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21.11.2011, 11:46
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The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has apparently come up with a list of words and phrases that it deems offensive, and told carriers to block SMS messages containing any of these words. Brilliantly though, the list has been compiled by somebody with a brilliant sense of humour.
Amongst some of the banned phrases is the phrase "flogging your dolphin", which I have never even heard of, and also "monkey crotch", which I have also never heard of, but have now decided to incorporate into my daily vocabulary as often as possible. BBC Pakistan Today PCMag URL Times of India URL |
21.11.2011, 11:51
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| | | Re: Pakistan bans 1600 words/phrases for SMS messages from today
Amazing though that there are still people that don't understand the double meaning of "head lights"  |
21.11.2011, 11:54
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| | | Re: Pakistan bans 1600 words/phrases for SMS messages from today
Have they banned "no ball"?
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21.11.2011, 11:59
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"Meanwhile the Sulidae Society of Lahore have been forced to halt their SMS alerts to members."
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21.11.2011, 12:18
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HAAA!
"Wuutang (a presumed reference to American rap group the Wu-Tang Clan)"
Might as well just ban every artist's name, really.
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21.11.2011, 12:20
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seems rather pointless with txt speak and 133tspeak and all...  |
21.11.2011, 12:25
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| | | Re: Pakistan bans 1600 words/phrases for SMS messages from today
| Quote: | |  | | | The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has apparently come up with a list of words and phrases that it deems offensive, and told carriers to block SMS messages containing any of these words. Brilliantly though, the list has been compiled by somebody with a brilliant sense of humour.
Amongst some of the banned phrases is the phrase "flogging your dolphin", which I have never even heard of, and also "monkey crotch", which I have also never heard of, but have now decided to incorporate into my daily vocabulary as often as possible.
BBC
Pakistan Today
PCMag URL
Times of India URL | | | | | 1600+ words only.. and Jesus Christ is one of them..
Jeez pretty weak vocab that...
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21.11.2011, 13:10
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| | | Re: Pakistan bans 1600 words/phrases for SMS messages from today
Bet they haven't banned "clown's pocket" or "wizard's sleeve"
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21.11.2011, 13:11
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| Quote: | | | | | 1600+ words only.. and Jesus Christ is one of them.. | | | | | Actually, it's 2 of them.  | | This user would like to thank PaddyG for this useful post: | |
21.11.2011, 13:23
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| Quote: | | | | | 1600+ words only.. and Jesus Christ is one of them..
Jeez pretty weak vocab that... | | | | | Jesus Christ? Banning the prophet who is mentioned many times by name in the Koran? Whoever will they ban next?
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21.11.2011, 13:45
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| Quote: | | | | | Jesus Christ? Banning the prophet who is mentioned many times by name in the Koran? Whoever will they ban next? | | | | | funny story: the FCC bans the use of "Jesus Christ" as an expletive.
there is a workaround to that: "Yeah. Yeah.
You can't say Jesus Christ as an
expletive, but if you say it, and you
widen to him, you know, in bed with a hooker and then it's fine.” - Seth Macfarlane, family Guy creator
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21.11.2011, 13:50
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| | | Re: Pakistan bans 1600 words/phrases for SMS messages from today
You are all monkey crotches. With nits.
Bite me....
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22.11.2011, 15:18
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Amongst some of the banned phrases is the phrase "flogging your dolphin", which I have never even heard of, and also "monkey crotch", which I have also never heard of, but have now decided to incorporate into my daily vocabulary as often as possible.
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I once implemented a software package that was used for blocking non work related websites and which also included sites with inappropriate language.
Reading the software's in-built dicktionary(sic) was probably the funniest day spent in that shite job.
I now count "blue viened nose flute" as one of the best descriptions I've ever heard  |
22.11.2011, 15:59
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I once implemented a software package that was used for blocking non work related websites and which also included sites with inappropriate language.
Reading the software's in-built dicktionary(sic) was probably the funniest day spent in that shite job.
I now count "blue viened nose flute" as one of the best descriptions I've ever heard | | | | | Office in Scunthorpe?
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22.11.2011, 16:13
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| Quote: | | | | | Amazing though that there are still people that don't understand the double meaning of "head lights" | | | | | I'm one of them... 
Had to look that one up... Apparently headlights mean breasts  |
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| Quote: | | | | | I'm one of them...
Had to look that one up... Apparently headlights mean breasts | | | | | Tsk. Call yourself The Love Doctor....?
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22.11.2011, 16:26
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| Quote: | | | | | Tsk. Call yourself The Love Doctor....? | | | | | Headlights are clearly not my area of interest |
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| Quote: | | | | | Headlights are clearly not my area of interest | | | | | A rear fog light dude then...?
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22.11.2011, 16:35
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| Quote: | | | | | A rear fog light dude then...? | | | | | Cleaner than my version...
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22.11.2011, 16:36
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| Quote: | | | | | A rear fog light dude then...? | | | | | No comment
Junk in the trunk
Or better even the Badonkadonk!
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