Back in the day

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Back in the day.

Back in the day is a phrase I have been hearing used more and more over the past year. Generally it is by retired athletes on sports talk radio shows. They tell us that back in the day the game was different. They wore little leather helmets, played for the love of the game not the money and the opposing team was the enemy end of story, you didn't help your enemy off the turf, you kicked him when he was down. That's what you did back in the day.

Well today I was driving into work listing to the local “New Rock” channel and the two twenty something DJs are discussing a barely twenty something musician. I'll just call the musician Bob. And they said, “Back in the day when Bob was in high school ...”

At this point I just about choked on my Montgomery Donut Ugly Bun. Back in the day is when Eisenhower was President or something, not 3 years ago. You might as well say last year or a little while ago. Don't try and dress up what just happened yesterday, it's not like you are saying, “Four score and seven years ago...”

When my grandfather was courting (they didn't date back then they courted) he would call on her in the winter time and because they didn't have a car or a horse he could use he would ski the 7 miles to the neighboring town where she lived. The people in the town had warned my grandmother about the boys from Ridgeway being wild and dangerous, but she did not heed their warnings and the rest is history.

Now that was Back In The Day.

 

[Calamity Jane]

At this point I just about choked on my Montgomery Donut Ugly Bun. Back in the day is when Eisenhower was President or something, not 3 years ago. You might as well say last year or a little while ago. Don't try and dress up what just happened yesterday, it's not like you are saying, “Four score and seven years ago...”

What the hell is an ugly bun?

Would you believe that yesterday I said "These kids today have no fucking idea what it's like to actually have to work for a living"? I wanted to cut my tongue out.

 

[SupaStyles]

Back in the day our forefathers.... hehe

WELL, I would be a little hesitant to use back in the day for a year or so ago but 4-5 years I think would be an acceptable use of it ALSO people lives change a whole lot from high school to lets say early to mid twenties more so then any other time in their lives.. so I can kind of see it being used that way a little. I think also if you use the phrase a people know what your talking about that who the fuck cares.. I also know this is not an exlusivley hip hop term but it is where it was primarily used up until recently another case of cultural diffusion.

anyways I have other things to be doing unlike back in the day when I did nothing...

Back in the day.

Back in the day is a phrase I have been hearing used more and more over the past year. Generally it is by retired athletes on sports talk radio shows. They tell us that back in the day the game was different. They wore little leather helmets, played for the love of the game not the money and the opposing team was the enemy end of story, you didn't help your enemy off the turf, you kicked him when he was down. That's what you did back in the day.

Well today I was driving into work listing to the local “New Rock” channel and the two twenty something DJs are discussing a barely twenty something musician. I'll just call the musician Bob. And they said, “Back in the day when Bob was in high school ...”

At this point I just about choked on my Montgomery Donut Ugly Bun. Back in the day is when Eisenhower was President or something, not 3 years ago. You might as well say last year or a little while ago. Don't try and dress up what just happened yesterday, it's not like you are saying, “Four score and seven years ago...”

When my grandfather was courting (they didn't date back then they courted) he would call on her in the winter time and because they didn't have a car or a horse he could use he would ski the 7 miles to the neighboring town where she lived. The people in the town had warned my grandmother about the boys from Ridgeway being wild and dangerous, but she did not heed their warnings and the rest is history.

Now that was Back In The Day.

 

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What the hell is an ugly bun?

Back in the day Ungly Buns were large blobs of donut batter with apple and cinnomin mixed in. The are deep fried and covered in a sugary coating. Totally fattening, pure heart attack food.

Sadly Montgomery Donuts is being pushed out of business by evil donut company - Krispy Kreme. So instead of creative local confections we will all have the same sugar coated cookie cutter donut.

 

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Re: Re: Back in the day

Back in the day our forefathers.... hehe

WELL, I would be a little hesitant to use back in the day for a year or so ago but 4-5 years I think would be an acceptable use of it ALSO people lives change a whole lot from high school to lets say early to mid twenties more so then any other time in their lives.. so I can kind of see it being used that way a little. I think also if you use the phrase a people know what your talking about that who the fuck cares.. I also know this is not an exlusivley hip hop term but it is where it was primarily used up until recently another case of cultural diffusion.

anyways I have other things to be doing unlike back in the day when I did nothing...

See, I don't see it being effectively used to describe a personal life change. I can see it describing an era that a was experienced by a large group of people at a given point in time. It just sounds lame to use it to describe a personal phase of your life from 5 years ago. A phase that every one went through but perhaps decades ago. A phase that to you might be Back in the day we had to sneak our mobile phones into school to text message our buddies. When to many people Back in the day in high school mobile phones were hardwired to cars.

What I am saying is the phrase has no real meaning on a personal basis. In fact it usually sounds like a person grasping for a sense of history.

All in all, I don't really like the phrase because of it's ambiguity. I am currently drafting a bill to be submitted to the next CLIQUE meeting which will censor the use of Back in the day.

Next I'll be working on the word conflate. I mean, come on! Try using that word with a straight face.

 

[SupaStyles]

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I see what your saying but I think if your in a group of people that perhaps were apart of the festivities then then is is used as a gourp who understand that particular point in time. I also dont EVER want to hear my grandparents telling me about back in the day.. It is ambiguous but it depends on the context it is used with. You can't just say "Back in the day was good!" it has to be "back in the day WHEN..." It's just like saying 'Do you remember when.." bascially... I do hate when pop culture graps on the certain phrases and destroys any sort of nuances that is possesed. 24/7.. The bomb.. old school.. phat.. Fo shizzle my nizzle.. If I turn on one of these lame ass sitcoms and here "Let's get krunk up in here.. " I think that will be the day before the end of the world.

HERE's to pop culture destorying any and all sub cultures...

See, I don't see it being effectively used to describe a personal life change. I can see it describing an era that a was experienced by a large group of people at a given point in time. It just sounds lame to use it to describe a personal phase of your life from 5 years ago. A phase that every one went through but perhaps decades ago. A phase that to you might be Back in the day we had to sneak our mobile phones into school to text message our buddies. When to many people Back in the day in high school mobile phones were hardwired to cars.

What I am saying is the phrase has no real meaning on a personal basis. In fact it usually sounds like a person grasping for a sense of history.

All in all, I don't really like the phrase because of it's ambiguity. I am currently drafting a bill to be submitted to the next CLIQUE meeting which will censor the use of Back in the day.

Next I'll be working on the word conflate. I mean, come on! Try using that word with a straight face.

 

[SupaStyles]

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Even tho Im not a fan of either I love the fact the Kirspy Kreme donuts around here are stuggleing to compete with Tim Hortons..

Sadly Montgomery Donuts is being pushed out of business by evil donut company - Krispy Kreme. So instead of creative local confections we will all have the same sugar coated cookie cutter donut.

 

[Rambling Rose]

Back in the day, they called an Ugly Bun a plain old apple fritter.