For fuck's sake Ryman

[custardlover]

Thanks for putting the bloody Elf on the Shelf all over your window display with big ‘bargain!’ price tags attached to him. My DS2 (4) was thrilled and amazed to see ‘Ginger’ around so early in the year but my DS1 looked at me with big, moist, widening eyes...

It's all about the Yule Woodlouse in our house

Now THAT'S a character I could relate to, Trout

Jesus Christ.

I’m reporting your posts.

I'm so glad my kids grew up before tis became a thing.

How the hell did we get from the Elf on the Shelf to upsetting facts about otters?

That spelling wouldn’t look out of place in a few FB groups I’m in.
The way MN is going it won’t look out of place here.

The otters raping seals thing is true I’m afraid- not a joke 😳

I've asked for them to be removed. Cherry

You might want to look at your own username, which could be open to misinterpretation.

It’s not appropriate on a lighthearted Christmas thread to throw around details about rape just because ‘nature’.

My username is from Wreck It Ralph. Very interested to know how it’s offensive?

One of my local charity shops has recently declared itself an "Elf on the Shelf Rehoming Centre". I love that.

@CherryChasingDotMuncher I tho got it was a reference to pac man!

The FB message comes from https://m.facebook.com/mommabearrants/]]

DotMuncher’s name is obviously Pac-Man related so people with dirty minds need to 😳

Surely there are lots of elves? Why can’t the one in the window be friends with your elf from home?

Those things are really creepy though.

It is Accidentally Ralph says it about Pacman

I don’t get why it would be misconstrued. Am I being thick?!

This thread took an unusual turn

OK I'll bite - what is this Elf on a Shelf thing? Its in all the Christmas threads but what actually is it supposed to be apart from an ugly decoration?

Well I didn’t expect a Christmas elf thread to dissolve into one of otter rape and Magdalen Laundries... most odd!

FWIW- OP I would say something along the lines of ‘some people don’t have elves so they had to make pretend ones’ I’ve seen statues of Diego Maradona, that doesn’t mean he isn’t a real person

I've heard that the new thing this year is Elf In The Bin.

We always told the DCs that they sell some in shops if they have got to many at the North Pole so people get the chance to get one whenever they want. Not with the blasted Elf as mine are too old for that nonsense tradition but with gifts in general.

We're almost at the start of November. Niw we're talking Elf on the Shelf, it's almost time for the first 'AIBU to think that telling children that Santa will know if they misbehave is emotionally abusive?' post of the year.

Surely you can tell your child the same stuff one does about Santas in shops being ‘repreaentatives’ of the real Santa (who of course has special magic to prevent being actually seen by children and is bloody busy in Nov/Dec at North Pole anyway)?

I have not got involved in EOS party through laziness and party because I think more details make it less believable and magic because you lose mystery. Also i control my child’s behaviour in Dec the old fashioned way*

*by threatening to write to Father Christmas rescinding present request every few hours.

The rants of an angry momma bear is what that fb is called

Holy fuck so it’s gone from ugly creepy elves to raping poor seals.

Elf on the shelf is awful and overkill in my opinion, won’t lie I bought onto the shore a few years ago my elf went awol though so that was that.

As for seeing the elf in the shop what do you expect? It’s commercialised crap.

And now I’ve learnt a new and horrible fact about otters. #lostinnocence #only9765weeksold

Maybe I won't share what I know about ducks.......

Or chickens. They have horrible habits too

Not as bad as ducks. We live on a boat and we have to warn summer visitors not to look out of their bedroom windows if they hear alarming noises at dawn....