Pool with the guys was enjoyable. They play once a week and thus (as Ececil pointed out) they have skills. When it comes to my pool playing at least I can’t be accused of spending all my time in a pool hall. My hosts were very gracious and no money changed hands.
On a different note, I’m serious there is no connection, is it appropriate to use an alternate word in the place where others might use a curse word?
My grandfather used to say piffle in certain situations. Frankly, up until I just typed the word, and the spell check didn’t flag it, I had no idea it was a real word. It seems piffle means "to talk or act feebly or futilely. Foolish or futile talk or ideas; nonsense."
In a time of stress, anxiety or other emotional moment is it appropriate to say "farfegnugen", "wienerschnitzel", or any other food name in German?
Some of those infamous (which of course means more than famous) italian painters have fun names that could be used in certain situations - "pisanello", "ghirlandaio", or "verrocchio".
I like the way "Ricardo Montalban in rich columbian leather" rolls off the tongue. But I’ll save that for another post.
How about "rats", or "pickles" or some other random word?
Just curious. The kids were asking on the way to school and I thought I’d abdicate my parental responsibility and defer to the collective wisdom in the community of blog?
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April 25th, 2007 at 9:05 am
Yes, it is appropriate. Now get on with life!
April 25th, 2007 at 9:13 am
My suggestion is don’t use the word “shoot” — not only because of the recent tragedy but it sounds too much
like something else. Many many years ago when I
dove 3-meter on a team I didn’t quite get out of a
double tuck and I when I said shoot, it came out sounding like something else. Everyone was laughing
when I got out of the pool.
April 25th, 2007 at 10:07 am
Appropriate, it depends. My favorite alternative cuss word is “Frip.” This was the favorite word used by my Line Coach in High School who was also our Fellowship of Christian Athletes sponsor. It he used the word “frip” followed by your name it wasn’t a good thing and it usually meant extra sprints at the end of practice.
April 25th, 2007 at 10:27 am
It cracks me up when my four-year-old, inspired by the life sage, Spongebob Squarepants, emphatically declares “Oh, tarter sauce!!”
April 25th, 2007 at 11:12 am
Creativity in language is what counts, right? If you just learn to say crap, crud and shoot, then you haven’t really dug very deep. Try snogglehoot or kleiberstein or miercoles… Maybe NOT Wednesday.
Corinthian leather, Me thinks…
April 25th, 2007 at 11:37 am
Hey Randy - could you email me (kristi@pumpchurch.org)? I have a story I’d like to send you.
April 25th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
my dad had me believing if you said the ’s’ word (for example) in another language it wasn’t “cussing”. now i speak that other language, so i guess if i use it it is cussing.
apparently ’stupid’ is inappropriate now because it is inappropriate at my daughter’s school (the fact that she is a rule-rememberer can be such a pain sometimes). i get in trouble.
my husband has given my daughter a good speech on this subject (but it is lengthy).. so i’ll say, good luck.. and i’ll be checking back for the short and sweet answers to this question.
April 25th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
I was taught in church that to use “golly or gee” was in appropriate because they were derivatives of God or Jesus. Other than that, I don’t remember being taught that any of those others aren’t okay. I use “rats” and “phoeey” a lot, and I’ve been known to say “crud.” “Dang it” comes to mind, as well, but I think that’s supposed to be a derivative of “damn.” So I guess that’s not so good. I guess I’m not much help!!
April 26th, 2007 at 10:27 am
According to my mother, it depends on the word. Crud is okay, crap is not. Shoot and darn are acceptable, but not dang. Butt and fart are “cuss words,” and I won’t go into her ridiculous substitutes. Recently, “piehole” became a bad word as well. Life is complicated when abiding by the Dictionary of Mom, and my husband spends most of his time at her house standing in the corner.
April 26th, 2007 at 11:42 am
Blair: I’m surprised that your mom puts Joe in the corner. Why not just spank him and get the message across quickly.
What I believe: It’s about intent and heart. If you’re using an alternate word to get away with saying something without saying the word you want, it’s inappropriate.
What I do: Use ‘em all the time! Snarfblatt and knucklemonkey are my favorites.
April 26th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
I’ve always been partial to “shi….ite Muslim”, although these days I’m not exactly sure what the intent would be.