Thursday, September 7, 2006

'You Cum Like a Girl' and the USPTO


Here's a weird one: Comedian Cathy Carlson wanted to register her tagline, "You cum like a girl". Whatever.

So she sends her request to the USPTO (US Patent and Trademark Office). They said NO. But the weird part is they said no, AND sent her 10 MB worth of hardcore porn via email! Say what?

What's scary is that the US gov had NO PROBLEM just sending porn via email...what if the recipient was some perv - or some kid - just, hey, here's tons of ejaculating porn images for your viewing pleasure, courtesy of US Agent-whoever!

That's right, "What she got in return was a resounding NO! and a sizable porn collection on her computer hard drive, compliments of our own federal government.
Carlson discovered the unusual gift of porn one morning two months ago when she found four separate pieces of correspondence from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in her personal e-mail account. In each were literally dozens of photographs of women covered in ejaculate and no letter of explanation...."