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19 Jul 2022, 3:05 am

reminds me of the old days of american television when you hadda say "heckacopter" and Hoover darn.



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19 Jul 2022, 3:06 am

:lol:

British TV used to be as bad.


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19 Jul 2022, 3:27 am

Radish wrote:
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British TV used to be as bad.

no kidding? that comes as a surprise to me. i remember reading about how kenneth tynan uttered the f-word in 1965 on the beeb tv, and only a few noticed or raised an eyebrow.



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19 Jul 2022, 6:47 am

The beeb used to be very prudish and everyone had a posh accent.


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19 Jul 2022, 11:10 am

Radish wrote:
Seems a bit extreme the word is on the blocked list for WP as it is so unlikely to be used in the derogatory form, especially when many people don't know what it means. Blocking the n word I can understand.
A fair point - I don't think I've ever heard/seen it used as anything other than a type of biscuit, as in Jacobs Cream Crackers.
And as you can now see, it's been unbanned. :wink:


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19 Jul 2022, 11:52 am

Yay! Well done that man. :D


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19 Jul 2022, 12:03 pm

Cracker Cracker tra lal lala la

Thank you cornflake


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19 Jul 2022, 1:54 pm

Lets celebrate by pulling a cracker.


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19 Jul 2022, 3:59 pm

Wut? 8O Well that would just be... crackers.


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19 Jul 2022, 8:57 pm

i want my crackers in the soup.



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19 Jul 2022, 10:47 pm

I'd like some Vegemite on crackers, please.


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20 Jul 2022, 3:39 am

We're all crackers here! :lol:


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20 Jul 2022, 3:40 am

Except for the nutters


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20 Jul 2022, 3:42 am

And those who are just plain balmy.


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20 Jul 2022, 3:45 am

And not to mention radishes


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20 Jul 2022, 3:52 pm

And my cousins the turnips, carrots and suedes.


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