Sunday, May 12, 2013

Not very subtle is it?


If you are of a certain vintage I'm sure you can remember the Not the Nine O'Clock News sketch where Rowan Atkinson played a vicar, permanently outraged by buildings that were, er, phallic shaped - "Nelson's Column? Pah! It is Nelson's willie!"

Well Darwin only knows what that character from the 1980's would have made of the new Beijing offices of the newspaper The People's Daily. The People's Daily is the main state-owned newspaper of China's communist party, and  its, soon to be, headquarters are massive, imposing, and, shaped like a colossal penis.

Of course China being the country that has censored such cultural icons as Men In Black, Robbie Williams and The Rolling Stones, has put its office of Not Much Fun Going On Here munchkins on overtime to stop Chinese people on social media from laughing at the expense of the very paper in charge of controlling the country's message.  Try entering any phrase in a search engine that even alludes to the building is met by a warning that such sites or information do not exist. The Chinese equivalent of Twitter and Facebook are being monitored should anybody dare type the words 'Building Giant Like Shaped Cock' in an approximation of the correct grammatical order and a huge condom will be released by a team of state employed pharmacists from a 500 ft high platform.

7 comments:

Span Ows said...

Nice to see China has moved on and trying to forget the treason and corruption from the 1970s: now - to erase the memory - even the families of the Gang of Four have been removed from all positions of power etc, a move celebrated in this building: no Four's kin.

Span Ows said...

Taxi!...

Paul said...

Quite possibly the worst pun ever to appear on a comments section - but I can't stop laughing!

A Northern Bloke said...

It makes the "Gherkin" look rather tame, doen't it?

oakleyses said...

north face, nike air max uk, sac hermes, hollister uk, nike air force, louboutin pas cher, michael kors, oakley pas cher, converse pas cher, abercrombie and fitch uk, hollister pas cher, nike free run, jordan pas cher, nike tn, burberry pas cher, longchamp pas cher, timberland pas cher, nike air max, polo ralph lauren, nike roshe, lululemon canada, ralph lauren uk, true religion outlet, guess pas cher, vans pas cher, sac longchamp pas cher, nike air max uk, true religion jeans, hogan outlet, north face uk, new balance, air max, ray ban pas cher, nike free uk, true religion outlet, nike blazer pas cher, sac vanessa bruno, michael kors pas cher, ray ban uk, polo lacoste, michael kors outlet, mulberry uk

oakleyses said...

hollister clothing, giuseppe zanotti outlet, lululemon, wedding dresses, abercrombie and fitch, hermes belt, asics running shoes, bottega veneta, celine handbags, soccer shoes, valentino shoes, ferragamo shoes, vans outlet, mcm handbags, timberland boots, nike roshe run uk, longchamp uk, nike air max, north face outlet, p90x workout, new balance shoes, insanity workout, iphone 6 cases, herve leger, instyler, oakley, hollister, nike huaraches, soccer jerseys, nike trainers uk, babyliss, chi flat iron, ghd hair, baseball bats, jimmy choo outlet, mont blanc pens, north face outlet, mac cosmetics, beats by dre, nfl jerseys, reebok outlet, nike roshe run

oakleyses said...

michael kors outlet store, coach purses, prada outlet, nike air max, michael kors outlet online, chanel handbags, ray ban sunglasses, longchamp outlet, coach outlet, replica watches, tiffany and co, oakley sunglasses wholesale, longchamp outlet, christian louboutin uk, michael kors outlet online, kate spade outlet, burberry handbags, ray ban sunglasses, coach outlet, tiffany jewelry, oakley sunglasses, nike free, nike air max, christian louboutin, kate spade, nike outlet, christian louboutin outlet, christian louboutin shoes, oakley sunglasses, jordan shoes, polo outlet, burberry outlet, polo ralph lauren outlet online, tory burch outlet, michael kors outlet, longchamp outlet, michael kors outlet, true religion outlet, gucci handbags, coach outlet store online, prada handbags, michael kors outlet online