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AIBU in thinking cuddly toys shouldn't have huge bollocks?

123 replies

TiggyD · 11/03/2012 21:29

I found what I thought was a cow in the nursery I was working in the other day. Except when I looked at the huge dangly pink thing under the stern of it there were no teats, just scrotum. Now I understand that testicles are nothing to be ashamed of. Churchill had them, Brunel had them, even Hitler had one, but I don't think they're appropriate on a cuddly children's toy. Yes, there was a cuddly cow that had udders which are basically four pronged boobies, but that's different. It was also the size of them. Bulls do have balls down to their knees, but if you're making a child's toy you could at least scale them down a bit.
AIBU?

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troisgarcons · 11/03/2012 21:59

Several of those pink-bottomed monkeys were masturbating

Colchester zoo? then the fuckers pissed at the kids - I did laugh. A lot

CreepyWeeBrackets · 11/03/2012 22:02

YANBU. DS had a pig figurine from ELC and wanted to know if it was a Mummy. Oh it was definitely MR Pig Hmm

Milliways · 11/03/2012 22:03

Was it <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=stuffed+toy+bull&hl=en&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=7dWS6JxLb9iNrM:&imgrefurl=www.plushieseverywhere.com/plush-cows-bulls.html&docid=Hw03wA6rdARTYM&imgurl=www.stuffedark.com/images/longhornbull.jpg&w=350&h=312&ei=-CBdT-KlFoWf0QXGn6TcDQ&zoom=1&biw=1024&bih=475" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this one?

Milliways · 11/03/2012 22:05

<a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=stuffed+toy+bull&start=89&hl=en&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=gilY2-It2jDj7M:&imgrefurl=www.buy.com/th/cow-stuffed-toy.html&docid=aQKsugA-7TgpvM&imgurl=ak.buy.com/PI/0/500/219484782.jpg&w=500&h=500&ei=QiFdT6urOpS38QPV75myBw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=637&vpy=139&dur=13&hovh=225&hovw=225&tx=108&ty=130&sig=112454966968016186081&page=7&tbnh=143&tbnw=145&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:89&biw=1024&bih=475" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">or this?

HiggleDePiggledy · 11/03/2012 22:11

It would not be a bull without the bollocks. It would be a stirk.

outmonday · 11/03/2012 22:19

Isn't a bollocksless bull a bullock?

TiggyD · 11/03/2012 22:20

Otchayaniye Because what would happen if the child went home and said that "Tiggy showed me show some testicles today"?
On the past occasions when a child asks me if I have a willy I've just said that "I can't remember" and change the subject.

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TiggyD · 11/03/2012 22:22

No Milliways, not those. Much more of a cuddly toy. It'll be easier when I return on Tuesday night with a picture.

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PacificDogwood · 11/03/2012 22:26

Better a cuddly bull with bollocks than the the-laffed-at Action "Man" with none Grin - DSs all find lack of bits on their hand-me-down Action Men figures rather rediculous.
DS3 aged 4, being the optimist he is, keeps checking though as if something might develop one day Grin.

OP, I will deliver my verdict on whether YABU or not on receipt of photographic evidence.

ROFL at the Longhorn Bull

PacificDogwood · 11/03/2012 22:27

ridiculous Blush[too much Wine]

ObviouslyOblivious · 11/03/2012 22:28

It's like that joke about the Cuddle Me Elmo toy and the two test tickles :o

CreepyWeeBrackets · 11/03/2012 22:28

"I can't remember" Grin

Debeez · 11/03/2012 22:30

Maybe it's just me but I think this may be better than nothing. Anyone else remember action man and his smooth area?

Or was it just me who pulled down his combats for a peep? Blush

Debeez · 11/03/2012 22:31

Sorry pacific just caught your post on page two there.

PacificDogwood · 11/03/2012 22:37

The smoooothness is just creepy Grin - no worries, Debeez.

Surely the answer to 'Do you have a penis?' is 'Yes' (if a man, obv) Confused.

Floggingmolly · 11/03/2012 22:38

They're life sized ?? Shock

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 11/03/2012 22:41

Tiggy I can just imagine if you were my DS nursery teacher.

He'd have sat up in bed, and exclaimed "Mr Tiggy can't remember if he's got a willy. How does that happen?"

It would bamboolze him more than explaining Grin

SarahStratton · 11/03/2012 23:04
Maryz · 11/03/2012 23:10

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Sluttybuttons · 11/03/2012 23:18

They should have a toy vet and the bollocks should be attached by Velcro so they can be removed :o

QuacksForDoughnuts · 11/03/2012 23:27

Hitler has only got one ball,
The other is in the Albert Hall.
His mother, the stupid bugger,
Cut it off when he was small.

The one-ball bit is historical fact, apparently, but the other bits probably weren't. Although they aren't as far from the truth as the version that goes 'Goebbels has no balls at all', describing someone with rather a lot of children...

Maryz · 11/03/2012 23:40

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70isaLimitNotaTarget · 11/03/2012 23:44

We had
"Hitler has only got one ball
The other is in the Albert Hall
Swimmin, with bare naked wimmin,
TraLaLaLaLa, lala, La Laaaaaah"

Hmm, it all goes pearshaped on the last line Blush

SaggyOldClothCatPuss · 12/03/2012 00:51

I want to make a big fuss about being prudish, and not talking to children about bodily parts and stuff, but seeing as Tiggy appears to be a male nursery worker, I'll keep a lid on it.
That's an akward situation, and I think you need to be liasing with management, to work out the most appropriate way of dealing with this.

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