We used to conjugate irregular German verbs under our breath as a substitute for cussin' in high school. "We" being nerds who took German, in this case.
Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.
Andrew ,'Damage'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Dec 15, 2010 11:33:11 am PST #11366 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
erikaj - Dec 15, 2010 11:38:03 am PST #11367 of 30001
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
Totally. But really? Her heart shatters? That just makes me want to see that. I have taken similar requests from people who just said "Could you not do that? I hate it." But when I do, I'm either 1. not thinking of god at all. 2. thinking about Mark Twain's quote that cursing is the best prayer ever, cause it's so sincere. But if I say "Jesus!" I'm usually not thinking of The Big J.C. He's not Lurch...he's not going to get confused.
Jesse - Dec 15, 2010 11:41:59 am PST #11368 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In a past job, we sometimes used donors' names as curses. "What in the B-----???" It was funny, until I actually met Mrs. B.
tommyrot - Dec 15, 2010 11:46:17 am PST #11369 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
When I was in college, for a while we adopted "Pope" as a swear word.
"Pope you, motherpoper!"
flea - Dec 15, 2010 11:49:29 am PST #11370 of 30001
information libertarian
My mother used "Ayatollah Khomeni" as a swear word when I was a girl. It does have a ring to it, but is now sadly outdated (he died.)
Polter-Cow - Dec 15, 2010 12:09:22 pm PST #11371 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I like "scheisse." I should try to use that more often. You can put a lot of rage and venom into "scheisse."
I picked that one up from Run Lola Run.
tommyrot - Dec 15, 2010 12:18:17 pm PST #11372 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Hooray! I have a bathroom to use!
Unfortunately, it has no door and there are all these construction workers around, but I don't care.
§ ita § - Dec 15, 2010 12:21:59 pm PST #11373 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So that was weird.
Got called over for birthday cakery. Everyone's speaking a language I don't. They then sing a version of happy birthday with God in it, and two of the guys hand feed the birthday boy tiramisu.
I ended up wandering off. If they can't be bothered to speak English, there's really no point me hanging around.
Jessica - Dec 15, 2010 12:24:58 pm PST #11374 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I used to watch my mouth really carefully at work, but then my Mormon boss was let go and replaced by an Italian from Queens. So things have loosened up a bit.
Allyson - Dec 15, 2010 12:27:23 pm PST #11375 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I have four onerous tasks.
Someone will need to threaten to fire me so that I will accomplish them.