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???? Wrote:

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> All the obvious ones - Pixar etc

>

> but have been reading Diary of a Wimpy kid with my

> boy and genuienly laughing out loud at some points

> and look forward to it (once we've done his school

> book reading of course) "Shall we do another

> chapter?"


and child snoring in background is taken as a yes.

That's a nice thing, I like the idea of reading with my girls when they're a bit older, and have certain books from my childhood which I want to read with them (Vera Pratt and the Bishop's false teeth is high on the list). But the wife seems to have taken monopoly on reading time.

Daddy Pig is awesome. "You must become one with the puddle". I also like Miss Rabbit (not to be confused with mummy rabbit) and Mr Bull. Although fortunately we're now mostly over the whole Peppa phase with both kids.


Most of the time if I watch something I loved as a kid I find it's aged badly or just isn't very good.


Princess Bride is still as good and brilliant as it ever was. If it wasn't for the opening scene where Fred Savage is playing a baseball video game on an old 8 bit system (NES?), the film would be truly timeless.

Otta Wrote:

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> My sister made me bring my kids to see Paddington

> with her because she wanted to see it.


I have no shame, I went with a friend who is twenty years my senior and we sat there laughing till we cried.

indiepanda Wrote:

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> Otta Wrote:

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>

> > My sister made me bring my kids to see

> Paddington

> > with her because she wanted to see it.

>

> I have no shame, I went with a friend who is

> twenty years my senior and we sat there laughing

> till we cried.



Paddington?


In my day it was Mary Plain. Also a bear, if memory serves.


Since having it read to me (and the rest of the class) aged seven by the wicked (in the old sense) Mrs Edge, I have no desire ever to hear any Mary Plain ever again :(


Or At The Back of the North bloody Wind.


Hmmm. I've just googled Mary Plain.


"Mary Plain and her bear family feature in the stories, but the main characters are Mary and her human friend, the Owl Man. (The name refers to his spectacles.) He is kind and indulgent to Mary. He often takes her on outings."


Is that a euphemism?

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