Seven words you can't say on TV (or TBN)

[RobJ]

My parents didn't drink, smoke, cuss or be a general scourge on society either and look how I turned out.

You are in the "other" catagory.

 

[Bird]

I never forgot once hearing my Dad say "Heck" when I was about 17. That was the closest I ever heard him come to a cuss word, in spite of having been a truck driver and having worked in the oil fields where foul language was common.

And we never worried about getting our mouth washed out with soap because instead, he would have beaten the you know what out of us if he'd ever heard one of us use a cuss word.

However, I agree with what Mark Twain supposedly said and that was that in certain trying circumstances he believed that profanity provided a relief denied even to prayer.

I also never forgot another incident. When I was a detective sergeant in a burglary and theft unit, the captain hired a new secretary. She was already a city employee and was known to be a very religious young lady, so he asked her if she was sure she wanted the job because there were a lot officers working in that division and a lot of prisoners were brought in and the language could get pretty rough at times. She said she could handle it. But then one day after she'd been there about a month, she was just sitting at her desk crying. The captain called her in the office to ask what was wrong, and she told him she just couldn't stand all the bad language. He said, "Well, I told you that would happen." And she said, "I understood some of the prisoners would use foul language, but I've never heard a prisoner using any bad language; just the officers."

Not a very good example.

 

[N80]

My Dad cussed a good bit. Never the 'F' word, usually just dam, maybe the 'S' word on occasion. I grew up cussing from about elementary school on. Never in front of parents, etc. but a lot worse than Dad ever did. Then I went to military school and learned a whole new vocabulary.

As I've gotten older, I pretty much don't cuss anymore if anyone is around. My wife, who has been with me since college gets to hear some choice words every now and again. She glares at me with disapproval just like she did when we were in college. My kids almost never here me cuss.

I will often let it fly when I'm alone.

I think language in general has gotten much too crude and I really don't like to hear cussing, even around friends. But, I don't say anything to anyone about it.

I'm also a big fan of keeping TBN clean and family friendly and have said so. Of course once I referred to futile act as a urinating contest....except using the 'p' word for urinate....you know, like two male dogs marking the same spot over and voer again. Well, immediately after that Bird PM'd me that some sensitive soul was reading posts with his young daughter and was embarrassed by my words. So despite being a big fan of courtly language....I'm apparently a big offender too.

 

[rtdiggr]

You'll have to be more specific... there are more than one.

No comment, maybe i should just go kill something that might make me feel better.

Shane

 

[Bird]

No comment, maybe i should just go kill something that might make me feel better.

Shane

But are we still friends?

 

[hazmat]

...So despite being a big fan of courtly language....I'm apparently a big offender too.

And you've been reported to homeland security - big brother is watching...

I work in a professional office environment. I never really noticed until I had children that my language was far from professional. I know it is chauvinistic, but I'm always a little shocked & disappointed when I hear the ladies at work dropping the F bomb . Especially when it is just casual conversation, ie no "crisis" of any kind.

I seem to remember an article that concluded cursing was a primal form of communication and that is why it is usually related to strong emotion - ie fear, anger etc.

 

[Bird]

I know it is chauvinistic, but I'm always a little shocked & disappointed when I hear the ladies at work dropping the F bomb

I agree. I grew up in a world where men were not supposed to cuss in the presence of women and children. But another of those surprises in my life came when I was in the 7th grade in school. We were going on a "field trip" on the school bus and some of us boys got in the back of the bus to exchange some dirty jokes. Well, a couple of the girls came back to see what we were laughing about, and it wasn't long before I learhed that the girls knew more jokes, and nastier jokes than the boys did.

 

[dfkrug]

.....maybe i should just go kill something that might make me feel better.

Shane

Thanks for the great laugh, Shane!

 

[N80]

I agree. I grew up in a world where men were not supposed to cuss in the presence of women and children.

That's what folks used to refer to as 'mixed company'. In other words, you wouldn't cuss in 'mixed company' which meant that there were women or children around. Of course, around here men used to stand if a woman came into the room. They would also remove their hat. They would also hold a door for her. I still try. Trying to teach my kids too but more and more those things are seen as old fashioned nonsense.

 

[Tim D]

If I did not have cuss words, I could not put a whole sentence together. My wife tells me that the only thing she can brag to her friends about is how her husband can make a whole sentence out of nothing but cuss words and it actually makes sense. Normally I cuss at farm equipment and things like that that aggrevate me. I'm getting better the older I get about cussing but really should be sent to reform school for dirty mouth boys.

 

[Chuck52]

The nice thing about cuss words is that they function as all parts of speech.

Chuck

 

[J_J]

Cussing is here to stay, you all know that. If you don't want to do it , then don't. Seems like new words are coming out ever day. As far as kids, you are simply guardians until they are grown and gone. They will cuss whether you like it or not. You can only do the best you can by setting a good example, end even then it might do no good. Some kids turn out good, and some do not. I used to tell every body I spoke three languages, English, French, and cussing. Well anyway, I was taught French, can't say that I learned it, what a waste of time and effort. Sometimes, it just sounds better.
Would you say [ poo poo head ]. just doesn't sound right.

 

[MossRoad]

Would you say [ poo poo head ]. just doesn't sound right.

And it might get your tushy punted, too.

 

[jgrreed]

How about worrying a little more about being a good person, period. What I mean by this is how about worrying a little less about being a good Catholic, or a good Anglican, or a good Hebrew, etc. and just be a good person. Let's call it "Goodpersonism".

This community, TBN, is really all built on a bunch of guys (I don't know of any Ladies, so I say 'Guys' - correct me if I'm wrong) who enjoy helping each other out. This, I think, can be extrapolated to helping out your neighbor, friend, or just someone in need.

I'm really sick of people thinking that their ability to not swear, to attend church once or twice a week, or to pray before they eat, equals being a 'good person'. Some of the kindest, most helpful, and most giving people I know swear a lot, drink a fair bit, and some of them (dare I say it....) are atheists.

I worked at one of our Rodeos a month or so ago. One of the steer riders (13 or 14 yo I think) got tossed and caught one of the steer's kicking back hooves on his way down. A couple of broken ribs and a pneumothorax later he was on his way to the hospital. I was back in the chutes with him before EMS got there, and (IMO, rightly so) there was some swearing. When his Mom arrived her biggest concern was the fact that he was swearing - HIS ******* RIBS ARE BROKEN!!!!! (that was self censored) He's grown up throwing bales, turning wrenches, and getting thrown off horses - what do you expect??? The next day, after spending one night on the ward at the Children's hospital that Young Man was back at the rodeo and tracked me down, under his own volition, to thank me and shake my hand. IMO, that's a good guy, and I'm pretty sure he still loves his Mom too.......

Now, I'm not saying you should tee up Chris Rock's latest DVD and leave your kids at home to watch it for the evening. Swearing can make some people uncomfortable, which isn't cool, but it can be pretty funny too (in the right situation and company) !!! Have any of you heard Carlin's 3 minute dissertation on uses of the word **** (I censored that too) ?? Now come on, that's funny.

This day in age if your kids are relatively well adjusted, not into drugs, aren't "kids having kids", and have some life goals you're doing VERY well. If an F-bomb slips out now and then, even at the dinner table, you're still doin' well!!!

Look around the room next time your in your place of worship (bring a mirror too) and look at how many people you see around you that actually TRULY live the life that the bible teaches, all week long, during the 167 hours that they're not sitting in the pew in their Sunday best. There's not many. People are selfish, they cheat on their spouses, they steal, they beat there children (or spouse), they screw their business partners, and on and on it goes.....

Times have changed. I try my best to open doors for Ladies, to take my ball cap off when I grab lunch, and to plow my Widowed neighbor's drive when it snows, but not all guys (or girls) my age are like that. I'm 30.

I'm sorry for offending anyone with what I thought was a creative way to spell 'animal poop' using the dollar sign and an exclamation point. If your kids or grandkids are surfing TBN with you, and they're sharp enough to catch the jyst of my symbolic swearing, that's GOOD!!! That means they can think in the abstract, and you know what, if they're sitting on your lap and reading it, it's a chance for you to tell them that "it's not nice to say kinda thing in front of Grandma". I guarantee that on their first day on grade 1 you won't be there on the playground with them to tell them, nor will you be there to tell 'em when they see it in an online chat room, hear it on XM satellite radio, or at a friends house on a sleepover.

I was a bit offended by my 'wrist-slap' email that I got last week, but I'm definitely over it now. I've done my best to be friendly, helpful, and contribute to TBN with everything I can over the past 6 or so months and fully plan to continue, so the PM about my joking response to the PTO game was a bit of a slap in the face. I've definitely taken far more knowledge away than I've put in, but I hope that will balance out sometime in the future, likely the distant future.

Hope I haven't set off a hornets nest here, just please don't hide your heads in the sand and think that censoring what is really some pretty mild swearing is gonna save the next generation from further social decay.

-Jer.

ps - Oh ya, by the way, I let my friends borrow my tractor, trailer, SeaDoo's, and tools too, just about anything short of my Girlfriend or Dog. There's always room to crash at our house on your way through town, and if there physically isn't room, I'll make sure you've got a comfy bed to sleep in at a nice B&B I know about. I'll only 'escort' someone with my gear and do it for them if I don't think they're safe to run the machine on there own. I trust that they'll return it as they took it, and if they don't, I've learned not to lend to them anymore (yes, it has happened). I've been blessed with a lot, and in my mind sharing it is part of being a 'good guy'.

 

[RobJ]

I know it is chauvinistic, but I'm always a little shocked & disappointed when I hear the ladies at work dropping the F bomb

How about women spitting? Seen that? I can be walking in downtown Houston and see "women" spit. Go to the high schools and the girls are doing it there to. And not on the track!

 

[RobJ]

If I did not have cuss words, I could not put a whole sentence together. My wife tells me that the only thing she can brag to her friends about is how her husband can make a whole sentence out of nothing but cuss words and it actually makes sense. Normally I cuss at farm equipment and things like that that aggrevate me. I'm getting better the older I get about cussing but really should be sent to reform school for dirty mouth boys.

Sort of sounds like you are proud of it.

On another note, how about people you get emails from full of cuss words. It's one thing to say it, but to me a totally other story to put it in writing. And I not talking about a joke..

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Some of the worst cussers are/were G. W. Bush, Clintons and Richard Nixon... Couldn't complete a sentence without using bad words!

mark

Without doubt, tops on that list as far as US Presidents go was LBJ.

 

[MikeD74T]

The "good guys" in the old western movies were the epitomy of good manners & clean living. Last week I watched about 5 minutes of a new series, don't remember the name 'cause I've no reason to watch it again, that used the "F" word in 9 out of 10 sentances, men & women alike. I suppose I could have muted the sound but when they weren't saying it they were doing it!
I liked George Carlin's adult humor because it was intended to made you think & to challenge your own values. Many comics use vulgarity to shock without invoking humor. MikeD74T

 

[jgrreed]

Without doubt, tops on that list as far as US Presidents go was LBJ.

We had Trudeau.... He actually used the f-word in the house of commons one day (before I was born), and it was caught on TV!!! He claimed he said "fuddy-duddy......."

-J.

 

[jgrreed]

The "good guys" in the old western movies were the epitomy of good manners & clean living. Last week I watched about 5 minutes of a new series, don't remember the name 'cause I've no reason to watch it again, that used the "F" word in 9 out of 10 sentances, men & women alike. I suppose I could have muted the sound but when they weren't saying it they were doing it!
I liked George Carlin's adult humor because it was intended to made you think & to challenge your own values. Many comics use vulgarity to shock without invoking humor. MikeD74T

True. Simpsons was great - funny for kids, and funny for adults too!!

-Jer.