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Week 15 Home Game: Lalochezia
Aug. 13th, 2022 12:15 pmI cuss. I tell rude jokes (in the right company). I won't try to lie, and I don't judge others. Word-police people piss me off, mostly not because they might be right but because of their righteousness.
Growing up I heard a lot of (God) damn, Hell and Jesus Christ expletives, especially from my dad. Crap, Shit, Bitch and Ass came later in teenage-life, once Dad realized we kids were already corrupted enough.
There was one word, though, we were never...and I mean NEVER allowed to say; You know the word....Say it with me:
FUCK. It's a fun word to say.
That one was the big bad mother of all bad words. When I was eight I discovered this word from a friend who had a high school aged brother named Stanley. Stanley told us that a fuck was a really, big and bad fart. Can you imagine? I would innocently say things like, "I think I fucked all night long after eating my mom's chili for dinner!"
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In college I discovered George Carlin's 7 Words You Cannot Say on Television. Here are links to a couple of versions of this routine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyBH5oNQOS0
or: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ssJtD08vCc
I love George. He got to be too curmudgeonly as he aged, but he was spot on in the 1970s with his humor and perspectives.
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One afternoon when my daughter, MermaidFan was about 2 1/2, she was running through the living room and banged her arm against a chair. She murmured, "Shit!" and kept running. I thought two things:
1- Wow! I do the same thing! and
2- Well, at least she used it in context.
As a parent, I figured the best strategy for the moment was to downplay the wording and try to set a better example rather than make such a fuss.
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I know my granddaughter observes her dad watching lots of sports and news on TV. I know this because of an incident that happened a couple of weeks ago. She and I were playing kick ball and I kicked a nice high one into the air which got her very excited. She instantly yelled out, "Fuck yes!".
Me: Sweehheart, what did you just say?
HoneyB: "Fuck yes" (very matter-of-factly)
This time I decided to remind her: "Sweetie, we have to be careful about tht word. I know sometimes we hear that at home from moms and dads and grandmas and grandpas, but kids should never, ever say that in school, OK? You want to stay out of big trouble.
She nodded sweetly.
Growing up I heard a lot of (God) damn, Hell and Jesus Christ expletives, especially from my dad. Crap, Shit, Bitch and Ass came later in teenage-life, once Dad realized we kids were already corrupted enough.
There was one word, though, we were never...and I mean NEVER allowed to say; You know the word....Say it with me:
FUCK. It's a fun word to say.
That one was the big bad mother of all bad words. When I was eight I discovered this word from a friend who had a high school aged brother named Stanley. Stanley told us that a fuck was a really, big and bad fart. Can you imagine? I would innocently say things like, "I think I fucked all night long after eating my mom's chili for dinner!"
.....................
In college I discovered George Carlin's 7 Words You Cannot Say on Television. Here are links to a couple of versions of this routine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyBH5oNQOS0
or: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ssJtD08vCc
I love George. He got to be too curmudgeonly as he aged, but he was spot on in the 1970s with his humor and perspectives.
..................
One afternoon when my daughter, MermaidFan was about 2 1/2, she was running through the living room and banged her arm against a chair. She murmured, "Shit!" and kept running. I thought two things:
1- Wow! I do the same thing! and
2- Well, at least she used it in context.
As a parent, I figured the best strategy for the moment was to downplay the wording and try to set a better example rather than make such a fuss.
.............................
I know my granddaughter observes her dad watching lots of sports and news on TV. I know this because of an incident that happened a couple of weeks ago. She and I were playing kick ball and I kicked a nice high one into the air which got her very excited. She instantly yelled out, "Fuck yes!".
Me: Sweehheart, what did you just say?
HoneyB: "Fuck yes" (very matter-of-factly)
This time I decided to remind her: "Sweetie, we have to be careful about tht word. I know sometimes we hear that at home from moms and dads and grandmas and grandpas, but kids should never, ever say that in school, OK? You want to stay out of big trouble.
She nodded sweetly.
