To think this 'comedian' on Radio 4 shouldn't have said this at 11.30am?

[Imchangingmyname]

In the car earlier with DD 3.5 and baby DS. Radio 4 is on, with a comedy-type show presented by Sue Perkins (who I love by the way), when some silly bint announces that all 5-year-old's should be told that Santa doesn't exist?!? All said very seriously, given it was supposed to be a 'comedy' show. DD didn't say anything but is the type of child who stores things up and mentions it later. Didn't want to say anything at the time as didn't want to draw attention to it.
AIBU to think she shouldn't have said it??

[limitedperiodonly]

You said 'adult channel' Branleuse.

Huh huh huh

Heh heh heh

[Branleuse]

well admittedly it isnt as good as babestation, but you know what i mean

[scatterthenuns]

if you were watching an adult channel with your kids you'd have a whole other set of problems

"Mummy, why is Mrs Claus not wearing any clothes?"

[thegiddylimit]

You and Yours can go too

The first to go when I become controller. Plus all the religious programming ESPECIALLY thought for the day in the middle of Today. And Feedback. 16.30 shows should be The Infinite Monkey Cage, Inside Science and More or Less so I don't get pissed off at annoying shows on my commute home.

OP, YABU. I stopped listening to R4 with the kids after they had a discussion about the legalisation of prostitution on Women's Hour when I was driving them to the soft play. Now that was a fun discussion. It's R3 only in the car now.

[limitedperiodonly]

I guess that Santa is a corruption or contraction of Saint Nicholas cactus. But don't hold me to that.

It sounds a bit babyish to me like 'woof woof' or 'baa baa' when small children stare and say 'it's dog and sheep'.

I'd never condemn anyone for saying noony instead of vulva though so I am a hypocrite as well as a snob.

[limitedperiodonly]

Can we also get rid of Moneybox Live, or at least the phone ins where rich tightwads ask interminable and deeply boring questions about their pensions instead of getting an accountant?

[squoosh]

'Father Christmas' only works for English people. I'd feel like a pretentious twat saying it.

[Siwi]

Does bing mean woman in Arabic?
Bint

[AnyoneButAndre]

It just means "girl" in Arabic but in British army slang it's a derogatory term for a woman which some people find very offensive - kind of like "tart".

[MovingOnUpMovingOnOut]

It's R3 only in the car now

Woah there nanna! That must be a c-razy ride!

Please don't get rid of Moneybox Live. I love it when someone rings in to tell their tale of woe where they have done something that is a) monumentally stupid and b) expect someone else to take the blame and fix it for them. I suck my teeth and mutter "oh give over you nobber" at the wireless.

[scatterthenuns]

CactusAnnie

[scatterthenuns]

I think bint is stronger than tart - I've known tart be used affectionately. Eg, I was a drunk 20 year old and snogged a bloke I didn't like, my best friend called me a 'daft tart' whilst we laughed together.

Bint feels more like slag or whore even.

[Siwi]

Thanks Anyone.
I did think that it meant girl rather than woman.

Is that the origin of hint as derogatory?

Autocucumber doesn't like hint

[limitedperiodonly]

There is something terrible on the R4 6.30pm comedy slot now with someone whose idea of humour is speaking like Joe Pasquale and trying to get out of visiting his in-laws.

[Imchangingmyname]

Perhaps 'bint' wasn't the most eloquent word I could have used.

I am surprised at the very real offence it's caused here, though, when many m'netters who throw around the word 'cunt' as if it were part of their regular vocab. They wouldn't have that on Radio 4.

[limitedperiodonly]

There is something terrible on the R4 6.30pm comedy slot now with someone whose idea of humour is speaking like Joe Pasquale and trying to get out of visiting his in-laws.

[Ricardian]

Sadly you can work on the assumption that any 6.30 comedy slot show less than thirty years old is crap. It shouldn't be like that. But endless weak sitcoms about young people in London do get wearing. That fags mags and bags looks good and you wish for king street junior to run in the slot shows how bad it is right now.

[ComposHatComesBack]

Oh I heard that, it is Ukip's own Andrew Maxwell alleged comedian and serial complainer about left wing bias at the BBC and women 'trying to be comedians'.

I know he's a humourless cunt but that failed to meet even my rock bottom expectations. It was like something the scriptwriters for Terry and June rejected as too hackneyed and pedestrian.

[Ricardian]

I tried listening to the first episode. I lost the will to live after five minutes.

[MyNewBearTotoro]

YABU.

You were listening to a show clearly meant for adults in which people discuss moral dilemmas, many of which are not suitable for young ears.

Before discussing whether Santa exists they were discussing blowing up a kitten orphanage and unrepentant mass murders so it's not as if anybody could have been mistaken into thinking the show was child friendly.

If you choose to listen to an adult show around your pre-schooler don't be surprised if they discuss adult topics you don't want your child to hear.

[yeOldeTrout]

I never taught DC the FC-Santa myth but they picked it up at school & decided to believe even though I emphatically confirmed FC was just a make-believe game adults perpetuate! Can't believe anyone can be so precious.

[WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeG0es]

I find bint more offensive than cunt, bint is a throwaway insult used exclusively to women in order to belittle them, whereas cunt is used to describe a person of either sex who behaves badly towards others.