... and the consumers' choice award goes to .... Bell Mobility!

Um ... don't forget to turn your cell phone off in the restaurant.

from the Ottawa Citizen

Bell wants to pimp your cell with ringtones about 'hoes' ... Explicit language part of culture, company says

Bell Mobility is selling a series of cellphone ringtones called PimpTones that make light of prostitution and refer to women as "bitches," "skanks" and "hoes."

The short messages can be downloaded from the Bell website for a $2.50 fee and programmed to sound whenever the cellphone rings.

Unlike conventional ringtones that play melodies or short clips of popular songs, the PimpTones are voice recordings of actors speaking in a street vernacular about "players" and "hoes" (whores). Some of the explicit language in the ringtones is beeped out, but can still be easily understood.

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The company removed a clip entitled No Love For Hoes, in which a receptionist is heard saying that there are "skanks" and "hoes" calling on line one, and another in which a female voice says, "Money, clothes and hoes is all a player cares about."

But Bell continues to offer others in the same PimpTones series, including a clip with angry male voice saying, "Bi-(BEEP)-ch, do I look like a motherfu-(BEEP)-ing track suit?" (A track suit is slang for a low-class person who wears athletic gear.) "Well, no," a young female voice replies. "Well, quit sweating me, ho!" the man says.

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The PimpTones do suggest abusive behaviour, however humorous the intent. In one clip, an actor speaking in a deep baritone says, "You have an incoming message from Master Silk Macktastic's hand to your face," which is followed by a slapping sound and a muffled cry.