I certainly agree with that..didn't know it was in the thread title..guess it got changed huh.
Yeah i think thats what started it, it was originally in the thread title which Lee then changed. I dont think people have moaned about swearing in threads before but on the thread title its a bit different really.
He certainly lacks the traditionally valued characteristics of the modern male. I would, in fact, even go so far as to say that he is somewhat effeminate.
I don't like the way he tries to bully the students on University Challenge (COME ON! COME ON!) either, so that's another black mark against his record.
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Everybody happy now? Let's just everybody live in peace and harmony and never emphasise anything using those nasty wasty swear words... :D
On a serious note, for the record, I was having a few beers that night and didn't take a lot of time to do multiple revision of my post. So shoot me.
Another forum I go to which uses similar software (Griffin Park Grapevine) censores 4 letter s, f and c words among others. We don't miss out on much because of this and it's actually better because with a club like ours you want to encourage younger fans to get to know what's going on more than just the result.
Funny thing is it also means you can't type Scunthorpe because it gets censored, but that's ok coz Scunthorpe Utd deserve censoring :)
No, you can show me three teenagers who don't swear in front of you. When they are amongst their peers, I guarantee that they swear like sailors.
When I was 12, I made sure no adult ever heard me swearing, either. To my grandparents, especially, I could do no evil. They never realised just what went on between a group of 12 year olds who were out of earshot of adults.
Anyone who thinks their kids don't swear (especially teenagers) out of their earshot is a little bit naive. Either that or they were purer than the driven snow at that age, or simply have forgotten what being a teenager was like!
Glad to see you know my kids so well. Which you don't.
I don't really need to, I just need to know kids in the general sense. My parents thought I never swore, either, when I was about 13 or 14. I think if you managed to wire one of your teenagers with a recorder without their knowledge, you'd be in for a bit of a surprise. Either that or your kids are amazingly atypical angels.
I don't really need to, I just need to know kids in the general sense. My parents thought I never swore, either, when I was about 13 or 14. I think if you managed to wire one of your teenagers with a recorder without their knowledge, you'd be in for a bit of a surprise. Either that or your kids are amazingly atypical angels.
Ah right...
So the fact that I have 3 kids and my gf has 3 kids means nothing?
One of them is certainly no angel, but she still doesn't swear.
I'm amazed that someone that has never met me or my kids can say what they are like?
I'm amazed that someone that has never met me or my kids can say what they are like?
Is it really amazing that someone else can predict what teenage kids are like, in a general sense? I don't need to know your kids to know that in all probability they have hearts, lungs, brains and limbs. I don't have to go to the top of Mount Everest to say that the air is cold and thin there. I don't need to have analyzed the exhaust gases of Fred Blogg's Mondeo in East Grinstead to know it emits carbon dioxide. I also don't need to know your teenage kids personally to say that it's 99% certain that they swear when they are out of the earshot of adults. It's just what teenage kids do.
Is it really amazing that someone else can predict what teenage kids are like, in a general sense? I don't need to know your kids to know that in all probability they have hearts, lungs, brains and limbs. I don't have to go to the top of Mount Everest to say that the air is cold and thin there. I don't need to have analyzed the exhaust gases of Fred Blogg's Mondeo in East Grinstead to know it emits carbon dioxide. I also don't need to know your teenage kids personally to say that it's 99% certain that they swear when they are out of the earshot of adults. It's just what teenage kids do.
Your kids might. I'm sorry if you have issues with your kids but there is no point taking them out on me. I know my kids. If I was deluded I would be thinking that NONE of them swear.
A teacher at my Primary school had only one weapon, a standard nail brush.
That thing got used on tongues, scalps, backs, the lot. And as far as I'm aware it never got changed the 5 years I was there - it probably never even got rinsed after each punishment!
I only got caught with it once due to having one of those stick on tatoos on my arm. The teacher hated those things with a passion, and I'm sorry if I offend any with my colurful language now, but that fucker scrubbed me so hard getting it off that he went down to the flesh.
I'll never forget that for as long as I live and I've always vowed that if I ever meet that bastard I'll pin him to the ground and rub gravel into his eyes!
When I was in school, my older brother (notorious school prankster) used to tell me stories of being "given the slipper" from the headmaster, and said he'd even been threatened with the cane once.
Luckily (for me... and for the record, he's 7 years older than me), by the time I was in high school, (corporally) punishing pupils was then seen as a definate no-no... Otherwise, I probably would've got a good hiding, too!! :grin:
For those saying that "well, your kids swear when you're gone", my sons(14, 12, and 10) were watching movies on YouTube one night, and I was in the other room. I could hear what they were watching, though - someone said the S word, and then there was an abrupt silence. It was almost as if someone had >cough< closed the browser window. Yep, they're the most "atypical angels" that I've ever met - they can't even stand swearing on YouTube!
Of course, the fact that we're Christians and subscribe to a higher moral code(no, I'm not being "holier-than-thou" - it's just an obligation of ours) might have also been a factor.
I went to school during the '70's (when racism wasn't considered bad) in a Catholic school and the stuff the teachers did to us would see them with a heafty jail sentence in todays money.
Anyway, my schooling helped me to not believe in any of them there Gods, so it did some good at least.
"Deus vult!" (God wills it!) - The battle cry of the Crusaders, just before they chopped to death anyone who stood in their path on their way to force their beliefs on everyone (well, almost everyone - Christians are out numbered by the supporters of Hinduism, whos made-up diety beats the Christi made-up angry one(s) by shear popularity).
It's Easter! Let's do what Jesus did and feast on chocolate eggs!
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I'm no fan of Paxman but i wasnt that upset about his comments !
I certainly agree with that..didn't know it was in the thread title..guess it got changed huh.
Yeah i think thats what started it, it was originally in the thread title which Lee then changed. I dont think people have moaned about swearing in threads before but on the thread title its a bit different really.
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Imagine emailing Marks N Sparks to complain that your pants "no longer provide adequate support." !
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7304833.stm
My goodness!
He certainly lacks the traditionally valued characteristics of the modern male. I would, in fact, even go so far as to say that he is somewhat effeminate.
I don't like the way he tries to bully the students on University Challenge (COME ON! COME ON!) either, so that's another black mark against his record.
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Everybody happy now? Let's just everybody live in peace and harmony and never emphasise anything using those nasty wasty swear words... :D
On a serious note, for the record, I was having a few beers that night and didn't take a lot of time to do multiple revision of my post. So shoot me.
Sorry! :)
You need a new avatar too..that guys head makes me want to punch it every time I see it...he has one of those faces..
Translated means - I had a few wine gums which went straight to my head and being the girly drinker i am i started sluring and swearing ;)
Anyway mick, shouldnt you be doing some great research on the next Apprentice starting next week, theres no thread from ya ! ;)
Funny thing is it also means you can't type Scunthorpe because it gets censored, but that's ok coz Scunthorpe Utd deserve censoring :)
No, you can show me three teenagers who don't swear in front of you. When they are amongst their peers, I guarantee that they swear like sailors.
When I was 12, I made sure no adult ever heard me swearing, either. To my grandparents, especially, I could do no evil. They never realised just what went on between a group of 12 year olds who were out of earshot of adults.
Anyone who thinks their kids don't swear (especially teenagers) out of their earshot is a little bit naive. Either that or they were purer than the driven snow at that age, or simply have forgotten what being a teenager was like!
Sounds like a really badly named rap crew !
Glad to see you know my kids so well. Which you don't.
I can guarantee that one of them does swear. I can also guarantee the ones that don't.
I don't really need to, I just need to know kids in the general sense. My parents thought I never swore, either, when I was about 13 or 14. I think if you managed to wire one of your teenagers with a recorder without their knowledge, you'd be in for a bit of a surprise. Either that or your kids are amazingly atypical angels.
Ah right...
So the fact that I have 3 kids and my gf has 3 kids means nothing?
One of them is certainly no angel, but she still doesn't swear.
I'm amazed that someone that has never met me or my kids can say what they are like?
Is it really amazing that someone else can predict what teenage kids are like, in a general sense? I don't need to know your kids to know that in all probability they have hearts, lungs, brains and limbs. I don't have to go to the top of Mount Everest to say that the air is cold and thin there. I don't need to have analyzed the exhaust gases of Fred Blogg's Mondeo in East Grinstead to know it emits carbon dioxide. I also don't need to know your teenage kids personally to say that it's 99% certain that they swear when they are out of the earshot of adults. It's just what teenage kids do.
Your kids might. I'm sorry if you have issues with your kids but there is no point taking them out on me. I know my kids. If I was deluded I would be thinking that NONE of them swear.
*thinks of bunnies and puppies*
Whenever I swore and got heard, I got hot chilli powder rubbed up my gums. You wouldn't get that sort of punishment these days, for shame.
Well I hope you never farted!!
yup its like you parents arguing, you love them but you don't want to see them having a go at each other.
although thinking about it i think parents argued just to get the kids out of the room so they could start swearing and watching 18 rated films. :)
i bet its not the first time someone has said that to beanz. :grin:
Mustard for me, it didn't stop me swearing, but I still can't eat Mustard 24 years later. That's the one traumatic thing my gran ever did to me :D
Oh then there was the couple of situations involving Carbolic Soap, I wonder if my gran actually realised she could've killed me :lol:
That thing got used on tongues, scalps, backs, the lot. And as far as I'm aware it never got changed the 5 years I was there - it probably never even got rinsed after each punishment!
I only got caught with it once due to having one of those stick on tatoos on my arm. The teacher hated those things with a passion, and I'm sorry if I offend any with my colurful language now, but that fucker scrubbed me so hard getting it off that he went down to the flesh.
I'll never forget that for as long as I live and I've always vowed that if I ever meet that bastard I'll pin him to the ground and rub gravel into his eyes!
And buff them up with glass shards!
Luckily (for me... and for the record, he's 7 years older than me), by the time I was in high school, (corporally) punishing pupils was then seen as a definate no-no... Otherwise, I probably would've got a good hiding, too!! :grin:
Of course, the fact that we're Christians and subscribe to a higher moral code(no, I'm not being "holier-than-thou" - it's just an obligation of ours) might have also been a factor.
Oh oh ! Run for your life ! Big can of worms about to be opened !!
Anyway, my schooling helped me to not believe in any of them there Gods, so it did some good at least.
"Deus vult!" (God wills it!) - The battle cry of the Crusaders, just before they chopped to death anyone who stood in their path on their way to force their beliefs on everyone (well, almost everyone - Christians are out numbered by the supporters of Hinduism, whos made-up diety beats the Christi made-up angry one(s) by shear popularity).
It's Easter! Let's do what Jesus did and feast on chocolate eggs!