tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post8355574910936652738..comments2023-07-26T03:02:44.055-07:00Comments on ANWA Founder & Friends: Fogeys of the World, Unite!Marsha Wardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15389060049107102815noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post-10822088145088589832008-04-02T19:15:00.000-07:002008-04-02T19:15:00.000-07:00Yea, verily! I'm cheering for you, Liz, and for t...Yea, verily! I'm cheering for you, Liz, and for those of you who commented. I've always thought swearing is a sign of a small vocabulary. Most of the time it expresses nothing except a desire to talk.<BR/><BR/>However, there was the time that the irrigation water filled the yard and started pouring into the basement window. Aunt Martha (whose speech was whistle clean) came running, shouting to her grown sons, "Dam it, boys, dam it." They laughed so hard that she had to go rearrange the canvas dam herself, to send the water on down the ditch. It's rather sad when homonyms are such opposites.Anna Arnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09882034663742937010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post-20311545427287714482008-03-31T12:05:00.000-07:002008-03-31T12:05:00.000-07:00Liz,What a wonderful post! When people claim "free...Liz,<BR/>What a wonderful post! When people claim "freedom of speech" while fouling the air around me with their language, I often think, "But where is my freedom to *not* have my mind polluted with your profanities!" At least on TV or the radio you can change the channel, you can walk out of a movie, but if you're sitting in an ER room with a sick parent (or child, though that doesn't apply to me) and some impatient patient (note the irony of that word combination!) is screaming profanities at an already harrassed nurse, again I ask...Where is MY freedom not to be assaulted by such language, when simply walking out (or away, if you're stuck behind someone in a crowd) is simply not an option?Joyce DiPastenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16638031103659265422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post-56254959644744735182008-03-30T23:58:00.000-07:002008-03-30T23:58:00.000-07:00I can't believe I misspelled OUR!I can't believe I misspelled OUR!Rene Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12403830772764710785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post-77352720083065097382008-03-30T23:57:00.000-07:002008-03-30T23:57:00.000-07:00If these kids only knew what they were saying. I t...If these kids only knew what they were saying. I think a trip through the dictionary is always a good idea when inappropriate words are used - I did that with one of my children when he used a word he shouldn't have - we looked it up in a huge Random House dictionary and I asked him if it was what he wanted to say. He sheepishly said no.<BR/>I couldn't agree with you more. Are words and voice often tell what we worship. Thanks, Liz.Rene Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12403830772764710785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post-7621462884488493552008-03-30T15:40:00.000-07:002008-03-30T15:40:00.000-07:00Hoo-rah, Liz! Believe it or not I once had the "pr...Hoo-rah, Liz! Believe it or not I once had the "privilege" of sending a letter to a Stake President after his presidency did a skit for the girls at camp one year. They used quite a bit of "innocent" potty humor and I was appalled that that would be considered okay when our goals were to teach those young ladies about being daughters of God. I was too intimidated to tell them face to face, but I did send a letter.<BR/><BR/>You said it better than I ever could.Kari Pikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13855609339118198399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post-18497137111973253162008-03-30T14:36:00.000-07:002008-03-30T14:36:00.000-07:00Hear hear!Hear hear!Marsha Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15389060049107102815noreply@blogger.com