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Poles Apart
Ever contemplate the
layers of profanity
in every day life?
A man saying,
get your black
ass out of here!
may be construed
as threatening,
while a woman
saying, I have
to get my black
ass out of here!
merely sounds
self-deprecating.
His saying, Fuck You!
is not quite on par
with his paramour
saying, Fuck Me!
is it?
Same words,
different touchstones.
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| Highly amusing! Funny but true. Nicely put. My wife hates obscentiy, anything "smutty". But her favourate joke is: How do you know elephants have their sexual organs on their feet? - Because if they tread on you, you're fucked!" Whenever I repeat this joke to her she rocks with laughter! So within the absurdity of the joke "fuck" is OK, but in the context of what I feel about why it might not be sensible to eat another apple crumble, it's a no no.. |
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| Yes! This was great. You're tackling a subject I find terribly fascinating and have always pondered myself - so I related to this quite a bit. Very clever and fun to read - thank you for sharing it. Take care. |
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Comment by: TaylorB - 2007-10-10 19:29
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| cliche but nonetheless truthful. |
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| Hmmm... interesting. Not that glass-bustin'. That is, until the last line where I begin to think you are reaching behind the reaching behind. |
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| An enjoyable, thought-provoking read, Ron. I like the way you've expressed your thoughts here. It's always interesting to me how the same words expressed differently can have various shades of meaning. |
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