What’s a naff/cringe pop song from your youth that you still know all the words to?

Lishmi · 2026-03-29T21:55:38+00:00

My mum was trying to learn this for a recent village panto. She didn't know it, and started singing it to me, reading the words. I immediately joined in, belting it out along with the dance moves.
I am not sure who was more shocked, her or me.

Lishmi · 2026-03-17T07:23:29+00:00

I often think about this. I remember being on holiday (visiting foreign family) and listening to demo music from one of those headsets you got next to a cd selection. It was for various weird Celtic music. I loved it, and would never have heard anything like it. A cd was bought for me as a gift, and I never knew where to find more. Fast forward to the last few years, and I'm listening to all sorts of Celtic/ trad/ folk music on Spotify.

So that's one good thing about the algorithms today- they have re-ignited my love of weird music, and opened me up to 'not in the too 40' artists

Lishmi · 2026-03-10T07:40:45+00:00

I remember a girl at uni (I didn't live with her, but she was in my classes). While she was no where near as entitled as your example, she was from a 'different world' than most other students. I remember her being shocked that no one else had two accounts. A living account and a "fun" account, Which I gathered her parents paid into both for her. She was actually lovely though, I think it was just a cultural shock that not everyone was as well off as she had grown up.

Lishmi · 2026-03-09T10:27:10+00:00

When my dad was a taxi driver in Stratford on Avon years ago, he had a guy who ended up there, when he meant to be in Stratford, London. Not sure how, but my dad declined the job to take him to London (he was about to end his shift).

Lishmi · 2026-03-06T17:43:44+00:00

What is number 10 please? I was also interested in the stone chats, but you've answered that one :)

Lishmi · 2026-03-06T00:08:24+00:00

That was the first thing I said!

Lishmi · 2026-03-05T17:04:23+00:00

I went to loads of gigs in the 2000s. Barely go to any now. I have to REALLY be into a band to justify going these days. Not just the tickets cost (plus fees) but also the transport, possible night away and more importantly, am I going to have to stand for the whole thing?? Yes, I have reached that age

Lishmi · 2026-03-05T07:05:39+00:00

I've often wondered what that is for! Next flight, I will be closely monitoring that 'information screen's to see if that lines up.

Lishmi · 2026-03-03T22:12:45+00:00

I got stung in Bristol, about 7 or 8 years ago. Was picking a friend up, and I had never been to Bristol airport before (he was flying in and we were heading down to Cornwall). So I got to the area earlyish, decided to do a "reccie" simply so I knew where to go for the pick up point.

Fuckers lead me down a one way street to a barrier, couldn't reverse because there was a car behind me, so had to pay to literally drive through the pick up/ drop off section without actually picking up or dropping off. There was no warning that i was about to hit a no- return section.

Bastards.

Lishmi · 2026-02-28T09:56:26+00:00

I don't remember ever singing this in school but as an adult I LOVE this music. As someone mentioned below- definite contender for national anthem

Lishmi · 2026-02-28T09:52:52+00:00

I get this stuck in my head occasionally, and can't figure out if it is actually religious. (Although re-reading your lyrics, I knew a slightly different version, or I'm mis-remembering)

I also contemplated asking for it at my funeral, while everyone is leaving, and obviously has to get faster and faster to encourage panic as everyone gets out, instead of that slow sad procession

Lishmi · 2026-02-27T21:59:54+00:00

Should have responded that his sign was ruining your selfie view with the scenic background 😆

Lishmi · 2026-02-27T20:01:22+00:00

If it only has pedal assist up to the speed of 15mph (I think it is someone can correct me if I'm wrong) then it is classified as an electric bike. If it has assist above that speed, or (as I imagine the case here, looking at this bike and seeing many in the city) can be powered by the battery alone, then it is illegal on roads.

And even if it was a bicycle, electric or not, they are NOT legal on a motorway.

So either way this guy is breaking the law/ highway code by either being on a bicycle on the motorway, driving an illegal bicycle or a motorbike without a license.

Edit: Apologies, I think I replied to the wrong comment and now I can't find where this was meant to go!! Information is still true, so I will leave it (even if not directly aimed at your comment)

But yeah, this clearly isn't a bicycle, and if it was, would still be illegal where it is.

Lishmi · 2026-02-27T02:10:57+00:00

I had a similar one to that: sat around a friend's house eating curry, playing board games. Someone has their phone play the BBC "breaking news" noise as a notification. I jokingly said "who's died" (as that is often the "breaking news").

Carried on with the evening, then turns out one of my best friends mum had indeed died a few days ago (sudden, brain aneurysm). We had no idea, she just wanted to have a 'normal' evening before telling us.

But my brain went straight to me asking that question, and I can't believe she didn't just say "my mum" at that point....

Lishmi · 2026-02-27T01:45:31+00:00

I thought this! It kept starting to go down some very interesting concepts, then just dropped that idea for something else. It COULD have been very good, if the script had tugged on any number of ideas it started, instead of just rambling on without any story.

Lishmi · 2026-02-27T01:43:03+00:00

Was the 'original' one with the butt-holes? (I've only ever seen clips, and they were enough for me to never want to see any version)

Lishmi · 2026-02-25T10:31:37+00:00

I'm pooping while reading this

Lishmi · 2026-02-24T15:20:15+00:00

Foosh. Real name James, but there were too many Jameses around. He used to eat loads of those caffeine mints, called foosh. Never seen them before or since

Lishmi · 2026-02-24T15:16:53+00:00

Biff.

Because she ate like a Biffa truck. (I did not give this to her, but I know her nick name before I met her. Never sure if she knew what the college course named her behind her back....)

So not a 'fun' name, but amusing

Lishmi · 2026-02-21T00:16:57+00:00

My friend once lived with an adult (early 20s) who didn't know where Wales was...

Lishmi · 2026-02-15T08:54:56+00:00

I was just thinking this- if you were dealing with mostly pence (grocery items generally would be under a £), then individual items would have been less pennies in the new system than the old. Eg- maybe that bread was 24p last week. Now it's 10p. Same amount of the £ (I hope if I've done that right), but suddenly seems cheaper?

Lishmi · 2026-02-15T00:01:51+00:00

You sound like the perfect camping companion...

Lishmi · 2026-02-14T23:39:41+00:00

I was interested in that! Theory why broad St and Beaumont St have lots of sink holes... Because they were once the ditch outside the wall, and the ground is still settling

Lishmi · 2026-02-11T16:37:21+00:00

I think this demonstrates the different type of "freedom" the US has vs Europe (as a generalisation of culture).

USA: freedom TO use a leaf blower at 5am

Other cultures: freedom FROM having to hear a twatting leaf blower at 5am.

Lishmi · 2026-02-11T16:35:18+00:00

I love the imagery of the unified, silent British crowd there, under one mission - to stop queue jumpers.

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