China’s media regulators have put out a new edict to copywriters, directing them to keep their groaners to themselves.
It’s no laughing matter – the State General Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television issued an order restricting puns and irregular wordplay on television and in advertising.
Stay out of China, vlad!
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Stay out of China, vlad!
http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg ... story.html
On the news today, I saw 3 symbols to represent llamas which was a euphemism for "mother fucker". wtf?
The #4 is not used in street addresses or apartment floors anymore because 4 sounds similar to death. This is in Toronto.
The #4 is not used in street addresses or apartment floors anymore because 4 sounds similar to death. This is in Toronto.
The Earth is degenerating these days. Bribery and corruption abound.
Children no longer mind their parents, every man wants to write a book,
and it is evident that the end of the world is fast approaching.
--Assyrian Stone Tablet, c.2800 BCE
Children no longer mind their parents, every man wants to write a book,
and it is evident that the end of the world is fast approaching.
--Assyrian Stone Tablet, c.2800 BCE
Brilliantly skewed weirdness from the Chinese again. Bums up.
K440 : Lucky cheese for the gentry; poultry and death for the peasants.
"Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman. Believing what he read made him mad."
"Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman. Believing what he read made him mad."
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vladimir would get shanghaied and Putin jail. Locked up in the pen by Chinamen. Banged up in the clink by the Chinese.
prahocalypse now wrote:vladimir would get shanghaied and Putin jail. Locked up in the pen by Chinamen. Banged up in the clink by the Chinese.
Are you related to vlad,
I only ask this as it appears that you both suffer from the same genetic disorder,
It's clinical name is called Pun-mania.
Its a debilitating illness that effects the Humor Gland.
As the illness progresses the poster believes that everything he says is funny.
I'd make an appointment with Dr Scott rather quickly just to get it checked out.
I refuse to go out with nothing more than a whimper followed by a small farting sound and a shit stain on my bed sheets..
Just thought I'd share that with you.
Just thought I'd share that with you.
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You do visit him often.scoffer wrote:I'd make an appointment with Dr Scott rather quickly just to get it checked out.
And I thought the bends were from diving...
Re: those wonderful Chinese: first they kill all our elephants and rhinos, now they place sanctions on puns...ivory thyme eye sea won, aye wonton kilt won.
ירי ילדים והפצצת אזרחים דורש אומץ, כמו גם הטרדה מינית של עובדי ההוראה.
vladimir wrote:You do visit him often.scoffer wrote:I'd make an appointment with Dr Scott rather quickly just to get it checked out.
And I thought the bends were from diving...
Re: those wonderful Chinese: first they kill all our elephants and rhinos, now they place sanctions on puns...ivory thyme eye sea won, aye wonton kilt won.
I've been called many things over the past 50+ yrs, but never Chinese.
That's almost funny,
I'll just go and jump into my diving suit and see if I can find some Sea Men.
I refuse to go out with nothing more than a whimper followed by a small farting sound and a shit stain on my bed sheets..
Just thought I'd share that with you.
Just thought I'd share that with you.
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