What do you say when you want to say something "bad" - but want to maintain the illusion of sounding like a lady or gentleman?
09-27-2011, 05:20 AM
#71
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We have a friend who says 'Oh bad words, bad words, bad words, bad words*
It's strangely satisfying!
I do like 'Seriously' and 'Oh really' and the idea that you can put as much meaning as you like into the intonation without actually saying anything degrading.
Once upon a time, on a Scout camp aboard a canal boat, some delightful leader crashed into a bridge whilst I was getting toast out from under the grill ... Four little scouts poked their head around the door and said "Helen ... you just swore" and the the fifth little darling came in and said "Umm, I smell bacon" .... I used more expletives than I actually realised that I knew in that ten minutes! (and I still have the scar on my wrist today)
Here, at home with 6 and 3 year old boys, we seem to have fallen into using 'BAD CAT' ... this is probably because most of our swear worthy moments invove a cat in the wrong place at the wrong time!
We were supposed to used 'Drat' 'Blast' or 'Rats' as we were growing up ... though I confess I used'Bloody' more that I ought to, as historically it's a curse on the Virgin Mary (By Our Lady) ...
Helen
It's strangely satisfying!
I do like 'Seriously' and 'Oh really' and the idea that you can put as much meaning as you like into the intonation without actually saying anything degrading.
Once upon a time, on a Scout camp aboard a canal boat, some delightful leader crashed into a bridge whilst I was getting toast out from under the grill ... Four little scouts poked their head around the door and said "Helen ... you just swore" and the the fifth little darling came in and said "Umm, I smell bacon" .... I used more expletives than I actually realised that I knew in that ten minutes! (and I still have the scar on my wrist today)
Here, at home with 6 and 3 year old boys, we seem to have fallen into using 'BAD CAT' ... this is probably because most of our swear worthy moments invove a cat in the wrong place at the wrong time!
We were supposed to used 'Drat' 'Blast' or 'Rats' as we were growing up ... though I confess I used'Bloody' more that I ought to, as historically it's a curse on the Virgin Mary (By Our Lady) ...
Helen
09-27-2011, 05:33 AM
#72
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Location: Barnesville GA
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We were supposed to used 'Drat' 'Blast' or 'Rats' as we were growing up ... though I confess I used'Bloody' more that I ought to, as historically it's a curse on the Virgin Mary (By Our Lady) ...
Helen[/quote]
I have always wondered what Bloody meant.
Helen[/quote]
I have always wondered what Bloody meant.
09-27-2011, 05:39 AM
#73
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Lebanon Missouri
Posts: 2,668
In mixed company if I know their name -like my former BIL his real name is Jimmy Dale -now its JimBob -if its a girl I add Poo,like JennyPoo. If its a stranger their all JimBob-- But if they've plucked more than one feather they are " Cockroaches " ( its the only bug that truly creeps me out)
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