Crazes: A flash in the pan - then it's gone.

[Timmy40]

I remember there being a rubber collecting craze when I was at school for a brief while everyone seemed to have a collection and alot of shops sold lots of different novelty rubbers.

I imagine these days googling novelty rubber collection would throw up some unintended search results.

Edited to add, just remembered my pride and joy, and the subject of much envy was a green diplodocus shaped rubber. Totally useless as a rubber of course, not that I ever even tried. It was far too precious for that.

Edited by Timmy40 on Wednesday 25th May 15:59

[anonymous-user]

Crocs.

[dudleybloke]

Timmy40 said:

I remember there being a rubber collecting craze when I was at school for a brief while everyone seemed to have a collection and alot of shops sold lots of different novelty rubbers.

I imagine these days googling novelty rubber collection would throw up some unintended search results.

Edited to add, just remembered my pride and joy, and the subject of much envy was a green diplodocus shaped rubber. Totally useless as a rubber of course, not that I ever even tried. It was far too precious for that.

Edited by Timmy40 on Wednesday 25th May 15:59

The biscuit shaped ones were cool. Had the custard cream and bourbon ones.

[The Don of Croy]

While I think about it, low energy lightbulbs (the tiny flourescent jobbies) which have been overtaken by LEDs, and these OTT fawcet arrangements;



- or are they still achingly hip?

[PH5121]

alfie2244 said:

Chopper bike.

Choppers started off in 1969, I had one in the early 1980's, and my kids have a 2004 one. So not really a flash in the pan, more of a reminder of the 1970's.

The initial production was 1969 - 1982, the revived one came out in 2004, and limited editions are still released periodically.

[PH5121]

dudleybloke said:

Reebok Disc trainers and f#ckwits copying David Beckham's silly haircut of the month.
Global hypercolour T-shirts.

Moonies.

Edited by dudleybloke on Tuesday 24th May 22:21

The dad of one of my sons friends turned up to our house in his Mark 1 golf cabriolet with one of those in the window, all the kids thought it was great.

[Timmy40]

Talking of a flash in the pan, robo toilet never really took off.

http://www.gadgetlite.com/2010/08/30/toto-smart-to...

[northwest monkey]

"Magic" Eye pictures.



Twin headlamp conversions.

[Pothole]

ch108 said:

Having to wear a smart shirt, and no jeans/trainers rule to get into most pubs on a Friday/Saturday night for fear of being turned away at the door. (This was in the 90's, not talking clubs here but town centre pubs!) Nowadays people can wear what they want, the pubs are that desparate for business.

There was a pub in Stevenage Old Town doing that (trainers) at least until 2011, no idea if they still do as I would rather eat my own arm than go to a pub in Stevenage now. Rule was no trainers after 6pm or something similar. Friends who were inside with trainers on, quite prepared to stay until closing time on a payday Friday night have been refused re-entry after nipping out for a fag or to get cash..to spend inside the pub!!

[Bullett]

Obi Wan said:

Bullett said:

wazupppppppp!

Wazzzzzuuuuppppp!

Finally.

[Coatesy351]

wildcat45 said:

I think they were called a Backflash. Reflective panels that went between the back lights and which necessitated the repositioning of the number plate and it's lights to the back bumper.

They usually bore the model of the car.

Looks like a lot of faff for some tat now.

I loved these when I was about 7 What about those really big stickers that had the type of car like Xr4i that went on the back window.

[Cledus Snow]

dudleybloke said:

Moonies.

Edited by dudleybloke on Tuesday 24th May 22:21

I have one of those. Really must put it in the car.

[TR4man]

Pulled pork

Every bl@@dy restaurant and eatery has something with pulled bl@@dy pork.

I even saw pulled bl@@dy pork crisps a few days ago.

[J4CKO]

My wife is currently watching Twin Peaks, does that count ?

[loafer123]

northwest monkey said:

Twin headlamp conversions.

I think that Escort is winking at me....

[Wacky Racer]

J4CKO said:

My wife is currently watching Twin Peaks, does that count ?

Eva in Coronation Street?

[NRS]

Yo-yos at school, but they seem to come round frequently. Another one I remember from school was sherbert straws in plastic. They got banned as they were 1p each, and so people bought loads but just dropped the plastic tube after and must have created a big mess.

CR6ZZ said:

Pet rocks. How did they become a thing to start with???

Never had this as a craze, but as a geologist I have a whole collection of them,

[EnglishTony]

TR4man said:

Pulled pork
.

1st time I saw that I thought it was some sort of knob gag.

[Willy Nilly]

popegregory said:

Dr Murdoch said:

The Darkness

They were huge, how did they get dropped so fast, almost to the point of wondering if you'd just imagined them?!?

I went to see them again at The Roundhouse in December. They were brilliant, a great night out.

[Tinkshusband]

Thankyou4calling said:

Oakey said:

Think they were banned?

Certainly not banned. Still see lots of cars fitted with them.

non deformable are banned on post 2001( i think its 2001) cars. the new ones have to move if you hit a pedestrian.