True enough. But that (and Nicole Kidman) are two of the many reasons why we love you guys so much. Don't ever change. (Other than maybe your underwear once in awhile.)
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Can I swear on Talkbass?
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True enough. But that (and Nicole Kidman) are two of the many reasons why we love you guys so much. Don't ever change. (Other than maybe your underwear once in awhile.)
Swear words are one of the more bizarre customs, probably ever. You can't say this, but you can substitute this sonicly (sic) different vocalization, that means the exact same thing, and all is good. 
Look, I get that we are judged by the words that come out of our mouths ( or off the tips of our fingers ) in today's society but the concept of swear words is dumb imo.
Judge by content and intent, not sound.
I am a serious outlier for this I know but it's always bugged me. An interesting aside is that persons who cuss, by and large, are the more honest, happy and intelligent folks according to social experiments.
I'm sure there are a few that debunk it. Ah well, such is life
Look, I get that we are judged by the words that come out of our mouths ( or off the tips of our fingers ) in today's society but the concept of swear words is dumb imo.
Judge by content and intent, not sound.
I am a serious outlier for this I know but it's always bugged me. An interesting aside is that persons who cuss, by and large, are the more honest, happy and intelligent folks according to social experiments.
I'm sure there are a few that debunk it. Ah well, such is life
When my son was 3-4, when he was really mad, he would make up the most imaginable curses. Not cursing as in swearing. But like old style curses. "I hope your hands get so heavy they break and fall off so you can never pick me up again!!!" It's really amazing that a 3yo could curse more creatively than your average 20-something.
I swear all the time, when I get on here... I swear I'm never going to buy another piece of music equipment.
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Network TV shows bare butts, tons of skin, is heavy on sexual innuendo, and profanity is routine. In my workplace, swearing every 3rd word in a sentence is the least offensive thing to come out of anyone's mouth. And my family isn't the Waltons by any stretch. My point is just that using this as a metric for behavior is perhaps unwise. 
Wow! I just had a fiashback of a scary Dominican nun decked out in full penguin brandishing a yardstick while reading that. I can only imagine the ghost of Sister Anita Marie chuckling to herself and thinking: Well at least we got through to few of them."
If your cultured, educated and a gentleman, you know not to swear. I swear I dont know why people don't know that.
Go Bucks! I said, Bucks.
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If you're saying what I think you're saying, that is most definitely against the rules.
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If you're cultured, educated and a gentleman, you know not to swear. I swear I dont know why people don't know that.
Friday morning irony
Just had a momentary flash of Sally Field flying through the air in THAT FUNNY HAT THINGY..lolllWow! I just had a fiashback of a scary Dominican nun decked out in full penguin brandishing a yardstick while reading that. I can only imagine the ghost of Sister Anita Marie chuckling to herself and thinking: Well at least we got through to few of them."
EDIT: Just googled Sally Field's The Flying Nun...that hat thingy is actually called a heavily starched cornette...well that's keeping it in the musical arena then loll
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And from Sister Betrill to playing a drugged out rich girl in the movie adaptation of Jacquelin Suzanne's controversial novel Valley of the Dolls. Whoulda thunk?
She looked adorable in both too!
It just had me thinking about the scene in Blues Brothers that could not be posted on TB.
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Just googled it, watched it and cracked up...thanks for the tip lolllIt just had me thinking about the scene in Blues Brothers that could not be posted on TB.
It just had me thinking about the scene in Blues Brothers that could not be posted on TB.
Thinking the same thing...maybe we could get special dispensation from a mod due to relevance...
I very rarely swear but it does happen when talking....when people feel a need to type out swear words it makes me feel icky for them....like they thought it would up their cool factor.
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