Sweary Mary
Jul 25th, 2008 by handolio
Everything’s been feeling just a little joyless of late. Tamsin has even been moved to ask if this is the Summer of Doom. Bugger me, I’m not arguing. I think I might have inspired the question.
So, when AntonyM sent this link to Giles Coren’s latest tirade I could almost have kissed him. If you can’t afford retail therapy, then a belly laugh at a lovingly-crafted, foul-mouthed rant is the next best thing.
Coren’s got a point, and tinkering with the indefinite article might not be the extent of the problems in The Times’ subbing team if this singular fuckup (right) is anything to go by, but he needs to get over himself.
Coren’s rants turned out to be a gift that kept on giving. I’d missed this beauty, and further digging found this effort from 2002. Later in the day, Antony passed on a wonderfully offensive Twitter page set up in Coren’s name. Childish perhaps, but it cheered me up:
GilesCoren @laurencetimms I have just one word for you. Cunt. And one more. Off.
about 7 hours ago from web in reply to laurencetimms
Swearing is one of my life’s greatest joys. A really beautifully paced, imaginatively conjured swearfest is a thing of great grace and wonder, in my view.
Stephen Fry is the king of this genre, in my view. But Charlie Brooker’s up there too . . .
Can we set up a “The fucking best of the swearing cunts, ever” list?
Can we fuck.
Yeah, that was me that ‘Giles’ was swearing at. Me and about thirty other people who (for the most part) found the whole thing brilliantly hilarious. A “Fucking best of the swearing cunts, ever” list sounds like an excellent idea.
The Times’ subs have now replied to Coren.