The town of Effin in Ireland (so it is) is banned from Facebook!
People can't put their location as Effin and a bid to set up and Effin FB page was refused as the word is listed as 'offensive' by the FB lot (so it is).
More on this stupidity at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16002460 so it is.
Facebook ban effin Effin!
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Re: Facebook ban effin Effin!
And we laughed at the Pakastani naughty words text ban recently. 
Yeah right....
The BBC also contacted Facebook who said they were investigating the particular case. It is understood that the firm has not banned the word Effin, instead it is believed that the village is too small to be featured as a hometown on the website.
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Where's that double facepalm pic...
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Re: Facebook ban effin Effin!
Whoever wrote that article for the beeb is having a larf. 
"I was born and raised in Effin and my family come from here," she said.
"There's a great community spirit. Our best known export is Effin cheese.
"It's a great little parish. I'd just like to put down (on Facebook), because I'm from Effin, and so would so many Effin people around the world, that they're from Effin.
Ms Kennedy has now started an online Facebook group called 'Please get my hometown Effin recognised'.
She claimed another Effin group page on the site has 219 members and the Effin GAA Facebook page had over 900.
She said: "I'm a proud Effin woman and I always will be an Effin woman."
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Yup: this one:Ronja wrote:Where's that double facepalm pic...
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I want some Effin cheese! 
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Re: Facebook ban effin Effin!
Effin's parish priest:
God has no place within these walls, just like facts have no place within organized religion. - Superintendent Chalmers
It's not up to us to choose which laws we want to obey. If it were, I'd kill everyone who looked at me cock-eyed! - Rex Banner
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It's not up to us to choose which laws we want to obey. If it were, I'd kill everyone who looked at me cock-eyed! - Rex Banner
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Re: Facebook ban effin Effin!
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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Effin' morons
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They're missing a great chance to promote their Effin cheese. I tried to find some available from an online shop but to no avail.. huge Effin business opportunity here me thinks.
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It's only offensive if it contains an effin' apostrophe...
Nurse, where the fuck's my cardigan?
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