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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNo sanction for BBC’s Carol Kirkwood over ‘cold as f*ck’ weather forecast
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No sanction for BBCs Carol Kirkwood over cold as f*ck weather forecast
The BBC has announced that there will be no punishment for popular weather presenter Carol Kirkwoods use of the phrase cold as fuck.
She used the phrase during an outside broadcast on a hill in the North York Moors on Friday morning in response to a question from colleague Bill Turnbill.
And now to Carol for the weather, said the avuncular bee-keeper.
Carol, it looks a bit chilly where you are?
Thats right Billy, she responded chirpily. Its cold as fuck. ...... MORE ...
She used the phrase during an outside broadcast on a hill in the North York Moors on Friday morning in response to a question from colleague Bill Turnbill.
And now to Carol for the weather, said the avuncular bee-keeper.
Carol, it looks a bit chilly where you are?
Thats right Billy, she responded chirpily. Its cold as fuck. ...... MORE ...
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No sanction for BBC’s Carol Kirkwood over ‘cold as f*ck’ weather forecast (Original Post)
L. Coyote
Jan 2016
OP
I'd try to confirm that but I'm not going outside. It's cold as fuck here.
Gidney N Cloyd
Jan 2016
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GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)1. They certainly won't be replacing her with Hillbilly Weatherman... (NSFW)
Botany
(70,589 posts)2. It didn't happen
Hoax Alert: BBC's Carol Kirkwood Did NOT Say 'cold as f*ck' During Weather Forecast
http://hoax-alert.leadstories.com/426478-hoax-alert-bbcs-carol-kirkwood-did-not-say-cold-as-fck-during-weather-forecast.html
marmar
(77,091 posts)3. Thought this was debunked.
She never said it to begin with.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)4. Yes, it's the creation of the newsthump satire site
See Botany's link above.
KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)5. About as debunked as the infamous Kee-rist Bird, an
Arctic avian species that reportedly got its name from its proclivity to land on the tundra and squawk, "Kee-rist it's cold!"
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)7. LOL!
I hear it's so cold in Chicago that Mayor Emmanuel is burning effigies of himself to keep warm.
KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)8. LOL - I do NOT miss the Mid-West in January! - nt
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)9. I'd try to confirm that but I'm not going outside. It's cold as fuck here.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)11. In North Dakota, all the birds say that.
mwooldri
(10,303 posts)6. Newsthump == British Onion.
Would have been okay with me had she said it.... ☺
Fuddnik
(8,846 posts)10. Hoax? Here I thought a weather forecaster was finally right, for a change.
Now, on to our astrology forecast on world events.