h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I hope lots of people read this before it gets moderated by a knee-jerker...

Is the following phrase 'fancy some bum fun? Then come for a curry' really all that offensive? The moderators seem to think so

I am utterly and unabashedly, completely no where even in the neighborhood of considering being in the least bit offended by that.


Hmmm... curry.

Depends where you put it. If it was in your name then I'd have definitely thought it inappropriate, and although it didn't really offend me, does sound a bit like an invite to an anal orgy...

If that doesn't get modded of course.

Let me run it by my doctor who combines psychotherapy and analysis. He refers to himself as an analrapist.








(*joke stolen from Arrested Development)

That's not offensive!

Suggesting bum fun *after* a curry would be though. And cruel.

I wouldn't be offended, but I'd certainly be confused!

I'm deeply offended by it.
But then again I am the moral guardian of H2G2 upholding all that Political Correctness stands for naa. what the bleep could be offensive about it?

Hmmm... fords?... are you there?... I notice you've reverted to just your plain Unumber...

It wasn't in your screen name by any chance in which case it could be seen as causing some offence.

But what curry is on offer for the first course.

In the words of somebody else's screen name, 'Those who are easily offended should be.'

There's always somebody that will take offence at something. This week I am choosing to take offence at pineapples.

Good idea. I think I'll be offended by the Danish. I don't think I've ever actually met anyone from Denmark yet, but when I do...

's long as you don't mind the Swedes

Moderated twice in one day? It's like Tony Curtis never happened.

You rang?

Ah, come on you lot. Danes are , we can cope with swedes, given sufficient warninng & a decent snog. However, poles need to be considered carefully....as in "Don't touch it with a bargepole."

Which is racially discriminatory towards botmen. I have lived inside a narrow bot. You really do need a long pole you get yourself off the bank sometimes.

Bankers...there is a whole new subject for discussion & insertion of random vowels into other consonants...bank voles: anyone up for that?

For Les Mods: TR: "voles" = "shutters" in French. Personally, i instruct my fiends to "ferme les shrews" But i am nasty & confuse most of the world & enjoy it very much.

zdt

Now "botmen" is *definitely* offensive.

To the bots or the men?

Going too fast in your bot means the banks get eroded, which is very unpleasant for the voles.

"Watch your wash" as the BWB say. They are experts on banks & dikes.

zdt

BWB =

http://www.britishwaterways.co.uk/

I've done a Guide Entry on Winter boating on the canals, which was published originally under the title "Come Cruising at Christmas!" ...Auntie decided this was Not a Good Title, rather strange, since it was on the lower bookshelves for infants to see (complete with photos!) at W.H Smith etc....

I can't be donkeyed finding it right now, but 'twas a Front Page thingy, feel free to investigate my Personal Space & find it.

zdt

"Bankers"... Yea, I can definitely get behind being offensive to them.

In the words of Mojo Nixon: I HATE BANKS

"The only banks I like, well, I like Ernie Banks alright.
And I like the banks of the Mississippi River...
Yeah, and I like banks of fender twin reverb...
Electric guitar amplifiers behind me, raging on the stages..."

Here's something that will make you laugh - you know how I changed my tagline to 'oh look, I've gone and offended the mods' or something like that and that too got modded? I challenged it and they said that it was reset in error

Not heard anything back from when I challenged them about the bum fun though..