£85 for a smegging Olympic Teddy bear?

snooks

If you though wenlock and what ever the other one is called was bad...how about the Olympic Teddy bear

WTF?

Who says the Olympic peeps live in cloud cuckoo land? :roll:

notsoblue

Comes in a lovely box though!

snooks

notsoblue wrote:

Comes in a lovely box though!

That's a bespoke box to you sir

"he set to become a must-have this Christmas" my bit fat hairy ar.................

For £85 you might have thought you'd get an apostrophe and an "s"

Gallywomack

At £8.50 an inch, that's definitely in the pricier end of the Teddy Bear market.

Edit: at a more modest £1.90/in, I believe Pride the Lion represents value for the canny teddy bear investor

neiltb

gotta pay for the games somehow.

rolf_f

Stop moaning - It's not as though you haven't got the £85 spare from what you would have spent on your velodrome ticket had you actually got a ticket just like everyone else didn't..........!!

walkingbootweather

The bear-faced cheek. I won't be getting a teddy......

.... because I'm saving up for some union jack baubles to hang on my Christmas tree (£22 each and I'll need about a dozen)

Slapster_UK

Bargains - one and all ;-)

EKE_38BPM

A limited edition of just 2012 bears, he set to become a must-have this Christmas.

Thats £171,020 off the Olympic bill. Only another £9,349,828,980 to go!

jonnyboy77

it states

- A limited edition of just 2012 bears
- This premium quality London 2012 soft toy is based on a Merrythought pattern from 1948

However Merrythought have this: http://www.merrythought.co.uk/gsci3w277 ... p-105-660/

Limited to 75 editions for the same price!

Either £85 for a teddy bear is nuts (imo).

- Jon

walkingbootweather

... and for just an extra £20 you can have it delivered on a Saturday.

NGale

For that price is it carbon? :roll:

Cleat Eastwood

Just hold your horses - it'll be in the pound shop in 2 years.

walkingbootweather

The International Olympic Committee wrote:

OLYMPIC CHARTER
Fundamental Principles of Olympism
1. Olympism is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the
qualities of body, will and mind. Blending sport with culture and education, Olympism
seeks to create a way of life based on the joy of effort, the educational value of good
example, social responsibility and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles.
2. The goal of Olympism is to place sport at the service of the harmonious development
of humankind, with a view to promoting a peaceful society concerned with the
preservation of human dignity.
3. The Olympic Movement is the concerted, organised, universal and permanent action,
carried out under the supreme authority of the IOC, of all individuals and entities who
are inspired by the values of Olympism. It covers the five continents. It reaches its
peak with the bringing together of the world’s athletes at the great sports festival, the
Olympic Games. Its symbol is five interlaced rings.
4. The practice of sport is a human right. Every individual must have the possibility of
practising sport, without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which
requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play.
5. Recognising that sport occurs within the framework of society, sports organisations
within the Olympic Movement shall have the rights and obligations of autonomy, which
include freely establishing and controlling the rules of sport, determining the structure
and governance of their organisations, enjoying the right of elections free from any
outside influence and the responsibility for ensuring that principles of good governance
be applied.....
..... and some other stuff

FTFY

The International Olympic Committee wrote:

OLYMPIC CHARTER
Fundamental Principles of Olympism
1. To make a few bob.


....that's all

mtb-idle

IMHO you don't see the word smegging enough nowadays

SimonAH

Price aside, why would anyone want a teddy bear that ejaculates?

Ginjafro

Bo Selecta's "rude" bear is what I call Smegging!

walkingbootweather

SimonAH wrote:

Price aside, why would anyone want a teddy bear that ejaculates?

Quite. And if it was an Olympic bear would it always want to come first? :?

rhext

Isn't that just what you have to pay for a high-quality handmade teddy bear? You think that's bad look at this:

http://www.steiffteddybears.co.uk/steif ... 403033.htm

EKE_38BPM

rhext wrote:

Isn't that just what you have to pay for a high-quality handmade teddy bear? You think that's bad look at this:

http://www.steiffteddybears.co.uk/steif ... 403033.htm

I love the pose that bear is in. The arms raised, the head and body leaning to one side, the wide eyed stare. It reminds me of a hoodie about to have an altracation saying "Yeah! Wot? You best walk away before I shank you!"