Nerve Endings Firing Away

Islam has been offended again. This time, a teddy bear is involved. If you wonder how a simple innocent cuddly teddy bear can offend one of the great religions of the world, just name it after the Prophet who claimed to have talked to God. It is now no longer acceptable to draw or name your toys after a guy who may have nearly a billion namesakes a small majority of whom probably have done far serious damage to the Prophet’s name than a teddy bear could ever dream of.

Well, when you think the world cannot get any more ridiculous, this teddy bear is rapidly becoming a cause of conflict between two nations. Imagine the boasting rights the teddy will get at Toys R Us. But among all this WTFs, The Times of India manages to take it a notch higher:

On Thursday, four days after her arrest, photographs of her round, pudding-like face continued to be plastered across the British press, alongside anguished reports of her plight “locked in a cell in a police station…her toilet is a hole in the ground, her window a small, barred opening high in the wall.”

I’m sure, the teacher that named the teddy Mohammad will get over everything but “round pudding-like face”??? I’m sure, she can launch her own war over that remark.