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Who gives a crap?

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RosePetalsRose · 25/10/2025 15:07

Has anyone seen these ads advertising toilet paper?
my kids keep repeating it and saying i thought ‘crap’ was a bad word.
I've always thought of it as swearing. It is isnt it? 😂😬

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PuppyMonkey · 25/10/2025 16:54

I thought Thomas Crapper just manufactured a popular brand of toilet. Hence the name on the toilets became very well known.

Must admit, I did wince at the Who Gives a Crap advert when I first saw it. Not as bad as the haemorrhoid wipes called Uranus though.Grin

CrushingOnRubies · 25/10/2025 16:51

my parents having been using that brand for a while and so as some friends. However the local food bank isn’t keen on it being donated because of how users might perceive it.

ScrambledEggs12 · 25/10/2025 16:41

RosePetalsRose · 25/10/2025 16:00

really? Would you be comfortable with your child saying ‘i need a crap’? 😂

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It wouldn't bother me at home, but they know not to say something like that to a teacher. They are 11 and 8.

Nestingbirds · 25/10/2025 16:09

I thought this was going to be a political thread 😂

BallerinaRadio · 25/10/2025 16:01

Weekendwatch · 25/10/2025 15:46

If you made a tentative dinner plan"

yes, just checked my emails and it was you

Weird

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Oh I commented on that but it wasn't me.

BauhausOfEliott · 25/10/2025 16:01

Even if you think of it as a swear word, it’s so incredibly mild that I doubt it’s anything most people would worry about.

I don’t know what the rules are around language in advertising but are you sure your kids are seeing this live on daytime TV? Rather than online or streaming or stuff that’s been recorded on a Sky box?

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RosePetalsRose · 25/10/2025 16:00

ScrambledEggs12 · 25/10/2025 15:13

I have never seen crap as swearing.

really? Would you be comfortable with your child saying ‘i need a crap’? 😂

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Wynter25 · 25/10/2025 15:56

Devilsmommy · 25/10/2025 15:15

Also a sweary fucker but don't see crap as swearing tbh

Same

SpanThatWorld · 25/10/2025 15:55

intrepidpanda · 25/10/2025 15:49

Its borderline. But that's the point. They are trying to seem edgy and cool so that people who see themselves as edgy and cool are prepared to shell out more.

I buy the product as does one of my colleagues. Both in our 50s, we are very far from edgy or cool.

It never occurred to me to find the name vile, offensive or even particularly outrageous. I like the product and I find the subscription service convenient.

YorkshireGoldDrinker · 25/10/2025 15:52

I don't think it's a swear. I always use it in polite company. It's f-bombs otherwise.

intrepidpanda · 25/10/2025 15:49

Its borderline. But that's the point. They are trying to seem edgy and cool so that people who see themselves as edgy and cool are prepared to shell out more.

Weekendwatch · 25/10/2025 15:46

BallerinaRadio · 25/10/2025 15:43

Not guilty on this occasion

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If you made a tentative dinner plan"

yes, just checked my emails and it was you

Weird

BallerinaRadio · 25/10/2025 15:43

Weekendwatch · 25/10/2025 15:43

Yesterday about friend and making plans?

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Not guilty on this occasion

Weekendwatch · 25/10/2025 15:43

BallerinaRadio · 25/10/2025 15:41

I haven't started one. I don't think.

If I did it would probably only lead to another temporary ban 😂

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Yesterday about friend and making plans?

BasicBrumble · 25/10/2025 15:42

My parents thought crap was a swear word and I guess I do too.

However, we do buy the loo roll and I quite like it! Does mean my daughter can't take the empty cardboard rolls to guides for crafting though...

BallerinaRadio · 25/10/2025 15:41

Weekendwatch · 25/10/2025 15:40

@BallerinaRadio what happened to your thread??

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I haven't started one. I don't think.

If I did it would probably only lead to another temporary ban 😂

Weekendwatch · 25/10/2025 15:40

BallerinaRadio · 25/10/2025 15:38

Not buying that bloody woke loo roll no way pal 😂

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@BallerinaRadio what happened to your thread??

EuroTour · 25/10/2025 15:38

lol he didn't invent the ballcock either..

BallerinaRadio · 25/10/2025 15:38

Weekendwatch · 25/10/2025 15:37

Reform voter @AnareticDegree ?

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Not buying that bloody woke loo roll no way pal 😂

Arlanymor · 25/10/2025 15:37

EuroTour · 25/10/2025 15:36

No he didn't... 🚽

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Well the ballcock that enabled modern toilets to become a thing.

Weekendwatch · 25/10/2025 15:37

AnareticDegree · 25/10/2025 15:29

Don't know which is worse, the unnecessary name or the fact the ad people get paid a lot to sit around and think up rubbish like this.

I think it's vile and would never buy the product.

Reform voter @AnareticDegree ?

EuroTour · 25/10/2025 15:36

Arlanymor · 25/10/2025 15:12

I don't really think crap is a swear word these days. Plus Thomas Crapper invented the toilet, so the fact it ever became something even remotely unseemly has always seemed very silly to me.

No he didn't... 🚽

BallerinaRadio · 25/10/2025 15:31

AnareticDegree · 25/10/2025 15:29

Don't know which is worse, the unnecessary name or the fact the ad people get paid a lot to sit around and think up rubbish like this.

I think it's vile and would never buy the product.

Vile? And they say Mumsnet can be a tad hyperbolic!

BallerinaRadio · 25/10/2025 15:31

As Tara's parents would say we should err on the side of caution with this one

AnareticDegree · 25/10/2025 15:29

Don't know which is worse, the unnecessary name or the fact the ad people get paid a lot to sit around and think up rubbish like this.

I think it's vile and would never buy the product.

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