Ārseholes

[matticus]

I had a tame Pope joke deleted

Don't be bitter - think of they guy who had his "Welsh Wordle" joke deleted. Now THAT must have hurt!

 

[briantrumpet]

Don't be bitter - think of they guy who had his "Welsh Wordle" joke deleted. Now THAT must have hurt!

I must resume my game of using French phrases in English to see if I can get another post deleted for transgressing the 'English only' rule. Perhaps I should write under a nom de plume.

 

[Ian H]

I must resume my game of using French phrases in English to see if I can get another post deleted for transgressing the 'English only' rule. Perhaps I should write under a nom de plume.

Choosing the right feather-name could be a ticklish business.

 

[briantrumpet]

Choosing the right feather-name could be a ticklish business.

It could give one quite a frisson and a certain je ne sais quoi.

 

[AndyRM]

C'mon, give us the 'tame' Pope joke.

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

Well, it's certainly tamer than this that I was sent. Numbnuts would have a meltdown with this.

 

[briantrumpet]

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Perhaps whoever objected to that was of the same mindset that got The Life of Brian banned for blasphemy. One had hoped that that era had passed, but maybe not.

 

[briantrumpet]

Worth looking at the "What would you call yourself if you were the new Pope" thread.

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

Worth looking at the "What would you call yourself if you were the new Pope" thread.

That's the one I'm talking about. Numbnuts has appealed to the Mods to have it closed down, but he's been refused.

 

[briantrumpet]

That's the one I'm talking about. Numbnuts has appealed to the Mods to have it closed down, but he's been refused.

Ah, apols. I know modding is hard, but sometimes they make it harder for themselves... they seem to have backed themselves into a bit of a corner on that one.

 

[orraloon]

Well, guess if one has numb nuts then one may have a certain attitude?

I shall go look at the papa nom thread.

 

[Stevo 666]

Loving the Pope Naming thread on the mothership.

I had a tame Pope joke deleted because it was "disrespectful" so I assume someone must have reported it. Apparently paedo jokes are cool though.

Unfortunately this is what happens when the easily offended are given too much influence.

 

[AndyRM]

Unfortunately this is what happens when the easily offended are given too much influence.

You're not wrong. Musk and Trump have both had to reinvent social media to suit themselves, and Truss is on the bandwagon too.

 

[Stevo 666]

You're not wrong. Musk and Trump have both had to reinvent social media to suit themselves, and Truss is on the bandwagon too.

I was thinking more about Les Dawson jokes but there you go 🙂

 

[C R]

I was thinking more about Les Dawson jokes but there you go 🙂

The particular snowflake being mentioned above happens to be of the Les Dawson persuasion.