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5yo ds appears to have been sent home with a reading book laced with innuendo. or maybe it's just me... please judge

41 replies

quip · 16/06/2013 13:49

Perhaps 1987, when this book was first published, was a more innocent age. I have put photos of the book on my profile. I was a bit Shock when I saw the cover and then it got worse. Am I just be thinking too much into this?

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emsyj · 16/06/2013 14:13

"I must put something in the hole" said the king

McNewPants2013 · 16/06/2013 14:15

I'll put a rabbit down the hole.

cocolepew · 16/06/2013 14:16

You have a dirty mind, me too, it made me laugh Grin

PirateJelly · 16/06/2013 14:19

I actually laughed out loud at that, excellent!

Jinty64 · 16/06/2013 14:25

I think you should speak to the teacher or perhaps escalate it to the head. That will give them something to talk about in the staff room!

thebody · 16/06/2013 14:26

Excellent thread, very funny op.

thebody · 16/06/2013 14:29

Oh and anyone else remember captain pug wash?

Seaman stain and roger the cabin boy.

Hilarious.

chastemccain · 16/06/2013 14:34

I just read on another thread a Roald Dahl poem about a woman who wished she'd called one of her sons Soggy Muff instead of Dave, but I guess it must just be my filthy mind...

Doobiedoobedoobie · 16/06/2013 14:35

thebody no one will remember as its not true! ;)

thebody · 16/06/2013 14:36

Ha ha ha

Smartiepants79 · 16/06/2013 14:37

We have these at our school. The blue level books are a collection of the most awful stories I've ever been unfortunate enough to listen to.
Load of rubbish.

hackmum · 16/06/2013 15:26

I think kids' authors do this deliberately to see what they can get away with. When she was little, DD had a counting book where there were certain numbers of items for a party (one cake, eight chairs, that kind of thing). One of them items was "two big jugs". We were pretty sure that wasn't there by accident. Smile

Wallace · 16/06/2013 15:32
Grin

I only got as far as "He had a big brown rabbit in his big brown hole"

ihearsounds · 16/06/2013 15:47

Lots of books have hidden innuendos.
Its hard sometimes, trying to read stories with innuendos, and trying to keep a straight face.

TheMagicKeyCanFuckOff · 16/06/2013 17:17
Grin

We once had a book with 'and the man and the woman played in the shower and then they snuggled in bed all night long' and I thought Hmm

ProperStumped · 16/06/2013 17:26

Hahaha! Grin That was only a few years ago, I was 17 then. And I can assure you it wasn't a more innocent age Grin

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