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"When I was fifteen," writes No3L, "I curled up in a Budgens trolley while someone pushed it through the supermarket doors to nick vodka and Benny Hedgehogs, just to hang out with my brother and his mates."

What have you done to fit in?

(, Thu 15 Jan 2009, 12:30)
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Some go to utterly ridiculous lengths.
This is mainly a pictorial answer, but I'll post links rather than the images themselves.

Here we have the first of a series of examples of how hard the Swedish tried to fit in with the rest of the Golden Age of Disco- right down to the muppet hairdos and the puffy shirts.

This is what happens when you let the professional from the smorgasbord restaurant join in with his glowing mane.

I think that even the Bee Gees would have rejected these outfits.

I suspect that they took the Osmonds just a bit too seriously.

The guy on the left here was so desperate to fit in that he adopted the girl's hair style for his mustache.

I hope that someone can translate the title of this and tell me that it's not really "Three Boys And A Girl", as that would be just a bit too frightening for words.

Hmmm. Not sure, but I think I used to see these guys at carnivals, waiting to be knocked over with baseballs.

Ummmm... no.

And finally: I've never seen an accordion look so frightened in all my life.

In conclusion: nothing personal, Sweden, but really, trying to fit into the Dance Music scene with things like this just isn't going to win you any points. Trust me on this.

EDIT: Credit (or perhaps blame) where it's due: the pics were swiped from here. And oh god, the beat goes on...
(, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 21:47, 8 replies)
Brilliant. ^^
The 70s - a time when ugly people could be pop stars.


Of sorts.
(, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 23:26, closed)
Yo loon!
The translation is "Three blues and a yellow" or words to that effect.

The pics were truly the exemplars of the phrase "The 70's, the decade that style forgot".

Give my love to BGB.*





*Vigorously yet tenderly.
(, Wed 21 Jan 2009, 0:04, closed)
Ah. Thank you.
I was afraid that it might be something like "Three Boys and One Cup."

Just seeing those pictures brings back a flood of bad memories, of Swedish furniture and long sideburns and gold chains and polyester outfits and pornstar wannabees and smorgasbord restaurants and... well, a lot of other things that I'd rather stay forgotten.

In the words of Strong Bad- you guessed it, it give-a me the jibblies.
(, Wed 21 Jan 2009, 13:31, closed)
God!
I loved the 70's!

Every day, something or someone new to laugh at!

There will never be a decade like it again.
(, Wed 21 Jan 2009, 9:11, closed)

But did anyone else notice the uncanny resemblance... Simon Pegg/the middle barracuda
(, Wed 21 Jan 2009, 10:23, closed)
Shame!
That you can't have a click for each picky...

:-) because it's 3 blues.. didn't know that was yellow though! (thanks captain)

I also liked that everyone is a bit... "Homely"
(, Wed 21 Jan 2009, 12:49, closed)
The horror
The pics look uncannily like the showbands who toured the dancehalls of rural Ireland in the 70's.

And not in a good way.
(, Wed 21 Jan 2009, 16:27, closed)
Laugh......
...I thought my socks would never dry! Wonderful, wonderful stuff.
(, Wed 21 Jan 2009, 17:43, closed)

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