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08-03-2005, 02:41 PM
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Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
I can understand why my wife's parents & my parents buy my son all the electronic, noisey toys they can find! That part is obvious!
But WHY would a toy manufacturer make toys that don't have an off switch?!  :pissed: All yesterday we had a cow that moo's a stupid tune when NJ presses it's nose. Last night/this morning after changing his nappy I nudged his stupid plastic train that then started choo chooing the house down & woke him up!:pissed:  It's not because they have a sense of humour because he has a caterpiller with lettered feet and it says the phonetic sound of the letter. We had to make sure it couldn't be "mis-used" or course and when I pressed f-u what should be a lower case c is turned into a girly giggle! NO FUN AT ALL!:pissed:  And toy mobile phones that have exactly the same ring tones as a real Nokia phone! Now how is THAT funny? :pissed: 
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08-03-2005, 02:46 PM
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We had to make sure it couldn't be "mis-used" or course and when I pressed f-u what should be a lower case c is turned into a girly giggle! NO FUN AT ALL!:pissed:
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08-03-2005, 03:12 PM
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 i can just imagine you running around you house, trying to find witch phone is ringing
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08-03-2005, 03:29 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted by JohnMF
i can just imagine you running around you house, trying to find witch phone is ringing |
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08-04-2005, 02:54 AM
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Quote: Originally Posted by PlasticSpanner
That normaly wouldn't be a problem except last weekend he decided to "hide" my mobile in the tumble dryer! We could hear it ringing but nobody could find it.
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But WHY would a toy manufacturer make toys that don't have an off switch?!
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08-04-2005, 05:16 AM
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Oh, I hear you, Plastic!
Though, luckily, both sets of grandparents were quite reasonable about their toy presents to my kids when they were little. But those things can be hell! My nephews used to have plenty of those. Pure hell! Today it's "Linkin' Park", the same CD, FOREVER. Something to look forward to... 
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08-04-2005, 08:29 AM
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Quote: Originally Posted by JohnMF
i can just imagine you running around you house, trying to find witch phone is ringing
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08-04-2005, 08:29 AM
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mooooooooooo
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08-04-2005, 11:13 AM
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It's a conspiracy! : )
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08-04-2005, 11:50 AM
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Quote: Originally Posted by mentos_007
mooooooooooo
Maybe he's trying to communicate on a different level? |
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08-04-2005, 11:51 AM
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Quote: Originally Posted by photo gal
It's a conspiracy! : )
 
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08-04-2005, 11:55 AM
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Quote: Originally Posted by LaFoto
Today it's "Linkin' Park", the same CD, FOREVER.
Something to look forward to...  He's OK with music at the moment though! He like "Jessica" by the Allman Brother Band (Formerly BBC's Top Gear program theme tune) so I'm OK with that!
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08-04-2005, 12:30 PM
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Several of those toys have mysteriously "disappeared" at our house. Or, alternatively we've sent them off to Grandma and Grandpa's with their favorite, noisy toy in the suitcase
 Right now the ongoing joke is about a little Blue's Clue's refigerator toy that is the most annoying thing I've ever heard. My parents keep trying to have the boys bring it home with them, and I keep saying "Oh, no, that's a special toy to play with at Grandma's house" 
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08-04-2005, 12:35 PM
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Oooo! I like that idea!
He never stays at my parents but my mother-in-law can have the pleasures of his rapping now! Lets see how long she searches for the off button! |
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08-04-2005, 12:42 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted by AlisonPower
Several of those toys have mysteriously "disappeared" at our house. Or, alternatively we've sent them off to Grandma and Grandpa's with their favorite, noisy toy in the suitcase
Right now the ongoing joke is about a little Blue's Clue's refigerator toy that is the most annoying thing I've ever heard. My parents keep trying to have the boys bring it home with them, and I keep saying "Oh, no, that's a special toy to play with at Grandma's house"  He was immediately off and bangin' away, and I looked up and smiled right into my mother in law's eyes and said, "You know it's staying here, don't you? We just don't have the room for it."  No one argued with me.  The little rat plays a Strat now, anyway, and he has, in fact, found the "11" on his amplifier dial.
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08-04-2005, 12:54 PM
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My relatives used to do that to me as well. They stopped when I made sure to bring these gifts to their house everytime we visited and encouraged my kids to make as much noise with these toys as possilble.
Quote: Originally Posted by LaFoto
Today it's "Linkin' Park", the same CD, FOREVER.
Something to look forward to... 
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08-04-2005, 02:22 PM
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when I was small my auntie bought me a trumpet... lol... that was fun....
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08-04-2005, 07:08 PM
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We had a dinasour that growled with movement and would get me all the time at night! I've been know to bury such toys in the sandbox!
One of them played for months!
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