[Lauren]

LMFAO!! Ang!! I just laughed for like 10 minutes. Seriously.

I still can't stop laughing.

Is this serious? You went to your daughters school dressed as a big Golliwog? HAHAHAHA.

[Jackie]

I used to collect the tokens on the jars back in the 70s and got a golliwog badge i used to wear it than and nothing used to be said its not accepatable anymore.


Political correctness gone to far.

[Dizzy]

Oh my god... That made me laugh so much! I can just imagine it xD

[Fom]

hahaha, oh gosh Ang. Only you could do that :P That was a good read, thanks for cheering me up after a hard day at work.
I bought my mum a golliwog the other week from blackpool, she loves it She see's them in the card shop every time we walk past and always complains about wanting one so I got her a mini one with money left over from Rock haha.

[*mazedsalv**]

haha I can just see that happening , I can just imagine that in my school.

[Tom]

OK I should calm down a bit BUT

[Fom]

Originally posted by Angiebabe

Awww, glad to have made you happy, this has had us all laffing this weekend I've had to search for the doll all day to post a pic as some may not know what one is.
If ever you see a bigger one on sale please please let me know where and I'll be on my way to buy it, the one in the pic is about 4 inches high, I want the big one

In fact I do know where they sell a massive one haha, there is one in the shop quite near my house and it reaches above your knee... dressed in red and black pin stripes

Do you really fancy travelling to manchester for a Golliwog though? haha ... in fact dont answer that

[Lauren]

Good luck trying to find one to buy Ang. Very few shops stock them now cos they usually get fined Ł1000 if anyone complains about them. Fom, you were actually quite lucky to get one (and to know other shops that sell them ).

[MR.K!]

[Tom]

Originally posted by Angiebabe

WOW!!!!!! Ł1000 fine, dear lord, and yet a knife is what, 37p? or has it finally gone up now?

How ridiculous, think I may have to get my bow tie out of retirement and this time show up at 10 Downing Street

Its just because some people use golliwog as a racist term so that obviously means the dolls are offensive

What planet these people live on I don't know.

[Ross]

LOL. I have never laughed so much in my life, thank you Angie. That was a great read! I love you.

[Fom]

Tell you what, next time I go down to the town center I will take a picture of the Golliwogs on sale, they have been in the window for about... a year now? I dont think they have ever been sold but no one really cares about them.
Tbh, if kids have multi rational dolls the better.

[xDramatick]

LOL ANGIE! I laughed so much.

My mum LOVES them, she's not racist, she thinks they're cute.
When we went to great yarmouth, she bought a doll for only a fiver and a fridge magnet for even less, they're really cheap in coast places.

[Tom]

Originally posted by Angiebabe

LMAO!! Tom, It was a long enough story but so many other little things made it funnier too, for example

Whilst waiting in reception looking like a tw****...well no actually looking like a huge Golliwog.
Some woman just nonchalantly asks me directions how to get to Cheam high Street, and i'm like...WTF cant you se I'm a Golliwog for christs sake go ask robocop outside..jeeez

LOL yes. I'm not really laughing at the fact you went to school dressed as a golliwog (OK I am its funny in itself) but the way you've worded it makes it a whole lot funny

If you would've just said "I went to speak to my daughters headteacher dressed as a golliwog in protest because her golliwog caused a bit of controversy" it would have just been worthy of a but you actually did make me LOL and for a good few minutes as well

Originally posted by Fom
Tell you what, next time I go down to the town center I will take a picture of the Golliwogs on sale, they have been in the window for about... a year now? I dont think they have ever been sold but no one really cares about them.
Tbh, if kids have multi rational dolls the better.

Which town centre is it? (You don't have to answer that though if you're a bit uncomfortable with it )

[Fom]

Originally posted by Tom

Which town centre is it? (You don't have to answer that though if you're a bit uncomfortable with it )

Oh your from Manchester aren't you? I always forget :P
Middleton, Oldham/Rochdale Direction.

[Dan_]

I'd have love to have seen that.

[Tom]

Originally posted by Fom

Oh your from Manchester aren't you? I always forget :P
Middleton, Oldham/Rochdale Direction.

Not Manchester itself but the area around it ...

Anyway was just wondering where you've seen them thats all. Vague idea where Middleton is but I always get it mixed up with Middlebrook, that shopping place behind the Bolton Ground

[bronaaaa]

Omg that sounds sooo funy

[lolester]

i have a golliwog. it wares a smart red and white stripy suit. i love it

[CassetteFinger]

I also own a golliwog teddy. Have had it for years now.

[princess_supastar]

pmsl...you nutta! so funny...god what a blast from the past I didn't even know they still sold them, they caused such controversy.

[Sticks]

Sorry but I will have to disagree

This toy, as people refer to it by the G and W words is racist. It is a characture of Afro-Americans from the time of slavery in the southern US states.

It is deeply offensive and it was a great day when Robbinsons Jam was made to consign this logo to the dustbin of history

In the Noddy books they were always portrayed as the villains, which also added to the racist connotations about Archaic term removed.

What I am surprised about, is that the school did not confiscate the doll and place the daughter who bought it in detention as well, with the parents called in that very day.

Also on a side point is there anyway this thread title can be renamed to remove a word that is considered racist.

[Jakeh]

LMFAO!

Oh man, if one of my parents did that I would absolutely die!

[Tom]

Originally posted by Sticks
Sorry but I will have to disagree

This toy, as people refer to it by the G and W words is racist. It is a characture of Afro-Americans from the time of slavery in the southern US states.

It is deeply offensive and it was a great day when Robbinsons Jam was made to consign this logo to the dustbin of history

In the Noddy books they were always portrayed as the villains, which also added to the racist connotations about people of colour.

What I am surprised about, is that the school did not confiscate the doll and place the daughter who bought it in detention as well, with the parents called in that very day.

Also on a side point is there anyway this thread title can be renamed to remove a word that is considered racist.

Golliwog, when referring to a doll, is not a racist word in the slightest. Its not been used with malicious intent and if Angie and her family (a black family) do not find the doll to be racist or offensive, then IMO their opinions are worth more than any white person who says the doll is racist as they are in the group that its said to be an insult towards.

Its PC gone mad that post is.

[GhettoSuperstar]

Lmao!! Ang you sure do have some guts and some strong devotion to your daughter, its admirable.

Well..... it is my birthday party coming up soon..... you still have your costume..? :P