Comments on: Bollocks to Blair http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2006/07/05/bollocks-to-blair/ Watching. Pointing. Laughing. Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:22:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: Theo Delight http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2006/07/05/bollocks-to-blair/comment-page-1/#comment-14417 Sun, 09 Jul 2006 19:08:27 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=510#comment-14417 One might imagine that the complainant and/or the constable(s) involved took that action against the display of the word “bollocks” because, ahem, they didn’t have any themselves.

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ballock(‘s)-grass (also hare’s and sweet ballocks), popular name of several species of orchis, from the shape of the tubers…

1898 Ansted Dict. Sea Terms, Bollocks, blocks secured to the middle of the topsail yards in large ships; the topsail ties pass through them, and thereby gain an increase of power in lifting the yards.

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Or Maybe just reissue the T-shirt with ‘Testes To Blair’ on it. Grammatically correct and cannot be misconstrued and totally in-offensive.

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http://davidp1.blogspot.com/2006/05/spherical-objects-part-2.html …

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