You Better Watch Out, You Better Not Cry!!

Mushy

My god, what is happening i nthe world? Today, I wander in to the nearest Tesco, helping the mother with some shopping. One of the first people in there that I saw was a little kid, I'd say around 4, in a bleeding Santa suit sans beard! Now, I dont blame the kid for this, he wouldnt realise the whole corporate-isation of Christmas, but what sort of mother would really let their kid out in public in a Santa suit at this time of year? A whole 147 days before Christmas...bizarre.

Let me be the first to say Merry Christmas to everyone on Boards.ie, if this is how its gonna be(yes, one child in a costume gives me this view:p ).

The Bollox

he could have been going to a fancy dress party

Ruu_Old

Flicking through channels earlier today and QVC had tree up, snow globes and all that muck out. They were selling some snowmen decorations for the garden. Everything is worse in America.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Kids can be pretty determined to get their own way when they're fixated on something.

MAybe the mother just wasn't bothered forcibly removing said outfit from the child.

aequinoctium

maybe you entered a time portal??? or are delusional!

gucci

the kid could have had a beard and and coincedentally being wearing a red suit at the same time!!

The Bollox

Mushy wrote:

in a bleeding Santa suit sans beard

funny idea tho

Scraggs

There was a Christmas party in my local pub there the other night!
Maybe that kid is very fashion forward or perhaps just an elf?

rubadub

sean_keevey wrote:

Kids can be pretty determined to get their own way when they're fixated on something.

MAybe the mother just wasn't bothered forcibly removing said outfit from the child.

Thats what I was thinking.
My boss has all but given up moaning about me arriving to meetings in my pirate costume, its just comfy.

Terry

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Nailz

Wow, a marketing campain? What a waste of money!

Naos

I was in Tesco one day and I spotted some little kid picking up a tin of beans or something meaningless like that and chatting to it.

"Hello little tin of beans" type thing.

Her mother spotted her and immediately said "Come over here, stop talking to the tin of beans, they are not alive".

I thought that mother was a b1tch. Why not let the kid use their imagination?

Therefore, I think that little santa rocked and he should be left to his own devices.

Nailz

Mear, your right in a way but if that was your child and she did the same and said something as if it replied back to her, would you be freaked out? When I read your post I thought the same as the mother probibly did.

A racy brainrot

Children aren't clouded by other peoples opinions, shouldn't it be important to encourage that?

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Why does a red suit have to be always associated with xmas because some "guy" is famous for wearing it? Doesn't mean no one else can wear it without being referred to as Santa, does it? It's kind of like saying wearing shorts in december is stupid because they are usually associated with the summer season, but it was fairly warm out last december/january and people were wearing shorts all the time.

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Nailz wrote:

When I read your post I thought the same as the mother probibly did.

That just means your judgemental. Don't blame the kid because you can't deal with the concept of the supernatural.

Naos

No she snatched the child away and put the kid down for speaking to the beans.

Nailz: Kids have imaginary friends all the time. Hell I used to get such a kick out of playing with a boat in a bath, imagining all sorts of wonderful scenarios.

So no I would not be freaked out, a child's imagination should not be subdued providing the child is not going to harm itself or others...

Edit: Big Daddy is a good example of parenting

Jesus Wept

CaptainNegative wrote:

Why does a red suit have to be always associated with xmas because some "guy" is famous for wearing it? Doesn't mean no one else can wear it without being referred to as Santa, does it? It's kind of like saying wearing shorts in december is stupid because they are usually associated with the summer season, but it was fairly warm out last december/january and people were wearing shorts all the time.

True, santa has only been wearing red since Coca-Cola put him in it.

Nailz

CaptainNegative wrote:

That just means your judgemental. Don't blame the kid because you can't deal with the concept of the supernatural.

Hold the phone buddy, I'm sharing MY opinion here! I'm not judging the child, I didn't go saying "Oh, that kid's psyco!" No. And what on gods green earth do you mean by I can't deal with the concept of the supernatural. If by that you mean Alians, Spirits and Ghosts and sh1t I'm all up for that.

BTW did you mean what you said as an insult cause I'm pretty ofended!

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The-Rigger wrote:

True, santa has only been wearing red since Coca-Cola put him in it.

Exactly. Would the OP have started this thread if that red suit had been blue(Santa's original colour)?

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Nailz wrote:

Hold the phone buddy, I'm sharing MY opinion here! I'm not judging the child, I didn't go saying "Oh, that kid's psyco!" No. And what on gods green earth do you mean by I can't deal with the concept of the supernatural. If by that you mean Alians, Spirits and Ghosts and sh1t I'm all up for that.

BTW did you mean what you said as an insult cause I'm pretty ofended!

Nah, I was just kidding around.
Probably not the best time to mention it, but you spelt offended wrong.

Nailz

Mear wrote:

No she snatched the child away and put the kid down for speaking to the beans.

Nailz: Kids have imaginary friends all the time. Hell I used to get such a kick out of playing with a boat in a bath, imagining all sorts of wonderful scenarios.

So no I would not be freaked out, a child's imagination should not be subdued providing the child is not going to harm itself or others...

Edit: Big Daddy is a good example of parenting

Oh right well thats grand, I didn't realise the mother snatch her away like that, sorry.

And I used to have the best of fun with my boat in the bath when I was a wee fella' too. Haha, the days when you could have fun with the simplist of things:p .

Naos

Exactly my point with regards the tin of beans and red suit.

If that kid thought he was the business, then more power to him.

Personally, due to adulthood, desire for the opposite sex and barriers of imagination, I'd be a bit apprehensive about strolling around Tesco in a bright red suit unless it was Halloween/Christmas.

Nailz

CaptainNegative wrote:

Nah, I was just kidding around.
Probably not the best time to mention it, but you spelt offended wrong.

Oops, my bad... it's not the first time either!!!:p

Nailz

Mear wrote:

Exactly my point with regards the tin of beans and red suit.

If that kid thought he was the business, then more power to him.

Personally, due to adulthood, desire for the opposite sex and barriers of imagination, I'd be a bit apprehensive about strolling around Tesco in a bright red suit unless it was Halloween/Christmas.

Very true, Jayzus it's getting fairly easy to change my views it's unreal! You lads must be preachers or salesman or something!

Mushy

CaptainNegative wrote:

Why does a red suit have to be always associated with xmas because some "guy" is famous for wearing it? Doesn't mean no one else can wear it without being referred to as Santa, does it? It's kind of like saying wearing shorts in december is stupid because they are usually associated with the summer season, but it was fairly warm out last december/january and people were wearing shorts all the time.

Ah, but isnt a red suit different from a red suit with all that fluffy stuff? Cos it had that fluffy stuff.

CaptainNegative wrote:

Exactly. Would the OP have started this thread if that red suit had been blue(Santa's original colour)?

I knew that Santa has only been wearing red since Coca-Cola did it, but I would have thought it as a blue santa suit, not knowing blue was the original colour.

This mother did nothing btw, I did nothing(despite looking almost shocked at the sight).

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Nailz wrote:

Very true, Jayzus it's getting fairly easy to change my views it's unreal! You lads must be preachers or salesman or something!

I believe the term you're looking for is Superheroes (with the power to change people's opinions).

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Mushy wrote:

Ah, but isnt a red suit different from a red suit with all that fluffy stuff? Cos it had that fluffy stuff.

A red suit with fluffy stuff, is just a red suit with fluffy stuff on it. Fluffy stuff is also fashionable these days while shopping. Perhaps it was purely coincidence that it looked like a Santa suit. Like you said there was no beard and without the beard, it's just a red suit with fluffy stuff.

Nailz

Mmm, well even if this kid was wearing a Santa costume I'm sure it's a fairy jolly thing anyway. Like if it felt good, if it wasn't embarresing or if it wasn't ILLEGAL... I would be streaking through my town right now.

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Nailz wrote:

Mmm, well even if this kid was wearing a Santa costume I'm sure it's a fairy jolly thing anyway. Like if it felt good, if it wasn't embarresing or if it wasn't ILLEGAL... I would be streaking through my town right now.

Streaking's illegal? It's overrated anyway.

Jesus Wept

CaptainNegative wrote:

A red suit with fluffy stuff, is just a red suit with fluffy stuff on it. Fluffy stuff is also fashionable these days while shopping. Perhaps it was purely coincidence that it looked like a Santa suit. Like you said there was no beard and without the beard, it's just a red suit with fluffy stuff.

maybe Santa shaves his beard for the summer months and the kid has the inside info.

Nailz

Ofcourse its illegal, why do you think the Guardi always try and stop 'em at GAAH matchs? Did you ever do it CaptainNegative?

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Nailz wrote:

Ofcourse its illegal, why do you think the Guardi always try and stop 'em at GAAH matchs? Did you ever do it CaptainNegative?

I don't watch GAA, but I probably would've assumed because it was interupting the game.
I guess there's a time and a place.
It could hardly be illegal if it's on private property?
As to your other question - no comment. :rolleyes:

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The-Rigger wrote:

maybe Santa shaves his beard for the summer months and the kid has the inside info.

Don't mean to break your spirit, but Santa is like Jesus Christ and JR Ewing - A Fictional Character. Whether he shaes or not is irrelevant in this courtroom (I mean thread)!!

Nailz

No, I was in Meath for a Meath v Cavan match a few years back and we won and it was have time and the streaker went on and they still got him! And you did streak before!

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Nailz wrote:

No, I was in Meath for a Meath v Cavan match a few years back and we won and it was have time and the streaker went on and they still got him! And you did streak before!

Obviously, everyone knows, no comment means, yeah I definitely did that or definitely didn't do that, depending on the context/question.
So what anyway, no need to make a big deal out of it, as I said anyway, 'tis overrated.

CaptainNegative

CaptainNegative wrote:

Exactly. Would the OP have started this thread if that red suit had been blue(Santa's original colour)?

Wasnt it green?

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bluewolf wrote:

Wasnt it green?

Maybe. Now I'm not sure.

Nailz

I think it was...

ixoy

Mushy wrote:

I knew that Santa has only been wearing red since Coca-Cola did it, but I would have thought it as a blue santa suit, not knowing blue was the original colour.

Not true actually. Coca-Cola didn't invent the red suit, it was well established before they used that image. Read all about it on the dream and myth destroying snopes.

Jesus Wept

Don't go beliving everything your read on snopes though.


They also claim this to be false:

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Terry

Snopes.
Bunch of nerds with absolutely nothing else to do.
They really are the super nerds of the internet.

aidan_walsh

Terry wrote:

Snopes.
Bunch of nerds with absolutely nothing else to do.
They really are the super nerds of the internet.

http://xkcd.com/250/

Terry

Brilliant.
Bookmarked for future use.
Thanks.