The Royal Baby

[BWFC_Insane]

the one where he rang up the dentist for advice about drilling his mates tooth with a bosch power drill was funny as well

Is there a YouTube link to that one anywhere?

[Bruce Rioja]

the one where he rang up the dentist for advice about drilling his mates tooth with a bosch power drill was funny as well

Is there a YouTube link to that one anywhere?

Let's hope not.

[CrazyHorse]

Funniest thing Steve Penk ever did was to sensationally quit radio to become a major light entertainment tv powerhouse, failing miserably and then going back cap in hand to radio.

[Bruce Rioja]

Funniest thing Steve Penk ever did was to sensationally quit radio to become a major light entertainment tv powerhouse, failing miserably and then going back cap in hand to radio.

And even that wasn't funny, the unfunny c*nt.

[jaffka]

the one where he rang up the dentist for advice about drilling his mates tooth with a bosch power drill was funny as well

Is there a YouTube link to that one anywhere?

I will try and find it.

[jaffka]

the one where he rang up the dentist for advice about drilling his mates tooth with a bosch power drill was funny as well

Is there a YouTube link to that one anywhere?

Let's hope not.

bah humbug

[Worthy4England]

Whatever happened to Ken Woodchef?

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Whatever happened to Ken Woodchef?

I recently joined a religious sect, well I sent my cheque in anyway, so I can't google/wiki this. Who the feck is Ken Woodchef??????

[boltonboris]

Sky News have reported that the Nurse in question has committed suicide.

It's gone from being a silly thing to do, to being an absolute tragedy.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Sky News have reported that the Nurse in question has committed suicide.

It's gone from being a silly thing to do, to being an absolute tragedy.

Is this true?

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Apparently so
http://news.sky.com/story/1022287/royal ... ts-suicide

[jaffka]

Lets all hope for her sake and the sake of those who love her that this is not true.

[Montreal Wanderer]

It is not yet certain it the same woman but...
What a tragedy for a young kid.
Not that funny at all now, and it never was.

[jaffka]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20645838" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It is looking like it is.

[Montreal Wanderer]

Bruce and I agreed some time back that targeting innocent people trying to do their job wasn't that funny. It invades their privacy and focuses huge amounts of unwanted attention on them. Some people have thinner skins than others and we cannot always guess the consequences. I imagine there might be some civil liability for what those Ozzies did.

[Worthy4England]

Not good. That's really gutting. You would have hoped their management team would have given her tangible support (I suspect having not told her/them in the first place that if the Queen rings the switchboard - how ever unlikely that was - you put her through to the CEO - or whatever the agreed protocol was).

[Prufrock]

Bruce and I agreed some time back that targeting innocent people trying to do their job wasn't that funny. It invades their privacy and focuses huge amounts of unwanted attention on them. Some people have thinner skins than others and we cannot always guess the consequences. I imagine there might be some civil liability for what those Ozzies did.

What, on earth, for?

It's obviously very sad, but you can't expect people to see that coming from what was, although a bit base and cheap, a joke. I'd be very surprised if there wasn't more to this than we've heard. However embarrassing, emotionally stable people don't commit suicide after being made to look stupid (albeit on a slightly bigger stage than most are used to).

It seemed odd in the first place that somebody in her position could be duped by what was so, so obviously a hoax. More to this than meets the eye. All very sad though.

[bobo the clown]

More to this than meets the eye. All very sad though.

... or a dedictaed person, massively proud of her job who fckd up & couldn't cope with the shame, embarrassment and fear for her career.

Bloody funny weaze though, almost as funny as a very unfunny thing on an unfunny day.

Hope the Ozzies are proud.

[Montreal Wanderer]

Bruce and I agreed some time back that targeting innocent people trying to do their job wasn't that funny. It invades their privacy and focuses huge amounts of unwanted attention on them. Some people have thinner skins than others and we cannot always guess the consequences. I imagine there might be some civil liability for what those Ozzies did.

What, on earth, for?

It's obviously very sad, but you can't expect people to see that coming from what was, although a bit base and cheap, a joke. I'd be very surprised if there wasn't more to this than we've heard. However embarrassing, emotionally stable people don't commit suicide after being made to look stupid (albeit on a slightly bigger stage than most are used to).

It seemed odd in the first place that somebody in her position could be duped by what was so, so obviously a hoax. More to this than meets the eye. All very sad though.

They fraudulently presented themselves to a (clearly) naive young girl trying to do a high stress job. Then they hold her up for ridicule in front of most of the English-speaking world. Obviously they had no intention to have her commit suicide, but we are responsible for our actions even if they have an unintended result. When pranks go horribly wrong, the perpetrators generally have some responsibility. Still I'll wait for an opinion from Crayons on this.

[Prufrock]

More to this than meets the eye. All very sad though.

... or a dedictaed person, massively proud of her job who fckd up & couldn't cope with the shame, embarrassment and fear for her career.

Bloody funny weaze though, almost as funny as a very unfunny thing on an unfunny day.

Hope the Ozzies are proud.

No disagreement that it was crushingly unfunny. It seems radio presenters over here are almost exclusively boorish, unfunny c*cks. Lord only knows what it is like in Australia!

That said, I don't think it is their 'fault'. Performing this sort of prank probably makes you a wanker, but you'd not for one second imagine it would drive somebody to suicide.