Toilet Curser Gains International Fame

Hey, everybody! Guess what the new meme on the Internet is? That’s right, it’s the Scranton woman arrested for cursing at her toilet. Okay, it’s not so much a meme as it is a story people are passing around and laughing at.

The Times-Tribune of Scranton picks up the ball today and runs with it, getting an actual photograph of the now historic toilet — almost as good as Larry Craig’s infamous stall at the airport! — and writing about the ACLU defending the woman, who pled not guilty. Yesterday’s column included the best quote in a while: “You can’t prosecute somebody for swearing at a cop or a toilet.” I believe that’s in the Constitution, somewhere in the back.

Scranton officials, however, aren’t laughing.

Scranton Director of Public Safety Ray Hayes said he stands by the officer’s decision.

“Upon further review, many types of these incidents are not as cut and dry as they originally appear,” he said. “Freedom of speech is not an unfettered right.”

Yeah! Totally not cut and dry. For example, the toilet wasn’t overflowing that much, hardly enough to rise above the level of allowing her to say “shit.”

ACLU to defend woman cited for cursing her toilet [Times-Tribune]
Yesterday: Scranton Woman Cited For Cursing At Toilet

Quickies: ‘S/He’ Potato Chips Coming Next Year

• Herr’s will be introducing “His” potato chips in honor of Father’s Day. It’s just going to be the regular flavor, but if it’s successful, they’re going to keep it on the market. I have no idea who the market is for “His” potato chips, once the novelty wears off. Straight women and gay men? Misogynists? Potato chip completists? [KYW 1060]

• YouTube and iFilm have been forced to pull the Colbert clip at the White House Correspondents Dinner after CSpan asked them to. (Yes, apparently CSpan’s stuff is copyrighted.) The full clip, though, on Google Video.) Of course, you can’t embed it on a webpage, because letting people do what they want with content makes sense. Sigh. [AP/Yahoo!]

• A junior at Upper Darby HS was suspended after someone discovered mean postings about a teacher he wrote on Myspace. The ACLU intervened and the suspension was, uh, suspended, but he’s totally going to get an F from that teacher. [KYW 1060]

• The New Jersey primaries! They happened yesterday! That’s about it! [Inky]