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Let Walt buy the bleeep pills! How else do you think the big pharmaceutical companies can afford all those TV commercials? And, while youāre at it let olā Walt buy one of them there Bose radios!!
From before ā-
And people really think she is qualified to be a nurse?
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Sheās not a nurse, sheās a housekeeper. And Iām glad sheās asking questions. Thatās what sheās supposed to do when she isnāt sure. Silly questions, granted. But more than likely thatās because this is a comic strip. If all her actions made sense, well, it wouldnāt even be reality. Iāve seen some real people do things that make her look like the most reasonable person in the world.
Heya Joe!
Nothing wrong with a little color in our language. Doesnāt mean itās vulgar. Sometimes it adds spice. I agree that too often itās used simply for shock value. But sometimes thereās an appropriate call for it.
There is a great passage in a book I read not long ago. There is a sweet little old lady character, something bad happens and she says, āSugar!ā Another persons tells her not to swear. The lady argues, I didnāt swear, I said sugar. Sheās told you may have said sugar, but we all know you meant ā- (Iāll just go ahead and censor myself here).
My point is that there will always be someone around who is ready to complain about someone elseās use of language, no matter how nicely you try to speak.
One of Kurt Vonnegutās characters, the Colonel in the asylum (which story was it now?), used to tell his troops that the reason he didnāt cuss wasnāt that he was a prude, but that lives depended on everybody understanding exactly what was said immediately, and the āspicyā words concentrated attention on themselves and detracted from that understanding.
That said, Iāll use spicy language at times, but appreciate understanding more.
My father told me vulgarity was a sign of limited vocabulary. Course he, my mother and myself all took our undergraduate degrees in Eng. If I do swear, people notice.
lewisbower almost 15 years ago
40 years ago, the side effects were the only reason I took pills.
sunnydog almost 15 years ago
One Manās poison is anotherās rye ergot.
oldbooger almost 15 years ago
Let Walt buy the bleeep pills! How else do you think the big pharmaceutical companies can afford all those TV commercials? And, while youāre at it let olā Walt buy one of them there Bose radios!!
oldbooger almost 15 years ago
In the comment above I said bleeep ā¦ d-a-r-n ā¦ the webmaster inserted bleep. Gimmee a break!
oldbooger almost 15 years ago
He did it again!
Plods with ...ā¢ almost 15 years ago
Hope you donāt bleeep youre socksā¦
axe-grinder almost 15 years ago
oldbooger, thatās censorship!! Yep, thatās what it is. When youāre in someone elseās house, it happens.
davidf42 almost 15 years ago
You mean I canāt say bleeep, bleeep, bleeep here? How about dang, shoot, and phooey?
stringmusicianer almost 15 years ago
That must be some pretty high powered booze to cause weight loss and hallucinations.
Durak Premium Member almost 15 years ago
From before ā- And people really think she is qualified to be a nurse? āāāāāāāāāā Sheās not a nurse, sheās a housekeeper. And Iām glad sheās asking questions. Thatās what sheās supposed to do when she isnāt sure. Silly questions, granted. But more than likely thatās because this is a comic strip. If all her actions made sense, well, it wouldnāt even be reality. Iāve seen some real people do things that make her look like the most reasonable person in the world.
Durak Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Heya Joe! Nothing wrong with a little color in our language. Doesnāt mean itās vulgar. Sometimes it adds spice. I agree that too often itās used simply for shock value. But sometimes thereās an appropriate call for it.
There is a great passage in a book I read not long ago. There is a sweet little old lady character, something bad happens and she says, āSugar!ā Another persons tells her not to swear. The lady argues, I didnāt swear, I said sugar. Sheās told you may have said sugar, but we all know you meant ā- (Iāll just go ahead and censor myself here).
My point is that there will always be someone around who is ready to complain about someone elseās use of language, no matter how nicely you try to speak.
pbarnrob almost 15 years ago
One of Kurt Vonnegutās characters, the Colonel in the asylum (which story was it now?), used to tell his troops that the reason he didnāt cuss wasnāt that he was a prude, but that lives depended on everybody understanding exactly what was said immediately, and the āspicyā words concentrated attention on themselves and detracted from that understanding.
That said, Iāll use spicy language at times, but appreciate understanding more.
lewisbower almost 15 years ago
My father told me vulgarity was a sign of limited vocabulary. Course he, my mother and myself all took our undergraduate degrees in Eng. If I do swear, people notice.
axe-grinder almost 15 years ago
Sure, save up the shock-value of cursing. Those who know you will be more impressed with the rare occasions that you grace with a swear.
Stringmusicianer, Dypakā¦ itās a reunion!