jonthefox Posted 1 July 2017 Posted 1 July 2017 Prom nights at the end of term, what are they all about?. Ok , I know they're a big deal in the US , but when did they suddenly become popular over here?.
Guest MattP Posted 1 July 2017 Posted 1 July 2017 Sadly, more Americanisation (is that a word?) of our culture. I blame a lot of things but Friends and Steve Stiffler are probably the most culpable.
fuchsntf Posted 1 July 2017 Posted 1 July 2017 I only know "last night of the proms". That never had anything with to do with Uni-students last big bash. In UK its the season end to an all round Classical music period, starting ca Juni until Sept. American films, more over 50s-60s hollywood social films, made a thing of it.Middle class boy meets girl The 70s-80s hollywood made horror films out of it. Todays Ami students, now have their local uni big bash, and then 1-2 months of sex romps , away from mam n pops in places like St Louis, Bacca California, etc.Sex took over the soda-pop cafes. I suppose they will come over here and do there frollicking over King Dicks grave, and re-invent Vardys-party/prom We Brits WClass have Skeggy, under the pier, or Mablethorpe around the back of the fishshop. All washed off with a dip in the boating lakes, and a few pints of Newcastle ale, before and after. The uni toffs, find their worldies in the horse stables, after poking their Polo sticks, and Pimms fk..the proms. We Brits have class...!!!!
Mike Oxlong Posted 1 July 2017 Posted 1 July 2017 We also used to refer to sets of tv shows as series rather than seasons
Max Wall Posted 1 July 2017 Posted 1 July 2017 Watching old American comedy shows also confirms that they started the abomination of mis-using the word literally in almost every sentence which seems to have affected most under 30 and, more unfortunately, some over 30 (presumably in an attempt to remain 'down with the kids'. eg I literally laughed my head off. It makes me apoplectic.
Webbo Posted 1 July 2017 Posted 1 July 2017 They even had one for our kids when they finished junior school . Some parents even hired a limo for their kids. What a load of bollox.
notnow john Posted 1 July 2017 Posted 1 July 2017 18 minutes ago, Max Wall said: Watching old American comedy shows also confirms that they started the abomination of mis-using the word literally in almost every sentence which seems to have affected most under 30 and, more unfortunately, some over 30 (presumably in an attempt to remain 'down with the kids'. eg I literally laughed my head off. It makes me apoplectic. Messy!
Max Wall Posted 1 July 2017 Posted 1 July 2017 9 minutes ago, notnow john said: Messy! Hey Shakespeare, I literally have no idea what you mean.
Beliall Posted 1 July 2017 Posted 1 July 2017 I'm 36 and went to prom a our school. it was literally a crap disco wit ha fancy name We have a 16 year old son going to prom next week. heres how the conversation went "can i have £40 for a prom ticket" (it''s at the AMEX Stadium) "no, are you mental?" "its OK I won one" "good" "can we get a limo?" "no, are you mental?" "can I have £30 for a hoody with the school logo on?" "seriously, no" WTF is going on. just go out, drink some pop, eat some crisps, get off with a girl and come home
Buce Posted 1 July 2017 Posted 1 July 2017 10 minutes ago, Beliall said: I'm 36 and went to prom a our school. it was literally a crap disco wit ha fancy name We have a 16 year old son going to prom next week. heres how the conversation went "can i have £40 for a prom ticket" (it''s at the AMEX Stadium) "no, are you mental?" "its OK I won one" "good" "can we get a limo?" "no, are you mental?" "can I have £30 for a hoody with the school logo on?" "seriously, no" WTF is going on. just go out, get pissed, throw up, get a blowy off the school bike, come home in the small hours. Or was that just my school?
Beliall Posted 1 July 2017 Posted 1 July 2017 3 minutes ago, Buce said: Or was that just my school? I wish I went to your school.
Buce Posted 1 July 2017 Posted 1 July 2017 3 minutes ago, Beliall said: I wish I went to your school. Yeah, it was a good school. In fact, it was approved..
SouthStandUpperTier Posted 1 July 2017 Posted 1 July 2017 It all started when coming-of-age teenage angst shit like Dawson's Creek became popular over here.
Stadt Posted 1 July 2017 Posted 1 July 2017 I had one last year for the end of college, it was pretty shit really but it was the prelude to a good night out
Alf Bentley Posted 1 July 2017 Posted 1 July 2017 1 hour ago, Worthington said: Nothing wrong with the good old 'End of term school disco'....Met Mrs W at my last one! Didn't you consider that to be an abuse of your position as headmaster? Completely agree that Halloween is as big a load of bollocks as these prom nights. Guy Fawkes Night is where it's at - proper tradition (and I'm of Catholic heritage). Daughter won't listen to me, though. She says "it sucks".....which winds me up even more.
lifted*fox Posted 1 July 2017 Posted 1 July 2017 so many killjoys on this forum ffs it's just a glorified school disco ain't it. if the kids are happy dressing up and having a dance, etc. then who the **** has time to give a shit otherwise? Halloween can suck a fat one though.
fuchsntf Posted 1 July 2017 Posted 1 July 2017 2 hours ago, Worthington said: Nothing wrong with the good old 'End of term school disco'....Met Mrs W at my last one! This proms mullarkey seems to have clung on to the coat-tails of bloody Halloween that has sadly shunted Guy Fawkes night into a corner. Much more fun surely to make a Guy, shove it in a pram and stand on a street corner on an Autumnally cold evening collecting 'pennies', Rather than dressing up as a bloody ghoul and go round the local area demanding extortion payments from terrified pensioners ! I blame the parents mostly for the 'Proms' thing ! One-upmanship at it's bloody worst. " Our Limo's bigger than your limo"....translates as " my dick's bigger than yours ".. Typical tacky Yank thing. Be warned, before you know it your kids will be demanding turkey and gifts in late November.. Probably with no 'Thanks' given ! Like it, nice turn and play on words... Confuse our Trump friends all together.. Ps...We English (not Brits) have let our traditions fade, to be out moded, become extinct, and deffered to Other cultures modern traditions, and become Plastic.We brag about British tradition and Royal History, let other Food traditions take over our own, and allow ouselves to be ashamed Of our....Fish n chips, pies, mushy peas, hot toddies, plate of crab/shellfish, cup of tea and cake or biscuits, and Ramrodded, from foreign bistroes and snacks, being told they are more fancifull, than English faire. So,.... Faggots are better than Hamburgers Lancashire hotpot, is better than Irish stew or any french posh named stews Mussels with cider is better than moules A la creme Normandie Welsh/yorkshire rarebit better than french toast All our older county cheeses were better than anything seen in any int.fromagiere Full English Breakfast, heavens delight...beats ami cornflakes or jam on comical bread Ploughmans lunch...cheese/meat/porkpie, better than a waldorf / Caesars salad Egg n ham pie better than a quiche lorraine Sausage rolls, pork pies as good as any Fancy named foreign faire, Ditto for Steak n kidney, cornish pasties, for foreign named la-di-las Spicey old local Meatloaf, beats haggis hands down. Treacle /custard / lemon merangue tarts, beats anything thrown up outside these fond shores Chip butty double-deckers, with HP. Fish n chips with salt n Malt Vinegar, not bloody mayo Malt wine, Hot toddies not gluewein. Pickled onions Or eggs. Old butcher Herb or spiced style sausages, equal to all the world renowned sausages. We English, let foreign named products with fancy sounding Names take over our Anglo-saxon..Slap it on a plate dishes, be governed by snobbish comical names, That today, old English Traditional recipes have been simply forgotten... Yes some B nB guesthouses Landladies over the years must take part of the blame, including some Dodgy cafes.Who found unique ways to ruin some good Traditional basic dishes. Then the middle class, who went on their 1st foreign holidays, to find pork-pies , meat pies Egg snacks, with beautiful sounding french/German/Italian names, they forgot they had the same in England... Thats why Alot of Good English butchers and bakers Died out...Then the Supermarkets brought the death nell down on good English traditional food.... The only thing thats become traditional in England are the soup-kitchens...
StanSP Posted 1 July 2017 Posted 1 July 2017 i know the answer but I can't say it because I'm under 30
fuchsntf Posted 1 July 2017 Posted 1 July 2017 OORRRRR !!!! P ROGRAMMABLE R EAD O NLY M EMORY.. Try and get a fking dance, a beer, a promise ,a slap a tickle, and a good night out on that..!!!! The only bit on the side, will come from the collective bytes.
Dr The Singh Posted 1 July 2017 Posted 1 July 2017 I was in Australia once, and they had pom night???
Beliall Posted 1 July 2017 Posted 1 July 2017 3 hours ago, daz*dsb said: so many killjoys on this forum ffs Halloween if the kids are happy dressing up and having a dance, etc. then who the **** has time to give a shit otherwise? Prom can suck a fat one though.
Mike Oxlong Posted 1 July 2017 Posted 1 July 2017 33 minutes ago, Dr The Singh said: I was in Australia once, and they had pom night??? Bet you've been to loads of porn nights !
Dr The Singh Posted 1 July 2017 Posted 1 July 2017 2 hours ago, Mike Oxlong said: Bet you've been to loads of porn nights ! I was in LA and met Ron Jeremy...
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