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Re: Who oversees the rec.toys.LEGO newsgroup?
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Mon, 24 Jan 2000 21:56:13 GMT
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Christopher Weeks wrote:
> (On a side note, I moved from the Missouri to New Jersey at the end of
> last summer and I've noticed that profanity is much more common here.
> Is this an isolated observance, or can others coroborate this? People
> at work will just use the 'F-bomb' casually and repeatedly while on the
> phone and stuff. A couple of men in our lounge were discussing where to
> find prostitutes in NYC when I walked in to get a coke out of the
> machine. They didn't stop, pause, change the topic, or anything. It
> blew my mind mostly that it was just no big deal to be openly discussing
> such subjects at work.)
HaH? You got a PROBLEM wid' dat? You got a freekin' PROBLEM?
I noticed this as well, coming from MI (rather than MO) to NJ. I occasionally get
looked at funny when I say "excuse me?" when they use profanity freely (but the
elderly have usually complimented me for it). As far as prostitutes in NYC, I have
*never* heard such conversation anywhere in New Jersey since I've been here--that
particular aspect seems to be your special experience. Treasure it. (Or not...)
However, the very best "profanity in NJ" moment was when a small child was wandering
around in Target--obviously a small Anglo child--with his mother, spouting off his
"version" of the Taco Bell Chihuahua line ("Yo quiero Taco Bell"). To spare the
ears of our Spanish-speaking constituents and in good taste, I won't repeat it, but
"quiero" was replaced by the Spanish equivalent of the F-bomb, perhaps we can call
that the "C-bomb." (I like that term, Chris, can I borrow it?)--his mother appeared
totally oblivious to the word's meaning, as did he, but a lot of the shoppers and
employees were Hispanic (or just knew their gutter Spanish, like me) and just
*stared*.
Anyhow, it was a good chuckle for me. I thought about telling his mother, but then
I thought better of it, because he'd eventually move on. In retrospect, I probably
should have told her--it would have made a great story to tell when he was 16 and
brought a date home.
best,
Lindsay
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| (...) Wait. The first part of your note sounded like it was about calm civility. How is it more civil to "insult, flame, or denigrate" someone just because the F-bomb isn't used? So is it about being decent to one another in this forum and trying to (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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