Help us find Dylan!

[capt_birdseye]

Hi, sorry to hi-jack the forum, but my 2-year old daughter has just lost her favourite toy/comforter "Dylan". He is the center of all her games and she likes nothing better than to snuggle up with him at bed-time.

Unfortunately, whilst attending the toddler and baby group at Dulwich library this morning (Thursday 25th Jan) he was set down briefly and has not been seen since. As you may imagine, my daughter is absolutely distraught.

If you have seen Dylan please send me a PM so that they can be re-united.

Here's a picture of what he looks like:

http://www.justjellycat.co.uk/uploads/images_products_large/818.gif

Thank you!

[Guest]

What?! No reward?!

(only joking)

[capt_birdseye]

I will buy whoever finds Dylan a large beer/bottle of wine/box of chocolates/Organic Chicken whatever their tipple is!

[Administrator]

Owing to the importance of this incident we have made this a special announcement across the forum.

Good luck in finding Dylan everyone.

[Michael Palaeologus]

I am going to the Library this evening (book club) I will enquire as to Dylan's whereabouts.

[capt_birdseye]

Thanks, I'm popping there myself to put a few posters up.

[batdog]

You should look into the Peckham seedy underworld, you might find a clue there.

good luck

[capt_birdseye]

My daughter says she's very worried about him. I've ransacked the library, he's not there. I've put a few posters up around the crossroads, if Southwark try and fine me I'm going to the press! I hope I have everyone's support?

[dulwichmum]

You poor things. I can't even imagine how dreadful it would be if we lost Miss Mouse, or Polo Bear. Please let us know if you find him. I hope you and your baby get some sleep tonight.

Best wishes,

[all_star]

Maybe he was bear-napped - did one of Dylan's paws arrive in the post this morning?

My guess is that he got the taste and that he has headed out to attempt the SE22 'all 15 bars' pub crawl - have you tried looking for him in the back room of kebab and wine?

[Keith]

Has anyone thought of just buying a new "Dylan"? It usually works with dead pets and at least it'll look exactly the same.

[capt_birdseye]

Actually we bought a spare Dylan ages ago but she immediately saw through the lie and doesn't want anything to do with him, even now. Since the abduction she's actually taken to carrying around the above picture of Dylan and playing with that instead.

[Michael Palaeologus]

There was no sign of Dylan at the Library yesterday evening - but when I asked the Librarians they looked rather shifty ......

Could we be about to expose cuddly toy trafficing in South London?

[Quaywe]

I lost my Gollywog when I was about 4....in NZ. Any chance he's been smuggled to ED and I could be reunited with him? :(

[batdog]

capt_birdseye

Your daughter is pretty smart for a 2 years old ? isn't she ?

But if you are smarter than her ( which I seriously doubt ), you should be able and capable to replace the lost cat with an identical one.

here's the link : ( but you already know the link, dont'you ? )

good luck again ( I mean in not being outsmarted by a 2 years old...ha...ha !!!) >:D<

http://www.justjellycat.co.uk/product.asp?strParents=&CAT_ID=0&P_ID=818&strPageHistory=search&numSearchStartRecord=31

[capt_birdseye]

Hmmm, she may well be smarter than me batdog. She's definitely funnier than you though;-). Unfortunately Jellycat only sell pristine new cats rather than ones that have been well-loved for a couple of years (and smell a bit odd as a result). We're currently intensly "weathering" a replacement in case the original doesn't break free from the Peckham underworld/librarian plush toy trafficking ring.

[Michael Palaeologus]

Ease my curiosity Capt B. How do you "weather" a cat? I hope it is not similar to "distressing".

"Distressing" an innocent cuddly toy cat would just be so wrong.

[batdog]

Yeah

SAY NO TO ANIMAL ABUSE

[Mark]

any news?

[capt_birdseye]

A phone call on saturday morning revealed that he had been spotted outside the Italian Deli in Dulwich village on Thursday afternoon. Unfortunately he had long since gone. The weathering/distressing process continues apace. We plan to introduce "Faux" Dylan later this week - we'll have to see if she falls for it or not...

[beth]

Can I also suggest that you or your partner stick Dylan up your nightshirt before going to bed? No, I'm not suggesting doing anything rude with faux Dylan but I know that it calms babies to have comfort objects that smell like mum/dad and - maybe having dylan with a familiar smell will help with the introduction process?

[batdog]

Beth,

I thought only animals ( hence dogs like me ) had such a "refined" sense of smell... Never too late to learn how funny and interesting these "humans" are !!

[Ko]

What's the latest? Has Dylan showed up? Did she fall for the replacement...?

[capt_birdseye]

------- NEWS ALERT ----------

We gave her the replacement Dylan on Wednesday evening, and she looked a bit suss, humoured us a bit but you could tell she knew it wasn't really him and refused to take him to bed.

Then, Thursday afternoon we get a phone call from the library to tell us that someone has handed Dylan in! So I went up there after she had gone to bed, collected real Dylan, went home and sneakily swapped them around. So she woke up this morning with the real Dylan in her arms, and is very happy now!

Thanks to everyone for the help and concern!

[Ant]

You cracked, didn't you? Paid the ransom. You'll only encourage more kidnappings, you know.