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Original poster

to have complained about this child's top?

174 replies

Lotster · 13/11/2010 17:16

I was in Peacocks yesterday - I know, living the high life! Our nearest town is a bit limited for kids clothing and wanted to get my son some long sleeved tops.

I saw this boys top hanging up and it stopped me in my tracks.

Now, given that this top is for boys aged 1-6 I don't imagine the joke could be aimed at fellow 6 and unders, as they wouldn't get the joke, so surely must be aimed at older children and adults. Which is why I found it made me really uncomfortable. The lady in the shop said she agreed with me, but a friend thought I was being over the top.

So am I being precious or is it really bad taste?

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badcoverversion · 13/11/2010 17:48

YABU

It's a wee bit 'cheeky' but I certainly don't think it was intended to be sexually provocative.

Slogan tops in general are hideously fucking tacky and poorly designed. I wouldn't be seen dead in one...and I imagine there's already a slogan top out there bearing this mantra!
sigh

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Lotster · 13/11/2010 17:52

Oh well thanks then Sauvignon, glad you think I'm only possibly perverted.

Hear hear badcoverversion!

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hairytriangle · 13/11/2010 17:53

This is not offensive to me, I think it's a cute thing - little kids get looked at and smiled at because they are cute, so I think it is alluding to that?

Or is your mind particularly warped? I think it would have to be to find anything provocative about it.

nobiggy · 13/11/2010 17:56

It's not madly funny.

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Lotster · 13/11/2010 17:59

Yes hairytriangle, my mind is warped. Hmm

Why oh why, is it ok to make a fuss about little girls clothing, let girls be girls etc, but NOT ok to worry about boys clothing??

My four year old wouldn't think for a second that people were staring at him, much less be all "yeah, I know I'm good looking, you're not the first" etc. So why do shops think we want to put such thoughts and words in their mouths/on their t-shirts?

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DrSeuss · 13/11/2010 17:59

Not so bad. A friend saw a much worse one on a little girl recently - "Future Wag".
Yuck!

clayre · 13/11/2010 18:01

My first thoughts was it was supposed to be like an eye test where the writing starts big and gets tiny all the down, i want one for my ds who has 'milk bottle' glasses!

hairytriangle · 13/11/2010 18:01

Lotster in this case, because there is nothing even remotely sexual about the slogan!

Original poster
Lotster · 13/11/2010 18:03

DrSeuss - gross!

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DinahRod · 13/11/2010 18:04

Am more irked by the cheeky monkey/here comes trouble/ future sex god etc on boys tshirts - all yuck.

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Lotster · 13/11/2010 18:04

No one has answered if they would like their teenage daughter to go out in a top with this message.

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DinahRod · 13/11/2010 18:07

No, of course not, but it's not going to be worn by a teenager. Context is everything.

MadamDeathstare · 13/11/2010 18:08

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cureall · 13/11/2010 18:08

there are a lot worse for teenage girls; you are being a bit OTT but if you don't like it boycott Peacocks - OMG what's in a name!!!

MadamDeathstare · 13/11/2010 18:09

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Pixel · 13/11/2010 18:11

I don't think it is meant to say anything at all about the wearer, it is a joke, the point being that as the writing gets smaller you have to get closer to read it. By the time you get to the bottom and the bit about staring, you are staring whether you intended to or not! It's just a trick to make people embarrassed and though I think it would be funnier on an older child or teenager who actually got the joke and could have a laugh about peoples' reactions, I don't think it is actually offensive for a younger one (just a bit pointless).

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Lotster · 13/11/2010 18:11

Maybe that's it Dinah, context wise. I saw it going past on a rail, not in the children's section at the time, it came across as a cheeky message for an adult t-shirt, but then when I saw it going to young boys I thought "yuk".

Who knows if I would have thought the same if it had been in situ, although I still think it possible.

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Pixel · 13/11/2010 18:13

Madamedeathstare you said it much better than me! Smile

2shoes I agree! My first thought would be how great it would be for someone with SN. Wink

MadamDeathstare · 13/11/2010 18:18

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unfitmother · 13/11/2010 18:21

YABVU!
In answer to your question, I could see it as suggestive on a teenage girl but it's not for teenage girls is it? Hmm
It's for 6 year old boys. To see a sexual message is 'warped' or 'perverted'.
I agree it's tacky and not particularly funny but that's it.
Better stick to Boben. Wink

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Lotster · 13/11/2010 18:28

Does "Boben" have a website? Wink

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Tee2072 · 13/11/2010 18:32

I can't even see the sexual aspects if it's for teenage girls!

So, yes. I would buy it for my 10 year old niece (I don't have any daughters).

SouthMum · 13/11/2010 18:32

i wouldnt care if my 15 y/o went out in a top like this.

Christ I wore much worse

RunAwayWife · 13/11/2010 18:39

YABU

2shoes · 13/11/2010 18:42

Lotster if it was for teen girls I would buy it for dd, I have got her similar ones, oh but then as she is stared at all the time, I find it an apt slogan

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