Kevin the Carrot - this is bonkers

fool and his money very true chewbacca

Parsnips are nice not evil -especially roasted or in soup!

My friend texted this morning asking if we had an Aldi to get Kevin the carrot. I hadn't heard of it (apart from the adverts) so went to have a look for her. There were dozens of the £3.99 ones and the evil parsnips but none of the big ones which are apparently what all the fuss is about. They are now selling on e-bay for up to £300!! Madness!

I prefer parsnips to carrots any day. Should I be offended at the way the parsnip is portrayed? It seems to be the thing to do nowadays to be offended at a lot of things :-)

That's DS as in dear sister, not dear son!

I'm so glad it's not a country-wide obsession and I like Sue's alansugaresque business proposal!

And I do sympathise with the victims of trends and pester power.

Apart from the cuddly vampire bat , most of dgc's soft toys represent animals or characters from stories, books and films.

Few of of them are ever played with or cuddled and the sad old one-eyed minion still has his pristine label and has been dangling from a wardrobe door handle since he was carried home in brief triumph to granny's from some funfair or other where a lot of cash changed hands (after granny was ganged up upon) to ensure he could be won.

I remember my DS's teddy being universally loved to bits and played with til the fur wore off and the growl could only be detected as a mild burp if an older child accidentally stood on it.

A toy like that would have been worth queueing in the rain for.

Good lord, I went to Aldi this afternoon and saw loads of soft toy carrots. I'd have bought a couple of dozen to sell on eBay if I'd known they were A Thing!

My fancy was rather taken by the parsnip toys, though, and now I read on the linked article that in fact it's a naughty parsnip.

There were loads at my Aldi this morning .....should have bought one!

What do you think my Kevin is worth? He's organic!

Changing hands at £1000 each on eBay apparently. fool and his money and all that.

My DH pointed the story out to me today so I had a look online, they aren't even that attractive looking

Are you sure it will be a Kevin and not a Katie, I would check carefully

I bought some carrots in Lidl today, I'll just take one out of the fridge, paint a face on it and call him Kevin.

I remember something like this with Mog the cat at Sainsbury's. A huge marketing ploy by companies to cash in at Christmas me thinks.

The problem I used to find was that I could get the Christmas shopping sorted weeks in advance when I was working, trying to buy just what the DC said they wanted, then there would be a craze just before Christmas and they changed their minds and wanted the latest craze.

Unfortunately, FC had often run out

Same thing happened, as I recall, with My Little Ponies, Cabbage Patch dolls, Transformers and various other 'must have' toys of our DC's childhood. In fact, it seems to happen every year. It's a tribute to the idiocy of parents, really and the marketing skill of the companies who make and sell the things. Nothing like a 'shortage' to create demand and publicity.

Darn it!
I went to Lidl today - I should have gone to Aldi

oh no, which shops, where, I must rush out and buy some …..