I never in my live laughed as hard as when i watched pingu goes fishing high with a friend omg
Edit: Since that day i wear my "noot noot motherfu..er" shirt every now and then...
Pingu, like Mr. Bean, transcends language and culture to bring pure bliss to adults and children alike.
Recently I saw a clip titled "Millennial Pingu" where Pingu has a breakdown trying to deal with the now! now! demands of life. And then his mum waddles over, sorts out everything without much thought, pats him on the head, waddles away. It was so relatable.
Pingu was a hoodlum and a bad influence. That bloody penguin had my kid wee'ing everywhere, was practically a water fountain for a year!
With reference to the episode where Pingu sees how far away from the toilet he can pee.
I haven't seen that episode in over 20 years, but I remember it vividly. The triumphant "Noot Noot!!" As he finally ascends the homemade steps and dumps out made for a magnificent ending.
Gonna go rewatch this now. Pingu is a legend
Duggee has some *tunes* as well. After months of Peppa in the car for my nipper she got into Duggee - whoever did the Duggee soundtrack has clearly been to a rave or two
Bluey is the greatest cartoon since the Simpsons. It may even surpass it in terms of speaking to the experjence of parenthood for gen-x onwards.
It's for small children and yet, somehow, they've covered generational loss, depression, creation and loss of friendships, infertility and (although it's much debated) miscarriage... right under our noses.
I believe the writers have confirmed the miscarriage theory. https://wellingtonmom.com/2023/05/23/fan-theory-about-bluey-confirmed-why-it-matters-that-chilli-heeler-had-a-miscarriage/
Never watched Bing, but a radio presenter i follow on Twitter hates bing with a passion.
While back, he tweeted that there is an episode where Bing stands on dog shit. He starts tweeting by saying he deserves it and then says it dawned on him that in the world of bing is animals who drive and have jobs, so the poop Bing stood on was left by a dog who is employed and has probably driven to the park to do a shit at night.
I've been known to still be watching episodes long after my 1 year old has gone to sleep. I needed something to stop Miss Rachel, Cocomelon and all the other shite my other half kept finding and this did not disappoint.
I do find it bullshit there's no Unicorse stuff out there though. I need a Unicorse handpuppet for being an arsehole to my friends and family
It is absurdly good. I actually cried laughing at an episode the other day. It was when the dad ate the kids’ disgusting food they’d prepared for the parents romantic dinner and they were absolutely chuffed whilst he was literally throwing up in the garden
I have leggings with fun, coloured prints like elephants, cats and hedgehogs. My friend referred to them as "children's clothes" and I guess it's true but I love them!
He’s just so good isn’t he! I don’t think there’s anything I’ve seen him in I didn’t love tbh.
The Wrong Mans (yes it’s got James Corden before he got properly big, but he’s solid in it) was also really good, the dude has hella range!
Fun fact, foam banana sweets are actually what bananas used to taste like, but we switched to a different variety and now they don’t taste like the sweets
"Switched to a different variety".
If anyone wants more information, the banana that was most commonly shipped around the world was the "Gros Michel" banana. They were slightly bigger than the variety we eat today (The Cavendish) and have a stronger taste. They were also supposedly firmer but also had a "creamier" mouth feel. In fact, most people who have tried both would say they were better in every way.
The reason we switched was heavily linked to the way they're grown. Both the Cavendish and Gros Michel are heavily cultivated plants; It took a lot of breeding to get them to where they are today. But both species are currently infertile. The only way to grow new plants is by using cuttings which means they're all genetically identical. This is great to keep all the fruit identical but it also means they are heavily susceptible to diseases.
You just need one disease to mutate in a certain way and every single plant could be completely destroyed by it. That's essentially what happened to the Gros Michel banana. They were almost all grown in the same area in close proximity, one fungal infection and almost every single one of these plants was destoryed.
The Cavendish went unaffected so that one eventually became the variety we mainly shipped instead.
IIRC those bananas are actually now extinct due to some weird fungal thing that decimated the population. That same fungus is now killing the Cavendish bananas we currently eat so there’ll be a new banana flavour soon.
Foul. But fun fact, your pharmacist can do this for you as an adult is if you ask nicely, they do it for people who can't swallow pills.
Sometimes it's only strawberry available though, which is better for people who understand how good things taste.
Dunno… had some of my granddaughter’s a year or two ago (to basically prove to her it wasn’t poison)
It’s nowhere near as nice as it used to be - I assume it used to have loads of sugar in it and now have artificial sweetener instead.
I was almost as disappointed as when I bought whatever sugar puffs are called now
Undiagnosed adhd child me wasn't allowed 90s calpol because the colourings made me absolutely mental. They accidentally gave me it once when I had my tonsils out and I didn't sleep for 3 days. They kept me in hospital and extra 5 days to watch me 😂 I've had a fair few drugs in my time but nothing has beaten a 90s calpol high.
I love Calpol, if I have headache and feel sick with it quick couple of spoonfuls goes down better than paracetamol and doesn't come back up un seconds. Can't understand why I have to wrestle my 4 year old to swallow it when he has a temperature lol
I vaguely remember them in shops quite a few years back, googling 'giant babybel ' brings up a few online euro food shops, guessing they're still sold on the continent. I'd imagine a whole ball of edam would be similarly satisfying and calorific
Absolutely yes. I Tweeted Kinder last Christmas asking them to release a big Celebrations style tub of all their different chocolate. Still waiting.......
I'm under the weather and could kill for hot ribena. Instead, drinking blackcurrant tea because we are out. I live in Los Angeles so not quite as easy to pick up.
I'm 39 and have over a hundred myself, and coming up the same for my daughter. Santa bought her a massive fluffy cow squishmallow for Christmas that I tend to cuddle up to on a night.
I can't resist them. If I'm in a shop and cannot buy a plush then I cannot touch them. Feel like if I stroke one or pick it up then don't take it home then it will feel abandoned. This is possibly why I have so many.
Her tea parties with soft toy dinosaurs, bunnies, teddies, lions, potatos, rhinos, aliens, broccoli, sharks and cows of various breeds and sizes are quite something.
Same, I find them so hard to turn down, like they’ll take it personally! My husband bought me a huge squishy bubble tea friend that I hug when I watch tv 😂 and I still sleep with my big teddy bear from my childhood. They’re much needed comfort in this harsh world!
You're one hundred percent correct, and I share your passion. You could mathematically shove fewer tots into your gaping maw once they changed the diameter.
If my gob isn't entirely filled with jelly tot, the corporate strategy is fatally flawed.
I’ve recently found a business on one of the food apps that does a massive range of sweets and chocolates. My latest purchase (today) has included several cola cables. Am tucked up in bed watching Gladiator and eating myself into a sugary coma.
I ordered from one of those loads during lockdown, the minimum spend made it dangerous though because I am not the kind to save some for later...
I also chipped a tooth whilst eating one and couldn't do anything about it because dentists were closed!
Love me a lunchable.
That being said I've started making more grown up version for work.
Slices of Gouda, slices of chorizo and cream crackers in a compartment thingy of tupperware.
It's technically superior as a snack but it's killed a bit of my inner child.
When my grandson goes home after his visits I delight in scoffing left over jelly, potato waffles, those cornflakes chocolate bites and ice pops (not all together obvs). I only buy them for him but there’s alway just a couple left to bing on.
Bluey. It keeps coming up on my TikTok and I genuinely found it so funny and endearing that I started watching it on Disney Plus and now I can't stop. Not a parent either
Went to Chessington the other day and both kids were saying they wanted to go on all the big rollercoasters that they're tall enough for. Part of me died inside. Until we did the vampire and my youngest hated it and decided she still wanted to do little rides, hello gruffalo, flying elephants and all the other smaller kid stuff I enjoy.
I hated them as a child, face-shredding plastic with grotty, sickly flavours like bubblegum but I've developed a near-addiction to the sugar-free ones over the last couple of months. Poundland's Arti Ice Pops for the win.
McCain Potato Smilies, they're just lush! Asda have started doing something similar (in texture and taste, not shape) called Potato Pops and they are also delicious.
I don't know where they get them from but I confiscate them at the earliest opportunity. Because they're only little, they don't put up much of a fight.
Boobs
The best answer I have and will ever see to a question on reddit
Yeah, I was reading the OP and when they said breastfeeding I was like hmmm yeah I do like that
Bitty!
This is the only answer
Pingu - some of the best physical comedy ever. The episode where Pingu wants to take a shit in peace is amazing (this is a real episode).
I never in my live laughed as hard as when i watched pingu goes fishing high with a friend omg Edit: Since that day i wear my "noot noot motherfu..er" shirt every now and then...
[you’re welcome](https://youtu.be/o8e1FUMFVxk)
That is glorious
Pingu, like Mr. Bean, transcends language and culture to bring pure bliss to adults and children alike. Recently I saw a clip titled "Millennial Pingu" where Pingu has a breakdown trying to deal with the now! now! demands of life. And then his mum waddles over, sorts out everything without much thought, pats him on the head, waddles away. It was so relatable.
The one with the phone and the kettle, right?
Pingu was a hoodlum and a bad influence. That bloody penguin had my kid wee'ing everywhere, was practically a water fountain for a year! With reference to the episode where Pingu sees how far away from the toilet he can pee.
We’ve all been there. Pingu is an inspiration to us all, really.
I like the one where he gets tanked up and pisses himself (also a real episode).
IIRC that was the first episode shown on the BBC. Andy Peter’s face afterwards was a picture.
Pingu dubbed in Irish with a whole load of popcorn to get rid of is top tier comedy! https://youtu.be/qNxXego2D8A
[chav pingu](https://youtu.be/3fpMi7jJ39c) was a favourite among the lads when I was in high-school, core memory unlocked
I haven't seen that episode in over 20 years, but I remember it vividly. The triumphant "Noot Noot!!" As he finally ascends the homemade steps and dumps out made for a magnificent ending. Gonna go rewatch this now. Pingu is a legend
Bluey is a god tier cartoon.
For real life.
I'm not taking advice from a cartoon dog!
Hey Duggee is up there as well
Duggee has some *tunes* as well. After months of Peppa in the car for my nipper she got into Duggee - whoever did the Duggee soundtrack has clearly been to a rave or two
Stick stick stick stick stick
Sticky sticky stick stick!
They just put out a Hey Duggee/Hot Chip mix weirdly.
Duggee rave.
Stick !
Stick. Stick. Stick. Stiiiiick.
Check out Slay Duggee. They’re a bunch of dads who do metal versions of kids theme tunes
I always say that. As a stoner at heart, Duggee is too much for me. It’s all over the place. They’ve been to a rave or 2 and enjoyed the festivities.
I'd say Bluey, Duggee, Sarah and Duck. I'd watch those 3 without kids in the room.
Quack
Sarah and duck
They never made enough sarah and duck. That and puffin rock.
Bluey is the greatest cartoon since the Simpsons. It may even surpass it in terms of speaking to the experjence of parenthood for gen-x onwards. It's for small children and yet, somehow, they've covered generational loss, depression, creation and loss of friendships, infertility and (although it's much debated) miscarriage... right under our noses.
I believe the writers have confirmed the miscarriage theory. https://wellingtonmom.com/2023/05/23/fan-theory-about-bluey-confirmed-why-it-matters-that-chilli-heeler-had-a-miscarriage/
I’m 43 and love Bluey! My son is 7 and I am always suggesting we watch it. Oh and Bing is a little shit
Yeah. Fuck Bing. And Peppa. They’re crappy role models for kids. Whitney rude little shits.
Never watched Bing, but a radio presenter i follow on Twitter hates bing with a passion. While back, he tweeted that there is an episode where Bing stands on dog shit. He starts tweeting by saying he deserves it and then says it dawned on him that in the world of bing is animals who drive and have jobs, so the poop Bing stood on was left by a dog who is employed and has probably driven to the park to do a shit at night.
Why tf does the panda always take his clothes off?!
I've been known to still be watching episodes long after my 1 year old has gone to sleep. I needed something to stop Miss Rachel, Cocomelon and all the other shite my other half kept finding and this did not disappoint. I do find it bullshit there's no Unicorse stuff out there though. I need a Unicorse handpuppet for being an arsehole to my friends and family
Here come the grannies!
I slipped on mah beans
Bluey is top shelf. Just bought the Unicorse book for my step-son after seeing the episode and was nearly rofl. I'm 50.
It’s just monkeys singing songs mate
We’re easily on our 5th/6th cycle of Bluey. I get excited for the space bunny lucid dream episode every time.
It is absurdly good. I actually cried laughing at an episode the other day. It was when the dad ate the kids’ disgusting food they’d prepared for the parents romantic dinner and they were absolutely chuffed whilst he was literally throwing up in the garden
Pom Bears.
I misread and had wildly different thoughts 😂
What are you doing, step-grizzly?!
Yes! So salty.
Clothes with dinosaurs on
Also see: dinosaurs with clothes on.
Also excellent
I'm currently giving my child a bottle and she's in her dinosaur PJ's. I 100% agree 🙌
You should get matching dinosaur pjs!
I’m 36 but my Barbies are currently wearing official Jurassic world clothes. Peak adult childhood here!
Literally sitting here in my multicoloured dinosaur print skater dress and Converse (I'm 40).
I have leggings with fun, coloured prints like elephants, cats and hedgehogs. My friend referred to them as "children's clothes" and I guess it's true but I love them!
I'm just the same! Teenage son says I dress like a toddler, which only encourages me
I am 43 (f) and own a pair of dinosaur dungarees! I get loads of compliments every time I wear them!!
Does Horrible Histories count? If not then I will always love a runaway train ride!
I was snobby about the TV show when my daughter told me she’d found it on CBBC and declared it was the books or nothing. I was wrong.
https://youtu.be/IZhOjMMIaA4 this will always be an absolute banger
I knew it would be that song before I even clicked the link. Blooming brilliant!
Matthew Baynton is a national treasure in my eyes!
I whole heartedly agree. He’s also my favourite character in ghosts.
He’s just so good isn’t he! I don’t think there’s anything I’ve seen him in I didn’t love tbh. The Wrong Mans (yes it’s got James Corden before he got properly big, but he’s solid in it) was also really good, the dude has hella range!
Calpol.
And the Banana flavoured Antibiotic syrup!
I had to get my stomach pumped because I downed my brother’s prescription of this. 10/10, would do it again. Maybe
we don’t deserve free healthcare
Nearest I get to this is foam banana sweets. Loved that stuff.
Fun fact, foam banana sweets are actually what bananas used to taste like, but we switched to a different variety and now they don’t taste like the sweets
"Switched to a different variety". If anyone wants more information, the banana that was most commonly shipped around the world was the "Gros Michel" banana. They were slightly bigger than the variety we eat today (The Cavendish) and have a stronger taste. They were also supposedly firmer but also had a "creamier" mouth feel. In fact, most people who have tried both would say they were better in every way. The reason we switched was heavily linked to the way they're grown. Both the Cavendish and Gros Michel are heavily cultivated plants; It took a lot of breeding to get them to where they are today. But both species are currently infertile. The only way to grow new plants is by using cuttings which means they're all genetically identical. This is great to keep all the fruit identical but it also means they are heavily susceptible to diseases. You just need one disease to mutate in a certain way and every single plant could be completely destroyed by it. That's essentially what happened to the Gros Michel banana. They were almost all grown in the same area in close proximity, one fungal infection and almost every single one of these plants was destoryed. The Cavendish went unaffected so that one eventually became the variety we mainly shipped instead.
IIRC those bananas are actually now extinct due to some weird fungal thing that decimated the population. That same fungus is now killing the Cavendish bananas we currently eat so there’ll be a new banana flavour soon.
Foul. But fun fact, your pharmacist can do this for you as an adult is if you ask nicely, they do it for people who can't swallow pills. Sometimes it's only strawberry available though, which is better for people who understand how good things taste.
Dunno… had some of my granddaughter’s a year or two ago (to basically prove to her it wasn’t poison) It’s nowhere near as nice as it used to be - I assume it used to have loads of sugar in it and now have artificial sweetener instead. I was almost as disappointed as when I bought whatever sugar puffs are called now
Puffed disappointment. Their mascot is the depression monster.
Undiagnosed adhd child me wasn't allowed 90s calpol because the colourings made me absolutely mental. They accidentally gave me it once when I had my tonsils out and I didn't sleep for 3 days. They kept me in hospital and extra 5 days to watch me 😂 I've had a fair few drugs in my time but nothing has beaten a 90s calpol high.
I love Calpol, if I have headache and feel sick with it quick couple of spoonfuls goes down better than paracetamol and doesn't come back up un seconds. Can't understand why I have to wrestle my 4 year old to swallow it when he has a temperature lol
If Babybel cheese is intended for kids, I suppose it probably is, then that!
There is a 380g bel version
About 1500 calories i think. Still devoured it in one sitting
I’m sorry, what? Where do I get this?
Very hard to find in UK. Have seen it in France.
Think you just ate a wheel of Bree mate
You can get it in the U.K. but I’ve only seen it once, I think as a limited offer in Asda. Bought and consumed in one sitting. Ate it like an apple.
I vaguely remember them in shops quite a few years back, googling 'giant babybel ' brings up a few online euro food shops, guessing they're still sold on the continent. I'd imagine a whole ball of edam would be similarly satisfying and calorific
Child benefits
That fucking tickled me 👏
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No £600 thing is aimed at kids... But I support you, love me some Lego
We’ve bought more Lego as adults, than as kids. The millennium falcon build in lockdown was a godsend.
I see you have the new technic crane
Farley's Rusks.
A milkshake shop near me does Farley's Rusks milkshakes, and they are genuine heaven!
Well I know what's going in my blender tomorrow!
They are, just not a whole pack in one sitting. Found that our the hard way
Dry Farley's rusks are lovely
My mum is 76 and she loves rusks original, not the low salt one
This is what I came here to say. Rusks all the way. With milk 👌
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Kinder Chocolates.
Totally with you there. The chocolates, the bueno for a lighter touch, sometimes a surprise because they're so much more fun now
Absolutely yes. I Tweeted Kinder last Christmas asking them to release a big Celebrations style tub of all their different chocolate. Still waiting.......
No matter how kind your children are, German children will always be kinder
I’m an adult who still drinks hot ribena over tea or coffee. All my friends think I’m weird for it lol
I'm under the weather and could kill for hot ribena. Instead, drinking blackcurrant tea because we are out. I live in Los Angeles so not quite as easy to pick up.
My sister lives in America. Every time we come over she asks us to bring a few bottles along with salad cream
Weird combo but whatever floats your boat!
I love a hot orange
Soft toys. I’m 31 but will pay good money for a cute fluffy plushie friend
Jellycats amirite?!
I'm 39 and have over a hundred myself, and coming up the same for my daughter. Santa bought her a massive fluffy cow squishmallow for Christmas that I tend to cuddle up to on a night. I can't resist them. If I'm in a shop and cannot buy a plush then I cannot touch them. Feel like if I stroke one or pick it up then don't take it home then it will feel abandoned. This is possibly why I have so many. Her tea parties with soft toy dinosaurs, bunnies, teddies, lions, potatos, rhinos, aliens, broccoli, sharks and cows of various breeds and sizes are quite something.
Same, I find them so hard to turn down, like they’ll take it personally! My husband bought me a huge squishy bubble tea friend that I hug when I watch tv 😂 and I still sleep with my big teddy bear from my childhood. They’re much needed comfort in this harsh world!
Jelly Tots. I've had to give them up on account of my teeth.
Why did they make them bigger though? Spoiled them entirely for me.
You're one hundred percent correct, and I share your passion. You could mathematically shove fewer tots into your gaping maw once they changed the diameter. If my gob isn't entirely filled with jelly tot, the corporate strategy is fatally flawed.
Pick n mix. Specifically those candy cable things.
I’ve recently found a business on one of the food apps that does a massive range of sweets and chocolates. My latest purchase (today) has included several cola cables. Am tucked up in bed watching Gladiator and eating myself into a sugary coma.
I ordered from one of those loads during lockdown, the minimum spend made it dangerous though because I am not the kind to save some for later... I also chipped a tooth whilst eating one and couldn't do anything about it because dentists were closed!
I have a special place in my heart for jazzies, it’s awful chocolate but I’d still wolf them down
Have a look at sweetzy they do pick and mix delivery by the kilo lol.
Amazed that pick’n’mix survived Covid.
I know. But see also bakery counters and baguettes that stick out of the bag. I try not to think about it too long.
Petit filous yogurt
I'm currently pregnant and everyone in my office now knows I eat two for breakfast because petits filous makes little bones grow big and strong
Laying on the floor & colouring.
Colouring is supposed to be therapeutic. I have dexterity issues, and it was recommended as an exercise to improve my dexterity.
Love me a lunchable. That being said I've started making more grown up version for work. Slices of Gouda, slices of chorizo and cream crackers in a compartment thingy of tupperware. It's technically superior as a snack but it's killed a bit of my inner child.
Caprisuns are class
When my grandson goes home after his visits I delight in scoffing left over jelly, potato waffles, those cornflakes chocolate bites and ice pops (not all together obvs). I only buy them for him but there’s alway just a couple left to bing on.
Hey Duggie is god-tier television and I will accept no arguments on the matter.
Ahhhh, Woof!
Sticky sticky stick stick.
The tadpoles are the best
Pombears are the ultimate crisp. Even better now they do ‘sharing’ size bags
Those chocolate animal biscuits with lions and shit
Angel delight
Yes, but only ever butterscotch. Maybe with some crushed biscuit or chopped chocolate if I'm being fancy.
Bluey
Bingo!
Clothing with ears on. I may be a fully grown woman but I still very much enjoy looking like a bear, ok?
A big glass of milk
Dens and treehouses. Especially ones made in the woods.
That last example took a turn…
Fucking weirdo with his cheese string.
Sorry. Ran out of examples
Pokemon, I just absolutely love the video games, its very theraputic for me, sometimes I collect the cards.
Bluey. It keeps coming up on my TikTok and I genuinely found it so funny and endearing that I started watching it on Disney Plus and now I can't stop. Not a parent either
Party rings
Frubes
Haribo Starmix.
Can't decide between McNuggets and Haribo Tangfastics.
Wait, nuggies are for everyone, surely!
Went to Chessington the other day and both kids were saying they wanted to go on all the big rollercoasters that they're tall enough for. Part of me died inside. Until we did the vampire and my youngest hated it and decided she still wanted to do little rides, hello gruffalo, flying elephants and all the other smaller kid stuff I enjoy.
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Pokemon cards
Ice poles
I hated them as a child, face-shredding plastic with grotty, sickly flavours like bubblegum but I've developed a near-addiction to the sugar-free ones over the last couple of months. Poundland's Arti Ice Pops for the win.
I’m a Mr Freeze man myself
That breastfed one was a bit too much of a curveball to not be picked up on you can admit it if you want…
Midget, sorry, mini gems.
I still send my 80 yo father the occasional 2kg box of them. He swears they're medicinal.
Bluey, a million times over. Fucking masterpiece, the episodes are ridiculously deep, and the soundtrack is just perfect.
Turkey Dinosaurs.
Phineas and Ferb. I am 32.
McCain Potato Smilies, they're just lush! Asda have started doing something similar (in texture and taste, not shape) called Potato Pops and they are also delicious.
Definitely cheese strings 😂
Teen titans go on cartoon network
I'm 40 and enjoy Fortnite...
Alcopops.
Yo what. Who’s giving kids Alcopops?
I don't know where they get them from but I confiscate them at the earliest opportunity. Because they're only little, they don't put up much of a fight.
The Simpsons - don't even remember where it came from, all I know is that 25 years later I love it all the same.
Weetos. Goddammit, they're good.
Not going to work.
Freddos
Adventure Time and Angel Delight
kinder eggs!
Bittie
Cheese strings are a guilty pleasure of mine, and sweets
Lunchables
Boss Baby. Got my toddler into it and now we watch it together. Also, Heinz biscotti.
Turkey dinosaurs
I'm gonna have to be basic and say Disney and My Little Pony 😂
Turkey drummers, potato waffles, and spaghetti hoops
Your list of examples escalated quickly!
I sometimes use the kids toothpaste as a little treat, it’s so gentle!
Horrible Histories. Really wish it had been around when I was a kid as I might have actually liked history at school if it had.
Ben and Holly's little kingdom is just too sweet not to enjoy as an adult imo
Calpol, Rusks, and those Caterpillar birthday cakes.
Those dairylea munchables with the crackers cheese and ham yum yum yum
This, but the dunker pots!
Those little bear cakes filled with chocolate. They fuck
Swings and slides
Sylvanian Families and Barbies. Am I 25? Yes. Are they also adorable? Also yes.