1. If you thought that Scrabulous would win, and be allowed to stay on Facebook, you are an idiot. I mean, really.
2. If you are Hasbro/Mattel, and you didn’t just buy Scrabulous out and rebrand it, you are also an idiot.

Now can we move on?

–c.

Big up, Charlie, I’m with you.
–c.

Sport sport sport sport sport sport sport fucking sports sport in my ass SPORTS football rooney SPORRRRTTS.

SSSSSSSSPPPPPPPPPOOOOOORRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTT FOR FUCK’S SAKE!

SPORT!!! WOW!

–c.
PS. Oh, and the Middle East is still fucked. And some people died.

“Mobile phone calls will be allowed on planes flying in European airspace under new European Commission rules.”

FUCK.

That’s it, no more European flights for me, ever.

–c.

–c.

Cheerfully Radio 2 will be playing the full uncensored version.

As the article points out, several humans with brains (both straight and gay) have derided the ban as ludicrous, but ‘veteran gay rights activist Peter Tatchell’ quoth

It is shameful that BBC Radio 2 and other radio and TV stations are continuing to play the full version with the word faggot included. It shows that they don’t take homophobic language as seriously as racist language.

Another line which has been censored is where Shane dubs Kirsty “an old slut on junk”. What? Why? Is it offensive to sluts? Or junkies? Or is it simply the fact of “Ooooh you can’t say nasty things at Christmas!”

The song is about two people having a screaming row at Christmas time and using offensive language to each other. If this is a problem, then simply don’t play the song – and while you’re on, why not distribute free Soma* to us all at the same time! A gramme is better than a damn, after all!

–c.
* If this means nothing to you, please mentally substitute Prozac. Similar thing.
PS. If Radio 1 would like to play an alternative version of the song, it’s possible they might find an (unauthorised) instrumental version of it somewhere…

Jesus Fucking Christ. Hang on, I must have read that wrong. Let me look again.

No, I was right. There are actually learned (pronounced “lern-ed”, by the way – two distinct syllables)  people out there who recommend “that the spelling of English needs simplifying so children’s literacy can improve.”

Example phrase: If u hav a por memmory yor chances of becumming a good speller ar lo.

Fuck. That. Noise.

If that’s what you think, move to the USA* and get down with “thru” and “donut”. I’ll stay here and speak English.

–c.
* Apologies to any USAnian readers out there – I’m not anti-American at all, I’m just a bit anti-”American English”.

–c.

Stop the motherfucking world I wish to disembark.

–c.

So says the BBC news site.

Are they sure this is people having actual seizures, or could it just be people seeing the logo and reacting in the proper way, i.e. to throw your arms in front of your face and spit and curse until it goes away? I could see how the two could be confused.

(via Warren Ellis)
–c.