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In case I’m busy on Friday: Old Cowboy
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An old cowboy sat down at the Starbucks and ordered a cup of coffee.
As he sat sipping his coffee, a young woman sat down next to him.
She turned to the cowboy and asked, ‘Are you a real cowboy?’He replied, ‘Well, I’ve spent my whole life breaking colts, working cows,
going to rodeos, fixing fences, pulling calves, bailing hay, doctoring calves,
cleaning my barn, fixing flats, working on tractors, and feeding my dogs, so
I guess I am a cowboy.’She said, ‘I’m a lesbean. I spend my whole day thinking about women. As
soon as I get up in the morning, I think about women. When I shower, I
think about women. When I watch TV, I think about women. I even think
about women when I eat. It seems that everything makes me think of women.’The two sat sipping in silence.
A little while later, a man sat down on the other side of the old cowboy and asked,
‘Are you a real cowboy?’He replied, ‘Hell, I always thought I was, but I just found out that I’m a lesbean.’
Edit: Had to mis-spell lesbean for it to diaplay!?!
Yep. Lesbean seems to be the way to do it.
Raype is another one that’s a bit strange.
And if you photograph a male blackbird call it a coque.
It doesn’t approve of w4nker spelt the normal way,
but twat is fine. Now that’s a word I’d rank with kunnt
for offensiveness (but David Cameron thinks differently).Your comment regarding the word “twat” surprised me – particularly since I find the “c” word highly offensive and vulgar: I had never thought that twat had an equally rude meaning.
So, I asked my mate google and this is what he told me:
– fathead: a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
– c****: obscene terms for female genitalsNow, the first is how I would have used this word in the past. I never knew it had the second meaning.
Must be more careful in future.
(I would never have considered the word lesbean – when spelt correctly – to be offensive.)
Not the first time I’ve seen you tweet that tune BM.
Words are just words, almagamations of letters, of course they have meaning but surely it’s only the context in which they are used that define whether they should be classed as highly offensive or vulgar.
I use the c* word in day to day life… the car won’t start, I can’t get a screw out of the wall, the laptop is playing up… you’ll hear me let one rip… it’s directed at nobody… I’m not denouncing female genitalia and I certainly wouldn’t describe myself as an offensive or vulgar person at all.
I don’t find it offensive or vulgar when Black Americans use the N word amongst each other… but when a redneck crying white supremacy uses it I would find it offensive.
In most circumstances I don’t find it offensive when people use the F word, but I do get pee’d off when I’m in the playground and teenagers are shouting it out loud in front of young kids.
If I fart out loud where I currently work (office) people will be offended. If I fart out load where I worked in the past (factory) people would laugh.
It’s all about situations and context… but I suppose it’s your choice if you don’t want to see it that way.
J
Totally agree re: the F word. Must be Top 10 most used words and yet when Brian Cowen lets one slip it’s a national scandal where in some cases even after watching the news 5 times some people might still be none the wiser as to what he actually said :roll:
The N word… it’s hard for me to fully explain but I respect the fact that a certain element of black culture have incorporated into their lingo representing ‘friend’, sort of turning it from a negative to a positive. I should really write a few paragraphs and explain myself fully… but it would just ramble… but I can also see how making something exclusive to a certain portion of black culture can grey the lines of acceptability/usability. Anyone remember the poor, dopey, harmless girl on Big Brother a few years ago who saluted her black friend with “What’s up n?”? She got booted… I think most people knew that she was just trying to be ‘street cred’ but in the most ill-informed and dumb way ever. Ah, if you’re gonna be dumb you better be tough or just have your head in the clouds.
If C is so offensive… then why not all the other slang phrases for the same thing?
I laugh at how un-controllable Gordon Ramsey is with his liberal use of the F word… it’s just a habit you get into and it’s hard to break free of. Yet, when I watch ‘In Bruges’ Colin Farrel’ and Brendan Gleeson’s constant f’ing and blinding really bugged the life out of me… probably cos I thought the film was crap too though.
It’s a strange world we live in… personally I think that a lot of swear words help to better convey certain messages. I don’t mind the use of them on the forum but that being said I wouldn’t like to see a forum arguement littered with swear words either… context n’ all that.
People shouting swear words would get on me wick e.g. Soccer match “You’re f’ing blind you f’ind w’nker” but if the same person just said turned to me a said in a mild tone of voice “Ref is f’ing blind, w’nker” then I’d probably just grin or laugh.
Yes… this thread may well end up in PI limbo… it’s Friday, we need some slack… it is an interesting debate that of course will change nothing :wink:
nfl-fan wrote:
If C is so offensive… then why not all the other slang phrases for the same thing?
if someone has an answer to this question, I’ll be more than happy to learn why C is offensive and P is not as much.
if someone has an answer to this question, I’ll be more than happy to learn why C is offensive and P is not as much.
Please block my account for the day… I’ve just typed two responses to this and then moderated myself.
If I get started on this thread I’ll have to change back to me Boss Hog avatar.
nfl-fan wrote:
It’s a strange world we live in… personally I think that a lot of swear words help to better convey certain messages. …
I agree – and am guilty of using strong language liberally at times (what my kids call “daddy’s words”).
Perhaps it is upbringing or social conditioning that provide personal acceptance or rejection of some words and not of others. I have never rationalised it too far. But there are certain words (and words used in certain contexts) that I find offensive – the c-word being one of them.
Most others are fine – and great when used to strengthen a statement, e.g. the Irish use of words like feck and ballox.
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