“Back in my day”…
Twitter is a fantastic place where people just start random hashtags about anything in the hope that a big old thread of answers will follow.
We don’t know who exactly started this one but hats off to them whoever it was.
My age in a phrase is trending on tinder and what is so fantastic about it is that, while it gives you a fair idea of what era the person might be from, it doesn’t actually reveal their proper age.
The feed was refreshing every few seconds with tens of answers each time but here are a few that we decided to pick out and talk about.
#MyAgeInAPhrase I'm "waiting for mom to get off the phone so i can use the internet" old
— Aviance (@Avi427) July 13, 2017
What a pain that used to be, you’d be just set up nicely on Bebo and the next thing, bang, someone would ring the phone. Disaster.
I'm "saw Queen with Freddie Mercury" old. #MyAgeInAPhrase
— Lisa Person (@LisaPersona) July 13, 2017
Lisa, count yourself extremely lucky.
I'm "We were on a break!" years old. #MyAgeInAPhrase pic.twitter.com/FpDBiEpei3
— jenny (@jennythefriend) July 13, 2017
Ross is one of the funniest characters on Friends. This phrase is still thrown out from time to time and whether you watched Friends in real time back in the 90s or know this from the millions of re-runs, it’s still a classic.
https://twitter.com/NkechiDiallo/status/885579154120466436
“Chilling out maxing, relaxing all cool and all shooting some b-ball outside of the school.”
I'm "When candy cigarettes were cool" old. #MyAgeInAPhrase pic.twitter.com/UyPOHFcXkz
— Just call me Alice (@AMUSINGALICE28) July 13, 2017
So much money was spent on these stupid things, how did we thing they were cool?
https://twitter.com/TVenthusiast12/status/885578556461404160
The Suite Life, That’s So Raven, Wizards of Waverly Place, Hannah Montana, we honestly could keep going.
#MyAgeInAPhrase I'm "Be Kind, Please Rewind" years old.
— Donny (@Donnythedingo) July 13, 2017
By the time you got to the start of the tape, you didn’t even want to watch it anymore.
https://twitter.com/jswilliams1962/status/885469234817626113
Not sure if Scott is referring to the first time someone landed on the moon or if he’s on about Michael Jackson’s moonwalk.
I'm "all my baby pics are sepia or faded red" years old.#MyAgeInAPhrase pic.twitter.com/TVNfiHQ7no
— S𝔥𝔢𝔞 B𝔯𝔬𝔴𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 (@SheaBrowning) July 13, 2017
Shea, we salute you and your honesty.
I'm "who loves orange soda?" years old. #MyAgeInAPhrase pic.twitter.com/1szqufKusO
— Roger (@WeeJollyRoger) July 13, 2017
All together now, Kel loves orange soda.
#MyAgeInAPhrase I'm " come home when the streetlights come on" old.
— Alicat☮️ (@alisadalestrick) July 13, 2017
When it gets dark it’s time to come home but only after you finished ‘next goal wins’.
#MyAgeInAPhrase I'm "MTV used to show music videos" years old.
— Shawn Winchester (@ShawnWin989) July 13, 2017
Now that, is the definition of the good old days.
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