Stephen Fry paedophilia limerick on QI 'unfortunate and regrettable' - BBC - Polidicks

[quote] The BBC Trust has described as "unfortunate and regrettable" an episode of BBC2 quiz show QI in which host Stephen Fry recited a limerick about paedophilia minutes before a Newsnight report on the Jimmy Savile scandal. The limerick, which Fry recited as the last item of the comedy quiz show, went: "There was a young chaplain from King's Who talked about God and such things; But his real desire Was a boy in the choir With a bottom like jelly on springs." [/quote] [url]http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/aug/29/stephen-fry-paedophilia-limerick-apology-bbc[/url] Stephen Fry also wrote a play called Latin! or Tobacco and Boys which positively depicts a relationship between a teacher and a 13 year old student. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin!_or_Tobacco_and_Boys[/url] I wonder if operation Yewtree are investigating him.

too bad

well it's not really endorsing pedophilia, just making fun of the church

Ah that's not so bad. IT's like the old limerick: Mary had a little lamb, she thought it rather silly. She threw it up in the air and caught it by it's Willy was a good dog sitting on the grass. Along came a bumblebee and stung him on his ask no questions, tell no lies. Have you seen a policeman doing up his flies are dirty bees are worse, and thats the end of this horrid little verse.

Sensationalist people have a habit of equating acknowledgement with endorsement. The logic is that if you explain something or acknowledge that it exists, the only conclusion is that you endorse said activity.

this episode came out ages ago, why are they complaining now

Aww, i thought a new episode of QI had been released Also Fry could probably recite a poem about murdering puppies and people would still love him

[QUOTE=BreenIsALie;42008422]Aww, i thought a new episode of QI had been released Also Fry could probably recite a poem about murdering puppies and people would still love him[/QUOTE] There will be tomorrow, it starts again.

Who cares? It's a joke and a funny one.

The issue is that it was aired right before a newsnight piece about Saville. Which is pretty unfortunate, you have to admit. Obviously though, the blame doesn't lie on Stephen for that.

No fun allowed

Mary had a little lamb, she tied it to a pylon, 10,000v went up its bumb, and turned its wool to nylon.

[QUOTE=slamex;42008269]Ah that's not so bad. IT's like the old limerick: Mary had a little lamb, she thought it rather silly. She threw it up in the air and caught it by it's Willy was a good dog sitting on the grass. Along came a bumblebee and stung him on his ask no questions, tell no lies. Have you seen a policeman doing up his flies are dirty bees are worse, and thats the end of this horrid little verse.[/QUOTE] Obligatory [video=youtube;TywmpMQYojs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TywmpMQYojs[/video]

Theres one department in the BBC where they handle all the BBC's fuck ups. "Whats on the agenda today, Bill?" "Lets see here... Savile, Savile, Clarkson up until lunch, then after that some QI and to finish the day some more Clarkson."

[QUOTE=nuttyboffin;42010028]Mary had a little lamb, she tied it to a pylon, 10,000v went up its bumb, and turned its wool to nylon.[/QUOTE] My friend used to sing weird songs like that. His favourite, if I recall, was something along the lines of: [I]The grand old duke of pork He had ten thousand pigs He marched them up onto a hill and ordered irish figs He marched them round and round They were never overtaken Then they laid out in the sun and all turned into bacon[/I]

[QUOTE=slamex;42008269]Ah that's not so bad. IT's like the old limerick: Mary had a little lamb, she thought it rather silly. She threw it up in the air and caught it by it's Willy was a good dog sitting on the grass. Along came a bumblebee and stung him on his ask no questions, tell no lies. Have you seen a policeman doing up his flies are dirty bees are worse, and thats the end of this horrid little verse.[/QUOTE] Good God, I remember those first lines. When I was in the scouts, we always sang this variation: My old man's a dustbin man He wears a dustbin hat He farted through the keyhole And paralysed the cat The chairs couldn't take it The tables fell apart And all because of my old man's supersonic fart Where was the goalie when the ball was in the net Halfway up to Mars on a supersonic jet They laid him a on stretcher They laid him on a bed They rubbed his bum with pedigree chum and this is what he said My wife has had a baby His name is sonny Jim We took to the lavatory to see if he could swim He swam to the bottom He swam to the top Loo loo got excited and pulled him by his Cocktail, whiskey, seven sips of glass And if you don't like it I'll pour it down your Ask no questions, tell no lies I saw a policeman doing up his Flies are a nuisance, bugs are worse And this is the end of my silly little verse Given how often the tone changes, I think it's actually just a collection of stuff mashed together

I've been going through QI again and this was like Season 2 from like 10 years ago. Get over it. Edit: I thought it was like season 2, maybe I'm mistaken. Edit2: Yea I was wrong. Still like a year old or so.

[QUOTE=Jsm;42008464]There will be tomorrow, it starts again.[/QUOTE] Isn't the new series starting next friday? [editline]29th August 2013[/editline] Yep, 6th september

[QUOTE=Tomthetechy;42010539]Theres one department in the BBC where they handle all the BBC's fuck ups. "Whats on the agenda today, Bill?" "Lets see here... Savile, Savile, Clarkson up until lunch, then after that some QI and to finish the day some more Clarkson."[/QUOTE] I am imagining a giant hand painted mural of Clarkson in the lobby. Without Clarkson they would be unable to justify the department's existence.

[QUOTE=RobbL;42012074]Isn't the new series starting next friday? [editline]29th August 2013[/editline] Yep, 6th september[/QUOTE] Shit. I blame the BBCs bad wording in their advert. I'm going to run away now before I get killed for getting peoples hopes up.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBUjlOqMlaU[/media] Episode in question. It's not that old, but I'd have thought they'd pick it up sooner.

[QUOTE=JonniXD;42012498][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBUjlOqMlaU[/media] Episode in question. It's not that old, but I'd have thought they'd pick it up sooner.[/QUOTE] Allen Davis taking the phrase "eat shit" to its logical end. Fantastic.

At first I thought they had already started series K, then I saw the quote and was saddened to find I had already seen the episode in question.

Y'all don't know how limericks are constructed [editline]29th August 2013[/editline] unpoetic plebs

[QUOTE=Aidan_088;42008200][url]http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/aug/29/stephen-fry-paedophilia-limerick-apology-bbc[/url] Stephen Fry also wrote a play called Latin! or Tobacco and Boys which positively depicts a relationship between a teacher and a 13 year old student. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin!_or_Tobacco_and_Boys[/url] I wonder if operation Yewtree are investigating him.[/QUOTE] The student in Latin! or Tobacco and Boys is in his twenties, not his teens.

[QUOTE=PolarEventide;42013052]The student in Latin! or Tobacco and Boys is in his twenties, not his teens.[/QUOTE] It's stated that the boy is 13. The play is also set in a prep school which only has students from 8-13 so Rupert couldn't possibly be any older than 13.