AIBU?
TeddyIsaHe · 23/03/2019 20:08
“What would Flop do?” is one of my better parenting ideas. Because sometimes I have just about had enough of tantrums/continuous whining and thinking about what Flop would do stops me shouting in frustration.
There’s a theory that he’s in purgatory for his previous sins and can only leave if he never ever loses his mind. I’d have had Bing in a pie a long time ago tbh. Horrid little creature.
donquixotedelamancha · 23/03/2019 20:48
I once got drunk with a bloke called Ted Dewan, who explained his inspiration in creating Bing to me:
Bingworld is one of the circles of hell.
Flop and all the other 'carers' are the souls of the damned. They all did something awful to children when they were alive.
Bing and the other animals are demons who eternally torment the damned. Flop et al are cursed so that they are unable to express any anger with their charges or do anything except look after them.
csigeek · 23/03/2019 21:50
LizzyMac40 · 23/03/2019 23:28
Flop is a carer while the parent/s are at work.Sula does my head in. She is a brat. The episode with the picnic in her bedroom sums her up. Bing wanted his toy to have a bit more cake, Sula threw a strop and took bing's toy from him and dumped it in a box. Yes, I know, sad I know all this but I was subjected to it constantly as my daughter loves Bing. Thankfully, I am weaning her off this and she is now on racing cars (the animated film, Cars). 😬
Dohangoversgetworseasyougetold · 24/03/2019 00:44
And why is Coco and Charlie's parent/ carer only glimpsed briefly on a mobile phone disappearing into a taxi in the title sequence? I imagine they're probably heading off to bitch about Flop and Amma over a big glass of wine, but who has Coco and Charlie most of the time?
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