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AIBU to think they are irresponsible parents.

26 replies

drinkyourmilk · 26/01/2018 17:53

Watch another ITNG episode where Mr and Mrs Pontipine has lost some of their kids AGAIN! I really don't think they should have had 8 kids if they can't care for them.
It's no wonder the Whatingers stay clear most of the time.

OP posts:
checkingforballoons · 26/01/2018 18:00

You never see them going to work either do you. I bet their TV is massive.

PsychoPumpkin · 26/01/2018 18:01

Haha you hooked me in with that title!

Mrsknackered · 26/01/2018 18:03

They definitely take the sky box away with them

Kalinka16 · 26/01/2018 18:04

It’s just irresponsible parenting...

liz70 · 26/01/2018 18:08

Never mind them, what about all these sorry excuses for "parents" in Bingsville, who leave their giant offspring with their undersized childminders 24/7?

JellyMouldJnr · 26/01/2018 18:09

I disagree, the kids always turn up eventually, and they are well fed, have nice beds to sleep in and are always well turned out. I think the Night Garden wood can be thought of as a relatively safe space for some playing out.

Monoblock67 · 26/01/2018 18:10

What about the one where they’re allowed to jump off the road without a safety harness? It’s shocking.

iklboo · 26/01/2018 18:12

Don't get me started on Max & Ruby. No wonder they have ishoos!

Goingalonenow · 26/01/2018 18:15

liz Bing is dead. He's in purgatory. It's all very sad.

liz70 · 26/01/2018 18:30

Oh no! Did Flop finally lose it and club the annoying little shit to death with a rolling pin?

stellenbosch · 26/01/2018 18:39

What about all the smooching Upsydaisy and Igglepiggle do??? 😯

Alloftheboys · 26/01/2018 18:39

Flop battered him cos Bing smashed his phone up.

WashBasketsAreUs · 26/01/2018 18:42

Liz70 laughed out loud at that!

liz70 · 26/01/2018 18:44

I guess even saints have a breaking point. Sad

otherdoor · 26/01/2018 18:48

Oh my god goingalonenow, it suddenly makes so much more sense!

butterfly990 · 26/01/2018 18:54

Don't get me started on Dora the explorer. The parents let a young child roam the jungle alone with a monkey whilst occasionally taking her twin baby sisters? along for the ride.

Theresnonamesleft · 26/01/2018 18:58

Oh wow. You lot are so judgemental. You need to stop being so nosy and concentrate on your own life’s. Your only seeing a snapshot of what goes on.

camelfinger · 26/01/2018 18:59

Just came here to see if it was me.

PoorYorick · 26/01/2018 19:09

TOMBLIBOO

CuppaSarah · 26/01/2018 19:09

There's a lot to be said for the Pontipines hands off style. Topsy and Tims parents are very hands on and those twins are massive precocious brats. Imagine bothering next doors builders and taking over, making it into some kind of 'learning opportunity' they were bricking a driveway, they hardly want a couple kids bothering them.

Thetruthfairy · 26/01/2018 19:12

Purgatory. It's a Bing thing.
Loved that episode 😄

Soullesstrader · 26/01/2018 19:14

I would agree it's irresponsible parenting. If you live in a one bedroom house you are not providing a suitable environment for that many children.

TheHauntedFishtank · 26/01/2018 19:15

While we’re on the subject of Topsy and Tim has anyone managed to work out precisely what combination of drugs and alcohol Joy is on to keep her so unnaturally calm? Asking for a friend......

donquixotedelamancha · 26/01/2018 19:18

liz Bing is dead. He's in purgatory. It's all very sad.

No, that's not it. Flop is dead. He's in hell, not purgatory. Bing is the punishment.

liz70 · 26/01/2018 19:25

(End of episode)

Bing's voice: "Hi! I played a really clever trick on Flop today. I stole his Mac Book and buried it in the garden. I thought he'd never find it, but he did, and when he dug it up, it was all yucky and dirty and wouldn't work. It was bwoken. Sad Flop got reeeaaally mad, so mad that he…. "

(Screen is spattered red)

Flop's voice: "Smashing that little bastard's skull to smithereens. It's a Flop thing."