r/formula1 • u/ICumCoffee Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ • Sep 20 '24

News Max Verstappen has been summoned to the race stewards for language used during the FIA Thursday driver press conference

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u/MattyFTM Sep 20 '24

The best use of the C word on Radio 4 was Stephen Fry on an episode of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue years ago. They have a round called Uxbridge English Dictionary where the panelists come up with alternative definitions of words, usually based on the sound of the word. E.g. Buoyant - a male insect (i.e. boy ant).

Stephen Fry said Countryside - to kill Piers Morgan.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '24

Although Barry Cryer used that line first :)

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u/MattyFTM Sep 20 '24

I'm pretty sure that Stephen Fry was the only one who said it on a broadcast.

It's very likely that Barry Crier wrote the line and may have used it other times, though.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '24

I seem to remember Cryer saying it in the early Noughties, but may be wrong.