You guys should form a support group for the most aggrieved first world problem bearers in history. This is even worse than when Waitrose ran out of organic rhas al hanout and my dinner party was like totally ruined.
They really are not very PC in the cold light of 2020. A 14 year old and a 16 year old jetting round the world to steal giant squid and evil murdererising by giant clam and leopard whiskers.
I still havet got over THAT scene in Elephant Adventure tbh
Pooh is hilarious. Absolutely vital to my childhood, don’t know how my parents read them without creasing up.
The Mr Men books are a bit meh, though. Mr Tickle is clearly some kind of sex pest, Mr Strong a poor advert for ‘roids, Mr Clever is a smug mansplainer and poor old Mr Bump is clearly actually Mr Dyspraxic, did noone tell RH it’s wicked to mock the afflicted?
Someone should do a “woke” parody of Hal and Roger Hunt as PETA activists.
Although that may already be satire imitating life given that I see someone has in fact created a follow-on series with Hal’s son and Roger’s daughter as the hero and heroine. Icky.
How can anyone dis Pooh? I fricking loved those books and the ideas within them.
“Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind.
‘Pooh!’ he whispered.
‘Yes, Piglet?’
‘Nothing,’ said Piglet, taking Pooh’s paw. ‘I just wanted to be sure of you.”
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Roger Hargreaves says bovvered
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Sexist too. Although kids liked them
still got box sets of Winnie the Pooh and Beatrix Potter too that we’ve never read as they make me want to go postal with their pointless tweeness
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You guys should form a support group for the most aggrieved first world problem bearers in history. This is even worse than when Waitrose ran out of organic rhas al hanout and my dinner party was like totally ruined.
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keep your hair on, skoda driver
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if u still got any
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It's best when they get on to captain underpants and willard price
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I fkn loved Willard Price. I imagine if I reread them I’d be horrified at the old skool white privilege
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They really are not very PC in the cold light of 2020. A 14 year old and a 16 year old jetting round the world to steal giant squid and evil murdererising by giant clam and leopard whiskers.
I still havet got over THAT scene in Elephant Adventure tbh
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Pooh is hilarious. Absolutely vital to my childhood, don’t know how my parents read them without creasing up.
The Mr Men books are a bit meh, though. Mr Tickle is clearly some kind of sex pest, Mr Strong a poor advert for ‘roids, Mr Clever is a smug mansplainer and poor old Mr Bump is clearly actually Mr Dyspraxic, did noone tell RH it’s wicked to mock the afflicted?
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I loved Willard Price, too.
Someone should do a “woke” parody of Hal and Roger Hunt as PETA activists.
Although that may already be satire imitating life given that I see someone has in fact created a follow-on series with Hal’s son and Roger’s daughter as the hero and heroine. Icky.
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I’m currently engaged in an experiment to see if there’s a limit to how long my three year old can watch Paw Patrol for. It seems there isn’t.
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my 5 year old loves them. I think you are all a bit poe faced tbh
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I'm guessing Famous Five hasnt aged well.
Not looking forward to my memories of those books being tarnished when we get to them.
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How can anyone dis Pooh? I fricking loved those books and the ideas within them.
“Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind.
‘Pooh!’ he whispered.
‘Yes, Piglet?’
‘Nothing,’ said Piglet, taking Pooh’s paw. ‘I just wanted to be sure of you.”
Call it twee but I think it’s touching.
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We have some of the mrs' old ladybird books salvaged from her old dears' loft. Some of them are so fooking dark. Little red riding hood in particular.
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They are ACE
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‘This is even worse than when Waitrose ran out of organic rhas al hanout and my dinner party was like totally ruined. ‘
I’d have cancelled tbh
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