Brits ban 'bloody hell' TV ad

Eight Ace · **Brits ban 'bloody hell' TV ad -** 03-09-2006, 01:25 AM

talk about fucking hypocrites...

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"The regulators have clearly misplaced their sense of humour - and this from a
country that brought us Benny Hill, the Two Ronnies and Little Britain,'' she said.

"The reality is of course the regulator has given Australia a huge leg-up with their decision." freak:

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Milla · 03-09-2006, 01:34 AM

What does Bloody mean?

Does it mean "Fucking"

Eight Ace · 03-09-2006, 01:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Milla

What does Bloody mean?

Does it mean "Fucking"

biggrin: no, I suppose it started out literally as bloody like "a bloody massacre" and just became
really mild, just used to dramatise things a bit, like "what a bloody mess" or "you're a bloody idiot"
without any reference to actual blood... I guess it's about as potent as "darn" for example.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bloody

Milla · 03-09-2006, 02:00 AM

Than wtf lol

Scorpion -]M15F1T[- · 03-09-2006, 02:35 AM

Sometimes my own country makes me ashamed.
That is fuckin' stupid

Zoner · 03-09-2006, 07:11 AM

That's pretty tame. Political correctness = oOo:

Arkan · 03-09-2006, 08:20 AM

Yeah, who ever was behind that "ban" either has their bloody head up their ass or they work for the Australian tourism committee.

Whatada · 03-09-2006, 03:11 PM

While I was in Britain, a friend of my mom's explained that it meant "the blood of Christ" or something to that effect... Which would definately explain the response... but idk.

Unknown_Sniper · 03-09-2006, 04:11 PM

made me want to go to australia. Although I do think they could have gone without the "where hte bloody hell are you" at the end. Seemed a little too placed.

Jimmy Paterson · 03-09-2006, 05:19 PM

[quote="wikipedia.org":774ff]Usage outside of the U.K.
Bloody has always been a very common part of Australian speech and has not been considered profane for some time. The word was christened "the Australian adjective" by The Bulletin on 18 August 1894. In the 1940s an Australian divorce court judge held that "the word bloody is so common in modern parlance that it is not regarded as swearing". Meanwhile, Neville Chamberlain's government was fining Britons for using the word in public.

The word is seldom used with a negative connotation in the United States, but is sometimes used to imitate or ridicule the British. Apocryphal extensions of "bloody" are sometimes used in American humor, such as "bloody fuck" or "bloody shit", though the British rarely, if ever, use those phrases. The term "bloody murder" (usually in reference to a particularly loud scream or yell), is also in common use, without any connection with the British usage.

In March 2006 Tourism Australia launched an advertising campaign with the slogan "So where the bloody hell are you?", only to find that the Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre in the UK would not allow the word "bloody" to be used in television versions of the commercial. This ban was seen as particularly pointless because print ads and cinema commercials for the campaign will not be censored.

There is also "Bloody hell" which can mean "Damn it", or be used as a general expression of surprise.
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elstatec · 03-09-2006, 05:33 PM

the truth is that it was banned because you bastards makes this rat piss

[img]http://www.disbegon.es/imagenes/cervezas/fosters.gif[/img][img]http://www.lastorders.com/store_images/products/1099_lg.gif[/img]

Tripper · 03-09-2006, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by elstatec

the truth is that it was banned because you bastards makes this rat piss

[img]http://www.disbegon.es/imagenes/cervezas/fosters.gif[/img][img]http://www.lastorders.com/store_images/products/1099_lg.gif[/img]

What are you talking about! 4X is the greatest cheap beer out there....Fosters does taste like rodent urine though...

SPEIGHTS

Eight Ace · 03-09-2006, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Tripper

What are you talking about! 4X is the greatest cheap beer out there....Fosters does taste like rodent urine though...SPEIGHTS

my bloody oath Tripper, 4X is a lovely drop, I even have it on me Wheeties!!1 beer:

Fosters, rodent urine yes.

Speights?...will give it a try.

Milla · 03-10-2006, 01:12 AM

So Australians really do make/ drink Fosters? ha i just thought it was some Market scam to get Americans to buy beer thinking it is the only beer Australians drink

Eight Ace · 03-10-2006, 01:42 AM

lol, yep...it's probably our most famous beer cause I think it was
our first successfuly exported beer...do people in the US like it much?