Brightwaters and Scunthorpe

In a comment to an f-locked post, someone left this memory:

I remember an online discussion board that had anti-rude filters placed on it after a change in ownership. This immediately resulted in somebody finding themselves unwittingly discussing the "buttbuttination" of Archduke Ferdinand.

"Arse" got through just fine, however.

I think this surpasses even The Richmond Times's reference to "The Spanish War of Northern Aggression" as my favorite "inappropriate global search-and-replace" story of all time.

[Edited to correct spelling of "Scunthorpe". Thanks, Del_c.]

Jesus Wept!

If this is accurate, then this might be an even more offensive act by a supposed Christian than Liddy Dole attempting to slander actual Christian Kay Hagan by calling her an atheist:

As has been reported by a few other gaming blogs and news sites, the Charity Auction at this year's GenCon Indianapolis was held to benefit Gary Gygax's favorite charity, which I will not name here for reasons that will soon become obvious. The fine folks at GenCon raised over $17,000 for this charity, which helps starving children in impovershed areas of the world--only to have that money actually turned down by the charity. The charity refused due to the fact that the money was raised partly by the sales of Dungeons and Dragons materials, which as we all know, puts an irrevocable taint of evil on the filthy lucre that us demon-worshipping gamers might want to use to, say, donate to starving children. Not only is this a slap in the face to every gamer, but it is especially insulting to Mr. Gygax himself, who I understand donated to their cause many times over the years. Plus, I'm sure the children who would have gotten food or clean drinking water with that money would be sort of upset, too.

(--Rich Burlew, Giants in the Playground)

The supposedly Christian charity, the Xian Xildren's Fund, probably wouldn't have wanted anything to do with that dirty fucking hippie who hung out with the tax collectors and whores and drunkards of Judea and Galilee, either.

Rich goes on to recommend the secular charity Plan USA. I don't know anything about them, but right now they look really, really good by comparison just by not being, you know, utter sanctimonious dickwads.

[Edited to correct a couple of spelling errors and change the title.--KJM]

They Don't Make Nostalgia like They Used To

This hit the airwaves about a week ago. Despite myself, I laughed out loud at the "I was r... I was wro..." joke. And Andy Griffith saying "butterfly ballot".

( Forward--into the past! )