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The scourge of the prank phone call
Nov. 3rd, 2008 04:08 pmIt seems that Jonathon Ross (and was there ever a celebrity with such a high profile with absolutely NOTHING to show for it?) and Russel Brand had the terrible bad taste to ring an ex-Fawlty Towers actor and leave lewd messages about how Russel Brand had had sex with his granddaughter
Now, I agree, this is in extremely poor taste. I can’t imagine how they thought this was acceptable let alone that the editor thought it broadcast material. I can think of few occasions when it is acceptable to mention boffing someone’s granddaughter in crude terms (the fact that he and said granddaughter had formed the beast with 2 backs only makes it more tacky tbh. I mean I’m sure Ms Manners covered “not bragging about your leg over with your lover’s elderly relatives” at least wait until the elderly relatives bring it up first :P)
Right, I think I’ve now covered the issue in all the detail it requires and deserves. So why do the various news sources feel the need to cower in awe in the face of the size of this molehill? Seriously, front page news for days on end? Nearly half the pages of some newspapers are dedicated to this scandal. Is this really the height of importance (and can we have an added “wtf” moment at all of those tabloids pretending moral outrage – please! Talk about people in glass houses!)
I mean, it is beyond ridiculous now. Disaster in the Congo, thousands displaced? Never mind that! There’s been a prank phone call!
Iraq a hellhole with the bodies piling up? Hello, how can you care about that, there’s been a PRANK PHONE CALL!?
Knife crime? KNIFE crime? Who cares about knife crime?! There has been a PRANK PHONE CALL people!!!
Financial crisis, global and national economy in ruins? Where are your priorities people – there has been a tasteless PRANK PHONE CALL! Concentrate on what’s important!
It reached parody level days ago, now it is quite literally beyond a farce
Now, I agree, this is in extremely poor taste. I can’t imagine how they thought this was acceptable let alone that the editor thought it broadcast material. I can think of few occasions when it is acceptable to mention boffing someone’s granddaughter in crude terms (the fact that he and said granddaughter had formed the beast with 2 backs only makes it more tacky tbh. I mean I’m sure Ms Manners covered “not bragging about your leg over with your lover’s elderly relatives” at least wait until the elderly relatives bring it up first :P)
Right, I think I’ve now covered the issue in all the detail it requires and deserves. So why do the various news sources feel the need to cower in awe in the face of the size of this molehill? Seriously, front page news for days on end? Nearly half the pages of some newspapers are dedicated to this scandal. Is this really the height of importance (and can we have an added “wtf” moment at all of those tabloids pretending moral outrage – please! Talk about people in glass houses!)
I mean, it is beyond ridiculous now. Disaster in the Congo, thousands displaced? Never mind that! There’s been a prank phone call!
Iraq a hellhole with the bodies piling up? Hello, how can you care about that, there’s been a PRANK PHONE CALL!?
Knife crime? KNIFE crime? Who cares about knife crime?! There has been a PRANK PHONE CALL people!!!
Financial crisis, global and national economy in ruins? Where are your priorities people – there has been a tasteless PRANK PHONE CALL! Concentrate on what’s important!
It reached parody level days ago, now it is quite literally beyond a farce