# High school in the late 20s **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 18, 2000, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-in-the-late-20s/14868 "2000-03-18T04:19:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-in-the-late-20s/14868/1 "2000-03-18T04:19:00Z")
Racoon skin coats Ukeleles “Silent Cal” Bathtub gin RUMBLE SEATS!!! The Charleston Lucky Lindy Those radical trouser watch pockets “A chicken in every pot” Teapot Dome “Zelda, you crazy bitch, bring me another gin and tonic darling, I love you” Wow, this takes me back. Have I forgotten anything? DHR ---
**Author:** ![Lexicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac8455/32.png) [@Lexicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lexicon)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-in-the-late-20s/14868/2 "2000-03-18T04:21:00Z")
Hmmmm. I was already in college by the time I was in my twenties. ---
**Author:** ![Federalist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/82dd89/32.png) [@Federalist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Federalist)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-in-the-late-20s/14868/3 "2000-03-18T04:57:00Z")
Doghouse Reilly- AbsoTIVEly PosiLOOTly! ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-in-the-late-20s/14868/4 "2000-03-18T04:57:00Z")
23 Skiddoo! Girls with bobbed hair Rudolph Valentino!!! ---
**Author:** ![Federalist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/82dd89/32.png) [@Federalist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Federalist)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-in-the-late-20s/14868/5 "2000-03-18T04:59:00Z")
Stock Market Crash Speak Easy hmm…to be continued ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-in-the-late-20s/14868/6 "2000-03-18T05:13:00Z")
I was sooo close to posting this topic… Route 66 “Hoover Flags” The New Deal Flappers Charles Lindbergh Prohibition Buster Keaton Harry Houdini Charlie Chaplin Aahhh, the good ol’ days… * * * Mike Mulligan had a steam shovel, a beautiful red steam shovel. Her name was Mary Anne. ---
**Author:** ![Squee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@Squee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squee)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-in-the-late-20s/14868/7 "2000-03-18T05:16:00Z")
…Back then we used to wear onions on our belts…which was the style at the time… * * * “Penises don’t belong in the mouth, girls and boys. You’ve got the wrong hole there. Just like you wouldn’t shove pizza up your nose.” -From the **Brother Jed** flyer- ---
**Author:** ![chief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@chief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chief)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-in-the-late-20s/14868/8 "2000-03-18T09:14:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Squee: > \*\*…Back then we used to wear onions on our belts…which was the style at the time… > > \*\* HAHAHAHH!! “I fall in and out of comas all the zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…” * * * Check out my site: [Chief’s Domain](http://www.seas.ucla.edu/~ravi) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-in-the-late-20s/14868/9 "2000-03-18T15:06:00Z")
Ahhhh, yes…I was on the first-string USC football squad in those days…we were scrimmaging in between shots of bootleg Scotch when we received that _fascinating_ invitation from Miss Clara Bow… * * * Uke