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MikeSh
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Yes, fair enough.
I originally wrote the post slightly differently and on proof reading changed the earlier section to 'neither' as that seemed clearer. Failed to make the corresponding change to 'or ...
OP
Black Hole
May contain traces of nut
Scab!
EEPhil
Number 28
That's just the sort of offensive remark I needed as I'm just recovering from a bout of shingles. Thanks a lot!
EEPhil
Number 28
OP
Black Hole
May contain traces of nut
You should know better than that!
I agree one can't presume people read the forum, but the assumption that they have should be standard practice - it's their own fault if they haven't! A bit of AvP there, indeed the exact theme which provided its title.
OP
Black Hole
May contain traces of nut
I think you're missing the point about the difference between "assume" and "presume".
EEPhil
Number 28
I know that. But with the Humax being Linux (Unix) based I thought I'd relay that old post as a piece of (failed, obviously) humour. Even back then the majority of people knew what the F stood for - although someone offered "fine" as the word. I'd been sorting through old saved postings and I remembered the "read the fsck manual" and thought the original poster must have lived a sheltered life! He was soon educated, and so was I - someone pointed to a US Navy term snafu-dillygaf [sic]: Situation normal all "fouled" up - does it look like I give a "flying-fig". (Shirley that should be dilligaf?)
Then there was the person who thought FUBAR was: The VAX- 11/780 UNIBUS Subsystem - Failed UniBus Address Register (FUBAR).
EEPhil
Number 28
Well, I found it funny. I'm always getting the "Your browser is out of date" message.
OP
Black Hole
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EPG guidance text for the Dick Emery programme coming up on C5:
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Those old films on TalkingPictures contain that warning, but not Dad's Army.
EEPhil
Number 28
Nearly everything on Talking Pictures contains a warning. Sometimes there are two or more warnings - and they still dip the sound on certain words. An episode of Hazell was incorrectly muted. Hazell refers to the "golden knickers brigade", but some half-wit thought the knickers was the well-known N word. (It really was knickers - I found the episode on YouTube). That's what happens when OFCOM bullies a small family based company operating from a shed in the back garden!
Is it just me, but most of the programmes containing such warnings are not offensive to me at all? Not even sure that I would call it adult humour. Infantile, maybe!
MikeSh
Well-Known Member
It's the modern conundrum. Young people don't seem bothered about spreading a disease that can kill their grandparents, but (we are told) they get all upset about some words from a previous time.
It's all about priorities and these days being politically correct trumps every thing (unless you are Trump or a supporter of course).
EEPhil
Number 28
That seems to be the case in Nottingham where quite a number of University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University students have been fined for having parties. The latest being Investigation launched after more than 200 students attend halls of residence party. Makes me ashamed to be a UoN alumnus!