I’m sorry, but this story is just too amusing not to draw to your attention. the beeb has reported that yesterday, someone got six point on Countdown for using the word ‘wanker’. What amuses me is the way in which the bbc article tries to pussy-foot around the word itself, without, forgive the pun, spelling it out explicitly. I used to watch countdown with my randma and great grandma after school. I remember my great grandma being quite a ‘proper’ woman; what she would have made of that I dread to think, but I think I’ll start tuning in to it again.