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24.10.2007
Obscenity Filter Disabled

We may now publish the first name of the vice president without compunction. Watch: Dick Cheney.

Please do not let this newfound ability go to your head. Remember: With great power comes great responsibility.

--Christopher Orr

Posted: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 2:56 PM with 13 comment(s)

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jerrystn said:

Ok but the fact that you can publish the name Dick Cheney pretty much assures the need of obscenity in response :)

October 24, 2007 10:16 AM

drdannyu said:

The redesign is looking better, and it's growing on me.

October 24, 2007 10:30 AM

jet said:

Testing 1, 2, 3, testing...

fuck'in a!

October 24, 2007 10:32 AM

mrcookie1 said:

dr dan,

yes, I am finding that since Monday, after seeing it for the first time and then having to retrieve my eyeballs from the other side of the room...

this is growing on me too.  Still, I wish the font was bigger.  

October 24, 2007 11:36 AM

jet said:

font size adjustment = ctrl + as many times as you can stand.  I too hope the default gets bigger though cookie.

October 24, 2007 12:03 PM

stgla said:

Will the obscenity filter distinguish between "the Honorable Vice President Dick Cheney" and "Dick in a box"  Both of those phrases are obscene, albeit for different reasons.

October 24, 2007 12:09 PM

Robert Powell said:

Extremely fuckin' a. The idea of editors scrutinizing the posts is abhorrent, and I would like to have the option of dicks, asses, and cunts although I've found little reason to resort to them.

October 24, 2007 12:37 PM

ratnerstar said:

Off topic, but I'm very happy about the google ads that show up on the main page.  I get one offering free Ann Coulter columns via email and another suggesting that "conservatives are choosing Huckabee."  

Anyway, I guess the new format isn't so bad.  I'd be more enthusiastic if they fixed the comment font size, the single column blog display fiasco, the inability to scroll, and the goddamn bold text indicating hyperlinks.  I'm just sayin'!

October 24, 2007 12:51 PM

jwl2672 said:

Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick,Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick

Hey, this is fun.

October 24, 2007 1:41 PM

williamyard said:

Way back when, Little Willie was pokin around in some fonky thang or another and lo and behold subsequently sprouted a couple cute little, if mildly disconcerting, warts.

My doctor at the time was a mid-30's babe named Ellen who gently cradled LW and swabbed him with something that looked like apple butter but without the cinnamon scent.  Said warts dutifully disappeared shortly thereafter.

There is something immensely comforting about having one's flaccid penis competently ministered to by a dedicated, objective professional with thick, flowing auburn tresses.

Anyway, I mention this because a few years ago I ascertained that the Vice President is, in fact, a talking genital wart.  Having made this connection, the mere mention of his name launches me back into the tranquility of the above reverie, for which I should always be grateful to him, I suppose.

October 24, 2007 1:48 PM

mrcookie1 said:

hot dang yard, you are a lot better looking than I had ever thought...

October 24, 2007 2:44 PM

CRS9TNR said:

Funny.

Reminds me of the problem I had at work.  I was sending a note to another company and made the comment in the note that this task was a Stupid Assignment.

It bounced for the obscenity filter 3 times before I figured out it was being read as a Stupid ASSignment.

Be careful what you wiosh for.

October 24, 2007 8:15 PM

Wandreycer1 said:

Cookie - you look exactly as I thought you would!!!  Great smile. Ratnerstar, you need to work on that snarl, it's WAY too polite.

October 24, 2007 9:04 PM