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?

My local Morrisons plays 80s music all the time. I wonder if we'll be getting some actual Queen on the 19th.

They did back-to-back war songs on VE Day - I hated Vera Lynn by the end of it.

My favourite tribute so far.

People off their box at 3.18am pay tributes to the queen at Buckingham Palace with a Lego Princess Leia

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megosaurusrex "I don't find the paddington thing offensive, I am surprised by the whole thing though, given it was only one sketch last year."

It wasn't last year, it was only 3 months ago, in June this year.

I was constantly being bombarded with random shite on Facebook , so much so that i've tipped it bollocks and deleted my account

At least people on the marmalade sandwich thread are complaining about something real. And consequential.

All this it's mawkish, it's infantile moan moan. It's on FB for goodness sake! Do what everyone on here always says.

Scroll on by.

The first paddington meme was sweet then it just went crazy! But they don't bother me anything like as much as the dreadful poetry! Most of them aren't even proper English!

People lose the plot at times like this. Remember that.

Haven’t read whole thread but someone got this tattoo in Benidorm

It saddens me that the Queen (and I am no Royalist) is being remembered for a skit. When the PM mentioned it my heart sunk, such a cheap remark. The Queen had a long and extraordinary life, the highlight of it was not Paddington.

Eeek. Will they have to keep shaving the back of their leg? They'll be on Tattoo Fixers in a few years having a massive cover up job.

Oh yeah so it was! Makes it even weirder then

I don't mind people doing what they need to do, but privately agree that it's pretty reductive of her role and accomplishments across a lifetime.

@Antarcticant I sense a strong steak of pedantry in you and a reluctance to admit that like we all do from time to time, you exaggerated a bit.

You gave the impression that the Queen's life and achievements are being defined by a meme of her with Paddington Bear. That's just silly.

Neither is all the coverage of her in any way official. I might find it samey and bland but that's not like falling asleep and waking up in North Korea.

Sounds hideous. So glad I’m not on Facebook anymore.

People are printing the memes and selling them on ebay as bumper stickers and photos

They're an improvement on ‘Honk if you had it last night’.

Glad the tide has turned on Paddington memes.

Last thread had mawkish, earnest statements like ‘I like to think it was actually Paddington...’ and ‘She wouldn't have done that if she didn't like him. E came to know him through his two films, it doesn't matter. It's their friendship now that counts.’

I’m a bit at the Paddington memes. I’m sure they’re meant in a sickly sweet way but it just makes me think of Paddington as the grim reaper, coming for the queen because it’s her time. Weird.

That's pure evil genius.

Ba ha ha ha ha. That's incredible. 'When he turned his little phone on!' Thanks for sharing.

^This! I'm not a royalist either but come on, the poor woman! Had a (really) long and interesting professional life serving her country and this^ is how we remember her?

They remind me of those awful Horse, boy, mole, fox sketches that were everywhere in covid times.

Haven’t read whole thread but someone got this tattoo in Benidorm

If ever there was a tat ripe for buyer's remorse that's the one.

Absolutely agree with you 100%. Twee and ridiculous. A lifetime of service and devotion to leave behind a legacy that is associated with a make believe bear by the masses.

Dammit came back to post the tattoo picture and @Horatioshelmet beat me to it!! #hun

It’s a very privileged old woman who has died surrounded by her loved ones. How bloody lucky is she? And all the peasants worshipping her very privileged feet whilst we face a very harsh winter. She must be laughing in her grave at all her gullible and stupid subjects