Over zealous Candian women can't get a joke...

[Sirotnikov]

"Son for sale" ad placed on Internet
Thu May 8,11:34 PM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - A man who jokingly offered his five-year-old son for sale on the Internet has had to explain himself to police after a complaint from a concerned web surfer.

Police officers visited Alex Wilson at his Scottish home after being alerted by a Canadian woman who spotted the offer on a website selling bicycles and prams, the Times reported on Friday.

"Hyperactive kid for sale, good at vacuuming, not great at washing dishes because he's too short," the advert read. "Guaranteed to annoy. Five pounds or nearest offer."

Wilson, 33, of Carrickstone, placed the ad as a joke about two years ago to tease his son Liam, now aged seven. He then forgot all about it until he heard from the police, the Times said.

"The police officer was quite jokey at the end of the conversation, but said I'd have to remove the advert," Wilson told the newspaper.

[yavoon]

all just a cover of deniability for a sinister underground child selling scheme.

dont be fooled!

[St Leo]

"It is precisely when humour is offensive that we need it most. Comedy should provoke; it should blast through prejudices, challenge preconceptions. Comedy should always leave you different than when it found you.

Sure, humour can hurt and even alienate, but the risk is better than the alternative -- a steady diet of innocuous, childproof, flavourless mush.

Demand to be challenged, to be offended, to be treated like thinking, reasoning adults and raise your children to be the same. Don't let a comedian, a network, a congressional committee, or an evil genius take away your freedom to laugh at whatever you want."

- Duckman, Joking the Chicken

Both parties are in the right on this one.

[Sava]

yeah I saw that...

[Dinner]

A joke isn't the only thing some of those fat old ladies can't get.

[Sirotnikov]

is the canadian woman series? how blind can you get?

did she NOT GET that when a person sells his 5 y/o son, and writes about his lacking dish washing skills - HE ISN'T ****ING SERIOUS!!!


I'm willing to bet that the same woman is also a live participant in all sorts of silly lobbies against things she knows nothing about, like tv, or movies, or games, general fun, and constantly fights to protect children, and eventually the human race, from thinking on it's own!

[JohnT]

~"Blame Canada! Blame Canada!"~

[Dis]

the apocalypse draws ever nearer

[Uncle Sparky]

Sirotnikov - How much for the kid in you avatar ? ... including shipping & handling charges ?

You have to remember that Canada was populated by children bought by the early fur traders in exchange for beaver pelts.

Can the kid in the avatar at least wash dishes ?

[Sirotnikov]

The kid in my avatar is myself at age 6.

Go here for details:

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=85534

[Ben Kenobi]

A joke isn't the only thing some of those fat old ladies can't get.

Oddly the article fails to detail the complainents province of residence.

Now that would be a thread!