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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/03/bt_dsl_demon/ -- naughty BT, not telling ISPs that they're doing stuff!

I am sure everyone has already seen the animation/song of http://www.ultimateshowdown.org, and I am the one late to the party. The Little Fayoumis may not have seen it yet, and I am making sure that his mom shows it to him. Because he would so, so, so dig that.

The Brokeback Mountain hype hit work. Someone or other was on the point of going to see it -- then learned what it was about, and didn't, and would have been rather pissed off if he'd actually gone and been tricked into seeing a movie with OMG T3H GHEY. My general knowledge of US/UK exchange rates came in handy when they started discussing a UK reality show that involved a bunch of men chatting up a woman ... a woman who was in fact transsexual, and born male, which little fact the men did not learn until a little later on.

Surprising Rev. Not-So-Nice Super in a dark alley with a brick would not cure his fucking homophobia. Surprising Rev. Not-So-Nice Super in a dark alley with a brick would not cure his fucking homophobia. Surprising Rev. Not-So-Nice Super in a dark alley with a brick would not cure his fucking homophobia. Surprising Rev. Not-So-Nice Super in a dark alley with a brick would not cure his fucking homophobia. Surprising Rev. Not-So-Nice Super in a dark alley with a brick would not cure his fucking homophobia. Surprising Rev. Not-So-Nice Super in a dark alley with a brick would not cure his fucking homophobia. Surprising Rev. Not-So-Nice Super in a dark alley with a brick would not cure his fucking homophobia. Surprising Rev. Not-So-Nice Super in a dark alley with a brick would not cure his fucking homophobia. Surprising Rev. Not-So-Nice Super in a dark alley with a brick would not cure his fucking homophobia. Surprising Rev. Not-So-Nice Super in a dark alley with a brick would not cure his fucking homophobia. Surprising Rev. Not-So-Nice Super in a dark alley with a brick would not cure his fucking homophobia. Surprising Rev. Not-So-Nice Super in a dark alley with a brick would not cure his fucking homophobia.

I don't have issues with Rev. Not-So-Nice Super being upset with the social situation as set up: it's the sort of thing that Betan earrings were invented to take the mystery out of, and doing it for amusement on a reality show smacks of the sort of experimental conditions that would have an ethics advisory committee screaming. (I am not a committee.) I do have issues with anyone, even Rev. Not-So-Nice Super, saying that he'd take the £10,000 and hire a hit man for the erstwhile date. Not for the producers of the show, for the woman. (The producers of the show... that I would have a lot more sympathy with.)

Nobody mess with my sister's people. (No, not Sis. No, not my biological sister. Geeze.)

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I'm guessing that was part of the 'Fool Around With...' series? It's horribly tacky, and started off with 'Fool Around With My Girlfriend' (and 'Fool Around With My Boyfriend'), where the goal of the contestant was to flirt with four girls (or boys), to whatever extreme was necessary, and determine which of them was single. Three of them were part of a long-term relationship, with their partners watching the proceedings and getting to feed them hints and advice once a day.

It's pretty much the bottom of the barrel of reality TV.

It was shown here as either There's Something About Mariam or She's A Lady. Bottom scrapings, all the same.

He's A Lady doesn't seem quite the same thing.
There's Something About Miriam, on the other hand, looks exactly it.

In fact... The contestants are talking lawsuits.

Ah, something on Sky. Don't have Sky.

I'll have to ask both what the fuck the show was called, and why the hell he (Homie G Super) was watching it.

And at first he was calling the currency kilos.

Ahh,

thette has nailed it.

SIX SUE SKY OVER SEX-CHANGE SNOGGER
Six lads wooed this beauty for a TV show.. ..but SHE is actually still a HE
By Tom Newton-Dunn

SIX men are suing Sky TV claiming producers tricked them into snogging a bloke for a reality show.

The contestants hoped to win £10,000 and a week on a yacht with the sultry brunette pictured above.

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The lads say they were told to impress "her" by performing macho and romantic acts.

These included intimate massages, caressing and cuddling, holding hands and snogging.

The contestants even wrote love poems to the man, named Miriam, and a few of them were smitten.

But they were horrified to learn after three weeks of filming that Miriam is a man. He is said to be a planning a sex change.

All six contestants walked out on There's Something About Miriam as filming ended.

Even the winner, selected by Miriam, has refused the cash prize. The contestants have clubbed together to sue producers and try to stop the show being aired.

They are taking action against Brighter Pictures - owned by Big Brother makers Endemol UK - claiming conspiracy to commit sexual assault. The group also claim defamation, saying they were unfairly made to look foolish.

They are also claiming breach of contract and personal injury in the form of psychological and emotional damage. The High Court will be asked for an injunction to ban the show unless producers agree not to broadcast it.

Brighter Pictures and Sky now face an embarrassing court battle if they try to broadcast.

The lads' solicitors will argue that a contract they signed giving permission for broadcast is void as they had no legal advice, were given just an hour to read it and were led to believe from the start that Miriam was female.

If the contestants succeed in getting an injunction, Sky would be forced to pull the show days before it was due to be screened.

That would leave a gaping hole in the prime time schedule and waste hundreds of thousands of pounds in production costs.

Experts said if the group win the producer and broadcaster may face £1million damages and costs.

There's Something About Miriam was filmed in secrecy over three weeks in September at a mansion in Ibiza. Six one-hour shows were planned for Saturday nights in November. Sky now says no date is fixed. The show will be presented by Tim Vincent, who fronted Blue Peter, and a drill instructor from ITV1 hit Lads' Army. As well as heavy petting, the contestants say they played body painting games with Miriam. They cannot be identified because of the allegations of sexual assault.

But they all work in either high profile or highly desirable jobs.

One said after filming ended: "Exploitation doesn't come close to it. We all feel mentally raped."

Appalled production workers broke down and cried because the men were so shaken when the trick was revealed. Some of the crew do not wished to be named in credits, the Mirror has learned.

A source said: "This has totally backfired. Nobody on the show had the faintest idea how badly the lads involved in it would take it. We all just hoped they'd just walk away, and get the joke. But the problem is, there isn't a joke. It's sick.

"A lot of us were pretty disgusted to have any part in the programme once we began to realise what a damaging effect it was going to have on the guys.

"The six contestants are a great bunch of lads, they're all like your average bloke next door, and were just up for a bit of fun. They are terrified of what mates will think."

Some contestants were offered £5,000 cash to keep them happy, the Mirror was told.

Sky advertised for contestants saying: "Are you fit and up for anything, and would describe yourself as a sexual magnet?"

Thousands of men aged 20 to 35 responded and six were picked after psychological assessments. Sky said: "We have received a letter regarding this programme. We will examine its contents carefully before making any response."