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Offline The Moan Ranger

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Call to put an "18" certificate on films...
« on: March 17, 2008, 10:28:04 AM »
...if they contain scenes of...





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wait for it...





Smoking. Please tell me that I have my dates wrong and that today is actually April 1st.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7298970.stm

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Re: Call to put an "18" certificate on films...
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2008, 10:32:32 AM »
I don't know what to say.  eeek:

Besides which how can the legal age of smoking be 16 and have this ruling? You can do it but you can't watch people doing it?  Banghead

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Re: Call to put an "18" certificate on films...
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2008, 10:33:05 AM »
Bit like sex then!
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Re: Call to put an "18" certificate on films...
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2008, 10:34:35 AM »
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Completely bonkers... which means it will prolly happen...  noooo:
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Re: Call to put an "18" certificate on films...
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2008, 10:34:42 AM »
Good point. Hadn't thought of that.  redface:

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Re: Call to put an "18" certificate on films...
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2008, 10:38:12 AM »
Good point. Hadn't thought of that.  redface:


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Re: Call to put an "18" certificate on films...
« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2008, 10:47:51 AM »
I don't know what to say.  eeek:

Besides which how can the legal age of smoking be 16 and have this ruling? You can do it but you can't watch people doing it?  Banghead

I think that you can smoke at any age, but you now need to be 18 to buy them.

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Re: Call to put an "18" certificate on films...
« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2008, 11:00:34 AM »
 eeek:

Really?

I am SOOOOO out of touch.

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Re: Call to put an "18" certificate on films...
« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2008, 11:06:14 AM »
Too pre-occupied with pies and tat.

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Re: Call to put an "18" certificate on films...
« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2008, 11:06:31 AM »
eeek:

Really?

I am SOOOOO out of touch.

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As a non-smoker how would you know?  ;)
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Re: Call to put an "18" certificate on films...
« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2008, 11:08:46 AM »
As some knocking 30 how would I know?  eeek:

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Re: Call to put an "18" certificate on films...
« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2008, 11:09:35 AM »
As some knocking 30 how would I know?  eeek:

?

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Re: Call to put an "18" certificate on films...
« Reply #12 on: March 17, 2008, 11:12:04 AM »
As some knocking 30 how would I know?  eeek:
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Re: Call to put an "18" certificate on films...
« Reply #13 on: March 17, 2008, 11:13:12 AM »
As someONE, someONE.  Banghead I am so sorry.  redface:

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Re: Call to put an "18" certificate on films...
« Reply #14 on: March 17, 2008, 11:15:31 AM »
As someONE, someONE.  Banghead I am so sorry.  redface:
My dear... it was a compliment....  ::)

Perhaps I should have warned you...  whistle:
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