55 thoughts on “A Diabolical Doogie Howser”

  3. Murtles

    Dr Gerry has 4 patients waiting but only 1 trolley in the hallway to use. How will Dr Gerry ensure he isn’t stuck with all 4 patients over the Bank Holiday weekend?

  4. zackersetu

    i agree… let’s take a photo of a random kid on public transport and put it on a public site …… who could have an issue with that!

    I concur …. Creepy!

    1. manolo

      as a parent of three little monsters who dressed up for today, I would not have an issue if someone thought their costume was cool and made the famous for the day.

      On the other hand, I do feel uncomfortable with people who see ‘creepiness’ everywhere, it just shows how their minds operate, and it ain’t pretty.

        3. manolo

          Because of a cool costume? Sure, why not? One of my kids went on the Toy Show, that was cool, another one was on a magazine cover, all cool with me. Why? What’s the issue with BS, does it have a creepier audience in your view?

          2. manolo

            You are all overthinking. Life is too f***ing short. The vast majority of people are nice, but if you only focus on the negatives your life is going to be sh!t. Your choice.

          4. Spaghetti Hoop

            I know that people in public places do not need to sign a model release, but I find that published photographs of kids, without their parents’ permission is a bit creepy. Not creepy in a pedo sense but in a way that shouts – ‘sure they’re kids – who gives a sh1t about their rights to privacy’. I just wouldn’t send in a picture of someone without permission from them, out of respect. And her of all places, there is a risk that they will be ripped apart with criticism.

          6. Murtles

            Could be Dillon St Pauls kid. No one sitting beside him and typical parenty thing to do : “Get over there until i get a picture” usually followed by “Awwwwww Daaaaaaadddd” (or Maaaaammmm).

  5. Spaghetti Hoop

    Indeed. It’s not as if today is unusual in its costumery.
    Bored commuter with phone…or just creep?

    1. Disasta

      In the Free USA that kid would be tased and his limp body kneeled on by a 16 stone redneck while being cuffed.

  7. fluffybiscuits

    Sure if its not that creepy then why doesnt everyone photograph random kids…because it is creepy.

    Were a parent to see him taking a photograph he could get a wallop and understandbly so

  8. The exploding priest

    Zackersetu,Nugget & Spa Hoop.I suggest you stay indoors today.There are a lot of children in fancy dress out today,for you amusement,nothing else.

    Your over active vigilance that seems to be primed at the sight of somebody elses child in fancy dress is what’s creepy here.

  11. Dόn Pídgéόní

    If the parent knew where the photo was going then fine. If they didn’t, then it’s weird. Have your own kids and then send pictures of them dressed as tiny evil surgeons to whoever you want.

  12. manolo

    @Hoop, there isn’t a single criticism of the photo so far, so the risk you perceive hasn’t materialised. Personally I like it. There is a lot of the other BS here, but it is mostly based on the assumption that the photo was taken 1. by a stranger to the child and 2. without permission.

    However, 1. permission is not needed and 2. the assumptions above are irrelevant, just cheap and baseless controversy. There is no malice in the photo or in its publishing. On the other hand, there’s some toxic minds commenting here.

  16. The Marlboro Man

    I saw a lad of about 7 or 8 dressed as a Marlboro box this morning!
    Even had a giant cigarette in his hand.

  17. zackersetu

    Blah blah blah!! life’s too short…seriously? That has nothing to do with anything! Also I love the way people assumed paedophilia was the extent of creepy …. what was creepy was the fact somebody thought it ok to take a picture of a very young child, and post it on a public forum. I mentioned nothing of sexual gratification, that was all down to you. I’m concerned with the invasion of privacy … the taking of the photo in its own right is certainly inappropriate without permission of a parent or guardian. Clearly you seem to think a child and guardian waive consent because they chose to wear a halloween costume. Bravo … that’s a well reasoned argument!

    But even if the bandwagon deems that extremely ridiculous reasoning somehow acceptable … any such picture taken should, at the very least, be for an extremely limited audience. But as I said, the fact that it has been posted online, to a public forum, is completely unacceptable. Any publishing of such a photograph, with a clear focus on a person as the focus of the image, especially where that subject is of a very young age, should only be done with the permission of the subject, or in this instance the parent or guardian. If you want to decry such a statement as purporting to amount to an allegation of child abuse, then so be it… You are simply stupid; the kind of person who prefers sensationalist extreme conclusion jumping, no doubt fuelled by your daily read (or should I say picture scan) of the The Sun or the Daily Mail… but after all this a public site, and therefore we are bound to note a large number of subscribers who lack basic mental acuity to discern a concept that is less than a bombastic and polarised assertion of actual rights of an individual, and in this instance in particular, the additional rights of a child.

  22. John Boyle

    Pretty sure that putting a photo of a child on a website without their parent’s written consent is illegal under section 2(1)(a) of the Data Protection Act

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