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?

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

Paddington should so do Strictly 😎

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.

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

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.

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 🤷🏻‍♀️

so nauseatingly twee!

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.

Well that sorts that then 🤣

Yes and me too.

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.

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

Actually permanently tattooed

I fear for humanity

Sorry forgot the link

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.

I love it!!

*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.

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

Leader? who's leader?

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.

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@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.

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

Brilliant !👏

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