21st Century Dodos: A Collection of Endangered Objects (and Other Stuff)

Brought to you by KeVkRaY 

Steve Stack

21st Century Dodos

A Collection of Endangered Objects (and Other Stuff)

Dedication

For Ethan and Martha
who have never heard of most of the things in this book,
the poor, deprived children

Contents

Title Page

Dedication

Introduction

At the Cutting Edge of Technology

Audio Cassettes

Mixtapes

VHS

Betamax

Minidiscs

Laserdiscs

Polaroid Cameras

Home Computers

Loading Computer Games from Tape

Printer Paper with Holes

Dial-up Modems

Basic

Compact Discs

Sony Walkman

In the Home

Rotary Dial Telephones

One Phone in the Home

Trimphones

Directory Enquiries

Toothpaste Tubes Made of Metal

Jif

Creamola Foam

Milkshake Straws

Duo Cans

Black and White Television

In the Neighbourhood

White Dog Poo

Whistling

Bob-a-Job Week

Raleigh Chopper

Raleigh Grifter

Roller Skates

Ring Pulls

Cap Guns

Routemaster Buses

Bus Conductors

Playing in the Streets

Election Vans with Loudspeakers

Nuns

Telephone Boxes

Rag and Bone Men

Cars

Slam Door Trains

Milk Bottle Deliveries

Fizzy Pop Deliveries

Christmas Boxes

On the High Street

Petrol Pump Attendants

Green Shield Stamps

High Street Names

Woolworths

Midland Bank

C&A

Our Price

Athena

Television Rental Shops

Fish and Chips Wrapped in Newspaper

Keeping CDs Behind the Counter

Half-day Closing

Record Tokens

At School

Blackboards

Blackboard Rubbers

Antiseptic in the Playground

Calculator Watches

Satchels

Ice Cream Bricks

Corporal Punishment

Bulldog

Schools’ Programmes Countdown Clock

On Television and Radio

Answers on a Postcard

Buzby

Humphrey

Grandstand

World of Sport

Massive Viewing Figures

Closedown

Advertising Slogans

B-sides

Interludes

Green Cross Code Man

Television Stations

The Watershed

Analogue Television

Teletext

In the Cinema

National Anthem

Commissionaires

Usherettes

Newsreels

Smoking Sections

Intermissions

Waiting Ages for American Films to Come out

Local Cinema Adverts

Saturday Morning Cinema

Projectionists

B Movies

In the Newsagent

10p Mix-up Bag

Look-in

Sweet Tobacco

Mandy

Marathon

Opal Fruits

Playhour

Texan Bars

Bunty

Cheeky Weekly

Candy Cigarettes

Nestles

Nougat

Look and Learn

Smarties Tubes

Smash Hits

Spangles

Liquorice Pipes

Maverick Bar

All the Other Stuff

Post Office Tower Restaurant

Telegrams

Carbon Copy Paper

Concorde

Passing Back to the Goalie

Football Rattles

Typewriters

Penfriends

Tennent’s Lager Can Girls

Countries that No Longer Exist

English Counties that No Longer Exist

Telegrams from the Queen

Lighthouse-keepers

Pipe Smoking

Chest Expanders

Handwritten Letters

Football Pools

Spot the Ball

Imperial Measurements

Net Cord Judges

Car Chokes

Two Spaces after a Full Stop

The Word ‘Wireless’

Coins and Notes

The End?

Further Reading

Thanks

About the Author

Other Books by Steve Stack

Copyright

About the Publisher

Introduction

There are many thousands of endangered species on the planet. If you include animals, insects, and plants, then about three different species become extinct every hour of every day. That’s over 26,000 a year. A truly staggering number, I am sure you’ll agree. And every single one of these extinctions is, of course, a tragedy, but, let’s be honest, we haven’t really noticed. When the last Bolivian centipede pops its hundred clogs it will be sad, but will make bugger all difference to our daily lives.