All I Got Left is My THREAD BOMBS! - Page 282

Mr. Laser Beam · July 17 2012, 08:17 PM

RevdKathy wrote:

I SO hope this is real, under a bridge somewhere in London.

I'm not following.

Why would all those words be illegal to print?

Zion Ravescene · July 17 2012, 08:21 PM

In honour of Armstrong & Miller, I think I shall refer to it as SportsFest 2010+2 from now on.

Either that or Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014 Dress Rehearsal.

Bob The Skutter · July 17 2012, 08:22 PM

Mr. Laser Beam wrote:

RevdKathy wrote:

I SO hope this is real, under a bridge somewhere in London.

I'm not following.

Why would all those words be illegal to print?

The Olympic committee are suing businesses for in anyway using the Olympics to advertise and have "Brand police" going out handing out cease and desists and telling people to change their signs if they include any of those words.

RevdKathy · July 17 2012, 08:32 PM

Zion Ravescene wrote:

In honour of Armstrong & Miller, I think I shall refer to it as SportsFest 2010+2 from now on.

Either that or Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014 Dress Rehearsal.

I gather it was Waterstones Twitter account who coined the term "Voldesport" - the event that must not be named!

Zion Ravescene · July 17 2012, 08:33 PM

RevdKathy wrote:

Zion Ravescene wrote:

In honour of Armstrong & Miller, I think I shall refer to it as SportsFest 2010+2 from now on.

Either that or Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014 Dress Rehearsal.

I gather it was Waterstones Twitter account who coined the term "Voldesport" - the event that must not be named!

Nice one.

Mr. Laser Beam · July 17 2012, 08:42 PM

Bob the Skutter wrote:

The Olympic committee are suing businesses for in anyway using the Olympics to advertise and have "Brand police" going out handing out cease and desists and telling people to change their signs if they include any of those words.

Oh geez.

Fuck them.

CorporalCaptain · July 17 2012, 08:47 PM

What kind of system allows the numeral 2012, incidentally used to express the friggin' year, to be branded? That's insane. You can't refer to the current year in a public sign??? WTF?!?

Just make me pay royalties on my own DNA and get it over with.

Mr. Laser Beam · July 17 2012, 08:49 PM

I guess it's just as well that the movie 2012 isn't still in theaters then, ya? Fuckin' Olympic pricks would probably try to get that banned as well. I would not be surprised if they tried to interfere with DVD sales of it.

And London? How the fuck do they get control over the name LONDON?!? Wouldn't that make it, well, a bit impossible to conduct day to day operations of the city, or to report on same, if they can't even say their own fucking NAME without asking Olympic permission?

captcalhoun · July 17 2012, 08:49 PM

they also stopped the movie "Fast Girls" - about a group of female athletes - fromusing the words Olympics or '2012' in the movie, so it was changed to the World Atheltics Championships instead.

fuck'em, they can't lay claim to 2012. it's a bloody number.

Bob The Skutter · July 17 2012, 08:56 PM

captcalhoun wrote:

they also stopped the movie "Fast Girls" - about a group of female athletes - fromusing the words Olympics or '2012' in the movie, so it was changed to the World Atheltics Championships instead.

fuck'em, they can't lay claim to 2012. it's a bloody number.

Well Apple managed to claim ownership of the rectangle.

Satyrquaze · July 17 2012, 09:16 PM

Doesn't Apple own the rights to very fruit itself?

doubleohfive · July 18 2012, 01:55 AM

ShamelessMcBundy · July 18 2012, 01:57 AM

^Stealing.

shivkala · July 18 2012, 03:59 AM

Chemahkuu wrote:

Love it. I'm rewatching The IT Crowd again and loving it. I miss Denholm, though. I think I liked him better than I like Douglas (who, admittedly, is good for some funny bits such as his electric pants).

InklingStar · July 18 2012, 04:50 AM

Mr. Laser Beam wrote:

I guess it's just as well that the movie 2012 isn't still in theaters then, ya? Fuckin' Olympic pricks would probably try to get that banned as well. I would not be surprised if they tried to interfere with DVD sales of it.

And London? How the fuck do they get control over the name LONDON?!? Wouldn't that make it, well, a bit impossible to conduct day to day operations of the city, or to report on same, if they can't even say their own fucking NAME without asking Olympic permission?

I live in Olympia, which is just a few hours south of Vancouver where the 2010 Olympics were held. Our daily newspaper is The Olympian. To the northwest is Mount Olympus within the Olympic Mountains and the Olympic National Park on the Olympic Peninsula. Suffice it to say, there are a lot of businesses in the area that use those names. In 2010, the IOC tried to make a fuss but did not get very far.

July 17 2012, 08:21 PM	#4217
Zion Ravescene Admirable	Re: All I Got Left is My THREAD BOMBS! In honour of Armstrong & Miller, I think I shall refer to it as SportsFest 2010+2 from now on. Either that or Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014 Dress Rehearsal. __________________ "Well, I would like to make another trip," he said, jumping to his feet; "but I really don't know when I'll have the time. There's just so much to do right here."

July 17 2012, 08:47 PM	#4222
CorporalCaptain Vice Admiral Location: In pre-production	Re: All I Got Left is My THREAD BOMBS! What kind of system allows the numeral 2012, incidentally used to express the friggin' year, to be branded? That's insane. You can't refer to the current year in a public sign??? WTF?!? Just make me pay royalties on my own DNA and get it over with. __________________ John

July 17 2012, 08:49 PM	#4223
Mr. Laser Beam Fleet Admiral Location: The visitor's bullpen	Re: All I Got Left is My THREAD BOMBS! I guess it's just as well that the movie 2012 isn't still in theaters then, ya? Fuckin' Olympic pricks would probably try to get that banned as well. I would not be surprised if they tried to interfere with DVD sales of it. And London? How the fuck do they get control over the name LONDON?!? Wouldn't that make it, well, a bit impossible to conduct day to day operations of the city, or to report on same, if they can't even say their own fucking NAME without asking Olympic permission? __________________ It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.

July 17 2012, 08:49 PM	#4224
captcalhoun Admiral Location: gone	Re: All I Got Left is My THREAD BOMBS! they also stopped the movie "Fast Girls" - about a group of female athletes - fromusing the words Olympics or '2012' in the movie, so it was changed to the World Atheltics Championships instead. fuck'em, they can't lay claim to 2012. it's a bloody number.

July 17 2012, 09:16 PM	#4226
Satyrquaze The finest Vice Admiral in the fleet Location: Satyrquaze	Re: All I Got Left is My THREAD BOMBS! Doesn't Apple own the rights to very fruit itself? __________________ “If at first you don't succeed, cheat, repeat until caught, then lie.” -Anomymous

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July 18 2012, 01:55 AM	#4227
doubleohfive Fleet Admiral Location: Los Angeles, CA	Re: All I Got Left is My THREAD BOMBS! __________________ "I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it." -Voltaire

July 18 2012, 01:57 AM	#4228
ShamelessMcBundy Fleet Admiral Location: Wreath of Khan	Re: All I Got Left is My THREAD BOMBS! ^Stealing. __________________ "I just don't see you as a Southern belle." -RoJoHen, to me