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WWYD? The Saga of the Family Tuna

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PomBearAtTheGatesOfDawn · 27/09/2011 19:43

Bit longwinded but anyone who bears with me can have and
DD has a toy caterpillar named Sydney Tuna, she liberated him from a car boot sale when she was just gone 2 and has adored and worshipped him ever since.
Last Christmas Santa brought his mummy, Mrs. Mabel Tuna, to live with us. She had missed Sydney since he went to seek his fortune, so had written to Santa to ask him to find Sydney, and Santa gave her a lift to our house on his sleigh. Cue rejoicing and carolling and so on....
DD now informs me that this Christmas, Mrs T and Sydney are writing jointly to Santa to find Mr. Tuna, who rejoices in the name Miguel apparently, and is in the army, fighting for the peaceloving resistance caterpillars who want to stop the slaughter between the marmite and the maple syrup factions I kid you not AND I kept a straight face wile DD told me all this
So... and if you're still with me, a thousand thanks... I can lay my hands on a caterpillar identical to Mrs. Tuna, but how can I make him look like he's been liberated from the army/prisoner of war camp/somewhere else suitable to have kept him away for a long time? I thought about him having been kidnapped by Pirates to explain where he's been all these years, and that was when DD came out with the stuff about the army... any suggestions? DD is 9 and I think this could be the last year for Santa for her, we've had some pointed questions that I have so far lied my way out of managed by the skin of my teeth, so I want to do Mr. Tuna's homecoming right...

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CristinadellaPizza · 28/09/2011 23:56

I think I love you too a bit pombear and wish you were my mum

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PomBearAtTheGatesOfDawn · 28/09/2011 23:09

We found maple syrup in Aldi of all places today, so I am thinking that he might bring both syrup and marmite to show how he has been working tirelessly to bring peace to both sides in this long long war...
He's lots of different colours rainbow, and is plush, and looks more manly than Mrs. T somehow so that bit should work out OK I hope. He has one pair of pink legs which will be the ones to be amputated/scarred/wooden I think, depending on what I end up doing with them.
Santa is going to drop him off - Santa doesn't wrap the presents in our house he saw a crying baby polar bear about two years ago and was reminded about how many trees wrapping paper KILLS so he stopped using it and just leaves the gifts in one of those big giftbags for each person. Miguel will be strategically positioned beside DDs bag, with a note from Santa telling the exciting story of the gallant rescue - After receiving the letter from Mabel and Sydney, Santa went in search of Miguel and found him, halfway through an escape tunnel, pursued by Baddies. By swooping down low in the sleigh, Mr T. was able to grab hold of the runner with his remaining 18 legs and cling on tightly all the way to our house where he will remain in comfort for the rest of his life... or that's the plan so far anyway - these things have a habit of getting away from me and taking on a life of their own
I toyed with having him in a parachute, dangling from a bush or the garage roof or something, but the logistics were a bit much, and if it was bad weather or someone went past and stole him it would be too awful so Santa is going to bring him I think.

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chocolaterainbow · 28/09/2011 23:00

If he's machine washable.... why don't you dye him a manly colour?? in the washing machine?

I think your DD is very sweet :)

Honeydragon · 28/09/2011 22:57

I think it's important to make dh pay feel included, how is Miguel going to arrive on Christmas morning!

NormanTheForeman · 28/09/2011 22:51

You can buy maple syrup quite easily you know!

stealthsquiggle · 28/09/2011 22:48

I think it is the least Miguel would want to do for his son's foster family. A case, appropriately labelled, would be a lovely gesture on his part as long as DH pays

Salmotrutta · 28/09/2011 22:47

D'you know what?
I think this has been one of the most joyous and lovely threads I've ever read on here
I love it!
I was going to suggest a patch to match the beret PomBears but I see you have it covered.
Will he have ration packs?

NormanTheForeman · 28/09/2011 22:44

I'm afraid I don't have any useful information to add, but , speaking as a Playmobil citizen, I think it all sounds wonderful!

pyjamasinbananas · 28/09/2011 22:38

I recommend tying a bottle to each leg

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PomBearAtTheGatesOfDawn · 28/09/2011 22:36

DH loves you apparently! I may look into it if DH is paying

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pyjamasinbananas · 28/09/2011 22:34

No!!! It's nice that Miguel wanted to being you and your DH a gift. After all you have housed his wife and son whilst he's been gallivanting imprisoned

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PomBearAtTheGatesOfDawn · 28/09/2011 22:25

Does anyone think that bottles of San Miguel beer would be a "step too far" even for Santa? DH has finally perked at the mention of marmite, and, as I tried to explain this lot to him, suggested a case of it would be a nice gesture on the part of Mr. T to his new family... not convinced

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travailtotravel · 28/09/2011 21:26

Restored my faith in humanity, this thread.

I'll vote for Miguel too!

CristinadellaPizza · 28/09/2011 19:57

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PomBearAtTheGatesOfDawn · 28/09/2011 16:45

We're trying to rearrange and evict her brother so the boys are in one room and DD has her six by six feet shoebox room to herself. So far we've bought a lot of "stuff" and looked at a lot of paint colours, but hopefully she says slightly desperately by Christmas, it will all be done and there will be room for DD and the Tuna family while the brothers, and pandas, and dinosaurs, and assorted hangers on are in the other room... if not I expect she would cheerfully cast her brothers out into the snow to make room for Mr. T and not give them another thought

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CristinadellaPizza · 28/09/2011 16:15

OMG I had no idea he was that big! Blimey, is there room for your DD in her room? :o

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PomBearAtTheGatesOfDawn · 28/09/2011 15:34

He's not all that teeny Cristina, he's almost five feet long, about the same height as DD!

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CristinadellaPizza · 28/09/2011 15:17

You should get him one of those teeny tiny individual pots of Marmite to put in his teeny tiny camo rucksack

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PomBearAtTheGatesOfDawn · 28/09/2011 15:04

which looks like I need a wee but I don't honest
Sydney would share the marmite happily because it's not sweeties and sweeties are what Sydney has sharing issues with with everyone I think, he's a very well brought up caterpillar.
It's the pandas you have to watch out for No3 son has a panda collection second only to Imelda Marcos' shoes and has been told that there will be No More Pandas, which was in fact a blatant lie because pandas are so cute but that's a whole other thread..

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LtEveDallas · 28/09/2011 14:43

PomBear,

Have packed you up a shirt and rank slide in fetching Desert Cbt. I've also sent you Miguel a special surprise

Will post on my way home, so with any luck you'll get it by Fri

Dawndonna · 28/09/2011 14:40

leave a tin of smoked paprika lying somewhere near. (tesco do it).
Perhaps he can have liberated a couple of pomegranates too (national fruit of spain).

I too am desperate to know what happens. Keep us posted, what an imagination!

stealthsquiggle · 28/09/2011 14:33

..but would Sydney share his marmite with anyone? Wouldn't it end up being Sydney's most prized possession not to be touched by anyone, ever (or does that sort of thing only happen in our house?)

(to give some perspective, we were nearly late for school this morning because the large cuddly lobster (Cabbage) couldn't find the small cuddly lobster (Sprout) and was distraught)

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PomBearAtTheGatesOfDawn · 28/09/2011 14:28

I was thinking scars under the bandages so when Mabel and Sydney have Nursed him Back to Health, he will have the scars to show off his Honourable Wounds, and they will get him out of going back to the army any more can't have him AWOL
Sydney is 7 so I am reliably informed (we don't count the Time Before He Live With Us, that's just Dim and Distant Past or Futile Youth ) I am sort of drawn to a jar of marmite in his rucksack/kitbag/luggage - he has been a prisoner and fighting so it would have been hard to find presents and Daddy love Marmite and eats one of those HUGE cost a fiver size jars a WEEK so it will be very gratefully received

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snigger · 28/09/2011 13:58

I am late to this thread, but I have to say I'd be tempted to vote for Miguel Tuna.

I think you should spend the weeks between now and December producing "Free Miguel Tuna" posters.

OTheHugeWerewolef · 28/09/2011 13:41

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