To think Paperchase have lost their minds over cock and anal cards

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Paperchase have a series of Valentine's cards with such witty captions as "I love your big cock" and "nothing says I love you like anal".

As a high street chain hugely popular with young people, I'd kind of expect them to understand some boundaries about graphic and sexually explicit language.

They're brazening it out on Twitter, claiming their minuscule disclaimer about the cards being rude is absolutely adequate.

Grim.

Seems the sun are getting stories from here now

www.thesun.co.uk/living/2709324/paperchase-slammed-for-vile-valentines-cards-with-messages-about-anal-sex-and-body-parts/

Paperchase? Ha!

They lost me when I saw the purple glitter Jesus money boxes. Offensive on many levels.

Ah I e never shopped in scribbler I was just I could actually see them through the window.

That's a brilliant result! Arrietty thanks for sending the link to his thread to them.

I actually went into my local Paperchase to complain this afternoon, about 4.00pm and the offending cards weren't there! Not sure if it is because it's a small store in a small market town or because of his thread , but result non the less.

Great response from Paperchase. They need to concentrate on quirky and leave tasteless well alone.

The Jesus money box was disconcerting. I wasn't offended, but could see it might be for others, and did wonder if they'd have risked it with any other religion.

The ad beneath the Mirror article featured Jay from The Inbetweeners. I think even that character's sense of humour was more refined.

Glad they've reconsidered. I've got a card to buy this weekend and now I don't have to avoid them.

I had a card shop and there best sellers

They did the same exact thing in 2013?! Those cards are even worse?!

Fuck them. Plenty of stationary stores around that don't try pulling this sort of shite for publicity.

I think we should agree to boycott them unless they put up a card that says

'Not now darling, can't you see I'm on Mumsnet'.

Datun, they should commission you!

What would a MN range of rude cards say?

Oooh, wedding cards that say, "I've cancelled the cheque" or "Because Maui".

"Well that's a red flag if ever I saw one"

That Sun headline is superb.

'Not that beaker!'

Waffle I agree! The subs must have been whooping and punching the air after using that...

Reminded me of Kenny Everett c1980?

"I told my wife I wanted something for the shed for my birthday. I got this Korean lady."

They should all be trademarked 'MN'.

They've had that headline on file for ageeeeees.

"I've got this great headline, yeah. So let me know the MINUTE someone does something fucking thick around Feb 14th."

Mmm, I'm afraid that brand is tainted for me now. Celebrating coercion ("if you love me you'd do this thing that you quite possibly don't want to do") is something I find a bit hard to forgive. Sounds to me as though they have only taken them down because of the complaints, not because they recognise why it was wrong.

Ahh God bless Kenny Everett - may he rest in peace!

But seriously, my DDs aged 9 and 11 shop at Paperchase all the time. I am so glad they've stopped this monstrosity

I showed the photos in the OP to DH just now for a make perspective - he said they were weird and unpleasant.

My DH too.

Well done. They were shocking and not in a good way. Whoever signed that range off at Paperchase needs their head wobbled.