To find the Paddington memes so irritating and borderline offensive?

[BarbaraVineFan]

Getting lots of Paddington memes on my Facebook feed related to the Queen's death. Even saw a disgustingly twee one today with an image of Paddington and the Queen walking off into the distance hand in hand, with a caption something like 'I'm very tired now Paddington, will you take me to Philip now?' 🙄

Now I know the Paddington sketch from the Jubilee was mildly amusing, I enjoyed it at the time, but for some reason this mawkish and ridiculous association of a child's toy with the death of a respected leader is really pissing me off. Is it just me or does anyone else feel the same?

[CathyorClaire]

So now we have Paddington instead of Strictly. It's a Paddington takeover.

Paddington should so do Strictly 😎

[Pikafuckingwho]

To be fair Paddington and Paddington 2 are excellent. I cried more spoiler alert when Aunt Lucy turns up at the end of the second one than I ever have over a very elderly rich lady that I didn’t know dying peacefully.

[Pikafuckingwho]

I might also write in asking if they could put on the new James Bond afterwards.

[BEAM123]

@Sparklingbrook

Wait, Paddington has a mobile phone and is on FB?

Weird, right? The last I heard he was down and out and homeless....because I saw that TV programme advertised a few years back 'Paddington, A Life on the Tracks'. Glad he got himself sorted out.

[LaDamaDeElche]

@Realitysucks

Oh come on you obviously have never watched Paddington! Yes he is a fictional character but he loved the Queen! You obviously just don’t get it!

There was a Paddington play at the palace for her 80th birthday celebrations too. I honestly can't see what everyone on this thread is getting worked up about 🤷🏻‍♀️

[Actupfishy]

so nauseatingly twee!

[LikeAStar1994]

You're being ridiculous. There is nothing irriating or offensive about them at all. Borderline or otherwise.

This place, honestly!

[Sparklingbrook]

@LikeAStar1994

You're being ridiculous. There is nothing irriating or offensive about them at all. Borderline or otherwise.

This place, honestly!

And yet a lot of people on this thread have said they do find them irritating.

[Navigatingnewwaters]

@LikeAStar1994

You're being ridiculous. There is nothing irriating or offensive about them at all. Borderline or otherwise.

This place, honestly!

Well that sorts that then 🤣

[pictish]

@ILiveInAmphibia

It's just bizarre, all of it. I saw a headline that read 'people asked to stop leaving Paddington bears and sandwiches outside Buckingham Palace'. All the photos of clouds that people think look like the queen?! This is the problem with social media - you realise who society is made up of and it makes me want to move to mars.

Yes and me too.

[Bekstar]

I was under the impression this was something the Queen had planned for her death and was just one of those funny little quirks she had.

[ReformedWaywardTeen]

Oh good lord.
I've just seen that someone has had the bloody cartoon tattooed to themselves

Actually permanently tattooed

I fear for humanity

[ReformedWaywardTeen]

Sorry forgot the link

[newnamethanks]

I am very glad indeed that I don't have Facebook. It sounds as if it takes up an awful lot of time to little useful effect.

[Irismarle]

@RaRaRaspoutine

Paddington is the ferryman who rows you to the underworld. His payment is a marmalade sandwich.

I love it!!

[Ladybyrd]

Oh good lord.
I've just seen that someone has had the bloody cartoon tattooed to themselves

Actually permanently tattooed

I fear for humanity

It could look fantastic when the hair grows back though. All depends on the lay of the hair. If it's just a short, soft down, at a slightly diagonal slant, it could look like a rain shower.

I think we all know it's going to be big curly leg hair though, and that tattoo is fucked.

But since the grammar in the caption is shoddy, and it looks like "tea" is spelled "tee", that probably isn't such a bad thing.

[Petlover9]

@ReformedWaywardTeen

Oh good lord.
I've just seen that someone has had the bloody cartoon tattooed to themselves

Actually permanently tattooed

I fear for humanity

Tattoos are awful, when they go out of fashion what then? Some people are covered in them, something called a "sleeve" covers the arm, awful. High heels, clumpy heels, wide trousers, narrow trousers, short trousers/skirts, pink hair short or long - when people want a change it's easy but a tattoo? I saw the photos of Katie Price with a horse on her middle, among others, just dreadful

[Daffi]

Leader? who's leader?

[Skodacool]

I thought the sketch was very witty. It referenced what the Queen kept in her ever present handbag. The producers expected an actor to play the Queen but she insisted on doing it herself.
You are a miserable lot.

[PassMeThePineapple]

@Bernadinetta

Why is Paddington the grim reaper 🤣

😆

[PassMeThePineapple]

@Afterfire

That made me laugh 😆

My neighbourhood announced on Facebook they’re going to do a “clap for the queen” on your doorstep thing like the whole nhs covid thing and my 10 year old who has autism and is very black and white about things said, “why do that? She can’t hear them. She’s dead”.

🙈🙈

😄

[Ladybyrd]

@Skodacool The sketch was lovely. It's all the copyright-infringing, knock-off illustrations (and particularly the terrible captions), of Paddington leading Her Majesty into the afterlife we're objecting to.

[HRTQueen]

I think the drawing of the Queen holding Paddingtons paw is sweet. It’s lovely that children are drawing pictures that she had been able to reach young children because she certainly didn’t when I was young she seemed quite stern.

The take me to Phillip is over sentimental but there are far worse things to get worked up
about

[IreneGoodnight]

Brilliant !👏

[Antarcticant]

I imagine the BBC are glad to have an answer to the difficult question of what to broadcast after the Queen's funeral.