On The Subject Of Swearing

Today, my English teacher called on someone for swearing in class.

Quite surprising/ hypocritical, considering that she exclaimed "Bullshit!" in response to someone's remarks about some school system.

Last week a classmate (same class) overheard me speaking soothingly to my english notebook. I believe my exact words were - "Fuck this fucking fucker!". He then proceeded to stare at me with these huge, sheep eyes and meekly inquired, "Did you just say the F word?"

I could not look at those sheep eyes. No one should look at me with the sheep eyes!! I cannot stand the innocence in them!! The sheep eyes are one of the primary reasons why I do not like children!

No to sheep eyes!! Baaaah!!

So anyway, yes, I do swear a lot. My excuse; I've been watching a lot of stand-up comedy lately... most of them Irish stand-up comedians. Yes, I hear you now. Irish comedy is not Irish comedy if the word "fuck" is not inserted in every sentence. (<--- stereotyping) Out of curiousity, I just want to find out how often I swear. I've taken some past posts and counted the number of swear words in them...


First Post Ever - nope, no swearing.

An Emo Bulletin - nope, still no swearing. But the angst levels are through the fucking roof. (Swear count in *this* post = 5)

Of Chemicals and Stupidity - STILL no swearing. Wow, I'm kinda impressed.

To Babble Or Not To Babble - FINALLY some swearing!! Shit = 1, Ass = 1... that's it? Disappointing. Swear count = 2

Late Night Musings - Damn = 1. Swear count = 1

A Rough Outline of Things - Fuck = 3 (variations). Swear count = 3. (And I was angry here! I was so angry and yet only had 3 swear words?? Wow!)

I'd love to do this forever, but I have procrastinated enough. I have Philosophy homework to do and a History test to study for. So toodles!

And for some reason, I can't find the exact George Carlin quote about swear words, and I don't really feel like scouring the net for it right now... That, and I don't really have time. xD

Anyway, he said that words themselves aren't *bad*; "Fuck" is not a bad word. What matters is the context in which you use the word.

A genius, that man. He is already sorely missed.