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Why certainly. My newsletter is here http://viz.co.uk/2015/04/11/se...
I'm still working on my manifesto, there are a lot of pictures to colorize.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... for older folks like me. These were big balls though, fnnarr fnnarr [for those in the UK that know Viz: http://viz.co.uk/

Wow, that's good news for the folks at "Viz" : http://www.viz.co.uk/books.html or http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/images/095485778X/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=266239&s=books

Maybe Dr House should just swear more, and then he wouldn't need so much Vicodin?

Now you just need to convince those around you that there is a medical reason (other than Tourette's Syndrome) for your chronic swearing . . .

OMG NO! It's The Bottom Inspectors! Quick! Hide the children!!!1

Sounds like you all need to go out and buy the latest copy of the Profanisaurus, subtitled "The Magna Farta". This is the "World's Sweariest Dictionary" compiled by Viz magazine with over 10,000 rude words and phrases.

Should give you plenty of new phrases to use in your protest letters - many of which will not be understood by those in power unless they too resort to looking them up!

Plus this is one of those books which is guaranteed to make you laugh out loud - much like this new law.

Nokia seems to stealing "Viz" IP for names for their employees from here: http://www.viz.co.uk/?domain=viz&page=%2Fprofanisaurus%2Fprofan_index.php%3Ffb%3D1

patent pending

Slashdot readers interested in the news that the NYT is "free" might be interested in other free as in beer newspapers. Who could possibly resist the temptation to visit the best newspaper in the English language - The Sun. http://www.thesun.co.uk/
You can check out if it is going to be a Zoe McConnell day, which legend has it, augurs good luck.
The Miami Herald http://www.miamiherald.com/ is free too and available in a Spanish edition. Speigel (the English version) http://www.spiegel.de/international/ is free too, and the Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/ and the Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ are also free. Oh and the Independent http://www.independent.co.uk/ which could once claim to be the finest newspaper in the English language is free also. Robert Fisk appears in that one, I believe he finds some sympathy with some slash dotters. Private Eye http://www.private-eye.co.uk/ remains annoyingly non-free for cheapskates like myself and neither is Viz http://www.viz.co.uk/- which used to be funny once. Top Tip number eleven is quite funny. A very brief trawl of the internet should probably result in an appropriate newspaper for every possible shade of opinion.

No, I am the 'Ring of Steel'. No-one could consume a Curry as vicious as I did last night without a 'Ring of Steel' to prevent damage to one's Rusty Sherrif's Badge.

The British use of the word 'piss' has many uses. As does the phrase "take the piss". But as it is not outlined in the offical British slang dictionary The Profanisaurus http://www.viz.co.uk/?domain=viz&page=%2Fprofanisa urus%2Fprofan_front_index.php%3Ffb%3D1, I shall attempt to explain myself.

You are aware of the first meaning, basically to make fun of others - "Dave was at the pub taking the piss out of Steve all night" (sometimes known as "Taking the Michael", pre-watershed) this can be insulting or just banter. A satirical impressionist could be described as 'taking the piss' out of politicians, Spinal Tap was taking the piss out of Rockers.

But the second meaning is used to describe someone who is taking liberties and abusing social conventions, in a sense making a mockery of the good grace shown by another person or organisation. For instance a person who is told to make themselves at home when they are housesitting and then proceeds to clear out the entire drinks cabinet, someone might observe "he was told to help himself but he took the piss", I guess that in this sense the housesitter is taking the piss out the owners, hence the term. But the use of the first meaning of the phrase implies that everyone knows someone is making fun at someone elses expense, but the housesitter could just be an asshole so we use the second meaning to say that he was just taking the piss in general.

So to answer your question about airline passenegers "taking the piss with hand luggage" I was meaning that people take too much in the cabin causing the problems the grandparent was outlining. The passengers are essentially making fun of the principal that hand luggage is for valuables and things needed during the flight, not to be a way to save time at baggage pickup or to avoid the baggage weight limit.

As I may not have made this perfectly clear. The example I can think of would be the guy in the 'Airport' episode of Seinfeld http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0697647/ who sits next to Elaine with three cases on his lap, preventing Elaine from getting out of her seat, just to avoid baggage pickup. He is the one taking the piss.

Hope this clears up the confusion, if it didn't then I have just spent half an hour pissing in the wind.

Hmmm.....

Microsoft ... penetration ... market

I think those terms imply a different meaning to me than what you intended...?

*childish giggle*

This karma-burning Viz (NSFW?) moment brought to you by the letter:
-Q

..Don't buy a printer! Just stick this flat-screen monitor in any photocopier and have one-click printing with no hassle !!!!

In one sentence, you pretty much summed up anything of insight anyone is likely to say about this "incredible" add-on.

Plus, it was oddly reminiscent of one of Viz's "Top Tips". (Example: "SHOPPERS When buying oranges, get more for your money by peeling them before taking them to the counter to be weighed.")

"...laptop users are inclined to be rather autonomously minded..."

In other news, Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster, British Scientists Discover New Colour, English Lawyers Tallest in Europe.

http://www.viz.co.uk/

As a fellow Geordie I can assure you the language is totally in character when dealing with a fu*kwit of this order.. http://www.viz.co.uk/ and use the profanisaurus for some more choice expletives that also apply!

Have an old black and white television? Well, just use it to watch black and white movies, you won't notice the difference!

If you thought that was funny, you'll probably enjoy Viz's "Top Tips". ('Top Tips' appears in the menu bar).

Typical example: "BUSY executives. Don't buy a Dachshund. Their amusing sausage shape means they take 50% longer to stroke than other dogs, and time is money."

>The heading is thus factually questionable

Mister Logic! I've found you!

(such is my name, therefore one may infer that this strip is in some way about me)

I remember a VIZ comic strip called something like "Mickey's monkey-spunk moped". He had to travel around zoos wanking off monkeys to fuel his scooter. I don't /think/ I have imagined it.

Nope: actually you can read it here (see archive)

I still get a few chuckles out of each issue :) Even living in Aus, it's pretty cheap.

Ah - we haven't got a link yet, check out the flash 'Doctor Poo' if it's still up there;

Viz

What kind of a date is that? There are only 12 months in a year! Granted, there was once a Viz calendar with a free extra month, but even that only had 13 months in it!

Winnet mag, you say? Interesting, and rather apt.

In farming circles (if you'll pardon), winnet refers to those dangly bits that adhere to a sheep's butt. I'm not making this up ...

Not in such common usage anyway. For a fuller guide to such phrasing and as a way of greatly increasing your word power, may I suggest this ?

Basically its a Profanisaurus - like a thesaurus, only for swearing.

Rimshot?

Fnarr, fnarr!

Note that the girls always walk off.

That's a pretty good story. My favourite fictional plastic bag story has to be "The adventures of Black Bag, the faithful border bin-liner", the adventures of a shepherd and his black plastic sack that blows around in the wind, looking a little bit like a black dog in silhouette. It featured in Viz magazine, an adult spoof of children's comics such as The Beano, alongside such classics as Sweary Mary, Johnny Fartpants, Sid the Sexist, and The Fat Slags.

I saw something (in viz I think) ages back: politically correct chess - 32 grey pawns, all on the same side.

Back to 'Command & Conquer', I'm quite surprised it isn't part of the school syllabus in Germany.

For the non-brits check this.

I wonder if you ever read the Bottom Inspectors cartoon in Viz before. It was a few years ago, so its probably been replaced by now.

dude, try this: eat fried eggs, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes and chips for breakfast, cover it in chutney and vinegar.

Then have an apple, a milkshake and a banana.
For added power, have a greasy chinese meal for lunch.

To go over the top, get a pizza and put every spice you have on it: salt, pepper, curry, paprika, green herbs, etc.
Then add anything hot: tabasco sauce, chillies, olives, etc.

By midnight you'll fart fire, let alone the follow through.

and use the profanisaurus

Whoohhh there boy... The Americans will misconstrue that one.
For info take a look at the wonder that is Viz comic's mighty Profanisaurus

I've got a spare can of Baboon's mess...

http://www.viz.co.uk/crypt/ monkeyspunk/monkeyspunk.html