AIBU - funny or not?

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My DDs enjoy a game they were given called Pass the Bomb Junior. It’s a kids word game that has a comedy bomb as a timing device - it ticks and you pass it on when you’ve given a correct answer until someone is holding it when it ‘explodes’ it’s just a means to an end for each round of the game. My friend I had over at the weekend thought I was in danger of raising mini terrorists! Who is BU???

I think it may take a bit more than that game to raise someone to become a terrorist

Obviously your friend. We son loved that game

She is ffs

YANBU It's a famy game. Tell your friend to get a life

Your friend sounds like she’s dying to be offended

Ah yes, the number one skill any terrorist needs: word association.

When my daughter was about 8 she was given a game where this plastic dog poos gummy goopy stuff, it was a stupid game but she liked it. That was a few years ago and she doesn't now attempt to play with dog shit, so I think you're ok. Your friend is BU and silly.

Does also think if you play Bukeroo you'll be raising animal abusers?

MoistCantaloupe 😂

Yes, and playing Hungry Hippos will encourage eating disorders.

I played that game as a child .... still not a terrorist. Frankly I find any violence abhorrent and haven't even got another person. It's a timer-consequence game .... not a jihadi training scheme.

Yes, and playing Hungry Hippos will encourage eating disorders

😂😂😂

Hehe I’m so glad it’s not me! Never even crossed my mind. Love the reference to Hungry Hippos

Your friend is right! I played Buckaroo as a child and now I'm always in trouble for trying to balance hats and rope on Donkeys.

It's a slippery slope...

Maybe that’s what Syria needs Moist - overly verbose suicide bombers so you’ve got time to run. Sorry if this is bad taste

Makes you wonder what she thinks about Stratego, Monopoly or Battleship

We have played Pass the Bomb at every family gathering for the last ten years. Your friend is being ridiculous.

Actually I don't really know if YABU or not; I used to think these things were fine but an incident 10 years ago (!) made me reflect.

I had a t-shirt that said 'I am a bomb technician. If you see me running, try to keep up!!'. So, obv a joke about the potential (entirely imaginary) risks of that profession, which I thought was funny and pretty innocent. DSis was visiting and borrowed my t-shirt; we then walked into town. We both noticed all the filthy looks and scowls we were getting, to the extent that DSis bought herself another t-shirt and changed in the loos. Filthy looks stopped.

Since then I have been very wary of any jokes that refer to bombs in any way whatsoever, as it seems people are a bit gun-shy (sorry).

I think your friend is right. I played Mousetrap as a child and have spent all evening chasing a house mouse around with a washing basket on a nobbly pole trying to catch it.

id say thats slightl differnt your actually insinuating thres a bomb somewhere as a joke this is just a word association game

Well I played Operation as a child, and am now a qualified surgeon.

I also played Liar.

I loved Operation as a child: I'm now a top flight surgeon.

Not.

Mind you, monopoly does turn most kids into unpleasantly heartless cutthroats.