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To think 6 year olds should not be wearing this

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welliments · 01/02/2018 17:57

Merchandise from a major dance show at the excel centre in London next month. They sell these, and tshirts from age 6 up.

I’m going to have to explain to a 10 year old why she can’t have a jumper...

To think 6 year olds should not be wearing this
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ChardonnaysPrettySister · 02/02/2018 18:29

What personal issues might that be, Maggie?

Shimmershimmerandshine · 02/02/2018 18:31

Finding something that is meant to be a joke funny Confused

SoloD · 02/02/2018 18:32

These are all the maths ones I know, they are only funny as a double entendre I am afraid. I will leave it up to your own conscience as to whether or not they are appropriate for a 6-year-old.

Mathematicians do it by the numbers.
Mathematicians do it constantly.
Mathematicians do it continuously.
Mathematicians do it discretely.
Mathematicians do it forever if they can do one and can do one more.

Mathematicians do it in theory.
Mathematicians do it to prove themselves.
Mathematicians do it with a Minkowski sausage.
Mathematicians do it with relations.
Mathematicians do it with Nobel's wife.
Mathematicians do it without limit.
Mathematicians do it ad infinitum.
Mathematicians have to prove they did it.
Mathematicians do not do it. They leave it as an exercise to the reader.

trudi33 · 02/02/2018 18:32

Well maybe you will have to explain more. If the ten year old checks an internet dictionary. e.g. Cambridge Uni .They will find Do it is defined as to have sex.
www.google.co.uk/amp/s/dictionary.cambridge.org/amp/english/do-it
So I guess explain the double entendre, mind you some T shirts worn in Asian cities, (where I have worked)have no split meaning, though the wearer may not understand the English. Still probs best not to buy

user1483875094 · 02/02/2018 18:34

OH i CAN'T BEAR THIS NONSENSE... IT IS A SWEATSHIRT!!! ... WTF ARE YOU GETTING OVER EXCITED ABOUT... GO GET A LIFE!!!

Slanetylor · 02/02/2018 18:36

It doesn't offend me in the slightest. I wouldn't let my daughter wear it and I would be a bit suspicious of any parent that let their daughter wear it.
I also don't understand why the child needs to understand it for it to be inappropriate. My 5 year old wouldn't understand " I like cunnilingus" but that doesn't mean it's fine for her to wear it on her sweater.

sijjy · 02/02/2018 18:36

I can see you point after you explained that it has a double meaning. But I can honestly say that my 11 year old ds has lots of Nike just do it clothes and doesn't associate any of it with sex. He finds many other things that could mean something to do with sex hilarious. But he has never put that one together.

ShortandAnnoying · 02/02/2018 18:36

This thread is making me feel old! I love a double entendre and its a very mild one suitable for having on an office mug or car sticker but I wouldn't want my 6 year old to wear it.

TheGoldenBowl · 02/02/2018 18:37

Tbf the fact that it's a sweatshirt is never going to be a reason to dismiss it as trivial. What if it was a sweatshirt proclaiming a racial slur? Would it still be 'just a sweatshirt'??

Slanetylor · 02/02/2018 18:38

It's just a sweatshirt. No one is getting excited about it.
People are getting a bit excited that people that are so stupid they'd put a sex joke on a 6 year old.

Shimmershimmerandshine · 02/02/2018 18:39

IT IS A SWEATSHIRT!!!

So I will assume you are the person who puts their baby in a 'Daddy just wanted a blowjob' babygro.......

Blahdeblah123 · 02/02/2018 18:43

I think Frankie Goes to Hollywood is to blame.

I agree with you OP and I wouldn't put my daughter in it!

DreamyMcDreamy · 02/02/2018 18:43

What if it was a sweatshirt proclaiming a racial slur? Would it still be 'just a sweatshirt'?

The monkey hoodie - I was on that thread,saying the colonial connotations were disgusting - not a good t-shirt and especially how the two boys wore two different ones relating to it.
People on a thread saying Nike means "just do it" as in sex so they can't be wearing that (someone did say that before some clever arse says the thread isn't about Nike) when it can very legitimately mean just do it - as in exercise/run; and that a dance hoodie automatically means the kids are referring to sex, yeah, you're going to get eye rolled at.

Shimmershimmerandshine · 02/02/2018 18:48

and that a dance hoodie automatically means the kids are referring to sex, yeah, you're going to get eye rolled at.

The eye rollers are in a minority.

DreamyMcDreamy · 02/02/2018 18:51

The eye rollers are in a minority.

Nope, read back, there's quite a few. Just the ones saying it's disgusting rude tshirt no kids should ever wear, shout louder and come out with gems like "no educating pork" and other such "witty" insults because people disagree.
Is there any wonder they're a bit quieter?

FaveNumberIs2 · 02/02/2018 18:55

@welliments

You are being unreasonable.

You, as the adult, are adding sexual connotations to the phrase. A child won’t see it that way.

Do you also have a problem with ...
Golfers do it in bunkers.
Teachers do it with class.
Architects do it on a tilted table.
Typists do it with all 8 fingers and 2 thumbs.
Joiners do it with wood.

And loads more mnetters can probably come up with.

Shimmershimmerandshine · 02/02/2018 18:55

Hahaha so I haven't rtft now? It's pretty simple, no one is offended if it is an adult wearing it but putting it on a 6yo very few people would do (although a minority apparently would, and OK it is just a sweatshirt). I also asked a while back if you were actually intending to buy one for your own dd, which you side stepped..... Ah because you wouldn't really put your own child in one would you?

Shimmershimmerandshine · 02/02/2018 18:56

You, as the adult, are adding sexual connotations to the phrase. A child won’t see it that way.

For me, their lack of understanding makes it worse not better. They are potentially going to have the piss taken out of them without knowing why.

user1495656648 · 02/02/2018 19:03

Really? Thread for publicity by any chance? 🤗🤔🤔🤔🤔

TheGoldenBowl · 02/02/2018 19:04

FaveNumber

Those examples are no different- i.e. fine for adults, not fine to plaster across an unsuspecting child.

HTH.

honeyroar · 02/02/2018 19:07

I'd smile at it on an adult's t shirt, but I'd definitely think wtf at the designer and parent that decided it should be on a child's clothing. It's a double entendre, I'd have thought anyone would know that, surprised so many don't.

I don't think that the Nike Just Do It is a double entendre - it could be at a stretch, but it's more a motivational message IMO. It's not got the snigger factor that the slogans that say how certain people do it..

The child may not know (I had no idea what Frankie was on about in Relax, but I knew it was naughty because it was banned on radio - I just wanted the t shirt because everyone else had it. That's exactly what will happen with kids in this case.

I horse ride. I've seen slogans such as "I do it with 16 hands between my legs" or Game Bird" (hunting types) on adult hoodies. I wouldn't like to see them on a child, thankfully they do more tame slogans on the kids ones.

NataliaOsipova · 02/02/2018 19:09

Pretty harmless, but a bit weird on the front of a 6-year-old.

This is a bloody good summary of the whole thread!

I'm going to try again. As in all things, context is king. So Nike's "just do it" slogan was seen, as far as I can remember, in the context of a picture of someone engaged in extreme sport. So "just do it" would most naturally be taken to mean "go for it" or "don't stop to think - go ahead with whatever you fancy doing".

The format "Xs do it with Y" is a well known format for expressing double entendres. Loads of examples given above. Think of a different example - "All's fair in love and war". Imagine there's a dispute in the office about who eats the chocolate biscuits. If I take a chocolate biscuit and say "All's fair in biscuits and war" you would understand the context and wouldn't think I was actually equating eating a biscuit to going to war. You would understand the allusion.

This hoody is no different. "Dancers do it with attitude" is a clear example of an expression in the "Xs do it with Y" format. Many, many people (not just those of a smutty minded nature) will recognise that. Because the cultural context of any expression in that form is such that the "do it" is taken as a pretty harmless and silly reference to sex. So no offence taken whatsoever - but not something you'd want on a 6 year old.

BackBoiler · 02/02/2018 19:26

On other mners defence I have never heard of these sayings so wouldnt know what it meant. However now i have seen this post I get you OP. Duly noted for the future!

Flippertigibbet · 02/02/2018 19:34

Wouldn't be happy for my 6yr old DD to wear that...
Slogan tees are open to too much.
Not a prude. Just safety conscious and protective Hmm

Aridane · 02/02/2018 19:34

You have to really, really, be looking for offence to see anything rude in that, for crying out loud.
I hope this is a wind up and just some saddo hoping for their five minutes of fame in the Daily Fail, as if not this place is getting even more ridiculous!!

Aw, bless you, dreamy, you’re so sweetly naive —or goady—