Cleats by Bill Hinds for September 08, 2009

Rowrbazzle! The razzafrazzin’, fershlugginer nannybot strikes again, by Crom!

My wife was talking to me last week about placard brackets. I said she sounded like Yosemite Sam cussing.

my coaches in high school never were censored like this guy, i guess it is the new age of being PC

when in doubt, rigafrutch the fershlugginer thing

4deer, is that a copy of Gabby johnson’s speech from Blazing Saddles?

No, I was comics/comic-strip cussin’. Rowrbazzle: Pogo. Razzafrazza: Flintstones, IIRC. Fershlugginer: any Marvel comic, 1960s-70s. By Crom: Conan the Barbarian (who had a comic).

Gabby Johnson: Rarin’.

I think “Fershlugginer” is more closely associated with “Mad Magazine” than Marvel Comics, although it’s entirely possible that Spider-Man may have adopted it (Peter Parker seems to have been a Mad reader). “Fershlugginer” isn’t really a curse word, either; it’s Yiddish (or faux-Yiddish) and while its meaning is poorly defined (“stupid”, “crazy”, “infuriating”) it doesn’t seem to be particularly objectionable.

Very nice use of “Rowrbazzle”, though. Walt Kelly’s Swamp-Invective was creative and highly enjoyable.

Wow, who knew item 3 was so bad?

Just leave the mask on through the 2020-2021 seasons, coach.