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To have had enough of mermaids, unicorns and rainbows being everywhere!

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Pickyricky · 17/03/2018 08:06

That’s it really. I am fed up of them. They are cliched and annoying and used to sell (cheap tacky) products to gullible customers to fill their homes with more crap. I know I will get blasted by everyone saying it’s harmless fun but I am done with it. I just want to say no more! I could also add in owls, foxes/penguins and pugs for good measure.....

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T2517 · 17/03/2018 09:26

Avocados are really in now they’re on everything. Think “let’s avo-cuddle” etc

NeepNeepNeep · 17/03/2018 09:31

At first I thought this motif thing is naff but after a swim with the dolphins down memory lane, I think that it's nice we have a collective memory of them.

Avocados. Bleugh.

NeepNeepNeep · 17/03/2018 09:33

Holy shit. There are little pineapple silhouettes on my pyjamas! Never noticed. You can't avoid this stuff! Yes I am a slattern not dressed yet.

Flomy · 17/03/2018 09:35

It was all poirot clown and red heart wallpaper & curtains, when I were a lass.

User24689 · 17/03/2018 09:36

Moustaches were a thing here last year. One of my friends had a birthday cake with moustaches all over for her son's first birthday. I thought it was a bit weird.

metalmum15 · 17/03/2018 09:38

New Look have socks with narwhals and avocados on them.

Strax · 17/03/2018 09:38

I love rainbows and I'd have had that rainbow butter dish IF it had a proper rainbow on it! I can't stand rainbows made of stupid colours or upside down (seems commonly done by cake makers), I never know if they've done it deliberately or if they have never seen an actual rainbow Hmm

What I want to know is, when did unicorns go all multicoloured manes and sparkly? Is it not enough to have a mythical creature, you have to stick a load of glitter and crap all over them?

PlaymobilPirate · 17/03/2018 09:43

I crochet and sell blankets... rainbows are our most popular orders since the term 'rainbow baby' has become more widely used.

DippyDiplodocus · 17/03/2018 09:44

I love dinosaurs 🦕

AuContraireStarfishHair · 17/03/2018 09:47

Oh thank god the moustache thing is over. That was just weird. I just can’t think how that one came about.

Although with the current trend for men’s enormous beards (and that’s another thing that can’t go soon enough in my book) maybe they’ll be on everything next.

Earlyup · 17/03/2018 09:54

Oh, moustaches got boring quickly. I look at unicorns and just remember Rainbow Brite (even though was a horse)...

I get irritated by pink dinosaur stuff - as if manufacturers are proving that girls are 'allowed' to like dinosaurs.

LoisWilkersonsLastNerve · 17/03/2018 10:00

Yes the llamas are coming. You've been warned. My dd is unicorn crazy too, apparently it's Scotland's national animal which I had no clue about despite being a ScotBlush

ShiftyMcGifty · 17/03/2018 10:52

Oh god Raphael’s cherubs! Every fucker had that poster/pillow/mug in their home. And most of them had no idea they were part of a large painting.

To have had enough of mermaids, unicorns and rainbows being everywhere!
AmethystRaven · 17/03/2018 11:03

Every time I see the cherubs I think of Shane and Angel in Home & Away as they had it in their bedroom!!

Pickyricky · 17/03/2018 12:54
Grin
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eggsandchips · 17/03/2018 12:56

There's a unicorn and prosecco festival coming to Leeds...Confused

NeopreneMermaid · 17/03/2018 13:11

Strax, if there's a double rainbow, the one at the top/outside is upside-down (trying to be generous to cake makers).

I've loved mermaids all my life, before they were cool.

outabout · 17/03/2018 13:35

How many cherubs are too many and at what number should you get concerned? My 'new' house had around 20 or more cherub figures and half a dozen or so pictures left by the previous owner, I keep finding more!

Pickyricky · 17/03/2018 13:54

I would be seriously concerned outabout

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MorningsEleven · 17/03/2018 14:02

I had the cherubs poster where one was holding a beer and the other one had a fag on.

I'd like to see a cowboy revival.

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