Last but not least: Serious F-words

  Some days are unbearable without a hearty curse from time to time. If the chain on your new bike falls out on the first ride, the computer can't be outwitted or the salad you've just bought is already mouldy: after a hearty "sh...", it's easier to cope with such unpleasantness. But apparently there are also people who like to swear on particularly funny occasions. At last year's "Live Earth" concert at London's Wembely Stadium, for example, US pop queen Madonna urged tens of thousands of spectators to show their support for environmental protection with the words "Come on, motherfuckers". Other musicians also used the F-word at the same event. However, it is not the stars who now have to answer for this, but the British BBC. It was ordered by a regulatory authority to publicly apologize for the swear words that celebrities had uttered "seriously and repeatedly" during various live broadcasts. Gopferdami, what can we do if bloody Madonna swears all the time, the BBC bosses might say to themselves.