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« Reply #24540 on: Tuesday, October 11, 2016, 10:47:44 » |
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I was reading a news article on this scary clown guff and my little boy who's not yet 3 walks up and says "HAHA, Clown funny" It was definitely not a clown I would constitute as funny. We've raised a psychopath....
I think that's par for the course, I am convinced that my daughter who is three and a half is going into a career that involves a lair in a dormant volcano and a white cat! |
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« Reply #24541 on: Tuesday, October 11, 2016, 18:12:52 » |
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I think kids are just like that. They're either incredibly timorous and frightened of practically everything (Ells) or they just literally don't give a shit about anything (my godson, who bullies me for being frightened of things that don't bother him - he is 6.)
Phobias are usually learnt behaviours, so I guess they're just at that stage where they haven't learnt that (for cultural rather than realistic reasons) spiders or clowns are to be afraid of. I mean it's not like clowns are a natural predator of humans. Hopefully it stays that way!
Re: identity parades they do still use the old school ones in some places I think but most forces use VIPER/virtual identification procedures.
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« Reply #24542 on: Tuesday, October 11, 2016, 18:45:21 » |
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Clownspider!
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« Reply #24543 on: Tuesday, October 11, 2016, 19:45:05 » |
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I think kids are just like that. They're either incredibly timorous and frightened of practically everything (Ells) or they just literally don't give a shit about anything (my godson, who bullies me for being frightened of things that don't bother him - he is 6.)
Phobias are usually learnt behaviours, so I guess they're just at that stage where they haven't learnt that (for cultural rather than realistic reasons) spiders or clowns are to be afraid of. I mean it's not like clowns are a natural predator of humans. Hopefully it stays that way!
Re: identity parades they do still use the old school ones in some places I think but most forces use VIPER/virtual identification procedures.
I think you're right. He's recently started watching scooby doo and loves it. I though he might be too young for it but i think it's helped him realise that they aren't monsters, it's just people wearing a mask. We were shopping and I tried on some Halloween masks, he was in fits of giggles. |
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« Reply #24544 on: Tuesday, October 11, 2016, 20:30:44 » |
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That Will Grigg song is fcuking annoying
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« Reply #24545 on: Tuesday, October 11, 2016, 21:54:41 » |
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Am absolutely deathly arachnophobic (so thanks Batch  ) to the point where I've had to take time off work just because I've seen one. I can't read about them, I find the word spider difficult to even type or write. And I think it's largely due to the fact when I was growing up my nan would react to them with a similar terror. Kids see that and they learn these are things to be afraid of - just like they learn that some things are not. Spiders and similar insects/arachnids are damn fascinating things, and I think as a parent if you haven't got those phobias and you encourage your kids to learn about them and explore them they have very little chance of becoming as er, impaired as me  |
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« Reply #24546 on: Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 06:27:59 » |
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Am absolutely deathly arachnophobic (so thanks Batch ) to the point where I've had to take time off work just because I've seen one. I can't read about them, I find the word spider difficult to even type or write. And I think it's largely due to the fact when I was growing up my nan would react to them with a similar terror. Kids see that and they learn these are things to be afraid of - just like they learn that some things are not. Spiders and similar insects/arachnids are damn fascinating things, and I think as a parent if you haven't got those phobias and you encourage your kids to learn about them and explore them they have very little chance of becoming as er, impaired as me We had a rescue cat called Spider, you'd have loved that. |
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« Reply #24547 on: Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 09:20:18 » |
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Looks as though the King of Thailand is about to die, if he hasn't already. All fucking hell is about to break loose.
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« Reply #24548 on: Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 18:21:23 » |
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We had a rescue cat called Spider, you'd have loved that.
I assume being a cat it had 4 legs, so I'd probably be okay 8 is clearly too many, the greedy bastards. |
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« Reply #24549 on: Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 20:34:18 » |
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Lilly Allen and any other " do gooders" that feels the need to visit Le frecin jungle.
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« Reply #24550 on: Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 20:52:45 » |
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Lilly Allen and any other " do gooders" that feels the need to visit Le frecin jungle.
Can't see why you'd be annoyed by that, it's raised awareness AND it's stopped her singing.. |
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« Reply #24551 on: Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 21:14:04 » |
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Lilly Allen and any other " do gooders" that feels the need to visit Le frecin jungle.
Wonder how Sir Bob is getting on with his 38 albanians? |
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« Reply #24552 on: Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 21:16:04 » |
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Are the French not offering them accommodation?
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« Reply #24553 on: Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 22:29:00 » |
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In a friendly mood I let a spider run up my hand in a pub one lunchtime many moons ago. Surrounded by my workmates he merrily ran to the top of my outstretched index finger, lifted his arse and shat on the tip of my digit.
I have never seen so many people fall around laughing
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« Reply #24554 on: Thursday, October 13, 2016, 09:05:51 » |
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In a friendly mood I let a spider run up my hand in a pub one lunchtime many moons ago. Surrounded by my workmates he merrily ran to the top of my outstretched index finger, lifted his arse and shat on the tip of my digit.
I have never seen so many people fall around laughing
I've never seen a spider take a shit.. |
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