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Serious Sylvanian Families Question...

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10PercentMoreBanana · 23/04/2019 21:13

Inspired by the 'things wrong with Peppa Pig' thread...

Can we talk about how Sylvanian Families have horse-drawn carriages? Is this some sort of slavery thing?

AFAIK there doesn't seem to be a clothes-wearing horse family, but there are horses, carriages and stables in the catalogue. I can't find any other websites questioning this, and that seems weird...

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10PercentMoreBanana · 23/04/2019 22:49

DointItForTheKids

~Reads post. Looks at clotted cream ice cream. Puts bowl down.~

Cheers for that.

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SrSteveOskowski · 23/04/2019 22:54

Never mind Sylvania families and the strange things that go on there.
I'm more concerned about why Winnie the Pooh always goes bottomless? Confused

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10PercentMoreBanana · 23/04/2019 22:57

SrSteveOskowski Or, more pressingly, where does all the honey he eats go? Does he go pantsless for easy access with a stitch-picker?

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Pugpigprick · 23/04/2019 23:00

Or how in Pingu the parents are always ironing clothes and yet they're always naked? Unless they're enslaved to a human family who pay them fish?

Antibles · 23/04/2019 23:02

Humans are animals too and we have pets...

I saw a cute nature programme once with a chimpanzee playing with a squirrelly thing (technical term).

Ants farm aphids.

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10PercentMoreBanana · 23/04/2019 23:09

Antibles Shhhh... I'm on serious painkillers right now and your facts are tripping me out further!!

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LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 23/04/2019 23:09

I’m sorry but animals in people clothes is beyond creepy. The mice on the mouse organ in Bagpuss freaked the crap out of me as a small child.

Babdoc · 23/04/2019 23:15

LordProfFekkothePenguin, if you want a laugh, look up the video of Scousepuss online. He sups lager, smokes fags and moans about his hangover while the mice from the mouse organ sing a scurrilous song about stealing stuff, to the tune of the original “ We will mend it”. My adult kids love it!

winecigsandchoc · 23/04/2019 23:49

Ok- how about this- on the clangers the grandma clanger is always knitting- BUT THEIR SKIN IS MADE OUT OF KNITTING.

Soooo she's either channeling buffalo bill and they are all cool with that OR they all have no actual skin and are wearing head to toe jumpers. Fucking terrifying.

MitziK · 24/04/2019 00:00

I think they started off as Amish Slave Traders. That's the only possible explanation.

Orlandointhewilderness · 24/04/2019 00:25

Jeez wine that's properly dark stuff that is!!!Grin

winecigsandchoc · 24/04/2019 07:21

I know @Orlandointhewilderness but once you see it you can't un-see it!

Coniferhedge · 24/04/2019 07:32

See, I would have said it’s because horses are a bit hard to dress and would just look weird rather than cute in clothes, being permanently on four legs and all. Look at the way My Little Pony characters have been anthropomorphised into The Equestria Girls.

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10PercentMoreBanana · 24/04/2019 07:44

But Coniferhedge, explain that alongside all the other Sylvanians that normally walk on all fours!

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user1494055864 · 24/04/2019 16:57

It's thanks to the sylvanian families, that we can no longer eat peaches here.

GoJetterGirl · 24/04/2019 18:25

I’ve always wondered about the DeBerg family, they’re a family of sylvanian penguins, as if you’re going to spot a penguin in sylvania 🙄

DustyDustyKeyboard · 25/04/2019 12:33

user1494055864

There's a story there! Do share!

janeybumtum · 25/04/2019 12:41

I've seen a sylvanian roast dinner but then they have families of poultry....there are some ducks, I think one is the mayor. The penguins just look completely out of place, I can only assume they own the seafood restaurant which appeared in more recent years.

Debenhamshandtowel · 26/04/2019 08:46

Just been and had a chat with our Sylvanians.

Mummy Chocolate Rabbit is now a Radical Feminist after after spending so much of her life cooking and cleaning for all the other Sylvanians. She’s happy to have a washing machine that goes round and round but doesn’t understand why none of the male Sylvanians seem able to use it. They all seem too busy driving camper vans or delivering pizza.

She’s hijacked said camper van and took the camping set and her and some other Sylvanian females have moved to Playmo land. It’s more equal there and Kylie is treating them well. There is also lots of tea which Sylvanians like.

DustyDustyKeyboard · 26/04/2019 21:26

I think Mummy Silk Cat ran off with the Tiger Postman in ours...

winecigsandchoc · 27/04/2019 22:14

Just thought of another one- we have many, many, longstanding conversations in our house about the plot on in the night garden (me and DH not the kids)- so far we have

  • Macca Pacca is actually Smacca Pacca and is a scooter driving drug dealer of crystal meth/ crack. This explains his constant obsession with polishing rocks/his bags under his eyes/lives in a cave/ always in bed
  • the Pontipines and the wotingers are two gangs embroiled in an awkwardly placed drug war/NDN dispute
-the haawhos are like the police or the grown ups that don't really know what's going on -upsy daisy is being pimped out by iggle piggle and has to lift her skirt up whenever he asks and always have her bed nearby.

Watch it in this frame of mind and IT ALL MAKES SENSE. In a breaking bad kind of way.

You're welcome.

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