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World Book Day: Salford boy banned from dressing as 50 Shades of Grey character

Playtime at a rough school

Playtime at a rough school

 

To mark World Book Day, school children are encouraged to dress up as their favourite book character. Liam Scholes, 11, arrived at Sale High School dressed as Christian Grey, eponymous star of 50 Shades of Grey. He carried a mask and cable ties.

The school duly banned him from participating in themed events and the class photograph.

And that seems harsh given that in the 1930s sad-masochism was the stuff of boys comic books. Indeed 50 Shades of Grey was originally titled 50 Shades of Greyfriars, a work of Billy Bunter fan fiction:

 

bill bunter 50 shades

 

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Posted: 6th, March 2015 | In: Books, Reviews | Comment


50 Shades of Grey Balls sparks huge drop in birth rate

The Daily Star has a story that “300,000 set to get pregnant” as the 50 Shades of Grey film hits the national libido.

 

50 shades of grey pregnant

 

 

(The woman on the left is Miley Cyrus, who is neither in the film nor pregnant.)

The story goes:

50 Shades sparks baby boom: Valentine’s sex-fest predicted to leave hospitals struggling

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Posted: 11th, February 2015 | In: Books, Reviews | Comment


50 Shades of Grey was made with Lego in mind: video

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The clunking dialogue. The ability to fold yourself in half and turn your partner into an origami swan. The hands made for w***ing and clutching a ‘martial sex aide’. Yeah. 50 Shades of Grey was made with Lego in mind:

 

Posted: 6th, February 2015 | In: Film | Comment


Sex sells! seriously, who knew?

sex sells

ONE of the less surprising findings from Forbes magazine this year is that the top earning author in the world is EL James. You know, Shades of Grey stuff:

Then there’s “Fifty Shades of Grey.”

E.L. James — known to her friends and family as Erika Leonard — didn’t follow any of the rules for getting to the top, but she’s there all the same, debuting on the 2013 top-earning authors list with an estimated $95 million in earnings. (FORBES bases its estimates on sales data, published figures and information from industry sources between June 2012 and June 2013.)

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Posted: 4th, September 2013 | In: Books, Money | Comment


50 Shades of Grey – the Lego years

50 Shades of Grey: the Lego years:

Spotter

Posted: 4th, August 2012 | In: Books | Comment


Man squirts brown sauce at 50 Shades of Grey lover’s face

TO Carlisle Magistrates’ Court, where Raymond Hodgson, 31, is accused of squirting brown sauce at the face of his lover, one Emma McCormick. Hodgson was upset that McCormick is was reading the paperback porn 50 Shades of Grey.

Prosecutor Adrienne Harris explains:

“Mr Hodgson thought that the book was pornographic, and that she should not read such literature. The argument continued into the following day, with the two exchanging text messages.

“He went to her home at 7pm on June 26 and took with him a bottle of brown sauce. She answered the door and the argument continued. She went to close the door and he jammed his foot into the door, slapped her once in the face, and then squirted her with this bottle of sauce.

“He said he had every intention of squirting sauce over Miss McCormick, but he now regrets having done this, realising how stupid it sounds. He didn’t realise that the sauce incident would be classed as an assault.”

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Posted: 12th, July 2012 | In: Strange But True | Comment