to think "Pom Bear, anyone?" is quite likely to be the funniest thing I will laugh at all year?

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If you have no idea what I mean see this thread - worth staying up past bedtime for!

will never be able to see a packet without doing this from now on

I bought some Pom Bears in the supermarket this morning and plan to offer them around at Rugby Tots this afternoon. That should out any lurking MN-ers

Absolute brilliance

Turps anyone?

There needs to be a set coded response doesn't there? So we 'know'.

For example:

Scenario 1
A friendly mum offers you a Pom Bear. You look at her questioningly before accepting Pom Bear. She smiles, you smile but neither of you is quite sure what you are smiling at

versus

Sceanrio 2
A friendly mum offers you a Pom Bear. You look at her questioningly and say

"That's odd. Can you smell turps?"

She replies
"er no, but do you want a pom bear" = non MNer

She replies
"Cuckoo Cuckoo" = Definite Mner

What do you think?

Oh, I am so going to serve Pom Bears as well as cake when I have some other mums round next week.

DD will be 6mo and was considering a cake... Colin the caterpillar with sparklers in maybe?

SlightlyJaded, best thread all year!

YANBU best thread in a long time and I have been randomly giggling all day at it

Slightly I agree with scenario 2 as the standard response, now I'll be offering PB's to everyone just to see who MN's!

I have never had a Pom bear. There doesnt seem to be a pom bear emoticon either suppose I shall have a

My favourite moment was that vision of the whole Chopsy family, lazing around on Christmas Day in their pants and party hats and feeding glace cherries to the dog.

I think I love them.

Bollocks.

I just spat tea all over my iPad and made my ds cry when I suddenly burst out laughing.

Fookin hilarious.

"Pom bear, anyone" actually made me do that 'sharp intake of breath/laugh at the same time' thing where you end up choking.

A Mumsnet first for me.

I hope you will pass our appreciation on to your dh SJ

Lounging around in pants eating pom bears could lead to a 'pom bear in the pants' scenario, surely........

Oh god that thread has just made me snot everywhere and my boyfriend will be here any minute... attractive!

I read it and then had to go into a meeting with my boss, who was very concerned that I had been crying. He didn't realise I'd actually been crying with laughter.

Brilliant, brilliant thread.

why thank you Pinkjenny
Oh, you mean the other, hilarious, one, don't you?

And perhaps everyone with a FB account should just post 'Pom Bear' as their status update..

How are we doing with the Pom Bear emoticon campaign?

Seriously, I cried. Cried. And texted DP in the US to tell him I have to tell him about the most hilarious dinner party ever.

He texted back to say 'whose dinner party'

and I had to say 'I have no idea but trust me, it's the funniest thing I have seen all year'

So, in conclusion - YADNBU

I am pmsl at the whole thing.

Fab!

My fb status reads 'pom bear anyone?

YAdefNBU - I have never had such amusement at a thread!
I am now also addicted to any thread that mentions Pom Bears....

Have updated my FB too... oh dear!

My FB status "Pom bear anyone?" too.

Thinking of following up with "Chopsy doesn't do fungus"...

Haven't laughed this much in years, thanks so much slightlyjaded, you've made me very happy!

I too have thrown off my boring username (jybay) in tribute to Chopsy & his consort.

This thread comes up 6th on Google if you type in 'Pom Bear'.

And top if you put in 'Pom Bear Anyone'.

I note there's also a Wikipedia entry which someone really ought to update.

As you were.

Just had to add three letters to mine....

I bet the Pom bear marketing department won't believe their stats on Monday morning