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I'm getting sick and tired of dinosaurs being forced on our children

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CADministry · 06/02/2015 19:48

I'm really concerned about dinosaurs, and I think something needs to be done. The science behind them is pretty flimsy, and I for one do not want my children being taught lies. Did you know that nobody had even heard of dinosaurs before the 1800s, when they were invented by curio-hungry Victorians?

Charles Darwin's later theory of evolution entirely disproved dinosaurs, yet the dinosaur lie was twisted and adapted to try to make it fit. Any proper look at the facts will reveal that dinosaurs simply never existed.

Aside from the educational aspect, dinosaurs are a very bad example for children. At my children's school, several children were left in tears after one of their classmates (who had evidently been exposed to dinosaurs), became bestially-minded and ran around the classroom roaring and pretending to be a dinosaur. Then he bit three children on the face. One poor girl has been left with a severely dented nose and the whole class was left traumatised by this horrible display.

Nothing about dinosaurs is suitable for children, from their total lack of family values through to their non-existence from any serious scientific point of view.

Recently my sister foolishly gave my two youngest some dinosaurs toys for Christmas. After telling her to get out of my house I burnt the dinosaurs. My children were delighted because they know that dinosaurs are evil. I am fortunate that my family has been very supportive, and has disowned my children's former aunt.

Please, do what you can to get dinosaurs taken off the curriculum. Our school has been recently presented with a 214-signature petition, and following that and our recent protest the headmaster has said that he will take it the governors. We are lucky that he is so sympathetic to our cause, but I fear that others may not be.

If you would like to lend your support to our campaign, we have a Facebook group where we spread facts and research about the dinosaur myth. Hope to see you there! :-)

www.facebook.com/groups/nonexistingdinosaur/

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Enormouse · 06/02/2015 22:32

I bet you were all over the pics of jeebus with the dinosaurs bads. He is one hbf.

NorksAreMessy · 06/02/2015 22:32

Derek IS the favourite unit
She is the chosen one.

All hail Derek the Dinoqueen

Baddz · 06/02/2015 22:33

I can't even spell anymore I am so Consumed with dino lust

weebigmamma · 06/02/2015 22:33

Surely this is trolling?

DixieNormas · 06/02/2015 22:34

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Enormouse · 06/02/2015 22:35

Have trolls been proven to exist?

ErrolTheDragon · 06/02/2015 22:35

I do hope this doesn't all turn out just to be a version of this

BTW, micropachycephalosaurus (longest dino name cited upthread) means 'small thick-headed lizard'. I just thought you'd all like to know that.

Notrevealingmyidentity · 06/02/2015 22:35

I hail derek

I like her and she's a local. Win win.

Baddz · 06/02/2015 22:36

Mouse..... Jesus a hbf!?
No way.
The dinosaurs not bad though ??

VeniVidiVickiQV · 06/02/2015 22:37

And does this mean the top paleontologists just go round digging big holes for shits and giggles?

fattymcfatfat · 06/02/2015 22:37

STDG Grin
lesley godsuki will be ok I promise, the end of godzilla (the one with the giant blue spikes in America) godsuki is alive and well!....I have to watch a lot of godzilla, godzilla vs space godzilla was a winner for some reason Grin

CADm1nistry · 06/02/2015 22:37

Sorry, had other things to attend to.

To those who ask why we don't focus on something "more important". This is something of a logical fallacy, on a par with criticising money spent on particle accelerators because it could be spent on a cure for cancer. Nobody can be all things to all people, and everybody must focus on their own thing.

We do not all hold identical beliefs, hence Kristen's video about fake fossils. She is correct in that many fossils are faked. Whether or not all of them are is a matter for debate.

DixieNormas · 06/02/2015 22:38

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tenwrigglywigglycaterpillars · 06/02/2015 22:39

Off to bed for a dinosnore. Night all.

Lweji · 06/02/2015 22:39

Have trolls been proven to exist?
I don't think they are in the Bible..., so the OP must be non existent. Confused

EatShitDerek · 06/02/2015 22:39

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Notrevealingmyidentity · 06/02/2015 22:39

To be fair I thought Dippy at the natural history museum was real. But he's not. He's a replica. Sad

DixieNormas · 06/02/2015 22:39

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Lweji · 06/02/2015 22:40

What will Ross from friends do now!

Off to watch the last episode of Friends and find out.

Debs75 · 06/02/2015 22:40

DP can watch the dino porn, it'll stop him sulking and pretending to play football manager

BoreOfWhabylon · 06/02/2015 22:41

Enormouse, I pointed out way up there ^ that there are no trolls in the bible ipso facto they do not exist.

Please try to pay attention. This is not a thread for dilettantes.

Enormouse · 06/02/2015 22:42

CAD are they faking using those get set kits for kids?

I had an Egyptologist kit and I made a pot out of shards and a load of stuff out of plaster of paris.

EatShitDerek · 06/02/2015 22:42

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CADm1nistry · 06/02/2015 22:42

VeniVidiVickiQV - And does this mean the top paleontologists just go round digging big holes for s---s and giggles?

No, cold hard cash. The same year the dinosaur was invented, something called the Fiji Mermaid was also invented. This was a time of freakshows and credulous Victorian audiences hankering after the next big thing. The Fiji Mermaid eventually ran its course, but dinosaurs took off in a way that nobody could have predicted.

They became so popular, and so much of a money-spinner, that none of those in the know were willing to risk ostracism by their partners in crime, nor did they want to lose all that money.

Now the dinosaur myth is so entrenched in our society that they hardly have to do anything to keep things going. Notice that whenever it becomes apparent that something is nonsense, or they need to drum up support, a headline-grabbing "NEW DINOSAUR FACT" is produced. For instance, now they have feathers! (lol!)

fattymcfatfat · 06/02/2015 22:43

debs Grin just hope it doesnt become a "thing" for him!

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