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    Old 06-02-2010, 07:48 AM
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    Originally Posted by bearisgray
    How about only married people being nude in bed with each other?
    HAHAHAHAHA- geeeeeeezzzzzzzz I think those days are over!!!
    Has anyone noticed how charming the old movies are??? Tons of romance but nothing you can "see". We watch them all the time- so many good ones!! :D
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    Old 06-02-2010, 07:53 AM
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    I do miss some of the "old" shows - Red Skelton (I am dating myself here) was about as risque as the radio/TV shows got.

    I used to think Benny Hill was VERY risque.
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    Old 06-02-2010, 08:21 AM
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    Wow! I'm glad he just went around you! What a day that guy must have been having.
    I used to work with a mechanic that used the *f* word as his favorite adjective. This same guy, when he wrote his story on the repair order, never used contractions - he felt that if you used them, it meant you didn't know how to spell things out correctly. :wink: (He would also ask if he wasn't sure how to spell a word.) Anyway, I just got tired of hearing *f*-in' this & that, and told him that using that word over & over made him look ignorant. There were lots of other adjectives he could use....after that, he rarely ever said it again ~ at least around me! :D
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    Old 06-02-2010, 08:29 AM
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    Originally Posted by zyxquilts
    Wow! I'm glad he just went around you! What a day that guy must have been having.
    I used to work with a mechanic that used the *f* word as his favorite adjective. This same guy, when he wrote his story on the repair order, never used contractions - he felt that if you used them, it meant you didn't know how to spell things out correctly. :wink: (He would also ask if he wasn't sure how to spell a word.) Anyway, I just got tired of hearing *f*-in' this & that, and told him that using that word over & over made him look ignorant. There were lots of other adjectives he could use....after that, he rarely ever said it again ~ at least around me! :D
    I agree - I've always thought the over-use of any word - especially the "f" word is a show of ignorance like you said - and/or a complete lack of imagination.
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    Originally Posted by sueisallaboutquilts
    Originally Posted by bearisgray
    How about only married people being nude in bed with each other?
    HAHAHAHAHA- geeeeeeezzzzzzzz I think those days are over!!!
    Has anyone noticed how charming the old movies are??? Tons of romance but nothing you can "see". We watch them all the time- so many good ones!! :D
    Not only nude, but with "slurpy" sound effects every time they kiss???? EEEEEEEWW!!
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    Old 06-04-2010, 06:48 PM
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    I know just what you mean. We are surrounded by it. I just don't understand it. Can't people express themselves without profanity. Guess not.
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    Old 06-04-2010, 07:06 PM
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    My sister told me a story one time about the woman who lived downstairs from her in Rhode Island. The woman's kids were playing outside and swearing all over the place. The woman yelled out the window "You f--ing kids stop that swearing."

    Gee, I wonder where they get it from.
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    Old 06-05-2010, 05:44 AM
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    Originally Posted by Boston1954
    My sister told me a story one time about the woman who lived downstairs from her in Rhode Island. The woman's kids were playing outside and swearing all over the place. The woman yelled out the window "You f--ing kids stop that swearing."

    Gee, I wonder where they get it from.
    That is really kind of sad, but it did make me laugh - for the moment.
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    Old 06-05-2010, 08:26 AM
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    saw a bumper sticker last year that said....
    ARE YOU THIS CLOSE TO GOD??

    good one for tail gaiters! I want to have several made up for our cars...LOL....
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    It is true, cussing has become a language in itself and acceptable to the young and midage group for sure. TV has promoted the most of it, but decipline is what really brings about poor language habits. I am not blaming all parents, as we know, once a child has become a certain age, parents know nothing of life etc. But many times kids are not spoken to on bad habits and using bad langauge is one of them. It seems to be the acceptable way of things, "it's just an expression, why not use it" attitude.
    I too, wish things would revert back to when using bad language was feared or at least spoken in private and not so freely spoken without regard for children's presence or others in general. I am thinking those days are past. Sad but true.
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