11 Responses to “Bleep”

1. I’m with ya on this one. My kids don’t watch alot of TV with me, they need to go to bed early. They are hooked on reruns of Crossing Jordan and I have found myself muting scenes when they get too “chatty.”

   I need to get a swear jar. On second thought, I’d be broke if I had one. My kids bag me all the time with s***. I’m sorry, but it’s one of my favorite words!

   by debbie on May 16th, 2008 at 8:16 am
   
   

2. It bothers me to see it pop up in casual conversation as well. I hear things coming out of my boys mouth thats not swearing, not exactly, but its really close. And their still fairly young.

   They’re not old enough yet to be interested in the problem shows, but this is one reason why they will never have a TV in their room. Their TV viewing will always be subject to random reviews.

   by Ilana on May 16th, 2008 at 9:49 am
   
   

3. Whenever I used a bad word when I was young, my mother used to frown and say, “Don’t be vulgar, Kathryn.” I love that word, “vulgar.” It sounds so quaint now. The whole society is vulgar now.

   by Kathryn Lilley on May 16th, 2008 at 9:55 am
   
   

4. Kathryn, I love that story. I’m fond of the word “cross”.
   ie: that car cut me off and I was so cross!

   My daughter started to say “Oh, snap!” and I quickly nipped that in the bud. Thank you very much to the writers af “That’s So Raven” for that one. Totally inappropriate if you ask me.

   by debbie on May 16th, 2008 at 10:30 am
   
   

5. Uh oh…..note to self…..delete ‘oh snap’ audible from IM. Darn, and I really liked that one. So it’s cursing? Who knew?

   Seriously, though, we don’t swear in our house…..okay, maybe once or twice a little ‘da–’ slips through my PMS frenzied lips, but not much else. Once my dh hit his thumb with a hammer and ‘whoa’ the ’sh–’ word tumbled to the pavement. We all laughed because cursing is totally out of character for him. Truthfully, I kinda liked it, in a ‘I knew there was a bad boy inside you’ sort of way. Not that I’m into bad boys, but I gave into a moment’s fantasy.

   True story, my dh on our first date (over twenty years ago….dam-….scratch that….dang, am I that old?) said, “You don’t swear much, do you?”……I remember thinking….weird question, but it must be important to him, so I lied and said, ‘nope’. Not that I did swear much, I mean, PMS last only a few days a month, right?

   But we were married several weeks later, and I learn to put a clamp on my estrogen stimulated lips. Though now, when I want to tick him off and I know the kids aren’t around, I do slip one into an argument. Bad me! Bad me!

   Thanks again, Heather, for the goodies. Love your latest book.

   by Marianne Harden on May 16th, 2008 at 11:01 am
   
   

6. Deb, I’ve found myself switching channels when certain shows get too sexual. But that’s a blog for another day… LOL on the swear jar!

   Ilana, I know what you mean. I know I can’t stop my kids from using bad language when I’m not around, but I have to admit I smile when one of them says “Oh barnacles!” — which comes straight from Spongebob.

   Kathryn, vulgar is a great way to put it. And I like that word too! And Deb’s “cross”. Might have to start using them.

   Marianne, LOL on the husband story. Mine’s the same way. And LOL on your IM. My IM goodbye? Mr. Tinkle’s “Goodbye. You smell.” I love that Mr. Tinkles. My favorite lines from Cats and Dogs?

   Mr. Tinkles: I want you to stay here.
   Calico: Why?
   Mr. Tinkles: Because I hate you.

   I have a warped sense of humor.

   by Heather on May 16th, 2008 at 11:50 am
   
   

7. My 3 year old quotes SpongeBob and since I absolutely HATE that show, I never knew what it meant! Maybe I should pay better attention!

   Heather, I banned my kids from CSI. WAY too much sexual content.

   by debbie on May 16th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
   
   

8. I watch Battlestar Gallactica on Friday nights and they say “fracking” instead of you know what. It sounds silly, but it’s better than a bleep!

   by JB on May 16th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
   
   

9. Strange, as being an ex Navy type, not much I haven’t heard or much that offends me, with the exception of a few specific words used to identify female organs, gggrrrrr!!! Since I’ve gotten out, and in certain situations when, mostly men, swear-often they will turn to me and apologize. Which is absolutely the correct thing to do and seldom seen-I always find myself saying-YOU’RE ARE SUCH AM AMATEUR, I COULD PROBABLY SINGE THE HAIR FROM THE INSIDE OF YOUR EARS:):):) WITH NO EFFORT AT ALL. :):):)

   And although I’m often sorely tempted in public, and frankly still swear like the ’sailor’ I was, when I’m alone-thank goodness my dog just ignores me, I’ve found it’s much harder to break the habit then it ever was to acquire the ‘filthy language’ vocabulary in the first place. Isn’t it strange how we always immediately pick up the vulgar terms in a foreign language? LOL Takes no effort at all.

   All in all I think the increase in this vein is due to the overall ‘dumbing down’ of our culture. Does anyone even read Word Power in Reader’s Digest anymore??? When given spelling words in school, are children still made to look them up, and also learn their meanings-and then on the spelling test have to ‘use the word in a sentence?’ Just today I was thinking of just this trend and found myself remembering the WEEKLY READER which was passed out to us in school and was required reading each week. I would guess it no longer even exists? My father who substituted in HS until just recently, would come home and say, ‘Today we studied the Vietnam War and when I asked when it was no one could tell me-one kid answered in 1870???”

   But just because it’s the easy thing to give in to, if we each draw the line in the sand as to what is acceptable and what is not-bit by bit perhaps we can alter the trend.

   As to TV, for goodness sake-don’t let the kids watch daytime soaps or talk shows. :):):)

   by Susan V.H. on May 16th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
   
   

10. Susan: All in all I think the increase in this vein is due to the overall ‘dumbing down’ of our culture.

    I so totally agree, although my verbage can be a little blue at times.

    But Heather, don’t you think the level of contestants they have this year on Top Chef is a little disheartening? I’m sure some of them were picked just for the shock value, such as the girl couple. And they were so surprised and angry when they lost. And where they got Anthony? His choice of works sometimes. I keep looking at the bottom three and yelling at the judges, send all of them home!

    The best thing about this week’s episode is they brought cute Sam back as a judge.

    by Lynn on May 16th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
    
    

11. Debbie, I’m not a fan of Spongebob, either, but it’s a fave in our house. I do get a kick out of Spongebob’s annoying laugh.

    JB, I’m thinking the fracking isn’t fooling anyone! LOL!

    Susan, I LOVE Word Power in Reader’s Digest. Always like to find one I don’t know. And it does seem like vocab is lacking in school these days. Not sure why. And LOL on you being able to swear men under the table. I have to admit I curse a blue streak whenever I stub my toe. Mostly I keep it in my head. Mostly.

    Lynn, I’m so glad Andrew is gone! He was driving me nuts. And was one of the worst language offenders. Like the more he swore the more important he made himself sound. Not. I’m rooting for the girls this year. Antonia and Stephanie are my favorites, and Richard is growing on me. The rest need to go ASAP.

    by Heather on May 17th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
    
    

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