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Feb. 14th, 2016 05:37 pmMiss Biscuit is a fan of a particular minecraft youtube channel. (not stampy) And it is a child-friendly one. I am about most of the time when Miss Biscuit watches his videos so I would say everything is very appropriate. Anyhow, he told some joke the other day (and I must have been in the other room) and Miss Biscuit LOVES to find jokes and tell them. She reads the Beano and has new jokes for us all of the time. Quite the comedian. Anyhow, this morning she told us a joke and while it wasn't completely racist, it was definitely a joke that was culturally insensitive. I know she had no idea what the joke was about completely and when she got to the punchline, Mr. Jenner and I raised our eye brows a bit and asked, "where did you hear that one?" And she told us from the youtube channel she watches. AHHHHHHHHHHHH.
She asked why we weren't laughing. We gently explained that while the person likely didn't intend to be unkind, but that sort of joke isn't a kind one, and that some people (Mexicans) might have their feelings hurt and good jokes shouldn't hurt people's feelings that way. (how else do you explain this to a six year old?) We told her she wasn't bad but the joke wasn't in very good taste. She burst into tears and felt horrible. Loads of sobs. She was trying to be funny and it didn't work out that way.
Does one gently contact the youtube star, "hey... not so good there with the jokes." or what? I am not going to ban her from watching the channel but argle-bargle that does kind of irritate me. This person is one of those youtube super stars and they probably get loads of messages a day that they ignore. I may have to think on that one for a bit.
I told Miss Biscuit to stick to the Beano for jokes.
I bought some milk from Sainsburys in the last couple of days and they were in the fridge doing their milk thing. I took one out of the fridge and noticed it was leaking a tiny bit and thought, "did I spill something?" and I went to look in the door where the milk hangs out and noticed a small pool. I pulled the other container of milk out and noticed that even thought it had not been opened yet, it looked a little less full. That is when I noticed THAT had a tear and suddenly the whole damn container began to split in half. Milk is going EVERYWHERE. ALL OVER THE FLOOR. I am trying to get it to the sink or to a bowl. I did say, "oh fuck" very loudly and Mr. Jenner rushed in. (he thought I had dropped the lemon meringue pie I had made today. Priorities!) He helped to grab a bowl so I could let the remaining milk go somewhere besides the floor or down the drain. It was a flood of milk on the kitchen floor. No one cried. Then I noticed a small tear in the other container of milk. Oh fuckity fuck. I poured all of the milk into a pitcher and popped it all back in the fridge. (and tidied the floor. The kids helped to bring a load of towels into the kitchen.)
I mentioned it on twitter and Sainsburys has apologized big time. (and really it was just one of those random chances.) And they want to give me a bunch of nectar points. Which is very kind of them.
But holy cow... SO MUCH MILK. It splattered and hit the walls, the cupboards. EVERYWHERE. One of the few times I wish I had a dog to clean things up.
Now let's try and make dinner without anything else going astray.
She asked why we weren't laughing. We gently explained that while the person likely didn't intend to be unkind, but that sort of joke isn't a kind one, and that some people (Mexicans) might have their feelings hurt and good jokes shouldn't hurt people's feelings that way. (how else do you explain this to a six year old?) We told her she wasn't bad but the joke wasn't in very good taste. She burst into tears and felt horrible. Loads of sobs. She was trying to be funny and it didn't work out that way.
Does one gently contact the youtube star, "hey... not so good there with the jokes." or what? I am not going to ban her from watching the channel but argle-bargle that does kind of irritate me. This person is one of those youtube super stars and they probably get loads of messages a day that they ignore. I may have to think on that one for a bit.
I told Miss Biscuit to stick to the Beano for jokes.
I bought some milk from Sainsburys in the last couple of days and they were in the fridge doing their milk thing. I took one out of the fridge and noticed it was leaking a tiny bit and thought, "did I spill something?" and I went to look in the door where the milk hangs out and noticed a small pool. I pulled the other container of milk out and noticed that even thought it had not been opened yet, it looked a little less full. That is when I noticed THAT had a tear and suddenly the whole damn container began to split in half. Milk is going EVERYWHERE. ALL OVER THE FLOOR. I am trying to get it to the sink or to a bowl. I did say, "oh fuck" very loudly and Mr. Jenner rushed in. (he thought I had dropped the lemon meringue pie I had made today. Priorities!) He helped to grab a bowl so I could let the remaining milk go somewhere besides the floor or down the drain. It was a flood of milk on the kitchen floor. No one cried. Then I noticed a small tear in the other container of milk. Oh fuckity fuck. I poured all of the milk into a pitcher and popped it all back in the fridge. (and tidied the floor. The kids helped to bring a load of towels into the kitchen.)
I mentioned it on twitter and Sainsburys has apologized big time. (and really it was just one of those random chances.) And they want to give me a bunch of nectar points. Which is very kind of them.
But holy cow... SO MUCH MILK. It splattered and hit the walls, the cupboards. EVERYWHERE. One of the few times I wish I had a dog to clean things up.
Now let's try and make dinner without anything else going astray.
