...to be sniggering inside as DD reads to me?

[Galena]

DD is reading me Swallows and Amazons.

Every time she reads the name 'Titty' I want to snigger.

IA so NBU!

Dontcha agree?

[cuntinghomicidalcardigan]

My 3.5yo loves famous five. I love when she's handing out characters for us to pretend a story and she says to me 'you're Anne, dbro is Julian and I'm George... Daddy is Dick'. Makes me snigger every time

[cuntinghomicidalcardigan]

So YANBU!

[Galena]

Oh yes, Famous Five is another favourite. They should make a partnership - Dick and Titty. Who else could be in their gang?

[cuntinghomicidalcardigan]

Aunt Fanny?

[appleoftheluck]

Fanny from The Magic Faraway Tree

[Reluctant2ndtimer]

Fannie is in their gang isn't she?
Ds and I are reading the faraway tree at the mo, last night cousin Rick got into big trouble for eating someone's knocker. It was a beautiful knocker and he's a bad boy!

[DiseasesOfTheSheep]

sniggers

Good choice though.

[Galena]

[LittleFishBigOcean]

I'd love to read Seallows and Amazons to my class. They'd love it. But one or the other of us (I include myself in that) would giggle every time.

[Galena]

DH suggests Bottom from Midsummer night's dream...

[Galena]

LittleFish you could read it but substitute in 'Kitty' for 'Titty'

[Wardrobespierre]

I took dd glass blowing for her 8th birthday. Every time that chap explained the need to stick his poker into his red hot glory hole, I kept a straight face. I deserve a fricking medal.

[VioletVaccine]

My DS first learned to read with Thomas the Tank Engine books. He always called the portly gentleman in charge of all the engines, "The Fat Cunt Roller"

[Charley50]

violet!
I read Swallows and Amazons to my DS and I had to change Titty to something else.

[Talisin]

I remember reading Swallows and Amazons as a child (a very, very long time ago) and sniggering at Titty so it is by no means a new problem.

[Momamum]

wardrobespierre, haven't got a medal, so here's a

Lovely birthday present, btw.

[novemberchild]

Is it Cousin Rick now? It was Cousin Dick when I read it in the 80's!

[Galena]

DD's teacher was singing a song as they lined up at the end of the day... 'Willaby, wallaby ', so for example...
'Willaby, wallaby Worence, into the line comes Florence...'

It was all going so well until she got to Frank.

[Galena]

novemberchild Rick in Faraway Tree... Dick in famous 5

[MrsNutella]

Reading this thread, it was amusing, of course titty, funny and dick are funny. I chuckled. I would struggle to read that to my kids without smirking at least a little bit.

But when I got to "Willaby wallaby...." And had to think it through with Frank. That killed me. Thanks op, that will have me chuckling for ages

And YANBU

[SweetpeaToadfoot]

We've just been listening to an audiobook of Oliver Twist. Every time 'Master Bates' was mentioned I was

[SoupDragon]

No, it was Dick in the Faraway Tree too. and Fanny.

[Galena]

Obviously the Faraway Tree has been 'updated' then.

As for Willaby Wallaby, it wouldn't have been so bad except that it was Open day and there about 6 parents in the classroom behind the teacher, desperately trying not to explode...

[Curioushorse]

The Owl and the pussycat poem.

(The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a five-pound note.
The Owl looked up to the stars above,
And sang to a small guitar,
"O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love,
What a beautiful Pussy you are,
You are,
You are!
What a beautiful Pussy you are!)

[cuntinghomicidalcardigan]

Faraway tree has been updated. I was most upset to find out! I just snigger when reading as in my head they are and will always be Dick and Fanny, not these Rick and Frannie imposters!!