Matilda Mugs Removed Due To Snowflakes.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8640207/Roald-Dahl-fans-furious-campaigners-force-Sainsburys-remove-Matilda-mugs-sale.html

It takes a special kind of stupid to think this refers to domestic violence.

Didn't Newton come up with gravity when something "hit him"

[Mamyalynne]

Crazy, when someone gets a grip of the wrong end of the stick and others follow.

Sad really.

[ToraToraTora]

Perlease!

[Cloverjo]

I know. How stupid.

[Jackdaw33]

I can't access the link. Why are these mugs being removed? What are the protesters complaining about?

[Cloverjo]

Roald Dahl fans are furious as campaigners force Sainsbury's to remove Matilda mugs from sale because they feature quote 'a brilliant idea hit her' which could 'encourage domestic violence'

[bhg481]

The mug has the words "A brilliant idea hit her". Idiots think it will be read as "A brilliant idea. Hit her", thus encouraging domestic violence.

[Buenchico]

Just wait until the campaigners find out about mugs which celebrate throwing children by their hair ;-)
https://www.roalddahl.com/shop/kitchenware/matilda-boxed-mug

[GenuineclAss]

Domestic violence?
I for one would never tire of punching these cretins.

Newton already knew about gravity when the apple hit him.
It helped him to form more solid opinions on the elliptical movement of the planets.
Before Newton it was believed that the planets had circular orbits.
Newton and Halley had been discussing the orbit of 'a comet' when the apple incident happened.
Thus Halley's comet.
Sorry, 'know it all' rant over!

[GenuineclAss]

Buenchico, that's the best laugh I've had all day!
I would love to buy one of those mugs.

I have a mug which claims: "My farts hospitalise small children".
I wonder what these do-gooders would think to that?

[Canary42]

With the general ignorance re punctuation these days, big481 does have a good point.

[Canary42]

*bhg481 (bloody autocorrect)

[Togo]

A brilliant idea hit her, and she went to the foot of our stairs.......Ohh Dear.

[ToraToraTora]

I'm so glad that I am at the age I am, it's going to get more and more ridiculous.

[Atheist]

Do people have nothing better to do than get in a strop about stuff like this? Perhaps get a life?

[ToraToraTora]

who are these kin eejit "campaigners" ?

[Jackdaw33]

It is Sainsbury's who have cravenly caved in to this utter nonsense. Absolutely no backbone.

[andy-hughes]

I think the issue is not with the quote, which in itself is innocuous, it's the presentation that seems to have missed the quality check.

The fault lies with splitting the quote with spacing, and a change of typeface.

If the design followed a uniform type without a change and without spacing, it would read as intended -

"A brilliant idea hit her ..."

But the spacing and change in typeface makes it read ...

"A brilliant idea ... Hit her..."

Which is not the same thing at all.

Changes in punctuation, spacing, typeface and layout can completely change what a sentence means - as here, when one missing space and one added comma alters a famous phrase -

"The pen is mightier than the sword"

becomes

The penis, mightier than the sword"

Which is exactly the same words, presented in a way that gives an unintended and unwanted meaning.

I can't believe that the checkers at the design stage can't see the difference, and equally, I can't believe that all the complainers on here can't see it either.

The wrong message jumped out at me on first sight, and that's all I can see, and I am nobody's 'snowflake' thank you very much.

[Togo]

^^ Snowballs?

[Mamyalynne]

"The penis, mightier than the sword"


would be against the trades description laws.

[Jackdaw33]

I don't know, depends on whose penis it is!