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[Arch]

Listening to Woman's Hour this morning, in a piece about a journalist imprisoned in Iran, the presenter meant to say "And they (the iranians) have an election coming up". Expect she was obviously thinking 'Iran' so ending up saying 'have an erection... election coming up..." To her credit, she didn't grack. I can't remember if it was the same one who tried to say "current undergraduate crop", stumbled and said 'crap' instead...

 

[Kirstie]

Listening to Woman's Hour this morning, in a piece about a journalist imprisoned in Iran, the presenter meant to say "And they (the iranians) have an election coming up". Expect she was obviously thinking 'Iran' so ending up saying 'have an erection... election coming up..." To her credit, she didn't grack. I can't remember if it was the same one who tried to say "current undergraduate crop", stumbled and said 'crap' instead...

In 1993 I was watching Midlands Today, when the newsreader was talking about a 'cult' operating in Birmingham, only he didn't say 'cult'. He said 'cu*t'. It was one of those surreal moments where an entire region stopped dead and thought 'did I really just hear what I thought I heard?'. All credit to the newsreader who corrected himself straight away and kept a straight face.

 

[mr Mag00]

kirstie there was a subtitle version of that we witnessed years ago i guess when it was live subtitles and instead of Kent it was Ku*t, my brothers, father and I stiffled laughter as mother and grandparents just sat there.

 

[Kirstie]

kirstie there was a subtitle version of that we witnessed years ago i guess when it was live subtitles and instead of Kent it was Ku*t, my brothers, father and I stiffled laughter as mother and grandparents just sat there.

Says a lot about the subconscious eh?

One of our favourite family 'myth' stories is told by my dad. When he was courting my mum, he went round to pick her up, and the rest of the family were having a game of scrabble. As he waited for my mum to come down stairs, he sat with the family.

My mum's sister was obviously short of letters, and ideas. In trying to make a word out of the few letters she had left, it is fabled that she innocently asked her dad (my grandpa) 'Dad, is there such a word as cu*t?'.

Whereupon my dad, and my grandpa struggled to keep their faces straight, not to catch each others' eyes etc.

Anyway, this story is slightly off topic, so I'll stop here...!

 

[PaulB]

I remember a girl I used to work with had previously been employed at the brewers, Whitbreads and they'd just brought out their new beer, Tankard (yes, the one with the ad - who can remember? Oh it's Tankard that helps me excel, after one I do anything well. Imagine them allowing that nowadays!). Anyway, this girl had won the "Miss Whitbread" beauty prize and so was invited to bring in a tray of the beers for an assembled group of dignitaries at their HQ for a business meeting. She tells the story that she brought the tray in and said, in her best voice, "Here you are gentlemen; six pints of Titbread Wankard."

 

[TVC]

Seen on an outtakes show a few years ago, but surprisingly not on Youtube, an American female local news anchor reporting on a military air crash noted how the aircraft was destroyed but the pilot ejaculated safely.

There are precious few moments when tears roll with laughter, but on this occasion I was unable to sit upright.