We're going on a bear hunt...

[venta]

See previous post, wicked parents, attic, bah.

Does anyone know of any form of outlet for pre-owned, much-loved, non-CE-marked teddy bears and other furry creatures ? I can't possibly keep all mine, and the prospect of sending them to landfill is not to be borne. Quite apart from it being Plain Wrong, the wasting of perfectly lovable animals offends me.

The mother tells me that even charities which ship bears to children who have no bears are insistent on modern safety standards. (Not, of course, that think it's acceptable to kill children in poverty-stricken regions with toxic bears, but I regard the bears in question as perfectly safe, having failed to be killed by them myself. Many of them lack labels at all on account of being homemade.)

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[pseudomonas.livejournal.com]

Do you have friends/family with appropriately aged sprogs?

[venta.livejournal.com]

A few, but probably not nearly enough :)

[tigerfort.livejournal.com]

I take it encouraging people to get down to the breeding right now is (a) not an option and (b) not fast enough?

[venta.livejournal.com]

(b), but also (c) will not, barring unusual occurrences, produce sufficient children for that many bears.

[octalbunny.livejournal.com]

I don't suppose your parents would be impressed with a bear swap? As in you and I both getting rid of our bears, and then filling our parents' attics with an entirely new set of bears that came from some strange internet-person.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Since the main reason for wickedly compelling me to hang out in the attic is to make space, I fear this isn't an option! Nice idea, though :)

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

Do they have to be gone immediately? Because if not I'm sure they'd do well at the Christmas Fair of some local primary school. Organisers of these things are always after stuff donated for free which they can then sell.

Failing that, maybe a car boot sale?

[venta.livejournal.com]

I was under the impression that, in the same way many sales won't take electrical goods, they won't take un-safety-marked bears.

If you think your local school isn't that picky, then I might investigate my local schools (or chauffeur the bears round to you ;) after a bit of a wash and brush-up.

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

I'd expect it to depend on the individual event organisers. Home-made bears, for example, wouldn't have safety marks anyway.

[qatsi.livejournal.com]

You might be able to list them on eBay. Failing that, I can't imagine there would be problems with Freecycle, if you can be bothered.

[grahamb.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday to you!

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

is not to be borne

We know what you really meant to say there...

Hope you're having a good birthday!

[venta.livejournal.com]

Sorry, in the circumstances I should have said "not to be beared".

My wife got to read "We're going on a bear hunt..." out loud to an audience of 3-year-olds recently

[jiggery-pokery.livejournal.com]

Happy bearthday to you, happy bearthday to you...

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

The PEEP place at Cowley Centre might be able to give you some potential homes for bears and other furry aminals (sic). If they can't take them in the shop (which is a drop-in play centre and not really a shop) they might be able to distribute them to suitable families - private gifts aren't governed by the safety-mark issue the same way sales are.

[venta.livejournal.com]

OK, thanks for that - when I know how many bears I'm trying to push on the unsuspecting public I'll check them out.

[cuthbertcross.livejournal.com]

We'll
take two if you like! Not huge in size if possible- we have many general soft toys already -but if you have a particular interesting/ fave pair you'd like to know are being cuddled, my two would be v appreciative.
We have no need of those arcane ce symbols, indeed homemade is positively encouraged....

[venta.livejournal.com]

Thank you! When I have finished and assessed the magnitude of the problem, I shall possibly ship some livestock your way :)

[john-the-hat.livejournal.com]

"I can't possibly keep all mine"

Any particular reason why not? Obviously it sounds like you've got a fair collection but there's generally plenty of places around a place where small furry animals can hide. We even have one in the pantry.....

Back in the day when I was married my wife had her collection of children's teddies colonising the bed. They all got moved off every evening and back on in the morning....

[venta.livejournal.com]

Do not for a minute imagine I have the patience to shift herds of beasties (however cute) morning and evening :)

You live, by the sounds of it, in quite a large house which is a luxury which I'm not likely to have for a long time. And I do have a lot of furry creatures, some of which are really quite large.

[(Anonymous)]

**grins**. Didn't then (live in a large place), Back then I was in the two-and-a-quarter bed terrace in Leeds. Sadly throwing out the ex-wife's teddies would have been impossible short of getting rid of the ex-wife, so we had to find places - hence bed!

However, if you do have the life-sized furry elephant I can see the problem...

**grins**

[john-the-hat.livejournal.com]

??? I was logged in ???