Showing posts with label hell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hell. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Money doesn't talk, it swears.

The above quote is Bob Dylan. My point is, is that I'm thinking about picking up swearing. I think I'll start off with "hell" and "damn", but from there I think I'm going to move on to new and greater things. Why you ask? Well in my Political Science class today my teacher said "Son of a Bleep" (Obviously I haven't moved that far yet). Except when he said it in front of 200 Freshmen, it wasn't offensive. It seemed like a regular piece of vernacular. In no way do I want to become a swear-type person, but it seems to me that this language can be used appropriately. It almost sounds dignified like saying: audacious, indubitably, or tendentious. Either way, what I'm saying is that possibly swearing has its place. This is my guideline:  1) A situation arises where you think a swear word might be appropriate 2) Think of an old chap in England fox hunting, and ask you self "Would that chap use a swear word in this instance?" 3) If the Englishman would swear, then swear. However, if he would alternatively use a word like "Blast" pronounced "Blah-st" than don't swear. I think this is a good guide. Hopefully soon we'll have a swearing party, but we need to do something frustrating so we have instances in where we can swear. Maybe something like talking about politics. Sounds lovely!