where have they gone?

I got the joke phoenix

Nonu you get two ! I don't like the 'F' word and swearing generally I'm afraid but have been known to use * (with adjoining letters ) when the going gets tough! What I would say is I choose not to use it but it really doesn't bother me at all what anyone else does. I like the crossing out line because it is usually done as a joke and often very clever.

and it's Saturday

DEB Thanks !!


are you on the curry route as some of us are ?

No problem with swearing when appropriate.

It depends on why you are swearing, I believe that there are different groups of swearers.

AKA different groups of swearers? As in group 1] the W.I. they all say, blimey, oh Hell, lawks a mercy. Group 2] Northern working men's clubs, they all say ,f** bast* boll** etc etc ? I'm wondering which group I would be in .... group 3 probably[keeps quiet about the name of that group and runs off.]

I'm annoyed now, as all pedantic people will point out that I got the number of asterisks wrong!beleive me, I put them in correctly, but between the preview and the post message, some of them vanished without trace, spooky!

Now I notice that I have spelled believe wrongly in above post! I can't win, it's been a tiring day, so am off for cup of tea and toasted hot cross bun.

roses as in:-

Those who have a such limited vocabulary every other effing word is an effing swear word, and they can't even think of an effing alternative.

Or those who are surprised into the odd word when they drop a large frozen chicken onto their bare foot and break an effing toe.

Or just possibly those people who have such an amazing way with words and a grasp of the vernacular way beyond others that they can tell a take, spin a story and make a point using this extensive vocabulary which may of course contain swear words, used appropriately and effectively.

You did ask!

I did indeed, and I fall into the second category, not the third,as I can never use swear words appropriately or effectively [though I would like to.]
However I appreciate the irony used in your post, and also your marvellous spelling, which is superior to mine.
Perhaps we could all use the word 'naffing' [from sit-com Porridge] as our F word, it wouldn't cause any problems then. It's a generation thing really isn't it? It's become an everyday word for a lot of people younger than us.For me it's only either in pain or shock or [ok I admit it] in extreme anger, that the F expletive comes out.

We could say 'bucking'. Like Mrs Brown.

Or ducking! That is a word.
Is that what they meant by a ducking stool for scolds I wonder?

Or 'fecking' from Father Ted?

That's been in common use in Ireland for many years.

roses 'lawks a mercy'. You should hear my WI particularly at Playreading Group. I enjoy a good swear then when it is written into the part. I too lost some asterisks. Started with five but only one came out. Perhaps they are rationed for Health and Safety reasons

Couldn't really bring myself to do more than skum through 6 pages of nitpicking abozt the F word and comments about saints but has anybody commented that some " contributors " have disappeared because they must have heard the billy goats gruff trip tripping over their bridge? And good riddance perhaps ?

SKIM even!!! Oops!

jingl sorry, but Billy Connolly was otherwise engaged, and couldn't make it tonight!

jingl if you think Mrs Brown says "bucking" then perhaps it should be the hearing equivalent of "should have gone to spec savers" ! It is sometimes "fecking" (*feetle & roses* are right there0, but is quite often actually fuck or fucking.

I seem to remember someone who shall remain nameless saying how much they loved the Mrs Brown programme and how sweet (yuk) she thought it was that that "she" said "feck"

Mrs Brown does say bucking sometimes, particularly in the earlier episodes.

Not sure why i am bothering to mention it at a quarter to four in the morning though!

Soutra I am puzzled by your remark. There are a number of posters who used to be prominent on GN who have now faded into the background. I would be amazed if they live under a bridge (as you put it).

I'm often puzzled by remarks by some posters on this forum, they don't seem to relate to anything I've read! Maybe it's me

Oh! Someone else is awake at this hour!

Did anyone watch the American police series The Wire? If so you may remember this scene, very clever and very funny.

WARNING - Do not watch if you are offended by swearing.

The Wire Swearing Scene

Dear Phoenix

I would politely refer you to the last line of this article.

So Specsavers yer flippin' self!

Love from jingl xxx

* Culag*, I totally agree with you. I don't know where they get it from.