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Is unquestionably rugby.

New Zealand rugby fans watching a regular sports programme found themselves viewing hardcore pornography instead on Sunday afternoon.

Four minutes of pornography interrupted sports coverage on the Prime Television channel, after what a spokesman described as a distribution mix up.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/also_in_the_news/7493256.stm

I can't help but wonder what would have happened if this had been in America, given the fuss over Janet Jackson. :p

So, should the network be fined a zillion dollars, or is this harmless - something to be laughed off?

a distribution mix up.
Gotta feel sorry for the poor sods who found themselves wanking off to four minutes of rugby coverage.

Something to be laughed at! Hooray for human error!

Gotta feel sorry for the poor sods who found themselves wanking off to four minutes of rugby coverage.

This is an unfortunate side effect I hadn't considered. :D

In before the word "rucking".

In before the word "rucking".

You forgot the hookers. ;)

Depends on whether it was an accident, who is responsible, and what NZ law has to say on the subject.

Do we have any lawyers from New Zealand?

Sounds like some kind of prank to me...or maybe a disgruntled employee.

Oh, by the way, rugby is not the greatest sport ever. Football is. No, not soccer, Football.

Oh, by the way, rugby is not the greatest sport ever. Football is. No, not soccer, Football.

That's not a sport, my friend. That's a few men wrapped up in cotton wool, lining up, running for 5 seconds, stopping, then lining up again. Repeat until the crowd is asleep.

I don't know, dwarf tossing is still funnier...

They'll do anything to raise the ratings. I'm betting many more people will tune in just to see if they'll do it again.

You could raise the ratings by:

1. Have the men play naked.
2. The winning team gets to gangbang a really hot female porn star on national television right after the game.

You could raise the ratings by:

1. Have the men play naked.
2. The winning team gets to gangbang a really hot female porn star on national television right after the game.

I'm not sure the first one is such a good idea. Things could get stepped on, or torn off.

I'm not sure the first one is such a good idea. Things could get stepped on, or torn off.

You know people would watch that

Is unquestionably rugby.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/also_in_the_news/7493256.stm

I can't help but wonder what would have happened if this had been in America, given the fuss over Janet Jackson. :p

So, should the network be fined a zillion dollars, or is this harmless - something to be laughed off?

Actually, that has happened over here more than once. Most recently, if I remember right, in Palm Springs, which is made up almost entirely of senior citizens. I like to think it added a little spice to their day. That wasn't a distribution mixup though, I think it was a prank.

I only just learnt of the greatest sport today: Chessboxing. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chessboxing)

This should be enforced to happen once in a while.

And BTW the best sport is rally.

no way.

elephant polo

http://www.elephantpolo.com/

or winter olympic Biathlon. you know, cross country skiing combined with target shooting.

BIATHLON (http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/index_uk.asp?SportCode=BT)

I have GOT to get this channel...

I don't know, dwarf tossing is still funnier...

"Oh come on, we can take them!"
"It's a long way"
"Toss me."
"What?"
"I cannae' jump the distance, you'll have to toss me! Oh — don't tell the elf."
"Not a word."

How big a deal it would be in America would depend on when it happened. In the middle of the day, on SportsCenter? Probably no big deal. During Monday Night Football? A lot of heads would role.

A big part of the outrage over Janet Jackson's critical clothing failure, after all, was due to the fact that it happened during the Super Bowl.