Quote: Steve Sunshine @ November 5 2010, 1:06 PM GMTThey were on Twitter so were there to be nicked I suppose.
On the Apprentice I pretended to be an Egyptian businssman who owned a departmet store Lord Sugar just said to me you're Fayed
I was determined to confuse the local bus drivers in fact, I've been pulling out all the stops
That's all I need to hear. I'm cancelling my Zoo subscription poste-haste!
Quote: zooo @ November 5 2010, 1:05 PM GMTGavin and Roscoff!
Do you have any control of your own publication?
Leevil Weekly has strict editing guidelines.
Great gags though Steve! 
Cheers Marc
Good gags but the Fayed joke is nearly as old as the Apprentice though (and we're on the 8th series I think?) and was done on HIGNFY I think (it's certainly been done by someone on TV).
A quick Google search of "Apprentice You're Fayed" turns up loads of responses, the earliest dating back to 2005, and there's even been a film made featuring Muhammed Al-Fayed called "You're Fayed".
This is one of the problems with pun based one-liners, especially if they are vaguely topical, loads of people will make the same connections.
I remember when Portsmouth FC got into financial trouble I thought I was a genius to come up with a joke about the Pompey chimes being changed to "Pay Up Pompey, Pompey Pay Up!", only to find that the Sun had used it as their sports headline the day before...
Well as you know Tony, it's difficult or unlikely to have a bit of wordplay that no'one has thought of before or will think of again.
But why lift it word for word?
I thought you'd be on my side on this one Mr Cowards
Nice jokes Steve. Did they at least name check your twitter account?
This is disturbing. Steve reads Zoo?
No
But It was nice to see them there in a way
I should try to send one or two over myself, save other people the bother.
Quote: Badge @ November 5 2010, 2:22 PM GMTThis is disturbing. Steve reads Zoo?
Quote: Steve Sunshine @ November 5 2010, 1:46 PM GMTWell as you know Tony, it's difficult or unlikely to have a bit of wordplay that no'one has thought of before or will think of again.
But why lift it word for word?
I thought you'd be on my side on this one Mr Cowards
Sorry didn't realize it was word for word, which, of course is a bit different (and is out of order).
Best bet would be to contact Zoo and let them know, you might at least get a credit or they might use some other jokes and help boost your profile?
Quote: Tony Cowards @ November 5 2010, 3:27 PM GMTBest bet would be to contact Zoo and let them know, you might at least get a credit or they might use some other jokes and help boost your profile?
Ooh, that's worth a try.
Cheers Tony
I think I'll e mail hem & send a few others over
But I'm not too bothered about the credits for the other two
I was just pleased they were Pinchworthy.
Stopped Twittering due to a few jokes being nicked by those who should know better. And the more general Twitter populace passing off lines as their own. Just taught me that if plagiarism annoys me that much, I would be best just not using Twitter. It is, after all, public domain once it's Tweeted. I did find it a useful tool for pushing me to come up with new (especially topical) gags. However, having lines nicked with no credit was starting to really irk. Better off trying to get paid for writing jokes.
Quote: Tim Walker @ November 5 2010, 3:58 PM GMTStopped Twittering due to a few jokes being nicked by those who should know better. And the more general Twitter populace passing off lines as their own. Just taught me that if plagiarism annoys me that much, I would be best just not using Twitter. It is, after all, public domain once it's Tweeted. I did find it a useful tool for pushing me to come up with new (especially topical) gags. However, having lines nicked with no credit was starting to really irk. Better off trying to get paid for writing jokes.
Whilst I can understand this Mr Walker, I've actually picked up three different writing jobs on the strength of my Twitter jokes, so it can be worthwhile.
