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To think they are gingerbread men for a reason?

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WisestIsShe · 18/10/2017 20:48

DS(15) has just pulled me up for baking gingerbread men and not referring to them as gingerbread people. He maintains that I'm showng a bias I usually pull other people up for. I suggested they're gingerbread men because it's more fun to dunk them in hot tea or bite their heads off. He has left the room in disgust while taking a couple to munch on

Who is being unreasonable??

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Squirmy65ghyg · 18/10/2017 20:50

Him.

Fekko · 18/10/2017 20:50

There's the old joke that people prefer gingerbread men as there's a tiny wee bit more biscuit with a gingerbread man.

Watto1 · 18/10/2017 20:53

SIL got told off in a bakery for asking for two gingerbread men. Apparently she should have asked for "gingerbread persons."

ConcreteUnderpants · 18/10/2017 20:55

"Run, run, as fast as you can, you can't catch me I'm the gingerbread person" doesn't quite have the same ring to it.

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WisestIsShe · 18/10/2017 20:56

Oh good, glad it's not me! I am vindicated Grin

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ijustwannadance · 18/10/2017 20:58

He is. They are biscuits, not people.
No need for political correctness here.

The original story was the gingerbread man.

Snausage · 18/10/2017 21:01

I had this disagreement with a friend at university many moons ago.

The next time I made them, I fashioned a penis for each one. She didn't mention it again.

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WisestIsShe · 18/10/2017 21:03

I like the way you roll snausage

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saltandvinegarcrisps1 · 18/10/2017 21:03

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ineedamoreadultieradult · 18/10/2017 21:04

A local bakery when I was a child did different shapes for gingerbread men and women. The gingerbread women had skirts on so you got more biscuit and also more icing as the whole ankle length skirt was covered in icing where as the gingerbread men only had shorts on.

Original poster
WisestIsShe · 18/10/2017 21:05
Grin
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doctorcuntybollocks · 18/10/2017 21:05

Reminds me of this:

pbfcomics.com/comics/gingerbread-man/

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WisestIsShe · 18/10/2017 21:06

Modest gingerbread women?? Now I've heard everything! Mine would have biker boots and piercings.

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KrytensNanobots · 18/10/2017 21:06

Gingerbread men of course. FFS.

Fekko · 18/10/2017 21:07

My mum used to make gingerbread ducks and Scottie dogs.

shakeyourcaboose · 18/10/2017 21:09

Also wouldn't fit with the song Newly baked this morning, look at my tan... Whaay-hey! I'm the gingerbread man person.....

lightcola · 18/10/2017 21:10

Transgingers Grin

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WisestIsShe · 18/10/2017 21:13

Ok, on your sound advice I have added a little note to the top of the tin.

To think they are gingerbread men for a reason?
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lalaloopyhead · 18/10/2017 21:21

There was a bakery near my Grandmas that sold gingerbread pigs - they seemed like such treat!

But yes you are quite right they are gingerbread men.

The pigs on other hand were definitely not gender specific...

IHeartDodo · 18/10/2017 21:22

You could say they are "Men" with a capital "M" - as in Mankind!
...got the church out of changing all the words to the old hymns!

Schtinkay · 18/10/2017 21:22

Are you fucking kidding?

Your 15 year old doesn't have anything more important to worry himself with?

Jesus wept

SecretSmellies · 18/10/2017 21:22

Transgingers Grin

I LOVE that!

Hidingalion · 18/10/2017 21:24

Run, run, lest the situation worsen,
You can't catch me...

PelvicFloorClenchReminder · 18/10/2017 21:30

Stop making gingerbread people, start making gingerbread unicorns. Problem solved.