BILLBOARD HONORING MUSE IS SCRAPPED OVER SUPPOSITORIES, ERECTIONS

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The city council of Teignmouth, England, had planned to honor its hometown boys, alt-prog band Muse, by putting up a large billboard at the city’s limit reading “Home of Muse”, but after learning the meaning behind the band’s name, those plans have been indefinitely scrapped.

City chairman David Cox had told reporters that it would be exciting to have the sign up to let out-of-towners know that the band had originated there (much like the dozen or so signs I’ve seen in nearby Robbins, Ill., touting that city as Dwyane Wade’s hometown… the signs are the most well-kept things in the entire city); that was until a local opponent of the idea pointed out that “Muse” is actually an acronym for “Medicated Urethral Suppository for Erection”.

I, of course, find this to be absolutely hilarious, but the Teignmouth city council was less than entertained. After ultimately deciding not to put the sign up, Cox told reporters for The Saturday Swindle Sheet, in an EXCLUSIVE interview, “I thought the slogan would create a fresher, younger image for the town, but now I see the Muse slogan might not send the right message. The fine people of Teignmouth are all about the anal suppositories, but urethral suppositories? That’s just vile.”

(WENN.com)