This PC world has finally gone stark raving bonkers

[shropshire 0]

Tom & Jerry cartoons with them smoking are to be baned
It's O.K for them to be bashed with a frying pan... but the little kiddies cann't see cats and mice drawings ...... smoking.
No more fags for Tom
WTF?.....[urlhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5271470.stm]clicky[/url]

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[Scoop 0]

Its fucking crazy mate. It said on the news it is in response to A parent (singular) complaining. Ever seen the Simpsons episode where Marge gets Itchy & Scratchy banned or something like that. How ironic huh.

Petty fucking doo gooders.

[Skyrad 0]

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Tom & Jerry cartoons with them smoking are to be baned
It's O.K for them to be bashed with a frying pan... but the little kiddies cann't see cats and mice drawings ...... smoking.
No more fags for Tom
WTF?.....[urlhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5271470.stm]clicky[/url]

for our American friends please replace fag with ciggy. (Shrops, I think 'Smoking a fag' means something else in the states mate)

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

[Gawain 0]

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for our American friends please replace fag with ciggy. (Shrops, I think 'Smoking a fag' means something else in the states mate)

Indeed it does! Fortunately for me, I was enlightened to your meaning long ago.

As for your BBCs butchering of such an American classic like Tom & Jerry...

Resident CommieSocialist Ted Turner's TBS/TNT network did the same with Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, cutting out his deaths by boulder, explosion, falling, squishing, flattening, etc.

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[Skyrad 0]

Must have been a short cartoon.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

[Gawain 0]

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Must have been a short cartoon.

It was retardation in the extreme dude.

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[Skyrad 0]

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Must have been a short cartoon.

It was retardation in the extreme dude.

Mate, you have no idea how funny that is

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

[shropshire 0]

Really? Well I never......Oh how remiss of me

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[Elisha 1]

...and fanny means something else in the UK (and parts of Canada) than the USA as well.

I used to have a boss at a former job named Fanny. I joked about the difference with a Canadian coworker who also worked for her and knew the difference.

[Skyrad 0]

Same with Rubbers Over here parents buy rubbers for their children to take with them on the first day at school.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

[kbordson 8]

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Same with Rubbers Over here parents buy rubbers for their children to take with them on the first day at school.

Just parents being thoughtful and protective. Don't want lil Johnnie catching a virus (cold or HPV)

[Skyrad 0]

Not much help unless the vector is their books.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

[christelsabine 1]

No more fags for Tom

[kbordson 8]

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Not much help unless the vector is their books.

so... ummm. Not the boots either?

OK..... Must mean the eraser?

[Skyrad 0]

Bingo!

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

[Squeak 17]

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...and fanny means something else in the UK (and parts of Canada) than the USA as well.

I used to have a boss at a former job named Fanny. I joked about the difference with a Canadian coworker who also worked for her and knew the difference.

Here in OZ too, go up and pat someone on the Fanny here, then say bbye to your teeth

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?

[miked10270 0]

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Tom & Jerry cartoons with them smoking are to be baned...

And here comes the thin end of the wedge. Surely after Tom & Jerry (regardless of the historical aspect), we may see ALL such scenes being banned from old films!

How is James Bond going to escape from Blofeld without his exploding-dart ciggies!!? Will they have to re-film those scenes with Bond escaping by instantly disguising himself as a much older man in a Russian Naval Uniform... And destroying Spectre's volcano lair by unleashing Harrison Ford and Catherine Zeta Jones into the ensuing confusion?

Mike.

Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable.

Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

[miked10270 0]

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Here in OZ too, go up and pat someone on the Fanny here, then say bbye to your teeth

I was about to mention OZ. Don't you have enough trouble with your Extra-Long, Extra-Wide, Extra-STICKY DUREX!!?

At least in Canada, Durex is a Steel-Erector

Mike.

PS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durex

Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable.

Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

[Stumpy 284]

Ha ha - in mexico Durex is a brand of socks - lets hope that doesn't lead to too much confusion among british tourists there

Never try to eat more than you can lift

[shropshire 0]

About the rights size tho'........ at least over here

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome