Romanballs

Italy's highest appeals court has ruled that the phrase "you don't have the balls" is criminally offensive. The words were thrown by a native of a southern city called Potenza, which is arguably a case of reality taking things a little too far; and the target of the insult, a lawyer, has somehow been allowed to take the matter all the way to Rome without being laughed out of court. The judges have ruled that the phrase should be outlawed because it implies "lack of determination, competence and consistency", although it is unclear whether the phrase "you are lacking in determination, competence and consistency" or any of its numerous paraphrases, such as "Mr Clegg, I presume", are also to be cast into the legal wilderness.