# British Baby Boom Dopers: Were you a Mod or a Rocker?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 26, 2006, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-baby-boom-dopers-were-you-a-mod-or-a-rocker/354253 "2006-04-26T04:43:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-baby-boom-dopers-were-you-a-mod-or-a-rocker/354253/1 "2006-04-26T04:43:40Z")

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'Nuff said!

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**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-baby-boom-dopers-were-you-a-mod-or-a-rocker/354253/2 "2006-04-26T04:46:23Z")

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“No, I’m a mocker.”

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**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-baby-boom-dopers-were-you-a-mod-or-a-rocker/354253/3 "2006-04-26T04:47:13Z")

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I was hoping someone would say that. Thanks. No, really. 😃

That said, let’s get on to business, shall we?

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**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-baby-boom-dopers-were-you-a-mod-or-a-rocker/354253/4 "2006-04-26T13:50:54Z")

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What’s the difference? I thought it was Teddy boys who were the “dangerous element” back then. ( I don’t know for sure, I’m American and was born in 1962).

“How do you get to America?”

“Turn left at Greenland.”

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**Author:** ![snorlax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@snorlax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snorlax)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-baby-boom-dopers-were-you-a-mod-or-a-rocker/354253/5 "2006-04-26T14:07:04Z")

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[QUOTE=eleanorigby]  
“How do you get to America?”

“Turn left at Greenland.”  
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Shouldn’t that be “How did you find America?”

In any event, I think Teddy Boys evolved into rockers by donning leather jackets.