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December 23, 2011 by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at 11:25 AM
This is not strictly-speaking on topic, but it’s so funny I just had to write about it. Today’s Globe and Mail has an editorial about a computer censor that got carried away with its task of inserting asterisks for strategic letters in naughty words - for example, s**t or “b*****d. But then the axe fell on Alfred Hitchc**k, and the British soccer team A***nal (Arsenal).
The Mop and Pail suggests a few more candidates for sanitation - cockatoo and dicker - but perhaps our faithful readers can suggest a few more. Here are a few ideas to prime the pumps - b*****plate, b***on, tromb***r, embarra**, and ent*ty.
I could, but I’ll defer to George Carlin who ended up with a fairly lengthy ‘list’ over the years. You can imagine his take on the Gulf War and the three men in charge: George B**h, D**k Cheney and C***n Powell.