Observer Baby Competition 2008
 

I love kids/babies ..they're all beautiful to me, but what is it about the photos in the Observer for this year's baby competition !! Have they changed the photographer ... why is it all these kids look mingin' this year ??:eek:

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To be honest Katex, I thought they were bad pics too ..... some of the kids look like they have had pepper rubbed in their eyes!! :eek::eek: They are all red and blotchy.

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Pheew thanks Slinky .. thought I might be of risk of serious attack here .. but they are not very flattering are they ? .. all that those red areas and dark circles under their eyes, etc .. look like they have been on a paediatric night on the tiles.

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Why not have one on here for your family pics......Restricted to 2 year olds and under and show them how it is done?

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I can't agree, and actually think you are somewhat out of order katex.
My god daughter has her picture in the competition and she is nothing short of absolutely gorgeous.

Real beauty is in the eye of the beholder eh.

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Blimey!! put the gun away!! I don't think she meant the Babies were ugly .... from what I read, she meant the actually photo's .... hence her asking if the photographer had changed :confused:

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my mates Daughter is supposed to be in it this week

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Ok .. which one is she? Come on Shakermaker, she probably is gorgeous, but you cannot honestly say these pictures are very flattering.

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my friends daughter is in this one ; she;s realy bonny; but was having a bad hair day ;

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I think there should be a prize for the best named baby.

I was requested to pm one of our overseas members, with a few of the choicest.

I think it's great that all the babies are in one issue, rather than a few each week, for what seems like months on end. Nothing against babies, but I buy the paper to read the news, not to look at other people's kids.

I do hope they decide to do the same for the 'Glasses Wearer of the Year', and the cutest pussy competition too.

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Emily loves you uncle Shaker!!!!:D:D:D

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Emily Mae McNaught. She's the one on page37 with eyes like saucers!!!! she looks somewhere between utter shock and disbelief!!!!

I have to admit its not the most flattering photo of her, (kipax gets the credit for that pic!!!) and I certainly wont be buying the £25 photo pack they try and flog to you at the photographers!!! Still she's gorgeous to us and we've got some lovely shots of her, cheeky monkey!!!

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Flashy - She is in this weeks

And some of the photos are ok, on some of them the lighting seems all wrong and they look like little tomatoes.

I was gonna enter the twins then thought that I didnt want them competing against each other, then i realised yesterday that they picture twins together, if id have realised that then i would have entered them I just didnt want them doing individually.

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I wish the Observer would stop wasting news space doing Bonny Baby comps.......as noted by previous posters, family will always think their own baby is best......it isn't newsworthy, it isn't even interesting.

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At least the babies are real, more than can be said for a lot of the crap they tell you is news :D

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Well, just to make up to Shakermaker, Emily's photo is amongst one of the better ones and brings out her personality too .. I think she stands a very good chance.. :)

I bet some parents aren't very happy though. Could be something to do with the printing. They had some like these for the groups of revellers in pubs ... made them look like rip roaring dipsos. Seemed to have improved on them, but slips back now and then.

Must have been on my mind last night. In the middle of another dream, had to get this child of about 6 months out of her cot and she was dressed in a red jumpsuit ... dripping white nappy and hadn't been fed. Was having a normal conversation with her to enquire if she would like any breakfast and she requested sausage/egg and chips ! Was trying furiously to get her cleaned up !! Can't remember if I did .. :D:D

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is she wearing those hidious (sp?) bobbles? the bright green luminous things? nik showed me a pic of her with them in the other day, and i told her they look like fruit stuck to her head lol

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My niece and nephew are in this one, can i get to see the pics online as i cant get hold of a paper?

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god i still have the paper cutting from tinks's two oldest girls from nearly 14 years ago when they where in the baby competition lol

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I had alook at the photos last night, I have never seen such a daft array of names in my life. I will not repeat any here as I post under my name but have a look yourselves folk, some of them are just embarassing, poor kids.

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I love reading the names.:p

People can Eboni-Mae it all they want, but they can't get away from the good old northern surnames like Higginbottom, that they're stuck with.:D

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My nephew is in Luke Stanley Nicholson, obviously the Stanley is to do with Accrington Stanley ;)

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what happened to putting a few in at a time every week??
theres too many to choose!!

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Now that's a sensible name, at least it's not some made up nonsense., or a set of initials. :rolleyes:

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Apparently babies names derived from txt spk are all the rage.

Baby Names Being Derived from...Text Messaging? - Switched: Gadgets, Tech, Digital Stuff for the Rest of Us

Grnda:D

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Oh well, I would be SKY :)

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That's what I thought. I wondered why the Observer felt so thick until I read it and saw 8 full pages of babies. Definitely too much in one go.

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I tell ya something that happened to me this morning.

Walking kids up to school and there was this big mouthed mother " OY, get away from that f'in road " I thought " OMG, what a way to shout at your kids"

Then further up the street she shouts " SHAKIRA, I said get away from that F'in road " :eek::eek: That just said it all for me, I nearly chocked on my laughter.

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Poor child. Kids like that are doomed from the start, aren't they?

Bet her mum used to let her eat a pastie out of a paper bag when she was in her pushchair. :rolleyes:

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Oops did i forget a couple of votes wont do any harm for my nephew ;)

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There were 4 kids with her. Eldest about 6, youngest - well old enough to be running near the road..... so about 2 ;)

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I`ve just finished reading it.... the first baby in the flat cap... i was crying with laughter:D:D:dummy2:

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See they have put them all in again this week .. and looking much more presentable, have toned down on the red ink. Will give the ones that looked like little Red Indians a fighting chance ... :)

Perhaps they read our thread ?

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Why oh why do we need to see this again?

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Another chance to vote;)

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Has anyone ever voted for a baby they don't know in the competition?

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No Thanx........

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Nope, never have, never will:rolleyes:

I think only familys must do all the voting

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That's the problem though isn't it Garinda ? If you have lots of relations/friends they will always make the effort to vote irrespective of their beauty or not.

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Me too.

I'm more likely to be found licking Woolworth's windows, than licking a stamp to post off a vote.

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Reminds me of when our grandaughter was in, Ian bought loads of copies and asked folk in Canine to vote for her. Only problem was he was going to put all votes in one envelope till I pointed out it would look a tad suspicious!!!

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Ive voted for a baby that I dont know in the competition, i thoght that was the general idea, oh well, me wrong again :rolleyes:

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It is emzy, but i just cant be bothered looking never mind voting:o

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Lol, i have however voted for my friends baby too so not as innocent as i first made out lol :rolleyes:

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I have voted once or twice if a close relative or friend has had their baby's picture in.

I have never voted for a baby I don't know. I don't really look at them to be honest.