Hey, monkey crotch!

Makes you appreciate living here in the good ol’ U of K when you learn of yet more censorship around the globe. Now it’s the turn of the Pakistani telecoms wonks, who’ve taken it on themselves to ban the use of no fewer than 1,795 words from text messages. From A.S.S. to yellowman, the list is nothing if not compendious, running from the hard core (bumblefuck, muthafucka) through the surely mild (crap, breast, intercourse) to the frankly baffling (flatulence, athlete’s foot, lotion).

According to the full report on Firstpost.com, the ban comes in accordance with the “Protection from Spam, Unsolicited, Fraudulent and Obnoxious Communication Regulations, 2009″.

Oh for such protection…