Apparently there has been a little bit of commotion in the mother country of our empire about a certain clown... A British childrens television clown, 'Mr Tumble' has fallen from grace and straight into a child sex scandle after he reportedly began his television program by using sign language with the words 'I'm happy to see you!'.

Unfortunately, Mr Tumble was not aware of the subtle variations that occur between sign-languages, and has apparently upset viewers who read his greeting as 'I'm F*cking you!", and not 'I'm happy to see you!'. Oops. Not good for the kiddies at all.

We have all heard of foot-in-mouth disease... Otherwise known as 'Pedpenitusoralia'. Naomi Campbell won the foot-in-mouth award in 2006 after saying "I love England, especially the food. There's nothing I like more than a lovely bowl of pasta." One unlucky reported told Naomi of her gaff, but was swiflty beaten with a shoe, and died shortly after in hospital.

I myself constantly suffer from pedpenitusoriala... once asking a friend about her boyfriend. She told me that they had broken up, and rather than give a few quick condolences, I went into melt down, asking if it was a bad breakup, when it happened, who's idea it was... etc.etc. The whole time in my mind I was trying to dig myself out of the whole, all the while making it deeper.

But this Mr Tumble has fallen into something new... foot-in-mouth is one thing, but hand-in-mouth disease? Digitpenitusoriala? Or is it foot-in-hand disease because he was using his hands for speaking sign language? Pedpenitusdigitalia? It all sounds a little strange to me...

Latest reports state that Mr Tumble was asked by journalists at BBC to explain his 'I'm f*cking you!' comments to children. Mr Tumble allegedly responded by flipping journalists the bird, telling them to 'Go **** themselves' and asking a younger female journalist 'Who's your daddy?' by gesturing the chicken dance.

Mr Tumble says he was misinterpreted.
[from news.com.au]