People are sharing the things they’d like to ‘Just Change It Back To How It Was’ and these 20 get our total support
You know what they say about nostalgia: it ain’t what it used to be.
Be that as it may, sometimes it’s instructive to think back to the way some things used to be – without getting too rage-gammony/’we just want our country back’ about it, if it can be helped.
So when #JustChangeItBackToHowItWas started trending on X (please just change that back to how it was, for starters), people had some great suggestions that we can wholeheartedly get behind.
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What #JustChangeItBackToHowItWas laws do you want to see eg
“All Salt & Vinegar crisp packets by law should be blue”
“Outlaw all 440ml beer and make them full pints”
“Snickers should be made to be called Marathon again”Lets make Britain grate again.
— Martin Lewis (@MartinSLewis) July 11, 2024
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One if these in the foyer of every swimming pool. #JustChangeItBackToHowItWas pic.twitter.com/DEfCYUWU7G
— Matt Oakley (@MattOakleyMojo) July 11, 2024
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#JustChangeItBackToHowItWas pic.twitter.com/S5YcoCcnB3
— Sue H (@SusanneHayes14) July 11, 2024
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The BBC1 Virtual Globe ident, 1991-1997. A work of silent, elegant beauty. #JustChangeItBackToHowItWas pic.twitter.com/WKzM0iGhba
— Ben ️ (@Ben_Symak) July 11, 2024
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Bring back terrifying public service announcements. Modern kids aren’t warned about the dangers of pylons, grain stores and the TV Detector Van like we were. #JustChangeItBackToHowItWas
— Matt Oakley (@MattOakleyMojo) July 11, 2024
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Lucozade in glass bottles with dimples and orange cellophane and all the sugar, for when you are poorly.#JustChangeItBackToHowItWas pic.twitter.com/glKyfpL4mh
— Jane (@localnotail) July 11, 2024
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#justchangeitbacktohowitwas pic.twitter.com/DnH1YbaVF0
— Nathan (@nathblightning4) July 11, 2024
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Kit Kat back into silver foil with a paper wrapper. Running your thumb down the foil between the sticks was work the price of admission alone. Now only available in multipacks I am told. #JustChangeItBackToHowItWas pic.twitter.com/XzHdVpUvjX
— New Wave Wisdom (@wave_wisdom) July 11, 2024
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Stop queuing in single file lines in pubs. Stand at the bar. #justchangeitbacktohowitwas https://t.co/8fh4Hxcbgq
— Matt Oakley (@MattOakleyMojo) July 11, 2024
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#JustChangeItBackToHowItWas
1. James Bond to wear a hat in the gunbarrel opening
2. All chocolate bars revert to their original names
3. John Kettley to do all weather forecasts. The weather has been crap since he stopped doing them.
4. Pineapple on pizza to be outlawed pic.twitter.com/YIFIktXR5I— Nicholas Booth (@Thievesbook) July 11, 2024