to love the new pombear emoticon?

[ZombiePlan]

Just wanted to use it really...

BTW when are we actually supposed to use it? Have read the thread in classics but there doesn't seem to be any consensus what the is for.

[keepingupwiththejoneses]

[thisisyesterday]

do you remember when they used to be called
pom bar?

[ZombiePlan]

TBH I hadn't heard of them until two days ago. Am keen to find out more though - s are on my shopping list

[PhishFoodAddiction]

[pombear]

Love them. You can get paprika ones abroad but never found them in England yet, they are yum!

[muggglewump]

[pombear]

I may have purchased a multipack of cheese and onion today.

[PhishFoodAddiction]

oh mine didn't work how do you do it?!

[TattyDevine]

I suggest it get used if someone is being a bit middle class. That's the spirit in which it was originally used. Mad posh couple at dinner party, bit of awkwardness, hubby cheerfully pipes up "pom bear, anyone?"

So if someone is being a bit batty and middle class, draw attention to the fact by offering them a pom bear.

"One is not sure whether to go the Boden hotch potch or the Joules polo tee".

"Pom bear, anyone?"

etc

[muggglewump]

Oh it doesn't work for me

[pantaloons]

where are they? I can't find mine. Sob sob.

[BertieBotts]

I like :) But they clash slightly with the highlighted OP's posts - so mainly you can just see a pair of eyes and nose!

Don't pom bears have a mouth, not a nose though? Or have they changed it for copyright reasons?

I remember them being Pom Bär.

[PerArduaAdNauseum]

testing, testing

[ZombiePlan]

put 'bear' in square brackets...

[PerArduaAdNauseum]

hurrah!

[Lotkinsgonecurly]

[Lotkinsgonecurly]

Love it

[pantaloons]

[ZombiePlan]

they are v cute, aren't they...

[pantaloons]

yay! Thank you.

[bramblebooks]

Guess what I bought today.

[Akkad]

Very cute.
Am I the only one who thinks it looks like an orange chocolate chip cookie?
Was too lazy to do --s :o

[TotorosOcarina]

this place is nutty!

[TootaLaFruit]

I love it!

I agree with TattyDevine, it's for when someone is being a bit hoity-toity. Or to diffuse a situation perhaps. Or for gift buying purposes: "should I get very fussy and spoilt DD this or this one? I cannot get this wrong, she will kill me!"

[PhishFoodAddiction]

thank you Zombie

[harpsichordcarrier]

[thisisyesterday]

ooh get you bertie with your proper a in bar