2010. My son is 8, and in the second grade. I am driving him to school. He is in the back seat, lost in his Nintendo DS game device. Suddenly a long-suffering sigh wafts up into the front seat. Then the voice so quiet, so innocent, so sincere and thoughtful: “This is all [EXPLETIVE DELETED]’d up.” Did you see me dance around that word? That’s one powerful word! I might as … [Read more...]
Dirty words for dirty deeds done dirt cheap
Last week, I reported that the May 18 Charlie Rose show on KNPB TV-5 did not bleep two of George Carlin’s legendary Seven Words You Can’t Say on TV (from the same dictionary sections as Fudge and Shucks). Curious George would have been 79 this month. What better tribute could there be to the great wise man than a column about dirty words - real, imagined and especially … [Read more...]