Judi Spiers said sorry after the ‘distasteful’ gaffe on her BBC Radio Devon morning show.
She made the comment while discussing a book about Casper the cat, a pet which became famous after regularly making a 17km (11-mile) bus trip from his home in Plymouth.
During her show the veteran presenter said of the book: '10,500 copies have been sold, and the book has been translated into six different languages - Dutch, German, Portuguese, Italian and two dialects of Chinese. I don't know whether they'll enjoy that; don't they eat cats?'
The slip-up was quickly noticed and 10 minutes later she returned to the air, saying: ‘I would like to apologise if you found the comment distasteful. Obviously, I did not mean to offend.’
― calpolaris (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 01:46 (thirteen years ago) link
haha jesus
― goole, Tuesday, 23 November 2010 02:01 (thirteen years ago) link
the local neighbourhood of britishland
― pro EVOO sucker (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 02:02 (thirteen years ago) link
we roll classy & sensitive here iirc
― pro EVOO sucker (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 02:03 (thirteen years ago) link
http://imgur.com/JEiTo.jpg
― calpolaris (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 02:03 (thirteen years ago) link
2nd from r: everyone's favourite East Riding-based ilxor
― pro EVOO sucker (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 02:04 (thirteen years ago) link
that will probably offend him, yeah
― calpolaris (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 02:05 (thirteen years ago) link
didn't have him down as an integral part of the joeks-brave scene but tbh he's almost certainly got something to do with the formation of the blackout crew
― pro EVOO sucker (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 02:08 (thirteen years ago) link
they're from bolton u tard
― calpolaris (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 02:09 (thirteen years ago) link
everything north of watford gap is one unitary mass of simian antagonists to u
No, Blackout Crew, no, don't put a donk on it. - The Student RoomNo, Blackout Crew, no, don't put a donk on it. Music. ... ahh yes the eloquent productions of blackout crew, a fine group of young whipper snappers whom ...www.thestudentroom.co.uk › ... › Entertainment › Music
― calpolaris (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 02:12 (thirteen years ago) link
just saying it's his kinda art-terrorism
lol thestudentroom, zing shipped
― pro EVOO sucker (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 02:22 (thirteen years ago) link
not "most important," i guess, but i find this story about an injury referral service in the miami area equally sad and compelling.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 15 December 2010 01:36 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.nbc15.com/state/headlines/Wis_Postal_Worker_Delivers_Mail_in_the_Buff_111856389.html
― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Monday, 20 December 2010 15:37 (thirteen years ago) link
two scummy guys are friends; make a hobby of get celebrities to sign their bodies and then turning the autographs into tattoos; have falling out:
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2010/12/21/for_years_they_called_themselves_the_signature_boys_but_not_anymore/?page=1
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 21:11 (thirteen years ago) link
www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/bs-md-ho-pot-arrest-20101223,0,243824.story
― old man yells at cloud computing (am0n), Thursday, 23 December 2010 19:44 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/bs-md-ho-pot-arrest-20101223,0,243824.story
Ok, I thought that story was awesome way back when it was just the guy crashing his BMW into the house and setting it on fire.
― rake rock reggae (kkvgz), Thursday, 23 December 2010 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link
So this tinfoilism started in Beebe AR which is 50 miles south o' me
Dead birds falling from sky still mystify experts
― kind of chill and very rapegaze (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 13:38 (thirteen years ago) link
just in beebe ar
― max bro'd (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 22:06 (thirteen years ago) link
:D
― if anyone is lost to the tragic carnage of ILX, let it be (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 22:07 (thirteen years ago) link
bs-md-ho-pot-arrest
― Є|Э (Edward III), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 22:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Authorities in Calvert Co. warn residents about emu on loose
HUNTINGTOWN — Authorities say an emu is on the loose in Southern Maryland.
The Calvert County Sheriff's Office Animal Control Unit said the bird has been spotted in the Huntingtown area. Authorities have been fielding calls about the bird since November, when it was spotted in Dunkirk.
The owner of the emu has not been identified.
Emus can stand up more than 6 feet tall and run at up to 30 miles per hour. Authorities said residents should not approach the bird because it uses its legs to defend itself, and it has knife-like toenails.
― old man yells at cloud computing (am0n), Thursday, 6 January 2011 21:16 (thirteen years ago) link
HUNTINGTOWN, Md. - A bizarre story about an emu running loose in Calvert County has a sad ending. A farmer shot and killed the emu after finding the bird off Chaneyville Road in the northern part of the county on Thursday.
"The farmer believed this animal was a threat to his safety and to the safety of his own animals, so he shot and killed the animal," Calvert County Sheriff's Office Lt. Dave McDowell says.
The farmer will not face charges since he did not violate any environmental or wild animal gaming laws, McDowell says.
It's still unknown where the emu came from and how it ended up loose in the county.
"We really don't know. It's a mystery," McDowell says.
Police had been fielding calls about the bird since November, when it was spotted in Dunkirk.
Police has warned people against approaching the bird because emus use their knife-like toenails and powerful legs to defend themselves.
An emu is similar to an ostrich, standing over six feet tall and having the ability to run at speeds up to 30 mph.
― won't be on this church plan ting (kkvgz), Friday, 7 January 2011 17:53 (thirteen years ago) link
: (
was gonna say, how long before someone shoots it
― old man yells at cloud computing (am0n), Friday, 7 January 2011 17:54 (thirteen years ago) link
A 19-year-old Hawaii woman who served as the model for the bare-breasted mermaids in the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie got more exposure than she bargained for when a national gossip magazine linked her with film star Johnny Depp.
― gr8080, Friday, 7 January 2011 20:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Baltimore police are seeking a man who they say dressed as a woman and pretended to be an officer.
Detective Jeremy Silbert, a police spokesman, said a man driving a blue or green Oldsmobile Alero with a blue light on the dash pulled over a female driver just after 5 p.m. Sunday in North Baltimore and asked for her identification.
She handed it to him and he left with it. Police said the woman was not harmed.
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The suspect is described as white, in his 40s, 5 feet 8 inches tall, with blue eyes and a thin build. He was last seen wearing a shoulder-length black wig, a dark jacket with a brown patch on the shoulder and knee-high boots with heels.
The man also had an identification card hanging from a lanyard with the words "Baltimore Police" on it, and Silbert said he had on dark makeup and "a lot of wrinkles."
― positive reflection is the key (harbl), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 00:44 (thirteen years ago) link
oh oops delete that thing about the app, the world does not need to know
― positive reflection is the key (harbl), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 00:45 (thirteen years ago) link
xp lol
― max, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 00:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Defense: woman who killed peacock with baseball bat planned to eat it for dinner
― gr8080, Friday, 21 January 2011 21:40 (thirteen years ago) link
that headline got a guffaw outta me
― thank you based jättegod (forksclovetofu), Friday, 21 January 2011 21:43 (thirteen years ago) link
The Trentonian (NJ) once ran a cover about a 'murdered' pet goose with the headline (of course) "Murder Most Fowl." I mean this was the full cover, NY Post style.
― hey boys, suppers on me, our video just went bacterial (Hurting 2), Friday, 21 January 2011 21:43 (thirteen years ago) link
800 block Key Hwy., Monday, Jan. 10, 9:45 a.m.: Two men stole two bronze sculptures from the front of the American Visionary Art Museum. Witnesses chased them, and the suspects dropped the sculptures and ran.
― am0n, Monday, 24 January 2011 18:45 (thirteen years ago) link
omg at the Peacock beating/eating lady
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Monday, 24 January 2011 18:52 (thirteen years ago) link
http://planetwebdesign.com/americacries1agc.jpg
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-bald-eagle-killed-20110204,0,4720897.story
― am0n, Friday, 4 February 2011 17:49 (thirteen years ago) link
James Fogle, whose book "'Drugstore Cowboy" told the story of drug users who robbed pharmacies to feed their addiction, pleaded guilty in Seattle on Wednesday to a familiar crime: a pharmacy robbery.
Prosecutors will seek a 16-year prison term for Fogle, now in his 70s.
Fogle became famous beyond police lineups by writing a novel about longtime drug users who robbed pharmacies. Filmmaker Gus Van Sant turned the unpublished novel into a movie by the same name, "Drugstore Cowboy," in 1989, and Fogle's book hit shelves the following year.
Fogle also has spent significant stretches of his adult life in prison, sometimes for committing the sort of crimes he described in his novel.
Police say on May 25, 2010, Fogle and another man were trying to steal prescription drugs from Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy, at 15840 Redmond Way. It's about a half mile from the Redmond police headquarters.
Police say minutes after the pharmacy's 9 p.m. closing Tuesday, Fogle and his alleged accomplice -- who in 1986 was convicted of a sex crime -- pushed their way into the pharmacy through a back exit door after Fogle flashed a gun in his waistband.
In addition to a pink bandanna, Fogle had a hood over his head and yellow latex gloves, according to court documents. Police say the accomplice wore a dark ski mask and a dark hooded sweatshirt.
― it's a great day to be great, baby (harlan), Monday, 7 February 2011 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8343172/Police-called-to-settle-extraordinary-village-tank-row.html
The huge green tanklike crane, designed to carry out battlefield repairs, has been sitting in a lay-by since new owner Nicholas Kravchenko drove it there last week. Residents living in the normally tranquil area of Wolvercote, near Oxford, Oxon, have branded the machine an ''eyesore''. Police have now been called in to settle the "neighbourhood dispute" amid claims the £10,000 tank was intimidating locals. The enthusiast bought the former Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) armoured vehicle second-hand to drive it for his own pleasure to display it at shows and charity events. Mr Kravchenko, a retired army engineer, is now refusing to move the four-tonne camouflaged vehicle, which came complete with caterpillar tracks and take up three-and-a-half normal parking spaces. "I can go out and drive it any time I like. There's no law to stop anyone having 10 tanks," he said.
Residents living in the normally tranquil area of Wolvercote, near Oxford, Oxon, have branded the machine an ''eyesore''.
Police have now been called in to settle the "neighbourhood dispute" amid claims the £10,000 tank was intimidating locals.
The enthusiast bought the former Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) armoured vehicle second-hand to drive it for his own pleasure to display it at shows and charity events.
Mr Kravchenko, a retired army engineer, is now refusing to move the four-tonne camouflaged vehicle, which came complete with caterpillar tracks and take up three-and-a-half normal parking spaces.
"I can go out and drive it any time I like. There's no law to stop anyone having 10 tanks," he said.
― dimension hatris (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 24 February 2011 12:00 (thirteen years ago) link
CHESTER, Md. (AP) — A deer spent 90 minutes inside an Eastern Shore home before it was herded out the front door.Maryland Natural Resources Police Officer Robert Ford asked everyone to stay away from the open front door, and after a few minutes the deer found its way out of the Chester home Saturday afternoon. The male deer was one of three seen in the area earlier in the day by Audrey Thomas, who later noticed her neighbor's kitchen window was broken.Inside, the deer overturned kitchen chairs and a cabinet before becoming entangled in drapes near glass doors in an adjoining office. The buck then went into a bedroom, where a hole was found in the wall, and into a bathroom, where bloody nose marks were found on a mirror.
Maryland Natural Resources Police Officer Robert Ford asked everyone to stay away from the open front door, and after a few minutes the deer found its way out of the Chester home Saturday afternoon. The male deer was one of three seen in the area earlier in the day by Audrey Thomas, who later noticed her neighbor's kitchen window was broken.
Inside, the deer overturned kitchen chairs and a cabinet before becoming entangled in drapes near glass doors in an adjoining office. The buck then went into a bedroom, where a hole was found in the wall, and into a bathroom, where bloody nose marks were found on a mirror.
― r.i.p. hamilton (am0n), Sunday, 27 February 2011 23:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Cops find naked man 'growling like dog' and claiming to be devilBy SCOTT SUNDESEATTLEPI.COM STAFFPolice officers never know what they're going to get when they respond to a call.This week, North Precinct officers got a naked man, growling like a dog and claiming to be the devil.He was high on drugs.
By SCOTT SUNDESEATTLEPI.COM STAFF
Police officers never know what they're going to get when they respond to a call.
This week, North Precinct officers got a naked man, growling like a dog and claiming to be the devil.
He was high on drugs.
― harlan, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 22:38 (thirteen years ago) link
hahaha
― am0n, Monday, 7 March 2011 05:09 (thirteen years ago) link
DURGS
― Confounded, Monday, 7 March 2011 17:49 (thirteen years ago) link
claiming to be devil
― am0n, Monday, 7 March 2011 18:13 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/8953181.Crowd_gather_at_town_bridge/
― caek, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 18:55 (thirteen years ago) link
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UPDATED: Mystery object brings town to standstill "News" story trending on Twitter "One in a million" dad dies Council 'taking the pee' after bus station toilets closed Royal Wedding road closures Sexual abuse victims speak out Woman, 33, death not suspicious, say police Bristol to Egypt passenger plane in bomb threat Dead cow spotted in river
― slight even by tweet standards (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 19:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Over thirty people have commented on the story – with some even claiming the object is a ‘turd.’
― slight even by tweet standards (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 19:07 (thirteen years ago) link
feel like ronan and other elite comment-bombers would bring something to that page
― caek, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 19:33 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.tbd.com/articles/2011/04/md-man-glued-to-walmart-toilet-seat-58014.html
― kkvgz, Thursday, 14 April 2011 18:03 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/04/20/BAD21J40G9.DTL
― Periblepsis occasioned by homoeoteleuton (Michael White), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 14:33 (thirteen years ago) link
They're more dangerous than they look. Take the stairs, if available.
― cia never wore tie-dyes (kkvgz), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 14:40 (thirteen years ago) link