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01 December 2005

That'll cost $103, goddammit.

post by: mudpuppie at: 14:51 | 20 comments

Damn, I curse like a sailor a lot of time (more when I'm around NZers, for some reason a lot of the ppl I associate with in the US do not curse at all). I would be broke.

posted by gaspode 01 December | 14:53

I wonder why $103 and not $100 (or I guess, not $87.57)?

Not sure that I like the idea, though.

posted by porpoise 01 December | 14:55

"I have anger management problems." Priceless.

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 01 December | 14:55

I'm waiting for the court case that overturns the rule.

And the movie. I'm also waiting for the movie.

posted by mudpuppie 01 December | 14:57

This will teach these children an important lesson about the role of police officers in upholding a free and just society.

posted by Capn 01 December | 15:03

Cool thing about the movie is, it would have to be rated R to tell the whole story arc. Irony.

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 01 December | 15:04

All the kids should go around cursing all the time. Let's see 'em try to stop it.

posted by sciurus 01 December | 15:11

I frequent a bar where if you say the f-word, you have to put a quarter in the Swear Jar. They really make you. And if I say "fuck" and no one notices, I feel bad and put a quarter in the jar anyway.

I swear a lot.

posted by Specklet 01 December | 15:14

I would quickly learn to throw my voice.

posted by Hugh Janus 01 December | 15:24

I recently found out that when one of my kid brother's friends described me to another one of their friends, his comment on me was that a) I was cool and b) he doesn't know anyone who swears as much as me. The other friend agreed.

I found this a little alarming, but then wondered, "What is wrong with kids today, that they are not swearing more?".

I think dooce is one of my personal favourite swearers. She can toss around motherfucker like no one I know.

posted by richat 01 December | 15:46

Fuck that!

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 01 December | 16:23

Wow, Language Police. Gaspode, do you Americans cuss less than kiwis in general? I know I'm pretty foulmouthed but I may be an aberrant specimen.

posted by nomis 01 December | 16:41

La Pode is a transplanted kiwi living in the USofA.

posted by matildaben 01 December | 18:08

oops, it should have read "do you think Americans etc." ... I was hoping to get the benefit of her transplanted wisdom.

funny how a missing word can bring in a whole new interpretation

posted by nomis 01 December | 18:30

I cussed in front of one of my favorite professors the other day, then I flipped someone the bird while he was watching.

I feel kind of dirty now.

posted by muddgirl 01 December | 19:05

richat - surely you mean douche as in vaginal/anal douchebag. Right?

posted by porpoise 01 December | 19:08

muddgirl, there's nothing worse than throwing out an egregiously vile profanity and receiving disapproval and head-shakes from bystanders, instead of the admiration you expected.

This is why swearing tends to be limited to close social circles; some people just have this unjustifiable negativity towards it.

posted by nomis 01 December | 19:16

I just spent a cuss-free week around my mother. I think that's why I'm so tired.

posted by mudpuppie 01 December | 19:26

heh, nomis. Yes, in my experience I do think American swear less. Particularly women. I have other friends who think that as well, so it's not an n=1 study! It's n=4 or 5 at least!!

posted by gaspode 01 December | 19:48

Then we can call it a universal.

posted by nomis 01 December | 19:53

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