M&S - Could I? Should I?

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My son refused point blank to let me buy him this hoodie we spotted in Markies (M&S). It says "you can and you should". Little fun-sucker claimed he'd worry a creepy man would see him wearing it. I would have so enjoyed smooshing a Mr Whippy into his wee face. His big sister had similar thoughts.
Do you think the designers at Markies have a dark and twisted sense of humour or are we awful people?

Is everyone on Mumsnet coked up tonight or something?

That's two of us, at least

Somehow I think someone is passed that...

This has to be one of the oddest threads I've ever read on here and not in a good way!

That's what I was going to say 🤣

That's local name for M&S in Aberdeen/Shire.

It's simple enough. He's scoffing a Mr Whippy and it's tempting to push it into his face, for a laugh. The message he's wearing is You Can and You Should...

🤣🤣🤣

It must be me…

I don’t understand OP.

Don’t give up the day job OP

Who’s scoffing a Mr Whippy and why are they wearing this top? Presumably there’s some cultural reference we’re all missing here. Which probably means 99% of the people that see that top are going to miss it too.

Dear oh dear, never mind. Turn the telly on and try to cheer up. 😂

(That's in reply to Pilfer and all the other merry souls in here tonight)

Made me think it is inviting sexual assault, not an ice cream in the face.

Nope no cultural reference.
The op is from NE Scotland as the term Markies was used.
Whippy cone is just that a whippy cone.

Trying to understand here, Bean, you could’ve always explained…

I don't know if anyone remembers the oh-so-groovy Shared Earth in Manchester? They sold fair trade stuff. I bought one of their t-shirts once. I'm quite tall so looked for a medium, which they didn't have, so got a small. I am not a small-boobed woman so, stretched across my chest instead of "Shared Earth" it just read "Red Ear".

Huh. Fair enough. Whatever floats your boat 😀

Doesn't float my boat op was talking in riddles.
The term Markies would mean nothing to anyone outside Ne Scotland.

I read the whole thread and am none the wiser. What a strange post! And what a waste of time that was!!

"Little fun-sucker claimed he'd worry a creepy man would see him wearing it. I would have so enjoyed smooshing a Mr Whippy into his wee face"

One minute op is talking about her son not wanting a creepy man to see him wearing it.

The next minute she's saying she wants to smoosh a Mr whippy into her son's face.

What's the connection between the two sentences? You'd expect her to comment on the creepy men. Not talk about smooshing an ice cream.

It's just so bizarre!

What the Lambrini is happening here now?

Sorry to disabuse you of the notion that it's specific to the north, but it's also Markie's in Fife. Has been for years. (I'm in my 60s.)

This thread is so odd!

You can post here, but sometimes you shouldn’t.

Weird.

Hmm my children don't like any writing on their clothes, they never have. It's a very odd thing to have written on a child's hoodie!