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and then he added, "if you come to a fork in the road, take it"

:-D :-D :-D :-D

Its just logic....

A guy walks in a bar in Cork, Ireland, and asks the barman "What's the quickest way to Dublin?"
"Are you walking or driving?" asks the barman.
"Driving," says the man.



"That's the quickest way," says the barman.

If jokes deemed by some to be bawdy and hackneyed keep getting pulled then surely, whether you agree with them or not, GR are telling you something, so why keep posting them knowing that they will be reported and subsequently pulled?

Mr. M - I am upset because I was one of those smiley faces. :-D :-D :-D

GP

unfortunately. like speed cameras, there is no human common sense intervention and it's limits are set in black or white

There is a game called 'Word Mojo' on some of the American sites which really takes censorship seriously.

I played the word 'ass' which I believe is mentioned in the Bible. It would not accept it as an appropriate word.

Think about it Mr Magoo.

GRU are owned by D C Thomson ( owner's of "The People's Friend" magazine. DCT have a company editorial policy which could have been written by a Kirk minister.

Many public facing boards have auto scripts which clean up without any direct human intervention. These are zero cost to run and anything taken down can be reinstated ( by a human ) on and if and when basis.

There are other places to post well worn smutty jokes which most people will have heard the first time in the back of the bus when they were 14 if not before.

I wanted to tell my joke, about how to keep the doctor away!!

boo hoo......

Not really, if you consider a whole thread is offensive, then you need to report the opening post whatever it contains.

It wasn't me by the way. The only posts I have reported have been advertising ones on the Success board.

Any chance of reposting it?

Now that IS daft!

They even RR'd the 4 smiley faces.

Saw it. Shrugged. Moved on.

One person saw it. Was that the one or was the next one?