...I will never forget their howls of laughter that seemed to go on for hours... both my brother and I were completely red faced as our wives and even my sister (she was in on it the rotten thing) laughed at us... lol!... I felt such a complete tit!... (pun intended)... after we recovered from shock my brother and I tipped our hats off to them for fooling us so well... how they didn't laugh when they were handing those massive 'wads of cash' to us I'll never know lol!... they did it so straight faced... that was so clever of them to do that so well to us lol!... to fool me like that is such a rarity but they did it and they did it so well!...
Lol ok that story and pic cracks me up. You need to write a book Mr S. Well another book anyway, this time about your life.
remember Shari Lewis and Lambchop?
and Basil Brush (boom!boom!)
and yes I remember Sooty and Sweep!!
Ah Shari Lewis and Lambchop. I don't think that was on TV when I was little but I certainly remember Shari with a very randy Lambchop guest starring on The Nanny.
I remember Basil. They made a new version of Basil Brush like in 2001 or 2002 and it was on ABC in the afternoons. Ha Ha Boom Boom!
Hahahaha! That's awesome. Nice hair and moustache
You were cheeky little buggers!
You're lucky she didn't make you take it down right then and there. Looks like they can give it back just as well lol.
I remember the wallpaper in bedrooms as a kid. My brother got to have Wacky Races wallpaper while I was stuck with purple flowery crap
...hahaha!... the moustache is still there (but grey now)... but most of the hair at the front is gone lol... yes they could give back what they got on many occasions lol!... purple flowery wallpaper?... urgh!... I bet it was a pleasure to close your eyes each night Insomniac lol!... cheers.
...hahaha!... some of that stuff I did as a kid in London could incriminate me jessy_girl lol!...
... I figure that when I'm writing this stuff in this thread I'm more or less already doing it in a way I guess?... mind you though... it would be a whole lot of fun to do lol!... cheers.
Speaking of remembering things as kids.
Did anyone else watch the Sooty videos?
I loved them so much. My favourite character (but they all were pretty great) was Sweep the dog. God he was hilarious and his squeaking voice. hahahaha.
Sweep 4-Ever!
I actually have been watching the latest series of the show on GO! every morning this past week when I get ready for work
...Sooty was a hoot... it was so much fun at times from what I remember... I sometimes forgot that it was a sock puppet lol!... it's like Rod Hull's 'Emu'... I forgot at times that it was his arm moving it lol!... cheers.
remember Shari Lewis and Lambchop?
and Basil Brush (boom!boom!)
and yes I remember Sooty and Sweep!!
...lol!... I remember Lambchop... I always hated Basil Brush because I thought that he was too 'snooty' lol!... cheers.
I used to love the faces Lambchop pulled
...I know exactly where you're coming from reepbot... my dad thought that it would be a great idea for all of us to get onto a horse drawn open carriage and go for a ride around Trafalgar Square in London when I was a kid... mum loved it and thought of how 'romantic' (even though we were there too) it was of dad to think of that... so we all duly got on the carriage and were enjoying the open air ride on the on it... about three quarters of the way around one of the horses let a massive fart... a real loooooong one... my mother instantly spewed all over her finest dress and got shitty really fast... she had a go at dad for suggesting the (romantic ride) in the first place and was shitty with my brother and I (my sister wasn't born yet) for laughing our heads off so much... needless to say... we all went home pretty quick... we missed out on the rest of the planned day out because of it... (I will never forget the smell of mum's dried spew in the car all the way home)... and as you guessed... yes my brother and I were sniggering all the way home being the little brats that we were... cheers.
GROOVER
Ya bloody bugger
Pmsl so much. I am definitely the one on the left (nah nah look what I did)
Love it, Mr S
GROOVER
Ya bloody bugger
...I remember when I was... I don't know... 18 or 19 maybe... that my brother and I asked mum and dad if we could wallpaper our bedroom and that we would pay for the wallpaper and we would do all of the work... they happily said... "yes!"... really quickly because they weren't paying for it... bad mistake... when we did it we wouldn't allow them to see it until we had finished it... we finally got it done and we were so proud of ourselves and were grinning like Cheshire Cats... when we let them come in to see it they were greeted by 164 topless women!... (yes we counted them)... lol!... mum was horrified and dad laughed his head off!... mum got the shits with dad because he laughed and then he turned to us to tell us off for doing it lol!... here is the only actual photo of the wallpaper and me at around 18 or 19 methinks... (that's my hair just after I got in cut really short from my waistline up to my shoulders that I was telling you all about before lol!)...
View attachment 50507
...years later (after we had moved out)... they had decided to make the bedroom into a sewing room type of thing and mum and dad decided to get us back for us putting up that wallpaper...one day they rang us at our respective homes and asked the both of us around to their house... we had our wives with us... as we walked in mum and dad sat my brother and I down and were really serious when they started to talk to us.. they said something like... "boys... we've been sort of putting this away for you two for quite a long time now and have come to a decision to hand this to you now... don't waste it... here you are"...
...they handed us two envelopes that looked like they had wads of banded cash in them... they were so thick and we both instantly thought... "oh wow!... we're rich!"... (I even had a new car picked out in my head within 2 seconds flat)... lol!... we both did a little 'thankyou' types of speech and opened the envelopes...
...they had taken almost a week to take the time to cut up the old wallpaper from our bedroom with nothing but a pair of scissors and a ruler and pen into the exact size of $50 dollar notes and had even taken the time to band them all together just so that it would look like massive wads of cash!... (there went my new car!)... lol!...
...I will never forget their howls of laughter that seemed to go on for hours... both my brother and I were completely red faced as our wives and even my sister (she was in on it the rotten thing) laughed at us... lol!... I felt such a complete tit!... (pun intended)... after we recovered from shock my brother and I tipped our hats off to them for fooling us so well... how they didn't laugh when they were handing those massive 'wads of cash' to us I'll never know lol!... they did it so straight faced... that was so clever of them to do that so well to us lol!... to fool me like that is such a rarity but they did it and they did it so well!...
Hands down, the funniest post I have read on these forums.
x a gazillion. What a riot your parents were to do that to you and your bro. Just brilliant.Oh and go you with the long hair and tash and OMG you are holding a David Bowie album (feeling faint). Bowie is one of my all time favourite music artist.
Thank you Mr S for sharing your story and starting this thread.
P.S I love the wallpaper.
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I remember when jungle gyms were bare metal on an asphalt base and the only equipment in the schoolyard beside tennis/netball court and hopscotch grids and rounders courts that were also painted on the asphalt
and of course rugby fields (can i mention the rugby ) ....which were also used for games like bullrush ...
no soft landings for us toughies in the 60s lol
In Summer in NZ those monkey bars were blistering but still popular ... cant imagine what they would have been like in the heat here
and of course rugby fields (can i mention the rugby
) ....which were also used for games like bullrush ...no soft landings for us toughies in the 60s lol
In Summer in NZ those monkey bars were blistering but still popular ... cant imagine what they would have been like in the heat here
Hands down, the funniest post I have read on these forums.
Oh and go you with the long hair and tash and OMG you are holding a David Bowie album (feeling faint). Bowie is one of my all time favourite music artist.
Thank you Mr S for sharing your story and starting this thread.
P.S I love the wallpaper.
...haha!... yeah they did get us good didn't they?...and because it wasn't cash I had to wait about another 2-3 years to buy that car that I had thought of in that split second lol!... that moustache took me ages to grow and I've had it until this day... it's only been shaved off twice... both times because I tried to trim it while drunk... (I almost ended up with a 'Hitler moustache' on one of the occasions hence the reason for the complete removal lol!...
...go you David Bowie fan!... lol!... when he came to Australia we went to his 'Glass Spider' concert twice... he was so awesome on both occasions my friend...
...I'm glad that you liked the story Groover... it was my pleasure to tell it... it's almost good therapy telling/confessing to them because I almost feel like I'm cleansing my soul at times owning up to these misdeeds and stuff lol!... I must admit... when I started up this thread I honestly thought that I'd get about 20 or 30 replies but 115 replies and 866 views since I first posted it on Monday night has blown me away!... I guess that a lot of us have many great memories to tell eh?... I hope that they keep coming because I'm really enjoying all of the escapades of fellow posters within these forums... it gives you a better insight of their personalities when they tell them... I feel that I'm getting to know them better... I never thought that this would happen when I originally posted it... I'm so glad that I did now lol!... some of these 'I remembers...' are awesome!...
...and... we loved that wallpaper too because at the time it was the most naughty and rebellious wallpaper that we could find to shock mum and dad so of course... we got it lol!... cheers.
I remember when jungle gyms were bare metal on an asphalt base and the only equipment in the schoolyard beside tennis/netball court and hopscotch grids and rounders courts that were also painted on the asphalt
and of course rugby fields (can i mention the rugby
no soft landings for us toughies in the 60s lol
In Summer in NZ those monkey bars were blistering but still popular ... cant imagine what they would have been like in the heat here
...with all of the do-gooders that are around today that are surrounding kids in cotton wool... imagine them going back in Time to see those playgrounds?... they would all have heart attacks lol!... my sister got really bad burns from a slippery slide once in the middle of summer when she slid down one in the full sun... for once we didn't laugh at her pain because it looked really bad... it was as if she had placed the back of her legs on a hotplate... ouchies!...
...we used to play Footy and also Soccer on the oval at school and it was always mowed really short so that when you went down it was like landing on concrete... the School 'nurse' used to wonder why she had so many injured Schoolkids coming to her all the time
... cheers.
my father put my son on a slide (slippery dip to you!) (thankfully a plastic one) not realising he'd recently filled his disposable nappy...with all of the do-gooders that are around today that are surrounding kids in cotton wool... imagine them going back in Time to see those playgrounds?... they would all have heart attacks lol!... my sister got really bad burns from a slippery slide once in the middle of summer when she slid down one in the full sun... for once we didn't laugh at her pain because it looked really bad... it was as if she had placed the back of her legs on a hotplate... ouchies!...
...we used to play Footy and also Soccer on the oval at school and it was always mowed really short so that when you went down it was like landing on concrete... the School 'nurse' used to wonder why she had so many injured Schoolkids coming to her all the time
son moved down the slide ... nappy didn't move too far ... Grandad moved VERY fast to catch nappy and all that was inside and son and call out "ummmmmm Crimmmmmmmyyyyy"
lesson learnt - always check grandchild has pants on OVER disposable AND nappy isn't "full" before sending them down slide
also imagine what they'd think if they knew we rode our bikes around without helmets on ... and rode in cars with no safety belts / restraints of ANY kind ... or going for rides in Dad's trailer ...
GROOVER
Ya bloody bugger
Lol Mr S, your parents were the ultimate pranksters as far as I am concerned. Glad you still have that tash (laughing at the thought of you trying to trim it whilst drunk).
You do know how green with envy I am of you having seen David Bowie/Ziggy Stardust at the Glass Spider concert. I recently read a book about him and a few weeks ago, "Rage" on ABC had about 5 hrs of his music playing non-stop. We have great taste in music eh?
I am really enjoying reading other peoples posts here too. That wallpaper is hysterical and so very kitschy which suits me just fine