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

Fluids here, too. You can say "I'm pissed off", but we'd never get away with "taking a p***".

Shit wasn't allowed, either. I doubt it is, technically, still. I've been quite surprised to hear people referred to as "pricks" on Law & Order, though since it starts at 8 or 9 is hardly Prime Time.

Grumpy Vidal is still better than many people on a good day. I'll give that a listen this morning or else in between grocery shopping (at 11, so we can buy beer for the visitors we'll have this evening) and the mad tidy-up.

The Grauniad has a policy of printing **** and **** unasterisked. Plus...a couple of years ago, they had a G2 feature arguing that **** is now an inoffensive, mainstream word.

On TV, we have a 'Watershed' policy. Sex and sweary words are allowed after 9pm, after the kiddies have gone to bed. Radio is more flexible. They have to have the odd bit of sex and swearing on afternoon radio plays to give disgruntled Radio 4 listeners something to get agitated about. But these are only customary arrangements. They're not law.

TV has been getting a lot more explicit. Nowadays, you can see all sorts of bits, in medical/ sex therapy programmes (Mainly after 11pm on Channels 4 and 5). Also...there's a vogue in fashion/ makeover shows for showing ladies' and bums (but *never* ****s ) between 8 and 9. I call them 'MILF Makovers'.

'You can hear all the tales of scandal and excess/ But you never see a nipple in the Daily Express.' - JCC

Oh...and they don't censor teh interwebs.

I think in the news, they can repeat a direct quote unasterisked/ unedited.

Sex is another story- it's getting a bit less subtle on TV and sometimes there's even a hint that the laydeez are digging it. The MPAA rates movies R or NC-17 based on various criteria, one of which is whether or not the *woman* appears to be enjoying herself. Obviously you won't see a money shot in an R-rated movie, but women can be depicted giving blow jobs. But if you show a man going down on a woman, it won't qualify for an R-rating, so either the producers won't bother getting it rated (which means no theatrical release), it'll get an NC-17 rating, or it'll be edited to suit the MPAA "standards".

There's a fascinating docu about the MPAA called "This Film is Not Yet Rated" that I'd highly recommend to anyone who's interested.

Sorry for the major digression, Chris!

'Salright. There's a documentary on Mary Whitehouse; "Filth", on BBC2 this Wednesday.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Whitehouse

I'd love tom watch that...only I'll be in Swedeland.

No I won't! I'll be in Denmark ny then.

Get back before Tuesday week, it'll be on iPlayer (and have a good time)

Did you hear about the guy who was recently acquitted for videotaping the changing rooms at a swimming pool? Apparently he was only filming male chests, which isn't sexy enough. Obviously the judge hasn't seen my killer deltoids

Here's something meaningful for once. A kid in Ontario has discovered a way to break down the polymers in plastic bags in 3 months. For a science fair.

http://www.motherjones.com/blue_marble_blog/archives/2008/05/8323_some_kid_invent.html

Send this boy to the northern Pacific. Urgently!

No shit!!

Impressive!

Some classic oldschool swearing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3qwuUKy3-U

Asking the important questions of our illustrious leader

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KaO8o2u9n_s

I've a notion to adapt the Snails idea. Wee flags. Bits of cocktail sticks. Daud* of superglue.





* Scots word. Pronounced 'Dodd'. As in 'Steak Diana an' a wee daud ae ice cream'.

Do it! What we need is jingositic snails.

...or, how about go-faster stripes, flames across the bottom and a spoiler. Pimp My Shell.

http://www.b3tards.com/u/e8566f214b68cfa702b1/snail.gif

I was thinking I could add a political element...Tibetan flags...Lions Rampant for independence... But mostly I just want to **** with people's heads.

http://www.b3ta.com/board/8402174

The idiots came in two by two...

http://www.foia.cia.gov/docs/DOC_0000839389/0000839389_0001.gif

Henri, le chat noir etrangé, est perdu. Pauvre kitté.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M7ibPk37_U

America's least wanted

http://www.oddee.com/item_96038.aspx