Kikiki Lol if you don't see me on such threads as this then i tell you that thread is fake, Lol.

Op na waa o, you couldn't copy me and made me came late.

Anyways, gone are those day, mehn... These are what made childhood interesting.

Op, you didn't add ''Spider glass'' those were the glasses that had tinted lens/glass.

So its Fezcap and not Facecap, op no bobo us o, Lol .

Those day of ''Better Lover''

Mehn... I miss my comic books, they all gone now, Marvels, Dc Comics and Time Warner, the last i bought was the Nigerian/SouthAfrican comics ''SuparStrikers'' about 15years ago

Chai! using Lucozade or coloured wrapper to cover the screen of Black and White Television set, at the advent of Coloured television set before my parents could afford it. These are sweet old days

timawoku:
There were many things we grew up doing as teens in the 80's that does not happen anymore, here is my top 15

1) Bouncing: as a young gee bouncing is a must to do (whoever gave it that name?), it involves you walking in a 'swagly' manner in such a way to depict big boy. It took years before I stopped (only God knows how) but it was a serious swag then, and was for only boys. Now people just prefer sagging...

2) Hanging Towel: as a 'big boy' then you needed a medium sized bathroom towel hung around your shoulders. You fold your arm and tilt your body towards the side which the towel is hung, you end up looking like a person under a spell but it didn't matter, you are just demanding some respect from the hood...

3)Lumberjack: Czech is the name of the game, you were not known as a true hommy if you did not represent with a 'lumber', I rocked the red and black most!

4)Santos: remember that cowboy shoes that had a revolving spikes at the back? Only the dopest big boys had it then and it still get me sprawling each time I catch a glimpse of it, somehow, it's gone into the oblivion...

5)Bikes: there was minimum access to rides then so we had to set our sights low...if you had a BMX or a CHOPPER then you were made of gold...you needed this to 'soil your roots' to the ladies in tha hood...now if you brandish a bike then you are a whimp...

6)Fezcap and Walkman: this pair went hand in hand...having a Walkman was a great privilege, topping up ur head with a nice colourful fezcap would have ladies drooling for you... who wears fezcap anymore? And least I forget; Walkman has 'walked' man!

7)Cassette : everybody have a 'must have' cassette at home. Mine was predator, commando, drunken master, terminator, etc... almost all homes had these and yes, you had to brandish right beside the Tv...

8 Satellite Dish: this was only for the top dawgs, if you got one of these, you are a very rich man's son...if you had none, then the one proxy would be used as a landmark... some (like me) would even go far as saying ' when you get to that house with satellite, ask for me I will come out... before then I would have padied with the house owners sha o...

9) Lyrics magazine: it was necessary for you to know your lyrics so as to boast about being informed and exposed...you could give a line or two when you notice the opposite sex, it was like a little intro depicting that you are a gee... so you end up buying a lot of lyrics mag. I suffered from 'hip hop world' people hand ehn, it took me a long while before i actually know it was not 'who shat who nat', we suffered o, now you just simply go online

10) Stories that touches: it was a trend then to buy story magazines, examples are Hints, hearts, etc...only God knows where they are now, my elder sister's room was literally their store room...now who get the time? Just login to nairaland or lib you will see a lot of stories

11) Porn Magazine: it was a must have, you sometimes pop one in your school bag and use it to form a gee for dem gals (at least I know I did that), now people just go online, no time...

12) Comics: I was a comic book fan, I still have like 50 somewhere in my dad's house... we loved reading comics then and some how, we spent almost all our savings on them.

13) Love poems: there was nothing like text messaging so if you meet a gal you like, u write her a poem and slip it into her hands or her bag, u then wait endlessly for reply...it was exhausting especially if the reply came back negative...no be small something o. But now you can whatsapp, txt, etc...

14) Phone: phone was a luxury back then and you could count houses that had them, luckily, mine had but was always locked in my dad's room, when it rang and my friends happen to be in the house, I felt like an oyinbo man living oyinbo life...lol

15)'kitting': whatever happened to our kites? This younger generations dey miss o...kite was a favorite sport then, it was like being a pilot temporarily, people prefer browsing now, to kites

I think this is my best post in recent times. As for that towel thing, omo my aunty thought I was running mad. We call it "home boy". If you don't do any of these things mentioned by the OP, you aren't an home boy.

You didn't mention songs like "OPP", Kriss-Kross, Boys2Men. Men...!!! those were nice days gone bye

Bringing out and playing your Gameboy in public

toby2
Writing love letters
Fighting 'chinese' during breaks to show ur kung fu skills(especially after watching one)
Following big bros to see his babe
Buying baba dudu, gogo sweet, ekana gowan, water gun, water game, sisi pelebe and so on with less than 10naira
Receiving serious beating when u mess up at home
Clearing grass as punishment
List goes on and on man...
Now, life has been too complicated for adults talk more of our kids and upcoming
kids
We were so contented with wat we have
then, No means No, not now again.

Lol @ bolded, and the aunty would buy you Sword sweets and Okin 4corner/short cake, whild you are snacking on it they would be in the room doing the thing

I can relate to all these

Writing notes for my girls in different school

Great memories,was a fan of hint and better lover

Op u didn't mention the bandanas, mortal combat n sega, tales by moonlight n I need to know.

Op..Your are right. I and my cousins don't only read comic books, we used it to show our drawing skills

ifeomaekol:
Op u didn't mention the bandanas, mortal combat n sega, tales by moonlight n I need to know.

Yeah..Mega Sega, Brick games

DobleO7:


Yeah..Mega Sega, Brick games

on point, life now is jux too serious*signs*

ashewoboy:
click like if you used palito back then.

I rock am die!

shumuel:


Lol @ bolded, and the aunty would buy you Sword sweets and Okin 4corner/short cake, whild you are snacking on it they would be in the room doing the thing

e b like say u sef sabi d tin... Buh short bread (Okin) was the bomb

Those days u drink garri with pride

Where garri was garrium

Kulikuli was called home boys kola

Where we 'mess' each other without hatred

Days wia we go to skul late

Sow 3 1/4 as shorts and call it 'lagbaja'

Wear black/brown ankle socks instead of white

We wear black sandals in place of brown

We tuck out shirt, roll our short sleeves, with our towels either in the back pocket or neck

we spend our tfares and trek home

Avoid crying so as to show big boy/girl when flogged... Etc

Vivvvy1:





I rock am die!

you sabi.

hear good music like 2pac,don willims,micheal bolton, lucky dube, bob m, puff dad, biggi etc

toby2:
e b like say u sef sabi d tin... Buh short bread (Okin) was the bomb

Mehn... That was the best biscuit then, after the years of UTC

timawoku:
There were many things we grew up doing as teens in the 80's that does not happen anymore, here is my top 15

prefer browsing now, to kites

You go don old o.. so spot on.

MeoClark:
[color=#006600][/color] I have no idea of what you are talking about?

you are lucky you were born with a silver spoon.

ask an average Nigerian what they feel

oops, u missed and am sorry u don't need to be born with silver spoon to have most....

toby2:
e b like say u sef sabi d tin... Buh short bread (Okin) was the bomb

u got my mouth watery

mikkyex:
u got my mouth watery

lol

AfonjaStinks:


1. Stealing meat from the pot

2. Igba asa (wooing girls) : These days, people just woo girls on Facebook or Instagram

3. Moonlight play : These days, people don't even go outside at all, they will rather stay indoors and be on their phones all day

4. Collecting money on Christmas

5. Driving motorcycle tires with sticks

6. Mummy and Daddy play

7. Peeping through the bathroom door when women are taking their shower

those were the real shits,the good old days

AfonjaStinks:


1. Stealing meat from the pot

2. Igba asa (wooing girls) : These days, people just woo girls on Facebook or Instagram

3. Moonlight play : These days, people don't even go outside at all, they will rather stay indoors and be on their phones all day

4. Collecting money on Christmas

5. Driving motorcycle tires with sticks

6. Mummy and Daddy play

7. Peeping through the bathroom door when women are taking their shower

You've been a very bad boy.

Kizyte:
I didn't see hanging 50 Naira note on your breast-pocket especially when posing for a pic.

who be this

Kizyte:
I didn't see hanging 50 Naira note on your breast-pocket especially when posing for a pic.

who be this

OwodaRitualist:
timawoku, what of that gun we used during Christmas where we cut out the shape of a pistol from a piece of wood, we get spoke and pipe, then use tyre tube to wrap it.

We used matches then and then fire to make a loud noise.

baba you done old o, dat of which you are sayin na my elder bros time I dey witness am... tuale baba agba *2 legs on the ceiling. It was not tyre rubber tho, twas the rubber used to tie broom. My late bro was a pro...

i did that loud wooden gun too. Remember video clubs and wearing bagy jeans

About kites,remember a dude back den,akpo wene,though late now,that guy pilots a kite to the far clouds,then coming back from sch,one would see diifferent kites in the sky,super innovation,but kids don't do it no more,miss dose days...i don old oh

ollygreen:
OP, No 4 is Sanchos boots not Santos.

Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

you are very correct sir! Mehn time has gone so much that the memories have started becoming thin...*sighs*

mikkyex:

u got my mouth watery

una dey do mistake, na 'short cake' dem dey call am...