Snowglobe of Doom posted:

Also apparently dressing up as a WW2 evacuee for a school project is a thing in the UK?

I'm guessing that the costume company decides on what new costumes they're going to put out every year by checking what the most popular recent google search terms were for costumes so all those British school kids skewed the results. "Hey, WW2 evacuee costumes are super popular this year? Well all right, if that's what the people want ..."

Aramoro posted:

It happens a lot because it's a really easy way to start teaching what happened in WW2 as it's about children the same age as you're teaching it to. Some 800,000 children were evacuated so there's a really good chance your grandparent was one of the children or at least was a child when it happened. Between that an Land girls it's a bit they can teach which is relate-able and not too horrific for children (Although still traumatising to the children it happened to).

It's also in lots of books as the starting point, Chronicles of Narnia probably being the most well known.

Randaconda posted:

I read an account of a guy who had suffered rabbit starvation and he talked about fantasizing about drinking straight bacon grease.

Aesop Poprock posted:

Yikes I can't even imagine not eating rabbit for a day let alone a long period of time

Aesop Poprock posted:

Yikes I can't even imagine not eating rabbit for a day let alone a long period of time

Dr. Gitmo Moneyson posted:

But seriously, what the gently caress is rabbit starvation?

Dr. Gitmo Moneyson posted:

But seriously, what the gently caress is rabbit starvation?

Aesop Poprock posted:

“Power to turn into a torso” seems like a pretty poo poo mutant ability unless you’re trying to store yourself securely in the overhead comprtment

bunnyofdoom posted:

You. You made my shitlist.

Randaconda posted:

he talked about fantasizing about drinking straight bacon grease.

Aesop Poprock posted:

Loosely related but Brian Jacques who wrote the Redwall series said his extensive descriptions of meals and feasts and food in general in the series came from the rationing of foodstocks during WWII and his memories of how he was always hungry and would dream of having a good meal. There's a lot of points in those books of starving character arriving home from a journey to find a banquet waiting for them

OwlFancier posted:

Brian Jacques writes literal food porn and it's pretty great.

You read his books for the food guitar solo in the middle.

Pingiivi posted:

Aesop Poprock posted:

Loosely related but Brian Jacques who wrote the Redwall series said his extensive descriptions of meals and feasts and food in general in the series came from the rationing of foodstocks during WWII and his memories of how he was always hungry and would dream of having a good meal. There's a lot of points in those books of starving character arriving home from a journey to find a banquet waiting for them

OwlFancier posted:

Brian Jacques writes literal food porn and it's pretty great.

You read his books for the food guitar solo in the middle.

Jerry Cotton posted:

The only thing I know about The Famous Five is that they were extremely popular when my older siblings were kids and also had a lot of "then we ate 40000 cakes" going on. (Haven't read any, this is how they were described to me.)

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

I was at a trivia night recently and one of the questions was "How many children were in the Famous Five?" and pretty much everyone got it wrong. There's only four. The fifth member is a dog.

Hello this was my fun Famous Five story

Antivehicular posted:

Didn't it also have to do with the Redwall books being written with blind kids in mind, so he was doing his best to integrate non-visual sensory detail? Hence tons of food porn for taste/smell?

Aesop Poprock posted:

I totally forgot that he originally made those books for blind kids, and never pieced together the fact that there’s a decent amount of blind characters in them with that. I do remember reading a report from someone who said when they were a kid they were poor and their parents couldn’t afford much for them, and they read one Redwall book so much that it was almost falling apart. Brian Jacques came to their town for a book signing and the kid was so excited to go but was embarrassed because the book was in such bad shape. He apologized to Brian about it when he got to the front of the line and Brian told him “This one is my favorite of all, because it’s obviously been so well loved”. Brian Jacques ruled

Aesop Poprock posted:

Loosely related but Brian Jacques who wrote the Redwall series said his extensive descriptions of meals and feasts and food in general in the series came from the rationing of foodstocks during WWII and his memories of how he was always hungry and would dream of having a good meal. There's a lot of points in those books of starving character arriving home from a journey to find a banquet waiting for them

Randaconda posted:

I read an account of a guy who had suffered rabbit starvation and he talked about fantasizing about drinking straight bacon grease.

Stoatbringer posted:

I want to see what happens when it meets a stoppable force.

EorayMel posted:

Alternatively, just this would do:

quote:

Play as Fidget Neighbor & be a gangster of town by killing innocents & frighten your neighbors with super hero powers. Use your fidget spinner & Kung fu fighting skills to kill city police, criminals & mafia boss. Do crimes in the city & escape from police chase or they will put you in prison. Use your Super hero powers of fidget spinner & spread terror on city streets by killing and fighting. Start the ultimate battle between a fidget Neighbor Warrior and the downtown police. The Missions of the Ultimate neighbor is fighting , assassination and guerrilla warfare. Fidget Neighbor is a crime game in which and you are going to Fight & kill citizens with your fidget spinner & kungfu fighting skills. Police and armed forces are chasing you in crime city so without getting caught escape safely in this fidget neighbor game. You have to act like a evil monster to put the big city on ultimate survival with your amazing super hero powers. It's time to turn on the real ultimate adventure of super hero fighting skills in this neighbor fighting games. There is rival Gangsters & criminals everywhere in the town to snatch your fidget spinner, kill them & escape. Now it's your turn to fight like a boss and kill citizens & crazy neighbors. This An ultimate street fighting adventure with epic fighting skills for fighter action game lovers!

Story of Fidget Neighbor: Fregly is a crazy person & nerdy man with the hobby of collecting different fidget models . Everybody in the neighbor hates him because of his ego & bully nature . No one likes to invite him to his house & Fregly in return always ruin them by attacking using his fidgets spinners . City Police often try to arrest him but he always escape. Even Gangsters, criminals & mafia boss chase him but no one can stand against his Fidget Spinning skills . He also sometimes break into neighbour houses & town shops to steal other Fidget Models . The people in the neighbor & other kids are sick of him & they have made a plan to takedown their crazy neighbor. So Fight & Escape safely in this neighbor game. Start slashing enemies with your fidget spinner in this Ultimate Survival game. Crush your enemies with your angry neighbor agility attacks. Be fast, stealthy, and deadly to sneak up on enemy warriors and kill them all with your strong hits. Slash evil gangsters with warrior fidget spinner. Kill gangsters with fatal spinner blade in this Crime game. Enjoy latest Action game of Crazy neighbor , blessed with the spinning powers ! The Fidget neighbor is on fighter mission to kill neighbors. Heroic battle between super hero Neighbor and police take a new twist as you acquires special powers of fidget spinner! Play this action packed city battle and kill criminals and gangsters with super fidget spinner powers. Try your dangerous Kung Fu attack & spread terror among the people. Enjoy this fun addictive game with a true fighter legend like a mafia underworld boss! Play Fidget Neighbor for an extreme crime simulator action adventure!

EorayMel posted:

And especially this.




Alternatively, just this would do:

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

These are way too reminiscent of those fuckin' weird "Elsa Frozen Dentist Horror" and "Spiderman finger family Joker Minions" and "Disney wrong heads bad baby crying" youtube kids videos to be coincidental. The titles of those youtube videos are obviously created by an algorithm that generates a word salad of popular search terms and the videos are made to fit, looks like games have gone the same way.

Edit: oh god, the Elsa Dentist games
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=elsa%20dentist&c=apps&hl=en

bunnyofdoom posted:

How about paint huffing thor? It was only $2 Canadian at Dollarama

Munchables posted:

I almost had a heart attack at Fregly

quote:

Play criminal escape games! Escape the high school! It’s not a romantic high school love story. Sneak out of this High School that is no less than a prison for the gangster after committing a crime like shooting. There are security cameras to monitor every crime move. Grab weapons to hit and kill security guards of this High School. Escape to the city of gangsters. Avoid security camera. Give hard time to the High School security guards. Win the crazy fight with city police duty officers. Hurt the high school sweethearts; girlfriends and boyfriends. Hit the teachers. Dodge them. Don’t let the police car chase you till the exit point. You are the best gangster of the city. Making a safe prison escape from the High School life is all that you need to do. Its okay if you have to kill the police that border this crazy High School in gangster escape mission. Hit them hard with your weapons. Run for your life. Kill the guards before they kill you! Ruin the romantic love story of charming high school sweethearts. Enjoy crime games adventure!

The modern technology high security checks and continuous patrolling of the guards can’t make it impossible for you to escape. Make a safer exit by sneaking in the classroom halls & corridors. Find out the tools hidden in the crazy rooms that might help you in fighting with the aggressive cops and guards. Attack & Kill real police cops with weapons like a baseball bat. Make your super moves to get rid of the real police officer in one go in this High School escape survival game. You may steal the potions to get more energy. Hide from the city border police in High School vicinity. Breach the laws. Get pass the security cameras, fight with security officers, hit hard the boys & girls, and sneak in the corridors with extreme stealth gangster skills. Plan a proper plot to get rid of fierce guards, aggressive wardens and the armed cops. Use it to kill the policemen by hitting hard on their head and body. It’s time to use your gangster skills and wisdom and do whatever it takes to prison escape with a criminal case. Don’t waste your life in this torturing hell. Run to escape! Crime games adventure!"\