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Campaign against the premature footballerisation of children

32 replies

Swedington · 06/01/2010 09:50

Quite a few folk dress their babies and young children in full Man U kit, including boots. Not only is the kit manufactured in China, it is 100% synthetic.

This is wrong.

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DarrellRivers · 06/01/2010 09:52

Gosh yes, i'll sign up

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GypsyMoth · 06/01/2010 09:53

there are other style kits available too

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FunnyLittleFrog · 06/01/2010 10:02

Wrong

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PooCrumbsInYourBed · 06/01/2010 10:06

if only more could be done

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Hassled · 06/01/2010 10:11

This is so wrong it hurts

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Hassled · 06/01/2010 10:12

And this is just plain cruel.

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Swedington · 06/01/2010 10:14

Poocrmbs -

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DarrellRivers · 06/01/2010 10:14

noooooooooooo [in the style of goooooal]
hassled, put those away

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Iklboo · 06/01/2010 10:14

You'll like this - neither DH or I like football. FIL & BILs keep asking DH if he 'saw the match/is he watching the match'. DH keeps replying he'd rather eat his own testicles than watch 'fubble'.
FIL announced last year that we'd have to start letting DS watch 'fubble' or 'he'd grow up to be a poof'

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FunnyLittleFrog · 06/01/2010 10:14

WORRYING

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WingedVictory · 06/01/2010 10:16

An Arsenal Fairy?! Are they mad? Or just ripping the piss out of parents and their children? £14.99 for that? I'd rather dress a child in a bin bag.

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glasjam · 06/01/2010 10:16

Hassled - those outfits are horrific!!! I have never seen the like of them and hope I never do. Imagine being the daughter of someone who would buy you that?!

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Swedington · 06/01/2010 10:18

I'm sure a mumsnet campaign to ban poofs will be along in just a minute.

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FunnyLittleFrog · 06/01/2010 10:18

There's a very good reason why Woolworths went under.

What did they sell? Vinyl, sweets and... tat like the Arsenal Fairy.

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Swedington · 06/01/2010 10:23

Arsenal and fairy? why? Woolworths were clearly dazzled by the success of pick n mix.

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Bonsoir · 06/01/2010 10:25

Can we have a campaign to ban WAGs, my particular bugbear at the moment?

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Swedington · 06/01/2010 10:29

And I'd like go see a campaign to stop retailers selling products.

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Bonsoir · 06/01/2010 10:35
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PooCrumbsInYourBed · 06/01/2010 10:36

swedington you are ON FIRE lolo

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FunnyLittleFrog · 06/01/2010 10:36

A campaign to stop campaigns would be good.

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Swedington · 06/01/2010 12:00

Lol at campaign to stop campaigns. Perhaps mumsnet need to appoint a police force so that each product for sale in the uk can be vetted and declared as having gained the mumsnet seal of approval; like a Richard & judy good read. The approval sticker should show a cat's bum mouth & the mumsnet logo.

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Swedington · 06/01/2010 12:04

And children would turn to their parents in shops and say : "Please may I have these school shoes, Mummy?They do have the Mumsnet cat's bum mouth."

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TheOldestCat · 06/01/2010 12:07

Dressing your child in any United garb is plain wrong.

hides DD's City shirt

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tiredemma · 06/01/2010 12:09

Ill sign up. Football is shite. Rugby is the game.

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OrmIrian · 06/01/2010 12:14

Oh I am with you 100%!

Dh tried to brainwash our DC into supporting his team. But none of them are interested. DS#1 pretends to care but it comes across as a bit patronising TBH

I personally think fanatical football support is a form of mental illness. And no-one would truly want their children to share that .

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