There's a lotta kumquats in here.
I like "scheisse." I should try to use that more often. You can put a lot of rage and venom into "scheisse."
I'm eleven hundred and twenty years old! Just gimme a friggin' beer!
Anya ,'Storyteller'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kate P. - Dec 15, 2010 11:28:33 am PST #11363 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Connie Neil - Dec 15, 2010 11:31:18 am PST #11364 of 30001
brillig
I should try to use that more often. You can put a lot of rage and venom into "scheisse."
Then you run into German speakers who give you the evil eye. I used to say "Oh, bugger" a lot and got looks of "Oh, how quaint!" Then I got a supervisor who spent a lot of time in England, and her look was one of "WTF!!!" I apologized quickly and everyone else went "What? What?"
edit: I wonder what British visitors make of the giant sign by the freeway advertising "SOD!"
Zenkitty - Dec 15, 2010 11:31:57 am PST #11365 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
You BUTTER them?! Heathen.
(Actually, kumquats are rather salty. Which, you know, works.)
-t - Dec 15, 2010 11:33:11 am PST #11366 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
We used to conjugate irregular German verbs under our breath as a substitute for cussin' in high school. "We" being nerds who took German, in this case.
erikaj - Dec 15, 2010 11:38:03 am PST #11367 of 30001
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Totally. But really? Her heart shatters? That just makes me want to see that. I have taken similar requests from people who just said "Could you not do that? I hate it." But when I do, I'm either 1. not thinking of god at all. 2. thinking about Mark Twain's quote that cursing is the best prayer ever, cause it's so sincere. But if I say "Jesus!" I'm usually not thinking of The Big J.C. He's not Lurch...he's not going to get confused.
Jesse - Dec 15, 2010 11:41:59 am PST #11368 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In a past job, we sometimes used donors' names as curses. "What in the B-----???" It was funny, until I actually met Mrs. B.
tommyrot - Dec 15, 2010 11:46:17 am PST #11369 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
When I was in college, for a while we adopted "Pope" as a swear word.
"Pope you, motherpoper!"
flea - Dec 15, 2010 11:49:29 am PST #11370 of 30001
information libertarian
My mother used "Ayatollah Khomeni" as a swear word when I was a girl. It does have a ring to it, but is now sadly outdated (he died.)
Polter-Cow - Dec 15, 2010 12:09:22 pm PST #11371 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I like "scheisse." I should try to use that more often. You can put a lot of rage and venom into "scheisse."
I picked that one up from Run Lola Run.
tommyrot - Dec 15, 2010 12:18:17 pm PST #11372 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Hooray! I have a bathroom to use!
Unfortunately, it has no door and there are all these construction workers around, but I don't care.