TRULY, TRULY, TRULY OUTRAGEOUS

My bar is shutting for a couple of months, so was on my final shift for a while, it was dead, there was some horrific hip hop event that had been planned for a couple of months, there were more MCs/DJs than there were punters... And out of the few customers, only one of them bought drinks... and didn't tip (Don't make me come over there...!!)

Howevs, we closed early and all went back to a friends loft, was quickly cheered up... I was having a nice girly chat, reminiscing about being little and our behavior, stuff we loved. When it hit me! This conversation was alien to me, they don't know about Ant and Dec! Or button moon, Bill and Ben, Whackaday... oh dear, for once i was stunned into silence... can you even imagine growing up without Jason Donavon, Philip Schofield, Grange Hill and seriously... Take That!!! WTF?? Not even East 17, they'd never heard a whisper, rumour, did not have an inkling of all those great leaders that guided us throught the 80s and 90s.

Anyhow, i had had enough! I was not going to be kicked out of one of my favorite convos just because i've not heard of blah blah blah American TV host extraordinaire...

Suddenly it came to me, the image of a young animated teen, twisting her pink star shaped earring and suddenly morphing into.... Jem, that was it... American, fabulous, cartoon, ticked all the boxes... Excitedly i shouted/sang out "Jem!!! Truly outrageous, truly, truly, truly outrageous..."

The blank looks said it all, not ONE of those born and bread Americans, had a clue...



Also:
A question to any Brits:
Were turtles banned in England due to children going into the sewers to look for teenage mutant hero turtles and sometimes taking there turtles with them. And feeding them pizza etc...
As was amusing all with this tale last night, and this morning i couldn't remember if it was true or if i had somehow made it up over the years