Dear Dora,
Congratulations! After Thomas the Tank Engine, you’re the next children’s character I want to punch in the face!
How doest thou annoy me? Let me count the ways.
Let’s start with that squeaky, whiney voice. How can you be around for more than 13 years yet still talk like a baby? Have Nickelodeon no sense of time? Or just no sense of what should actually be on TV?
For Pete’s sake! Do you EVER listen to what I have to say???
Example:
Dora: Do you see La Sandias?
Me: What the hell is La Sandias?
Dora: Si! Let’s count 4 watermelons in Spanish!
Me: WTF?
Dora: We did it! Hooray!
Me: Shuddup, Dora.
And so it goes…
And these ridiculous “adventures” you go on?
When did runaway twin babies merely become a family “silly story” and not something to report to the police?
AND seriously…who’s ever heard of a vine swinging Abuela???
What gets my back pack the most?
Despite all vain attempts to teach the twinlets Indonesian – singing all those nursery rhymes untill my voice turned hoarse – a couple of episodes of your stupid show and they think counting in Spanish is the coolest thing. Ever.
Damn you, Dora. Damn you!
Yours unfaithfully,
One disgruntled non-Spanish speaking Mama.
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Thanks for the laugh Grace! Have a great weekend xx
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She wins every time doesn’t she Grace? My boys thought that Dora was so fantastic – we have a whole box of Dora toys, even had to buy Dora T-shirts and a dress – for home! The good news is that they do grow out of it, so hang in there, superhero’s and villains are only around the corner xx
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Ah yes, Dora! How I remember her! Thankfully Lil is old enough now she is over her Dora phase!
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Thank goodness my child hasn’t discovered it yet! It’s on her toothbrush, but that’s it. I find Thomas also annoying. But the Teletubbies have to be my least favourite. The DVD we have of theirs just runs on and on. I can’t work out how to select episodes. So annoying! xx
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Hahaha! Poor Dora. Having her constantly in your home can be a bit irritating … she’s a bit like a pesky relative you can’t get rid of.
Leanne @ Deep Fried Fruit
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You know, I have 4 kids and we totally dodged the Dora train. Thomas, we rewrote the theme song.
They’re 2, they’re 4, they’re 6, they’re 8
Crashing trucks and dumping freight
Red and green and brown and blue,
They’re a really useless crew!
Always falling off the tracks
Playing games and making cracks
Down the hills and in the ponds,
It’s Thomas and his friends!
Thomas, he’s the useless one
James is a pain and not much fun
Percy’s mail might come at last
Gordon is a pompous ass!
Emily is a know-it-all
Henry whines when he is called
Edward ilikes to help and share
Toby, well, let’s say, he’s square!
Gotta say, Shaun the Sheep is your friend.
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Too funny Jennifer!
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Loved. Will show former #1 fan Mr13 😉
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Hilarious! Thomas annoys me so much. He is an idiot who always breaks the rules. They all should have been smelted years ago.
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Haha! Love it! Just sang it out loud and I think it’s going to be my new thing when we watch yet another episode of Thomas!!! Thanks for sharing, Jennifer! 🙂
My kids are obsessed with Dora!! When I ask Z a question, she responds to me in Spanish!! She doesn’t know English that well, and when I ask her what colour is this (I hold a blue crayon) out she comes with “Azul”!!!! LOL
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Too funny. I was lucky and missed the whole Dora thing.
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Why? Why does everyone hate Dora? I seem to defend Dora everywhere I go. Firstly, she’s a girl (that on tv is a big gold star right there), solo star, not co star to a male. 2nd, she wears shorts and a tshirt – don’t laugh, but all female characters flounce around in princess dresses. Dora is dressed for practical action. 3rdly, she speaks 2 languages (except in France, where she only speaks French, missing the point of teaching you Spanish) – name a character that has any ethnicity in children’s television (other than Mr Salt & Mrs Pepper who actually speak with an accent – but I adore the Blues Clues of Steve’s day so don’t start me on how right that show was).
She does stuff. She’s not waiting for a prince to kiss her. She’s got getup&go.
She doesn’t let Swiper pick on people.
And I could go on forever….I love Dora. (With you on the trains tho, needy and neurotic)
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All very good points Lydia, plus it’s very kind of her to babysit for me while I unpack the dishwasher!
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She does stuff. Annoyingly stupid stuff!
And yes, okay…it’s nice that she’s a solo female act but serial. Can someone please get her a change of clothes??? 😉
I don’t love Dora but there are worse shows that your child could be into. Delilah has always loved In the Night Garden – one day I will write a post about everything that is wrong with particular show! And she also likes the nauseating Yo Gabba Gabba. Personally, I’d take Dora over those two shows, any day! Hope you can have a Dora free weekend Grace….
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Oh you bloody betchya! If I started though, I don’t think I would be able to stop!
At least with Thomas you can giggle every time they mention “the fat controller” and know that it is not even supposed to be airing because it is totally not PC.
I think I may have even become desensitised to Dora. Through self preservation (mainly of my sanity) I have learned to block her hideously screeching voice out of my head.
One other major thing i can’t stand is the way my son started saying things like ‘faaast’ instead of ‘farst’. I am not brining up a spanish/american child, he is an Aussie and thus will speak so, even if I have to screech it into him 🙂
Becc @ Take Charge Now
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Dora will bore into your very soul – until your kids tire of her and move onto something else. We’re only just emerging from a My Little Ponies phase. Talking horses with attitudes who carry on like teenage mean girls – that’s something you really don’t need in your life.
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You might just be the first parent ever to be disgruntled that their child can count in Spanish : ) I have never clapped eyes on Dora but given we have similar violent intentions towards Thomas I don’t want to.
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It’s because I’m being the mean Asian mum and think my children should be learning Indonesian instead!!! 🙂
Yep after more than 10 years of childrens’ TV I am over it. Although I did get into a classic story line of Barbie movie the other day. I need to get out more
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Now every time I hear Dora I will be singing your theme song version. They do have some pretty out there story lines, have you tried Diego? They at least save animals.
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We have managed to avoid Dora so far, and I am doing my best to keep it that way. We like Shaun the Sheep and Peppa Pig – although she is to blame for lots of puddle jumping incidents at inconvenient times.
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ps. YESSSSSSSSSSSS soo with you!!! Thankfully Oscar’s grown out of Dora…its the 1yo who’s obsessed with ‘In the Night Garden’ now THAT is some trippy &*%^! Even Mr almost-5 agrees lol!
Lil Pumpkin doesn’t watch Dora as often as before (yay me?!) I think she looks rather cute though with her short bob and round face :p
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Oh how I giggled at this! Isn’t she just so annoying?! I have managed not to expose my Dora to the real Dora yet!
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I’m glad my boys never got in to Dora …much.
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Oh Grace I’m so with you on that one! I’m really glad my kids seem to have drifted towards the ABC for kids stuff rather than Dora. They watch Dora occasionally but thankfully it’s not a huge favourite. I don’t think I could stand listening to that voice over and over again! The ABC/BBC shows can still get mega annoying, but their accents are less painful 😉
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We’ve managed to avoid Dora so far – we just watch Play School twice a week and (when I’m at my wits’ end) an occasional episode of Peppa Pig. Which is enough – my daughter already walks around snorting and saying “Everyone loves jumping in muddy puddles!” I’m sure we’ll discover Dora soon enough, though.
My niece is OBSESSED with Dora. Her room looks like Nickolodeon has thrown up in it. Dora EVERYTHING. And she always wants more!
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I haven’t reached the Dora Rage stage yet as it doesn’t come on in our house, I don’t even know what time its on. But I am right there with the Thomas thing, he is banned in our house and that ban went in to effect a month BEFORE Punky was even born! I hate that effing train! I also hate Shaun the Sheep. Shaun the Sheep is just the stupid stoner brother of Timmy and I would much prefer Timmy Time to that inferior excuse for a sheep. Pingu also annoys the crap out of me.
I tell ya what thought Grace, if I had a grand-daughter as annoying as Dora I’d probably be vine-swinging too. After consuming some illegal substances too, most likely!
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Grace, don’t punch me but I kinda like Dora… Probably because my little girl adores her and calls her ‘Doowah’.
The one I can’t get my head around is In the Night Garden. They should change it to In the Night Club because it seems like they are OFF their heads…
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Robo, don’t punch me but I like In the Night Garden 🙂 I love the music and I just love Macca Pacca!
But maybe they remind me of how I used to carry on in the night clubs back in the ’80’s. Heh!
Macca Pacca was my favourite too! He is always helping people.
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Until Dora, I didn’t think I could feel physical discomfort watching a cartoon. She makes me a little cranky, so I confiscated the DVDs… glad I’m not alone!!
Thank God Dora didn’t come out til after my kids were past that stage. I had to put up with Teletubbies (which were so darn cute I didn’t mind, though I couldn’t really see the educational value in toys that couldn’t talk properly…) and the Wiggles (back then I had a crush on the Blue Wiggle, so that made it bearable – what was I thinking?!)
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I’m so glad my children where not into Dora. I find it so unsettling when she stands there looking at you expectantly saying ‘Can you see the mountain/forest/monkey hut/ whatever??’ WTF Dora? Of course I can, stop starting at me!!!
xx
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HarrHarr!! I am so glad our last son skipped Dora as I was over it by child number 3! I’m neither a fan of Dora and this post made me laugh so hard!! I hear you sister and may the mummy force be with you to give you strength however long this phase lasts….I’m really hoping it will be short lived for your sake but who knows you could be in my shoes and putting up with Lazy Town or something worse!!
Hahahaha you’re nuts! Go take it out on Dora!
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Bahaha all I can say is THANK HEAVENS we are past Dora – I couldnt see the back of that little knowit all twat soon enough! We did it Back pack Yayyyyy … pffft! 😉 Have a great weekend hun xx
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Dora the Annoyer. Perfect! 😀
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Lol! We’re not at the ‘Dora’ stage here – but don’t get me started on Peppa Pig. Seriously.
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We had a lot of Dora with our now 9 year old, but our 3 year old is much more of an ABC kid (there was no ABC for kids channel when Miss Yin was little). Yes she’s annoying, but I like the fact she’s a girl who is adventurous and Spanish (and there’s also a Chinese ‘Dora’ too – great as my kids are Chinese). Little Yang is a Peppa Pig kid and its like Peppa is my daughter with George my son, so its nice the family kinda matches ours. I much prefer little kid’s TV to pre-teen tweeny TV – you just wait for that!
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Is it ridiculous that I long for days where Dora is the obsession, or even Thomas … Alas my baby is too big for such entertainment. Or so he tells me…
I do not Dora. Nor do I Wiggle. I’d punch those Wiggles for sure. They’ll always be the Cockroaches to me.
I dig Sesame Street, Yo Gabba Gabba, and Peppa Pig, and I will stick to those for as long as I can.
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I have been through Dora, I didn’t think it could get worse, I fear I have Thomas coming up very soon….
I thought I did, until my youngest discovered The Winx Club, and now I want to punch them. Dora was delightful, in comparison.
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Haha – sadly (or maybe thankfully) I have not had the pleasure of meeting Dora! No more childrens viewing in this house 😉 In my day (when my kids were little) it was Banana’s in Pyjamas (are you thinking what I’m thinking?), Thomas the Tank Engine, Postman Pat … and um … the rest … that seem to have evaporated from my memory! I understand the annoyance factor LOL Min xo
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Grace! I hear you.
I want to punch out Peppa Pig! And they put 20 episodes on in a row!
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Bahahahaha! I hear you Grace – Dora drives me mental! Thankfully I can avoid it mostly, BUT, my three year old son just loves Yo Gabba Gabba – oh how it wears on my last nerve. Stupid songs & a grown man in an orange lycra jumpsuit – what’s that about!?!?! Oh, & don’t get me started on the little green thing – Probie I think he’s called – whiny, annoying pain in the rear – & what’s with his name – is it about where he sticks those long arms!?! Really does my head in – if you can’t already tell! Arrgghh!
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We’re not Dora orientated but heavily into Peppa Pig which I actually don’t mind. the one that sends me bonkers is In the Night Garden – seriously, who came up with that?
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I think the children of the inventors of the Telly Tubbies came up with Night Garden. They are as whacked out as each other. Trippers.
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Sorry, I am an ITNG fan. Maybe more so because we hardly watch it anymore! Heh.
You know Grace I avoided Dora – i just didn’t get her. I loved Fifi the Flower Tot and Yo Gabba Gabba – oh and that crazy dude who used to do backflips in Lazy Town – he was cute. But the best … PlaySchool – i had a crush on one of the hosts – can’t remember his name now but it used to be some nice eye candy for mama while bubba had her screen fix. xx
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Miss 6 has recently hung up her backpack. Our reader folder is covered in Dora metallic contact, which was liked last year. This year, it scores whines and a slap on the picture faces as every time we pull out our reader she says I HATE DORA!
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Thankfully my kids never really loved Dora, maybe cos I don’t – for starters it’s more targeted at a US market, where kids interact/speak Spanish on a daily basis. And I agree it’s time Dora become a bit more ‘with it’! Em x
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Wow, what a huge linky. I think you’re being a bit harsh on Dora. She provided many hours of peace and quiet. Or have I just forgotten the full horror as it’s been a couple of years?? Thank goodness the preschool TV years are over for me… though I retain a soft spot for all four Teletubbies, they saved my life/sanity a few times.
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Have you seen this clip from Phineas and Ferb? The entire episode is spoofs of various TV shows. This Ducky Momo spoof on Dora is a real gem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5CdT9it_tI
Bahaha! I think you just helped me find something more annoying than Dora AND Thomas put together!
Phineas and Ferb is all kinds of awesome. You might want to encourage it!
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Dora, Diego, Calliou, Elmo and forget Barney. What-is-their-PROBLEM? I heard they changed Dora’s voice after 13 years – but she still yells. Perhaps if her head weren’t so large…
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Dora doesn’t bother me…but then again we don’t have a TV!!!
When my older boys were little it was “Telly Tubbies” – now don’t get me started on what was wrong with that show….I will be here forever and a day 🙂
Guess what ever hold’s kids attentions is what ever makes me happy, mind you singing songs from a TV show sure beats teenager language at the moment! Never realised that kids could learn to speak such colourful words from going to high school.
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Thankfully, my kids have never taken to Dora. Except for our four day drive to SA, when she actually saved my sanity.
But I did have the same concern about the runaway babies, and vine swinging abuela!
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