tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31191208.post5913717490975618609..comments2023-05-09T19:40:58.265+10:00Comments on Stomper Girl: Ice.Stomper Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038937073264645029noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31191208.post-78581894887337746902009-06-03T17:21:46.201+10:002009-06-03T17:21:46.201+10:00Crazy even having to explain this to an 8 year old...Crazy even having to explain this to an 8 year old. We have the same ad near us, I haven't had to explain yet, as the reading is still kicking in.Claire (ethel loves fred)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15039120555271381576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31191208.post-78724926091443707972009-05-31T22:19:30.698+10:002009-05-31T22:19:30.698+10:00Poor little guy! How stressful. Glad you were able...Poor little guy! How stressful. Glad you were able to set him straight.Lexi:: PottyMouthMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11181216844318289796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31191208.post-73549930993254592552009-05-18T05:22:00.000+10:002009-05-18T05:22:00.000+10:00see now before I saw the picture I thought it woul...see now before I saw the picture I thought it would be of a car crash, the car having skidded on a patch of black ice or something. But yes I can imagine the questions and I'm glad you managed to answer themvelcrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16729091819572955175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31191208.post-63241038753103474692009-05-17T21:40:00.000+10:002009-05-17T21:40:00.000+10:00That's one scary ass ad. I guess that is the poin...That's one scary ass ad. I guess that is the point, though. It's not one easily forgotten and it did open a dialogue. I just hate that these dialogues are forced. We don't get a chance to be parents before our kids are hit with visuals that scare and if they grow surrounded by these images isn't there a chance that the images become normalized, and later, ignored?<br /><br />Glad he asked and didn't just carry around fear.Woman in a Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747858840088922077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31191208.post-83759290430995351252009-05-17T19:36:00.000+10:002009-05-17T19:36:00.000+10:00It's hard work to be a sensitive boy who thinks de...It's hard work to be a sensitive boy who thinks deeply. Thank goodness you were there to make life make sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31191208.post-66367735470386030522009-05-16T21:27:00.001+10:002009-05-16T21:27:00.001+10:00ad. that AD is really scary.ad. that AD is really scary.LBAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05433555112198668513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31191208.post-68155105038218362142009-05-16T21:27:00.000+10:002009-05-16T21:27:00.000+10:00oh,
goodness :(
Poor Climber - that as is really ...oh,<br />goodness :(<br /><br />Poor Climber - that as is really scary :(LBAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05433555112198668513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31191208.post-42563423128232519922009-05-16T15:02:00.000+10:002009-05-16T15:02:00.000+10:00See I'm with Nic, must go by a different name here...See I'm with Nic, must go by a different name here too, so while everyone in your neck of the woods is lamenting how upsetting it is, I have to say that I was immediately with Climber on this and literally laughing out loud in appreciation for where his poor mind was going. To the point that my husband was in the other room saying, " What is it? what's so funny."<br />I'm glad you cleared things up for him.Zip n Tizzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760606219381683552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31191208.post-6895832364321895782009-05-16T12:05:00.000+10:002009-05-16T12:05:00.000+10:00The ad at my tram stop just says "ice ruins lives"...The ad at my tram stop just says "ice ruins lives", with a bleary=eyed banker looking chappie looking sad. Perhaps city office folk are more easily frightened than 8 year old boys.Ms Brown Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06128283343279442537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31191208.post-39849848284659290742009-05-15T21:23:00.000+10:002009-05-15T21:23:00.000+10:00Oh God.
The poor little bugger.
Never crossed th...Oh God.<br /><br />The poor little bugger.<br /><br />Never crossed the stupid marketing manager's mind, that one, did it?<br /><br />We're probably breeding a whole generation of kids secretly terrified of frozen water....shulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00349989043861777133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31191208.post-81125178511776168582009-05-15T15:04:00.000+10:002009-05-15T15:04:00.000+10:00Now I'm with Climber on this one - obviously a dru...Now I'm with Climber on this one - obviously a drug that goes by another name here in the UK. Being a teacher you have to be pretty up on street drug names and if it's caled this in the UK, it's passed me by.Nichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00150476755274772730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31191208.post-8070538526383749142009-05-15T12:07:00.000+10:002009-05-15T12:07:00.000+10:00Billboard advertising and radio advertising( you k...Billboard advertising and radio advertising( you know my views on that one). Way too much information for young children, and it's hard to stop them hearing/seeing it.<br /><br />I hope he can rest now, knowing his own brand of ice is fine. (Although tell him not to crunch it with his teeth - it may not destroy lives, but it can destroy teeth.)Fairlie - www.feetonforeignlands.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00145612102935177016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31191208.post-74681748854014951562009-05-15T08:26:00.001+10:002009-05-15T08:26:00.001+10:00There are good things and bad things that come fro...There are good things and bad things that come from this frame of mind of his.<br /><br />1. He will never forget his feelings when he thought they were referring to the H20 kind, and if he is ever offered the other stuff, he will remember, it destroys lives.<br /><br />2. Ya just wanta give him a hug tho, don't you? If only we could protect them from the yukky stuff forever.Aunty Evilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18433383999833031264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31191208.post-68991195089522280112009-05-15T08:26:00.000+10:002009-05-15T08:26:00.000+10:00It is a confusing world out there, when you are on...It is a confusing world out there, when you are only 8.meggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00061112627819270427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31191208.post-79600651802438757192009-05-15T04:28:00.000+10:002009-05-15T04:28:00.000+10:00Awwww. And isn't it sweet that he's too young to ...Awwww. And isn't it sweet that he's too young to only know about the H20 kind? Those kinds of things worried me when I was little.Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11673930610844503371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31191208.post-32687065785245583962009-05-14T21:41:00.000+10:002009-05-14T21:41:00.000+10:00That is priceless! Poor Climber! I just had to ex...That is priceless! Poor Climber! I just had to explain pads to my 8 year old! Fun times!<br />SiobhanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31191208.post-12755906139885707392009-05-14T20:03:00.000+10:002009-05-14T20:03:00.000+10:00ick ! Such a shame he is so bright - you have year...ick ! Such a shame he is so bright - you have years of question answering ahead of you....<br /><br />(and just for fun,freeze a glove full of water draped over an orange. Remove orange and glove and turn over - a great weird frozen claw - or crazy salad dish...)Jodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924653077212971448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31191208.post-19321863671191492212009-05-14T17:35:00.000+10:002009-05-14T17:35:00.000+10:00I've worried about small children seeing this ad m...I've worried about small children seeing this ad myself, because it's really quite graphic isn't it. Poor Climber!Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03229973177266678746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31191208.post-22314907498645101932009-05-14T15:40:00.000+10:002009-05-14T15:40:00.000+10:00And so the innocence begins to fade away.... ...i...And so the innocence begins to fade away.... ...if only there weren't such things that needed explanations. How precious, though, your Climber boy.sueeeushttp://www.sueeeus.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31191208.post-64314834067897818462009-05-14T15:37:00.000+10:002009-05-14T15:37:00.000+10:00Poor Climber. It's kind of a disturbing image/ad f...Poor Climber. It's kind of a disturbing image/ad for a kid to have to deal with.Warty Mammalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07942793134631438689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31191208.post-14851801600124572942009-05-14T12:13:00.000+10:002009-05-14T12:13:00.000+10:00Cindy, it took me a while to work it out too. He n...Cindy, it took me a while to work it out too. He never mentioned his worries about playing with H20 ice (which he does a lot) he just asked more than once <I>what does that ad mean?</I>Stomper Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038937073264645029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31191208.post-34107287063797728972009-05-14T11:42:00.000+10:002009-05-14T11:42:00.000+10:00What does that say about me when I didn't even thi...What does that say about me when I didn't even think about ice as frozen water. Happy the record was set straight for him, but I suspect it lead to even more questionsCindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10521174979832937974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31191208.post-30056660305391402372009-05-14T11:19:00.000+10:002009-05-14T11:19:00.000+10:00Oh dear, poor guy!Oh dear, poor guy!Ulihttp://ulishoes.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.com