http://www.sl113.org/wiki/Main/HomePage

[nirmal]

I could not believe when I could not access the above site (Technical Manual) as the TRA (telecommunication Regulatory Authority) had blocked it in Dubai
 because of an inconceived notion that it contained objectionable material.
The good news that is that on my complaint it has now been unblocked.

Nirmal
1969 280sl

[Peter van Es]

Out of interest... did they specify what was objectionable?

Peter

[mdsalemi]

Out of interest... did they specify what was objectionable?

Peter

They do not have to.  It's DUBAI!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/dubai/7443280/Dubai-strict-morality-laws-behind-Western-appearance.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/destinations/middle_east/article4300093.ece

You can't for example, google search for "Blue ****" in Dubai, as the British Expat forums indicate.  Blue [sanitized for Dubai] is not the breast of a cold woman, but rather a British garden bird.  Maybe there was simply one word in the wiki (was that just it?) that has a double entendre meaning?  Who knows.

[JamesL]

what do you grease?

[mdsalemi]

Not sure I even want to know the possible slang meanings...

But I tell you this--last year we tossed the old girl on the rack, and greased her up but good.  Over and over again, every stinking nipple.  The mechanic was a bit sweaty when he let her down.

Yes, the 280 SL was put on the lift, and all those grease fittings received their fill of grease.  Since there are so many of them it was a tiring job for the poor mechanic.

Honestly, a bit silly now, isn't it?

[Benz Dr.]

Not really Mike.

Most people can't speak Canadian, don't understand my quircky sense of humor, don't get always get my play on words, don't get my tounge in cheek stuff, and can't figure out what '' eh '' means, eh?
You, on the other hand always get me.......

So, it's fair. The thought police take care of it, and we all sleep better for it.

Go to peach parts.com to the open discussion forum if you really want a taste of rapier wit. Makes our place seem rather vapid by comparison. Not that we don't have the odd barb around here, but it's not a place that would upset my Grandmother.

My mother in law? Yeah......maybe.                

[mdsalemi]

Nobody makes more fun of Canadians, and their way of talk, than Canadians themselves.  Thankfully, you have chosen to share it with us, and most of the world (at least those that get it) laughs right along.  Does anybody not get the "eh?" by now?

But the thread wasn't about rapier wit--but [ridiculous] thought police in places where they are trying to control their society.  Hmmm, how's that working out, I wonder, seeing where all the unrest is lately.

I would like someone familiar with the sl113 wiki to point out possible offenses so we can all have a laugh.  Goodness knows the world needs it.