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Are Wombles real??

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fucketynamechanged · 13/05/2018 00:52

Just had an argument with a friend... is there an actual species called Wombles or were they made up creatures?

Thank you

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ohfortuna · 13/05/2018 01:54

thats the wombles not the moths, moths obviously cant knit whereas wombles have an oppose-able thumb

Pinga · 13/05/2018 01:53

As a child I desperately wanted my very own Wombling bag. A white bag with a large red W on it for collecting the things the folk leave behind.

Sigh.

ohfortuna · 13/05/2018 01:52

wombles can eat plastic, their gut bacteria contains organisms which break it down
the gut bacteria in question are thought to originate in a species of moth which is able to digest plastic

they also shred it up and weave/'knit' it into clothing and textiles for their burrows

NaughtToThreeSadOnions · 13/05/2018 01:46

Endangered species now, plastics not helping. Find your inner womble.

I would have thought bettybaggins that the over polification of plastic rubbish would absolutely help wombles, just think of all the stuff they could use it for.

Carrying the othef rubbish they collect
Storing things in the bottles
Using the bags for clothes
......

One of the few if not the only creature helped by plastic rubbish.

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fucketynamechanged · 13/05/2018 01:36

I didn't even think of google either Blush

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Mistoffelees · 13/05/2018 01:35

As a child not familiar with London place names I mangled it even more. I thought it was a person singing that line and that it said "the wombles are Wimbledon, common are we" i.e. wombles are rare, Wimbledon must be a synonym for rare seeing as the next part was saying that people are common

Littlechocola · 13/05/2018 01:29

Where do you think the whole recycling movement came from?

Littlechocola · 13/05/2018 01:28

Obviously they are real. Uncle Bulgaria is my actual uncle.

QOD · 13/05/2018 01:28

Oooh I can use this again!!

Are Wombles real??
WhippetyStourie · 13/05/2018 01:27

TyneTeas I also thought ( as a child) that wombles were common ( not posh).

ohfortuna · 13/05/2018 01:26

similar to badgers in that they live in underground burrows, I believe that wombline tuberculosis has had an impact on numbers...think they may be endangered now?

ohfortuna · 13/05/2018 01:23

yes they a species in the family Mustelidae, which also includes the otters, polecats, badgers, weasels, and wolverines

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fucketynamechanged · 13/05/2018 01:16

Blush yes it's me. Yes drink taken but not that much. Thank fuck I namechanged before asking!!!

I genuinely thought that Wombles were real creatures that the Wombles were based on, like Beatrix potter and Mrs Tiggywinkle is a hedgehog

I will apologise to my friend. Thank you for clarifying

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LilQueenie · 13/05/2018 01:15

would it scar you for life if I told you they were just puppets?

and which one of you is called Eddie? Grin

BlushingCrows · 13/05/2018 01:15

Of course they are real! I often stop for a chat with Orinoco when I go for a walk on Wimbledon Common. Ignore the haters WinkGrin

Shockers · 13/05/2018 01:11

Yup, they’re real.

Tomsk was my first love.

AvoidingDM · 13/05/2018 01:10

Tyneteas I'm with you. Common are we.

Of course Wombles are real. They hide out with the haggis in the hills when they aren't at Wimbledon. They are decended from Highland Cows, that's why Uncle Bulgaria wore tartan.

fascinated · 13/05/2018 01:08

Has drink been taken, OP?

tobee · 13/05/2018 01:06

Yes they are real and they all sound like Bernard Cribbins when they speak but like Mike Batt when they sing.

mrsprefect · 13/05/2018 01:04

I thought there was a comma between Wimbledon and (lower case) common, meaning there was a lot of them*

I thought that until right this secondBlush

TyneTeas · 13/05/2018 01:03

ie

The Wombles of Wimbledon Common are we

V.

The Wombles of Wimbledon, common are we

ButtonMoonPig · 13/05/2018 01:03

Absolutely a real species. They appeared on Top of the Pops a few years back. These days they prefer to lie low, out of the spotlight.

lottiegarbanzo · 13/05/2018 01:01

How tall are they really? Like small bears, large moles, rabbits or badgers?

TyneTeas · 13/05/2018 01:00

I always misheard the lyrics when I was little.

I thought there was a comma between Wimbledon and (lower case) common, meaning there was a lot of them

Numbkinnuts · 13/05/2018 00:58

I have to keep my dog on a lead when I walk her on Wimbledon Common as she has a terrible habit of sniffing them out and chasing them.

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