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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...

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SadieHH · 01/02/2018 18:10

No you’re not nuts. It is a double entendre and I wouldn’t put my dds in it.

Feelings · 01/02/2018 18:11

Well if none of us got what you were saying it's unlikely your 10 year old will Confused

fourmileswide · 01/02/2018 18:12

Oh for crying out loud lighten up.

Listen to some of the rap and hip-hop lyrics that young kids dance to, and save your ire for that instead.

trumptown · 01/02/2018 18:13

Morriszap yes exactly what I remember and why the words "...xx do it with xx" will always have an alternative meaning to me. I love a double entendre myself but would feel a bit weird letting my 11 year old dd wear it.

drivingmisspotty · 01/02/2018 18:14

I agree with ohmygod. You're not going mad OP it is definitely a well known format for a sex joke. Also finding it in googleable but got Mathematicians do it discretely... Engineers do it efficiently...

DakotaWest · 01/02/2018 18:15

It took me so long to understand what could be perceived as offensive, I would be quite proud of my 10 yo if they had a clue what the OP is on about.

Even after having it explained, I still think it's really far-fetched.

welliments · 01/02/2018 18:15

Is this a double entendre?

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VienneseFingers · 01/02/2018 18:16

Can't believe the number of posters on this thread who don't realise it's a double entendre. That's the whole point of the slogan. And all the other slogans including the phrase "do it".

treaclesoda · 01/02/2018 18:18

I would get all the other double entendres because they seem very obvious. But this one went over my head.

I don't much like it now that it's been pointed out.

welliments · 01/02/2018 18:18

Apparently

web designers do it with style
Referees do it with gloves on

Mumsnetters do it with...

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Tipsntoes · 01/02/2018 18:19

Loving all the references to other perfectly "nice" solgans. Yes, they are all intended to be suggestive Grin

www.qualitylogoproducts.com/blog/20-most-suggestive-brand-slogans/

RaininSummer · 01/02/2018 18:19

It doesn't say 'dance' does it? It is obviously meant to mean sex and so inappropriate for young girls really.

welliments · 01/02/2018 18:19

Nests of vipers

Their keyboards

Yoghurt covered jumpers

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NapQueen · 01/02/2018 18:19

Are you pronouncing the "do it" part like Rik Mayall off Bottom?

"Do oo oo oo oo iiiiiiit" whilst gurning and pelvic thrusting?

If so you may need to see someone.

There is bot all wrong with that hoodie.

treaclesoda · 01/02/2018 18:20

Mumsnetters do it with

Sex lube and a fish slice
Pom bears
Stealth boasts

The list could be long!

welliments · 01/02/2018 18:21

Yes nap queen.

Whilst I stir the spag bol

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welliments · 01/02/2018 18:22

Mumsnetters do it with a penis beaker

(Copyrighting this one so MN HQ can’t steal it for their conference)

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Clandestino · 01/02/2018 18:22

You must have a very one-sided mind because sex didn't cross my mind in that context.
Btw, cats do it with attitude too, says Rowdy and he's castrated.

Anythingforacatslife · 01/02/2018 18:23

I have young dancers and haven’t bought them things with this slogan on precisely because of the double entendre (although I like the pun on the word attitude) YANBU.

DakotaWest · 01/02/2018 18:23

I am sure you could find sexual innuendo in anything if you try hard enough, but why would you want to?

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welliments · 01/02/2018 18:23

Oh ffs my mind isn’t in the gutter just cos I noticed a double entendre on a kids jumper.

There’s lots of other reasons why, but that’s not one.

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welliments · 01/02/2018 18:24

Serious Dakota, so

Nurses do it with patience

Is not innuendo?

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sirfredfredgeorge · 01/02/2018 18:25

(Copyrighting this one so MN HQ can’t steal it for their conference)

Yes it's yours, but by posting it here, you gave them the right to use it...

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SimonBridges · 01/02/2018 18:25

Of course it’s a double entendre.
Just like ‘farmers do it in mud’ ‘bakers do it covered in flour’ etc.

Is everyone else just playing dumb?

welliments · 01/02/2018 18:26

Would you buy your kids Jim jams which say

Peppa Pig does it with attitude?

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