We (the wife and I) were watching retro-80's boogie night on one of the music channels on Friday, and I really feel that I should apologise on behalf of my generation for the 80's.

Big hair, lots of blusher, mad painted faces, the bee gee's, bin liner clothing and words like cool and groove-thang.

Mind you I haven't laughed so much in years, the commentator was one groovy cat and the "dancers" were even more spaced.

During one of the songs the Bee Gee's sprang out from behind walls and I almost spilled my drink in fright. Man, they were some ugly dudes.

So there you have it, on behalf of all 30-somethings, we're really sorry for the 80's, we were young and niave.

SD