Reply to: What would you bring back from the past?

[Board Game Geek]

Duelling

Because a society where duelling is legal is a polite society. (Not to be confused with the saying "An armed society is a polite society", because quite clearly our septic cousins are far from polite, and guns do not make people polite. Swords and fencing rapiers do.)

It would also resolve a lot of inter-office politics, with people stabbing each other in the back. You could call someone out, then have a duel in the car park, and run them through the front instead.

Much more civilised, I say.

How many bosses would suddenly start being a lot nicer to their staff, I wonder ?

[MaryPoppins]

ducking stools.
Or is that a bit perverse?

Sounds a bit dubious.

[MrMark]

Witchcraft, complete with cauldrons, running around naked in the woods, and ducking stools.

Or is that a bit perverse?

Heh? Oh, DUCKING stools. Carry on...

[Doggy Styles]

Witchcraft, complete with cauldrons, running around naked in the woods, and ducking stools.

Or is that a bit perverse?

[MaryPoppins]

Saying 'Please' and 'Thank you' instead of 'Can I get . . .' and 'Nice'.

WHS. I hate this "Can I get..." business.

[DimPrawn]

Tony Blair as PM and Gordon as Chancellor. 20% rises in house prices annually and 10,000 new public sector jobs created every day and million new immigrants ready to boost our economy.

Those were the days!

[MarillionFan]

The funny Suityou.

Only joking. That's fantasy.

[d000hg]

Proper pubs that offer beer in mugs as standard

A couple of pubs round here do, but WHS.

[doodab]

Proper schools with proper teachers who are allowed to scare/beat the crap out of little tulips.

[wobbegong]

100w light bulbs!!

Oh how I hate these 'energy saving' ones that take 5 mins to get up to speed.

[EternalOptimist]

I would bring back the time when seeing three cars on the road meant it was busy. And people used roundabouts properly.
and the rag and bone man would give you a balloon for your mums old washing machine

[HairyArsedBloke]

Proper pubs that offer beer in mugs as standard

[PRC1964]

Ian Dury. I've spent many days listening to his music.

Billy Bremner. Marching on together.

Agamemnon, but not his brother. I like my pasta fresh, not flown.

Dodos. I'd like to eat one, just to know what it was like.

That ginger haired girl I met in Brighton, around 1986.

[Doggy Styles]

Proper language like in the films, such as Crikey, Jolly good show, and Well I never.

They would be instead of f***ing hell, f***ing hell and, er, f***ing hell.

[vetran]

Capital punishment for treason! B'liar beware.