Originally Posted by the_real_linda (Post 514956)

We're Knights of the Round Table,
We dance when ere we're able,
We do routines and chorus scenes
With footwork impeccable.
We dine well here in Camelot,
We eat ham and jam and spam a lot.
We're Knights of the Round Table,
Our show are formidable,
But many times, we're given rhymes
That are quite unsingable.
We're Opera mad in Camelot,
We sing from the diaphragm
a looooooot.
In war we're tough and able,
Quite indefatigable,
Between our quests we sequin vests,
And impersonate Clark Gable.
It's a busy life in Camelot,
I have to push the pram a lot.

Originally Posted by Roderick Usher (Post 515007)

yeah, the twenties were grand

contraception and alcohol were illegal
women were essentially excluded from the workforce
life expectancy in the US was 54 years (Urge, Newb and Neverending would be dead:eek: )
blacks and whites are strictly segregated
it took 13 days to get from NY to California

Originally Posted by urgeok (Post 515237)

i was going to say something similar but you beat me to it ..

the part people remember fondly of the 20's is the part that is glamorized in movies.

the same way that - in the future - people will look at each decade of the past and think that what the tiny minority was wearing - gleamed from books and magazines and films ...was the norm for the time.

in otherwords .. just like hollywood has always portrayed as the standard : bullshit, smoke and mirrors.

Originally Posted by kpropain (Post 515519)

1940's I would have loved to have been in WWII...I've always been fascinated by that time period, even though alot of it was hard times...