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To want to smash my telly up during ad breaks on Nick Jr?

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Minimoog · 06/04/2013 03:02

DS likes Peppa Pig and Ben & Holly, (DH & I do too Blush ) so I put Nick Jr on at times throughout the day. Apart from Dora The Explorer (AAAGH) I don't have a problem with the programmes, just the sodding adverts!! The ones I find particularly bile-inducing are the ones advertising naff plastic toot toys for little girls that have the nauseating women singing shite over the top of it all! You know the ones, the ads for Barbies (that all do the same thing, hair changes colour but they market them in different outfits to make it look like they're different dolls), etc. Especially La La Loopsies ads. (They're freaky, they all look like Coraline anyway, and that sodding colour change mermaid. KILL IT WITH FIRE).

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DannyJB2004 · 24/02/2026 01:07

Now we’re talking.

Airwalk79 · 10/04/2013 08:49

We've just caved and ordered a inkoo! It's dds birthday soon and that's the only thing she really wants.
Has anyone got one? they appear to be like rocking horse shit, just hope it's not shit!
I hate adverts, generally if she goes on about wanting what's on them I say that she will have to just watch cbeebies where there is none, that stops it for a while!

DuttyWine · 10/04/2013 08:29

Oh lelli kelli makes beautiful shoes, oh yeah! Grin

I agree they are worth the money and feel a little bit sad dd has grown out of them.

AlexReidsLonelyBraincell · 10/04/2013 05:32

Think Lelli Kelly may be Italian, they are pricey and hideous but I've got to say they are beautifully made, last forever and can go in the washing machine and come out good as new.
Dc1 gets a pair of sparkly plimsolls every summer, I was hesitant at first but they are worth the money, and she loves sparkly tat. The make up free gift usually 'disappears' after a day or so though. :)

Panzee · 10/04/2013 04:34

Agh, Stompeez. My mum bought my 3 year old a pair. He keeps trying to jump down the stairs in them. "But the advert says I can..."

I see they have changed the name of the One Eyed Monster ones though :o

CouthySaysEatChoccyEggs · 10/04/2013 04:04

Be thankful that the Hannah FUCKING Montana craze is over. DD was just the 'right' age for that one. One day I will hunt that overblown Barbie down and tie her to a chair and force her to listen to her own whiny fucking voice for 2 years solid like I had to...

CouthySaysEatChoccyEggs · 10/04/2013 04:02

That's it, those Poopsy pets. It SHITS RAINBOWS.

CouthySaysEatChoccyEggs · 10/04/2013 03:59

There is one advert for some sort of doll with a pet unicorn that actually shits rainbows. I kid you not.

I'm so glad my DD is 15...

She still wants one of those fecking Yuu bags though. Confused

CouthySaysEatChoccyEggs · 10/04/2013 03:57

I tend to want to smash my TV up any time Nick Jr is on...

In my defence, after 10 years of it, over DS1, DS2, and now DS3, it's hardly surprising, is it?!

RafaellaNhaKyria · 10/04/2013 03:33

Is Lelli Kelly American? I'd never even heard of it until it was mentioned on MN.

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Minimoog · 10/04/2013 03:08

Skratta, can I help? Bloody Barbie!
Not Poopsy pets, but has anyone seen that bloody toy dacshund that does a crap? WTF is all that about??? Shock

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BigBoobiedBertha · 10/04/2013 01:48

KatytheCleaningLady - Yes, I've seen Poopsy Pets. Classic. Pooping little gems or whatever it is. Even the DC are Hmm about them. I somehow don't see that one making the must have toys for Christmas list. Grin

saulaboutme · 10/04/2013 01:42

Hate ads full stop! Especially on the Nick channels.
Who ever is watching it is on "mute duty" for the ads. If I keep hearing them it goes off so they are very good at it.
A woman I used to babysit for used to say ads were poison to childrens minds, and I thought " what a mad bitch"
Turns out she was f ing right!!

skratta · 10/04/2013 01:29

Should add, she didn't bleach the hair, just coloured it white!

skratta · 10/04/2013 01:29

I hate Barbie adverts. They make me want to go out and personally hunt down every single Barbie in the world, pull of her stupid clothes, bleach her hair and scribble on its face. Like dd3 did when she was little (she now eight though).

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Minimoog · 10/04/2013 01:25

Actually guys, I've also remembered the Barbie films trailers on at the moment. Oh for crying out loud. Barbie and her pal singing 'wherever you gooo in thiiis world'....
Kill me please Angry

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Minimoog · 10/04/2013 01:22

LOL Lovecat! It's so irritating when they keep repeating the same thing over and over. A while back we used to put it on because of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and the sponsors then were Vtech with this pen & book set that speak, so every break you'd hear the sodding book say 'LIGHTNING MCQUEEN'. FFS! Happily the only channels ds likes at the moment are Nick Jr and Cbeebies. (He did like Baby TV, and that can make me homicidal if it's on during the day so i've managed to phase that out...)
Bless your dd Dutty! I hope ds feels the same way in time! Grin

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Lovecat · 07/04/2013 16:36

Hah, just you wait til they discover the Disney XD channel. Every FUCKING programme on it is currently sponsored by Oz the Great & Powerful. If I have to hear that CUNTING monkey say 'of course I like bananas, I'm a monkey!' once more I may have to do serious violence to the TV...

DuttyWine · 07/04/2013 16:15

Don't despair too much, dd is 9 tomorrow and announced this morning "mum theses adverts are soooo annoying on these kids channels" unfortunately ds is one so got a bit longer to endure! The worst one was a Barbie one a couple of years back which sang "every girl has fun at Barbie wooooorrrlllld.com!"

raisah · 06/04/2013 21:12

La La Loopsies look evil & freaky, whoever designed that are sick and should be shot.

SoWhatIfImWorkingClass · 06/04/2013 20:12

That Baby Born doll that swims! Arrrrgh!

natwebb79 · 06/04/2013 15:25

OP, you have actually pretty much quoted what I say every time those bloody adverts come on! Grrr!

fairylightsinthesnow · 06/04/2013 14:24

or should that be Hollies?

fairylightsinthesnow · 06/04/2013 14:24

YANBU. we have the same problem. With a few exceptions, DS and DDs favourites are on Nick Jr. Its not so much the content of the ads as the length of the breaks, as someone said upthread, you've told them more Pep and then it doesn't come on. Am loving some of the new Ben and Hollys though Smile

sneezecakesmum · 06/04/2013 11:38

CBBC/cbeebies??