I walked in the park Saturday morning. I passed by a group that had just finished playing basketball on a hot morning. They were sitting around shooting the shit instead of a ball. They were all thirty something by appearance and were represented by African Americans, Hispanic Americans and Caucasion Americans.
Every third word was "Fuckin". It is just amazing how many words ahead of which that word works! It may actually work in front of every noun(i.e.,shirt,shot,shit,sweat...). Well, you get the idea. As there were no young ones around,it was all harmless banter. To my ears it sounded a bit adolescent,but hey maybe I'm just an old fart!
The funny thing is that very afternoon I read about a research study in England where they found that explicatives and especially the F word helps people cope with pain better. They also found that it helped women more than men. The explanataion for that was hypothesized to be that men use the word in everyday circles much more than women and thereby desensitize its pain relieving effects.
Tell you what. You tell the basketball guys at the park!
Bye For Now,
Bill
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MAYBE A FEW DEEP BREATHS WOULD RELIEVE THE BASKETBALL GROUP. WHAT A HARSH SOUND AND COURSE BASE FEELING THE "f' WORD GIVES ME.
ReplyDeleteIT'S UNECESSARY AND COMES FROM FOLKS WHO ARE PINNED UP WITH UNHEALTHY STUFF.
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