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A New Low in Toys – Terry Turtle

[Sadly disrespectful. - Ed.]

Terry Turtle
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Why We Like It
Because this Tourette’s turtle can’t fail to make you smile.
Summary
Imagine if Leonardo quit the Ninja Turtles, turned to alcohol and developed Tourette’s syndrome. He would have probably ended up something not unlike Terry Turtle. This potty-mouthed fella has a [...]

Tourette Syndome Association (TSA) files complaint with FCC against “South Park” episode

[FINALLY - ed.]
BAYSIDE, NY – An episode from the Comedy Central television show “South Park” originally produced in 2007 and focusing on Tourette Syndrome has recently caught the unwanted attention of the National Tourette Syndrome Association, or TSA. According to Judith Sweeney, the group’s president, both Comedy Central and parent company Viacom, Inc. have ignored [...]

Minister sorry for Tourette comments

The Queensland Minister for Sustainability, Andrew McNamara, has apologised to the Tourette Syndrome Association of Australia for inappropriate comments he made in State Parliament this week.
During a heated debate over the Traveston Crossing dam, Mr McNamara said Gympie MP David Gibson suffered from the neurological disorder.
Today he apologised to both Mr Gibson and sufferers of [...]

Crazy Person of the Day? Who Are You Talking About?

is he crazy? no. he’s just eccentric, with a ‘medical knowledge deficit’ and a vitamin deficiency.
Someone who declares someone lacks medical knowlege and has a vitamin deficiency with regards to their Tourette’s Syndrome, yet has the audacity to declare another person crazy (or not) strikes me as a person in dire need of a mirror.

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Movie-going rules (Bad Humor Alert)

For some reason, people find Tourette’s Syndrome funny. Or at least alluding to it incorrectly as being funny. And I manage to find a lot of it.
Jason Kottke is among the unfunny and probably does “find [himself] at the movies alone (sobbing quietly, friendless).”
His alleged adoption of “Movie-going Rules” includes this nugget of intolerance:
If you [...]

Football Hater’s Guide … Ignorance Run Amok

The National Evil, the football hater’s guide to the 2008 NFL season, has some wit, maybe even some promise. Some one-sentence descriptions of football teams merit a look:

Atlanta: Inmate #77201C.

Baltimore: Because, as we learned from The Wire, nothing good happens in Baltimore.

Buffalo: Still haven’t finished stamping “Lose ten Superbowls and the next one you win!” [...]

Barack Obama Admits Having Tourette Syndrome = Bad Spoof

It’s just hard to find humor in the making fun of those with Tourette’s, especially children. This article makes fun of coprolalia – that affects less than 1% of those with Tourette’s Syndrome and can be had without TS – while calling Obama a “camel-jockey.” Charming. While I did find humor in the use of [...]

“Tourette’s” Does Not Mean “Screaming Obscenities”

Alas, the Urban Dictionary disappoints. Web 2.0 and all the social networking wherein “netizens” regulate themselves well, such as on CraigsList, also fails.
Today’s word on the Urban Dictionary:
Traffic Tourette’s
The uncontrollable urge to scream obscenities at other drivers who infringe on your space (whether real or imagined).
Jay: Man that guy just cut you off.
Mark: That @#$% [...]

Stressful Events Do Not Cause Tourette’s Syndrome

Without getting too far off topic, the US needs health care for all, needs to take the profit out of health care, needs to pay for the education of doctors, needs to ensure that illnesses are not incorrectly classified as mental disorders, and stop incarcerating but hospitalizing those in medical need for mental illnesses.
That said, [...]

When The Tourette’s Reference Is Wrong … And You Watch Anyway

Despite my constant railing against anyone who automatically associates foul language with Tourette’s Syndrome, there are times when you just have to let it go.
This video, visually, is pretty much a bore. However the audio is hilarious if NSFW.
Two divers are as deep as 400 feet below the surface near Christmas Island, which, while being [...]

There’s Just Nothing Like Calling A Kid With Tourette’s Syndrome “Retarded” To Provide The Necessary Encouragement

This all takes place in Texas, natch. Nacagdoches, actually.
My father grew up north of Dallas. I graduated from High School in Houston and went to The University of Texas. I worked in the oil fields to pay for college. I got to know Texas pretty well.
Now, I’ve got a lot of nice things to say [...]

News Flash: Tourette’s Syndrome Can Make You A Spammer

Here’s something I’ll bet you didn’t know: having Tourette Syndrome can make you a spammer.
Yes, according to David E. Comings, author of Tourette Syndrome and Human Behavior, and perhaps a member of the Flat Earth Society as well a good, old-fashioned atheist, you, too can become a spammer just by having Tourette Syndrome. Yes, folks, [...]

Add ZDNet To Your List Of The Tourette Syndrome Ignorant

I keep trying to forgive moronic writers like Zack Whittaker who blogs for the highly respected ZDNet. I mean, they’re not journalists. Or are they? Well, when ZDNet allows them to spout off ignorance on their dime at the expense of others by perpetuating ignorance, it may not make them journalists but it does put [...]

He’s Got Tourette’s! Tase Him!

This is priceless. I’ve never been to Rapid City, South Dakota and I certainly never will unless I’m heavily medicated and got plenty of back up.
Some poor 27 year-old, Nicholas Breining, had the good sense to go to the hospital in Rapid City to get treatment for a throat and sinus infection but didn’t have [...]

Another Idiot Associates Profanity With Tourette Syndrome

Like Tourette’s, this is going to be an ongoing battle for me. Just this past week I explained to two coworkers that I had Tourette Syndrome and they quickly shot back, funny – I never hear you use foul language. I calmly explained that coprolalia is not automatically part of Tourette’s and that it affects [...]