grat_is_not_nice t1_iqq3xws wrote
Reply to comment by BrokenEye3 in TIL the BBC released a 'Green Book' in 1949 to define comedy guidelines. Among some of the banned topics were jokes about fig leaves and vulgar use of the word 'basket'. by morecharts
And my invention thrive, Edmund the base. Shall top the legitimate.
I grow; I prosper: Now, gods, stand up for baskets*!*
William Shakespeare, writing for the BBC
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