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The unlabelled years
posted by Rob on 31 May 2008
I've griped about this before, but what is this decade called? And the next one? Consider the appalling filler TV shows I Love The Eighties and I Love The Nineties. What's next in that series? How can this decade be mostly done with and it's still not been classified? I think I've finally made my own choices for decade names, though. This decade I shall call the 'Two Thousands'. The 's' on the end is important there. And for the next decade I shall adopt the semi-popular label the 'twenty-teens'. There. Settled. Everyone else please follow my lead. Or, do I prefer 'twenty-tens' instead? Damn.
Comments: 4
Isn't it the naughties?
And isn't that a library stamp?
Posted by: jenn | May 31, 2008 10:54 AM
Not everything is about libraries, Jenn. Believe it or not, I stole the image from The Internet Rubber Stamp Shop. I think the 'naughties' is a bit too flip for such a dirge-y decade. Unless it's about 'naught' rather than 'naughty'.
Also, have I ever told you that I've got a library book that's twenty-three years overdue?
Posted by: Rob | May 31, 2008 11:06 AM
What a fiend you are, Rob. I'm sure the library has missed that book in every single inventory they've done for the past 23 years.
I've been calling it the "oh-oh's" but I find it hard to say it with a straight face.
Posted by: KatharineC | June 2, 2008 01:44 PM
i've been calling it the Zeroes. It works on every level.
Posted by: steve aylett | June 2, 2008 02:59 PM