Skull and crossbones wall mural in child's treatment room at hospital

Trollvester Trollone said:
Haven't had chance to revisit the hospital but with the aid of an internet search engine I managed to find what the mural looked liked. Imagine something like these, 2 and a half feet across in a child treatement room and tell me it doesnt send a shiver down your spine.

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FYI I think you might be getting a bit concerned over nothing - it's not some scary imagery from a heavy metal band or horror film or something - they're from the Disney films in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise

plenty of kids are fans of the films

 
in fairness if those were the murals, while they wouldn't send a shiver down my spine I wouldn't expect to see something as 'graphic' in a kids ward. with that being said not for one second do I believe these were the murals.
 
Thekwango said:
in fairness if those were the murals, while they wouldn't send a shiver down my spine I wouldn't expect to see something as 'graphic' in a kids ward. with that being said not for one second do I believe these were the murals.
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It wasn't both of them, I think it was just the one on the left.
 
skyripper said:
Do you honestly believe this? I dont.

Children's A+E tend to be muralled up with characters and scenes from things they recognise and associate with. Show any 6 year old a skull and cross bones flag, and they think of "pirates!", not "Oh no! my own ill fated mortality".
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If you think about it, it is a bit bizarre that a symbol of death used by murderers is now associated with an almost entirely fictional(*) image of what is effectively Robin Hood on sea. But it is.





* As far as I know, the only actual pirate even close to being like the modern image of pirates was Benjamin Horneygold.

Actually I don't know why I'm posting, this is like getting into an argument with Psycho Sunshine about window cleaners.
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1 weird trick for making £20K a week with a cloth and a bucket!
 
It’s pirates. Kids like pirates. Bet you wouldn’t kick up a fuss over ninjas though would you! Even though they’re also enjoyed by children.
 
This has been one of the best threads for a long time, oh my sides.

Do you have children OP, or were you ever in hospital for any length of time as a child?

I spent quite a bit of time in hospital between the age of 3 and 10 for eye operations and when I was battling with asthma. It was the 80s and I was mad into action man, ghosts and monsters anything to do with soldiers, He-Man and Star Wars.

Do you honestly think I would have **** my pants if I had seen Skelator or Darth Vader painted on the wall? I would have thought it was awesome and the hospital was well cool.

I don't think you realise how mentally resilient children can be when they are in a safe environment and don't have the weight of the adult world bearing down on them. You are wasting your time and effort, I bet that image has been on the wall for 5 or more years trouble free.

Children's wards need fighters not wimps trust me...
 
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XeNoN89 said:
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not a very good attempt to rebuff the op given the comical imagery relating to the jolly roger in the video. it barely looks like a skull and crossbones on the flag and even less so on his hat.....maybe they thought using a real skull and crossbones image would be too graphic......wait, you're actually supporting the op?
 
Thekwango said:
not a very good attempt to rebuff the op given the comical imagery relating to the jolly roger in the video. it barely looks like a skull and crossbones on the flag and even less so on his hat.....maybe they thought using a real skull and crossbones image would be too graphic......wait, you're actually supporting the op?
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I just like the song
 
peterwalkley said:
CBA to read whole thread, but good name change. Well played mods.
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"We also expect members to behave respectfully and not launch personal or abusive attacks on other members."
yeah, i guess the forum rules don't apply to mods and they're free to arbitrarily change usernames to insult and troll members.
 
200sols said:
Seriously?

Post it on twitter, people who love to complain about stupid things hang on there a lot.
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You should see our community Facebook page. Jesus. Trial by Facebook is a real thing. People out there take pictures of people parking badly or slam some poor independent restaurant because their pasta was a bit undercooked. Then every jumps in like piranhas.
 
wolfie138 said:
"We also expect members to behave respectfully and not launch personal or abusive attacks on other members."
yeah, i guess the forum rules don't apply to mods and they're free to arbitrarily change usernames to insult and troll members.
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Oh come on, this is a ridiculous thread, from a poster who has a history of posting to outrage, stir and generally wind up people.

A name change isn't permanent. Its harmless. If the OP has a problem with it, a Trust to a mod would presumably get it back to FubberRuck or whatever it was to go with that dubious sig he/she used to have.
 
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