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Sunday Morning Mooch Around

May 18, 2008
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Feeling fragile and hungover after two (yes, two) mammoth drinking sessions in two days (take it from me, yes us older people can drink teenagers under the table, but they recover lots, lots quicker!), so I am surfing the net.

Found this little gem via the BBC:

Star Wars - Join the Rebellion

Stupid Radio 1!

Dec 19, 2007
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The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York

One of the best Christmas songs, ever. It's odd to think it might be Number One again, this year - it's racing up the charts with no sign of stopping.

And I miss Kirsty MacColl. Damn that fucking boat for running her over. Ah well, if you die young, you never grow old. Some mornings, I feel that could be an advantage!

clipped from entertainment.timesonline.co.uk

The BBC was forced into an embarrassing reversal after overturning a decision to censor the word “faggot” from the popular Christmas song A Fairytale of New York.

Fans complained after Radio 1 “bleeped” the word from the song recorded in 1987 by the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl. The station said that it could be offensive to homosexuals.

The story of two lovers who trade insults on Christmas Eve, includes the line: “You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy faggot, Happy Christmas your arse, I pray God it’s our last.”

Radio 1 had played the song in full for 20 years but the Head of Music decided to censor the track after it soared up the Christmas chart once again, citing changing tastes. Radio 1 also decided to bleep out “slut” from the lyrics but kept in “arse”.

Woman, Know Thy Limits

Mar 25, 2007
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Harry Enfield - Women know your limits

I have just laughed hysterically over this. Only because we have come so far. Thankfully.

Adam Buxton, BBC News

Mar 9, 2007
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ODD REPORTER (SIGNING FOR DEAF)

Have you ever wondered what those people are signing? Well. Now you know!

NO NEWS

And no news is good news, right?

What a Band - BBC 2 Legendary Line Up Trailer

Dec 18, 2006
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BBC Radio 2 Trailer

OK, shall stop blog-hoing now.
Dinner to cook.
But this is fabulous.

Uxbridge English Dictionary

Nov 23, 2006
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As supplied by I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, BBC Radio 4

Arboretum - a dock-side restaurant
Argy Bargy - Owner of a narrow boat in Buenos Aires
Binge - where Sean Connery puts his bottles
Bloater - Japanese straw hat
Carmelite - a half-hearted Buddhist
Fundamentalist - give money to David Icke
Geriatric - next time Germany starts a war
Malady - Bit like a duck
Midwifery - half-way through breaking wind
Pie Crust - What you get if you don't polish your pike
Sorcerer - even more of a saucer
Snuff Box - A coffin
Surcharge - Cash for Honours
Titillate - delayed puberty
Uganda - go and have a look
Winnebago - a horse with a bad back