So is nearly 2010
I a certain 80's film about time travel they go to 2015 and say "twenty fifteen" and in the 20th century we all said our dates in that format for example "nineteen eighty" But right now we say "two thousand and nine" as one big number. So at the turn of the decade do we start saying "twenty ten" or do we continue with the "two thousand and" formula until the turn of the century when I will be a sprightly 118 years old.

I have no idea why I care! What will you be saying that date as in the new decade? And how do you say the title of the Roland Emmerich hunk of shite 2012?
( Peej, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:09, 94 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

This puzzles me also
I never had a problem saying nineteen-whatever, but 'twenty' sounds wank.
Why is that?
I'll probably stick to 'two-thousand', but it is rather tiresome.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:17, Reply)

I reckon I will say it thus
twenty ten
two thousand and eleven
twenty twelve
twenty thirteen
and so on
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:18, Reply)

I have no idea what you are talking about because it's 1984
Now i have to go and play Spy Hunter on my brothers Spectrum 48K for 5 hours straight, I will then watch The A-Team and SAFETY DANCE!
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:21, Reply)

I wish it was 1984
That was the best year ever. It was so shit.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:23, Reply)

I was a happy 7 year old
I saw Ghostbusters twice! GET IN!
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:24, Reply)

I think I was six
I have a video of stuff taped off the telly including the Christmas Day TOTP.
I watch it and pretend it's 1984.
And cry.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:26, Reply)

I was eleven
and BREAKING and POPPING hit Hampshire like a runaway freight train.

Man it was like the freaking BRONX for a hot minute. St Maurice's Covet in Winchester, you know, where the WI market is, by Marks and Sparks, was like a B-BOY BATTLE ZONE. All the rival crews, from like HARESTOCK and WEEKE would battle it out to the sounds of the Streetsounds Electro compilations.

You know, we used dancing to get away from all the gang fighting that used to go on.

It wasn't remotely silly.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:34, Reply)

How's St Maurice's Covet looking nowadays?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:41, Reply)

Not bad at all.
Since Debenhams have done their Christmas windows it looks lovely - and it's SUCH a convenient cut-through from the Cathedral Close to the Lower High Street, and of course if the WI market is on there's always a chance you could buy a nice fruitcake from my dear mama.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:44, Reply)

I wanted you to make a joke about piles
:(
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:45, Reply)

If there's a piles joke staring me in the face
I just don't see it, sorry.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:51, Reply)

How can you not see it???
St. Maurice, he's got piles hanging our of his Covet, because covet sounds like it might mean crevice or bum.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:52, Reply)

I think I can just about be forgiven
for missing that one, don't you?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:53, Reply)

NO
What about 'passage'? When you see a street called St. Suchabody's Passage, do you think about his bum? Me and my ex saw one of those in London years ago, and it was off Shafts Bury Avin' You. I could not breathe for laughing.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:57, Reply)

You're easily pleased
I like that in a woman.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:02, Reply)

In all the years I have ambled down that very street
that never occurred to me.

What a fool I am!
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:04, Reply)

AND!!!
John Lennon's childhood home is on Menlove Avenue!!
Men. Love. 'Avin. You.
A woman once got on the bus and said to the driver "D'you go up Menlove?"
Do. You. Go. Up. Men, luv?
Oh man, this world totally tickles me.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:07, Reply)

I'd have laughed at that one

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:10, Reply)

Wooooo!
The year I was born BABY! Also I think Ghostbusters and one of the Indiana Jones films came out that year!? :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:05, Reply)

So THAT'S why it felt so special.
I never knew at the time...
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:08, Reply)

Exactly
It was the year of MEEEEEE!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:09, Reply)

SAFETY DANCE?
We can dance if we want to we can leave your friends behind
cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance well they're no friends of mine!!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:09, Reply)

I'm just going to say it in roman numerals and patronise anyone who doesn't understand.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:21, Reply)

MMX isnt that hard shirley?
Shirley?
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:23, Reply)

Not on it's own but use it in a sentence.
"So what are you doing in April MMX?"
(PsychoChomp, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:24, Reply)

say it in a robotic monotone
for added impact
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:25, Reply)

That's my normal voice

(PsychoChomp, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:26, Reply)

I KNEW IT!

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:28, Reply)

#AFFIRMATIVE#

(PsychoChomp, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:30, Reply)

Cunning
I may do that too because I hate people and everything they say and do. Damn people *shakes fist*
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:26, Reply)

Being 30
*sobs*
( djtrialprice, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:54, Reply)

Becoming thirty-muthafucking-TWO
Beat that!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:03, Reply)

Yeah
Just start with a low ramp on a couple of bricks. Always wear your helmet and pads.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:25, Reply)

Awesome!
I still have my Chrome Burner. Although being a Raleigh I was always mocked by the kid with a Mongoose (the BMX, not the snake eating mammal).
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:27, Reply)

my brother is a big child
and has bought himself a Raleigh Burner. He had a Mag Burner when younger, and my other bro had a Night Burner.

He's also got an authentic 80s Skyway.

would have been awesome if we were still very young. now it is just sad.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:31, Reply)

I wanted the Night Burner because it had a gold chain (i think)
the mag burner is the one everyone had. The Gadget show did a thing on it a while back.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:33, Reply)

I inherited the mag burner after my brother out grew it
great bike. it was bright blue with yellow trim and mags.

don't remember the night burner having a gold chain. my bro's one was black and red. think they may have changed over the years though
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:35, Reply)

I think the chain stayed gold for the first milisecond and then turned black
my brother had a poster back in the day with all the different "burners". I also thought the "Night Burner" sounded cool, like "Knight Rider" mixed with "Street Hawk".
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:38, Reply)

it was pretty stealthy as bmx's went
that sounds likely regarding the chain. I had a Striker before the bmx. The younger sibling of a Grifter. Can't even find a pic of it on google
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:41, Reply)

My uncle had a Grifter
When he got his Grifter I got his Budgie.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:44, Reply)

I had a Budgie!
It was purple and then my tool of a brother painted it green
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:47, Reply)

Mine was purple!
It stayed purple. I didn't deface things.
Your brother was naughty.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:49, Reply)

He was probably getting back at me for scratching his ZX81
he still holds that against me
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:52, Reply)

I had a Raleigh Bobcat :(
Followed by a Falcon Pro.
Yellow and black to attract the fecking wasps.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:36, Reply)

How many tricks could you do?
I couldnt even do a decent wheelie. My mate Eliott could ride around doing a wheelie. Git.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:40, Reply)

I have never been able to bunny hop
just can't do it. it makes me feel like less of a man
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:41, Reply)

"It's Ok Cornelius, you can cry" (Fight Club quote)
I feel your pain
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:44, Reply)

Oh I was a complete gobshite
I could only do one-handed steering.
I was black and blue! I was very good at cycling up very steep hils. Even better than some of the boys.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:42, Reply)

YOU'RE A GIRL? WHO HAD A BMX???
dammit, where were you when I was growing up? We needed a girl to form the "BMX Bandits" (which sounds kinda gay now...)
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:45, Reply)

you're thinking of 'Arse Bandits'

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:47, Reply)

Haha!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:50, Reply)

My bike was very cool too
Nobody else had yellow and black.
But our shed had earwigs so I used to have to shake the earwigs out of the pads and brake-handles before setting off each morning.
I was a mong.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:48, Reply)

One of my very good mates is Craig Campbell
He was the UK's first professional BMXer back in the 80s.

If you search for him on YouTube you can see him winning BMX Beat and getting a trophy from Gaz Top.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:47, Reply)

You're such a social climber Monty! You know all the big names
The Chemical Brothers, a BMX Champion...err...dave the coke dealer...
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:51, Reply)

I know.
Why I bother with you proles is beyond me sometimes, it really is.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:52, Reply)

you're keepin' it real
most laudable
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:00, Reply)

I had a Raleigh Fag Burner
The Income Support version.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:55, Reply)

I had a Chinese Burner - very tight handgrips, it had.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:57, Reply)

I had a a Bunsen Burner
Really uncomfortable saddle.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:05, Reply)

"I was right about that saddle though..."

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:17, Reply)

was that Hovis?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:22, Reply)

Yellow Pages!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:29, Reply)

I found a Mongoose mountain bike in an empty flat
It rides OK. I was going to scratch off the 'oose' part of the logo, but thought perhaps even by my terrible standards that might be a bit much.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:37, Reply)

Ha! I had to think about that!

( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:38, Reply)

Walking to school one morning,
I found a BMX in a bush, honest. It had been constructed with the remains of about 10 different bikes and was therefore completely unique. I took it home and explained how i had found it, but I was told in no uncertain terms to take it to Police Station. So, in a huff, i did, and was told if nobody claimed it in 3 months, it would be mine.

3 months came and went and there I was, standing in the police station, tattered receipt in hand. The cop actually laughed when he saw the bike I was there to claim. By now the chain had rusted and it was in need of being buried to be honest. Still, i never had a bike and this, Frankenstein's Monster of a machine would make my life infinitely more enjoyable.

And it did, until one day i was pushing it through town and this older guy from school raced up to me and shrieked that I had stolen his bike, and that i had better give him it back with the utmost haste. I calmly told him the story and explained the bike was now mine. He threatened to choke me, but in the face of adversity i stuck it out and he left, on foot, while i cycled off into the sunset. Every time I saw him thereafter he would threaten me with massive amounts of violence, but I didn't give a fuck, I had my bad boy BM-Wrecked.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:08, Reply)

A heartwarming tale
God Bless us every one!
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:17, Reply)

Well, not everyone obviously.
Having the right bike when you were a teenager was of enormous importance. Having a jury rigged deathtrap that attracted the unwanted attention of bikeless bullies wasn't the wisest of moves.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:27, Reply)

I just got my brother's old bikes
I didn't give a fuck really.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:29, Reply)

I can't believe you stood your ground
I'd have bawked and then given him the bike. Then gone home and vomited and cried.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:30, Reply)

But it was MINE goddamit
I had a police receipt and everything to prove it. When he said it had been nicked from his front garden I asked why he hadn't went to the police station, because that's where it had been for 3 months. He didn't have an answer to that.

Cock smoker.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:33, Reply)

Two zero one two.
Is my choice. Actually at work I've been using "twenty-ten" a fair bit. I wonder if I sound like a pleb?
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:26, Reply)

have you ever seen John Carpenters film "Prince of Darkness"?
There is a freaky dream sequence where you hear "We are transmitting from the year one nine nine nine..." which is sampled by DJ Shadow.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:32, Reply)

Twenty hundred and two-and-ten
Is the most obtuse thing I can come up with so far.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:32, Reply)

When I was a nipper
i used to think that if

200=Two hundred,
and
10=ten,
then shirley
20010=Two hundred and ten?

Just to be facetious of course.
(TheColonel, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:50, Reply)

I think a lot of kids come to that conclusion
I remember asking my dad about it at 5 or 6, and then I explained it to a girl at school who was having the same problem. I'm sure the teachers got round to explaining basic numeracy at some point.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:55, Reply)

Twenty and a dozen

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:42, Reply)

Say it in 'scores'

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:43, Reply)

What's 2012 in old money?

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:52, Reply)

Fark knows

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:53, Reply)

I make it
£8 7s 8d.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:55, Reply)

A hundred score
and twelve.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:53, Reply)

I've started using 'twenty' for years after this one
Twenty-eleven sounds a bit awkward but the rest are ok.

Twenty ten is fine. Although I could always go for maximum geek points and express it in binary as 11111011010.

Actually, hexadecimal sounds much more fun. Next year is 7DA. I like that.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:49, Reply)

as much as it pains me
I'm with you. 7DA does sound good
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:01, Reply)

you missed a zero of the front ;) 011111011010
Thought 7DA is awesome.

Happy 7DA!
( Peej, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:51, Reply)

I don't care how it's said.
I'm just glad to still be alive.
( girlinthehole, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:53, Reply)

Oh God love you!!
But what's your favourite bike?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:54, Reply)

Wasn't really a bike fan.
I was a very unsociable child and I stayed in my room a lot drawing and reading.
( girlinthehole, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:56, Reply)

I went out faraway on my bike and sang
But sometimes the other kids let join in.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:04, Reply)

I had a bright yellow Chopper
With the small front wheel and long saddle ideal for backies. Bloody heavy as I recall.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:15, Reply)

There's a pic on facebook of me on a red Chopper
But it's a reproduction and it's not mine.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:18, Reply)

Jaundice, that is.
That or shagging the mustard pot, you dorty wee fecker.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:21, Reply)

I liked the tingling sensation

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:48, Reply)

Great for playing 'comedy hot dogs' with an elderly relative, too

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:51, Reply)

The girl next door liked to have a go with my Chopper
Never had a bike though.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 12:12, Reply)