Question: When is the use of "@#$%" or "@#$%ing" acceptable?
Possum3 said
09:25 AM Feb 3, 2022
Answer: There are only 11 times throughout history where the "F" word has been considered acceptable for use.
In ASCENDING order, those exclamations were:
11. "What the @#$% do you mean, were sinking?"
~ Capt. E.J. Smith of RMS Titanic, 1912.
10. "What the @#$% was that?"
~ Mayor of Hiroshima, 1945
9. "Where did all those @#$%ing Indians come from?"
~ George Custer, 1877
8. "Any @#$%ing idiot could understand that."
~ Albert Einstein, 1938.
7. "It does so @#$%ing look like her!"
~ Picasso, 1926
6. "How the @#$% did you work that out?"
~ Pythagoras, 126 BC.
5. "You want WHAT on the @#$%ing ceiling?"
~ Michelangelo, 1566.
4. "Where the @#$% are we?"
~ Amelia Earhart, 1937
3. "Scattered @#$%ing showers, my ass!"
~ Noah, 4314 BC
2. "Aw, come on Monica. Who the @#$% is going to find out?"
~ Bill Clinton, 1998
"AND THE WINNER IS ...
1. "There is no @#$%ing way Trump will ever become President"
~ Hillary Clinton, 2016
Craig1 said
10:15 AM Feb 3, 2022
K B Wilson for number 10
SoloMC said
10:18 AM Feb 3, 2022
I grew up in the construction industry and swearing was the norm
Imagine my shock when I ventured into the legal sector when I heard the foul language coming from barristers, QCs etc. They did pronounce the entire word unlike the builders who dropped the g
While in court once the exchange between 2 well known QCs was amazing but when the knock on the door came to announce the pending entry of the judge, they changed to the well known and sedate language. I used to think that the door knock was so the legals could stand in readiness for the judge but it was just to get them to stop swearing
Builders never changed and used the same language all the time. I remember one of my mates who was invited to a friends xmas lunch with an elderly grandmother in attendance. He asked for someone to pass the @#$%ing salt. He didnt know that he had said it. From then on, we used to stack several salt containers around his position at the table to remove the need for him to ask
Some religious building workers used to replace @#$% with the word flock.
Possum3 said
11:39 AM Feb 3, 2022
SoloMC wrote:
Some religious building workers used to replace @#$% with the word flock.
Fact: There is a (elderly) Religious Minister in Medooran NSW, that in previous life used to be a Navy Padre' - When he is talking to local Farmers he uses the word "Fornicating" in the appropriate places.
The chat amongst the men after Communion Service makes visitors shake their heads.
Buzz Lightbulb said
11:05 AM Feb 4, 2022
My dad was in the navy during WW2. We'd often have parties and when my dad talked to us kids he still swore a lot. The other kids laughed but I didn't know what they were laughing at. It all sounded normal to me.
Fact: There is a (elderly) Religious Minister in Medooran NSW, that in previous life used to be a Navy Padre' - When he is talking to local Farmers he uses the word "Fornicating" in the appropriate places.
The chat amongst the men after Communion Service makes visitors shake their heads.
My dad was in the navy during WW2. We'd often have parties and when my dad talked to us kids he still swore a lot. The other kids laughed but I didn't know what they were laughing at. It all sounded normal to me.