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to want to report Mr & Mrs Pontipine to Social Services?

66 replies

EdgarAllenPoo · 28/10/2009 20:00

They left all their children up a tree again. And they make them wear exactly the same clothes all the time. I think they are part of some weird religious cult - WWYD?

I am worried that it is only a matter of time before all their little girls are sent next door for an arranged marriage with the Wattinger boys.

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EdgarAllenPoo · 28/10/2009 21:26

Me-me-me-me-me (Solipsism?) plus blowing of raspberries makes me wonder whether the SALT is involved

I think they should be. Perhaps i should get on the troubliphone and discuss it with Derek Jacobi before going the whole hog and calling SS.

so far, none of the children have so much as gone near a school....

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yummycrumpet · 28/10/2009 21:26

come to think of it I wonder whether all of those children are actually theirs or whether Mr and Mrs Pontipine are Fagin-like characters who "collect" stray children to do their evil deeds

HouseOfHorrorMum · 28/10/2009 21:38

The Pontipine diet seems very high in bright coloured sweet stuff - maybe that's why the kids are jittering up and down going me-me-me

Doodleydoo · 28/10/2009 22:33

OMG the realisation has just set in, they are prime candidates for Jeremy Kyle! how could we allow our children to watch such filth?

Report them to ss or we shall see the pontipine children with an asbo in closer magazine before you can say boo to a goose.

mrseverton · 29/10/2009 10:41

train surfing the ninky nonk is dangerous

NickNemo · 29/10/2009 10:49

IMO, Iggle Piggle is a sad fantasist who makes up this whole night garden stuff while sleeping in his boat out on the ocean far away from land. Maybe he is a castaway

Sunshinemummified · 29/10/2009 10:59

Can we also mention the Tombliboos? Surely these are three toddlers who have been left to fend for themselves in a bush?

Trikken · 29/10/2009 11:20

my worry is Makka Pakka seems to have no sense of hygiene, he uses his one sponge (whihc he carries on his trike) to clean stones in the garden, then will use same sponge to clean the others faces, surely it is not v hygienic?

actually Iggle piggle's blankie cant be that clean with all the places he leaves it in the garden.

boundarybabe · 29/10/2009 12:39

Slightly off topic, but I often wonder about Postman Pat's 'special' delivery service. The last two times I've watched it he's managed to lose his cargo and arrive several hours late. Not sure I'd pay for that if you ask me.

Conundrumish · 29/10/2009 12:42

Ridiculous to have so many; have they not heard of contraception. Small age gaps too - I hate to think how little one to one time they have with their parents.

Trikken · 29/10/2009 12:42

yes, i have thought that too about the special delivery, plus he leaves his other post to do the special delivery. does that mean everyone else has to wait til much later for theirs?

Doodleydoo · 29/10/2009 13:10

Trikken and boundarybabe isn't Postman Pat on strike? and if not, why not? Surely he is breaking union rules?

pinkp imagine being pregnant for all that time? That would be worse than an elephant!

It is also a sorry state of affairs that no one in NG ever changes their clothes - although the Tombliboos seem to try and keep their trousers clean I suppose....

Sunshinemummified · 29/10/2009 14:44

If we're talking TV in general would anyone ever dare get on one of the Fat Controller's trains? They seem to crash an awful lot.

BouncingTurtle · 29/10/2009 16:53

I know I certainly wouldn't want to travel around Chuggington. Bloody comfortable riding on those trains that seem to jump off the rails all the time

I'm a bit about all this talk of calling SS on the Pontipines, bit harsh? Just because they don't have a TV...

iwascyteenagewerewolf · 29/10/2009 16:57

There's definitely something stalky about Mr & Mrs Pontipine. Following the Wattingers around, staring at them through binoculars. Talk about neighbours from hell!

Guimuahahahahahaaaaaaa · 29/10/2009 17:00

I'm a bit concerned about how easily the Tombliboos lose their trousers.

I think Mrs Pontipine is more of a NetMum, Mrs Wattinger more MumsNet.

JackBauWooohooohoowaaer · 29/10/2009 20:29

God yes, Chugginton, and they leap about mere inches from the staff, how has no-one been crushed yet?
Action Chugger is an accident waiting to happen.
Postman Pat is the most useless postman ever, always letting the cat roam around the parcels and losing them in 'interesting' ways after taking a random detour. If he just delivered the fricking parcel then maybe it wouldn't happen!

But Mr Pontipine is the worst, he is obviously on the run or trying to change his identity as he gets really freaked out when his 'moustache' comes off, he has to chase it and put it back on again.

I watch too much cbeebies.

EdgarAllenPoo · 29/10/2009 21:13

you are not alone in that JAck

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TombliBOOOOOObs · 29/10/2009 21:31

Leave the Tombliboos alone, nothing wrong with the Tombliboos.

Typical judgey MN thread, just because they are different, you all have to get your boden skirts in a twist.

wellieboot · 29/10/2009 21:35

Sooooooooo funny! I have been feeling a bit down this evening and this thread has cheered me up and made me giggle

EdgarAllenPoo · 29/10/2009 21:41

offers Tombliboobs some pinky ponk juice

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scrappydappydoo · 29/10/2009 21:44

Oh I love these threads...
IMHO ITNG is a childs version of 'the prisoner' - they're all trapped in there - when they try to escape they are 'absorbed' by a hahoo
Have we got onto waybuloo yet?? that is a preschoolers drug education - look this is what happens when you take drugs.....

EdgarAllenPoo · 29/10/2009 21:47

@wellieboot

ah, but surely the fate of the Hahoos is not one to be taken lightly! They must be an Oppressed mass - they never get to say or do anything, and are always in the backdrop whlst others steal the show and tell them what to feel.

Free The Haa-Hoo Five!

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TombliBOOOOOObs · 29/10/2009 21:51

Thanks EAP

Mspontipine · 29/10/2009 21:54

We go away for a few days and look at you all - gossiping - and all - I must add - wearing your judgey pants.