Hard News: Swine flu and swearing
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"f*cking sh*tc*nt",
Was that "Sexy Beast"?
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went out and bought a new bike
Try not to do what I did the first weekend I got my new MTB Russell.
Straight out to Woodhill, age and enthusiasm not matched by my skill, as a consequence the end of my collar bone is about 2-3cm from where it should be.
A friend who's a doc at North Shore A&E reckons they get half their patients from Woodhill Mountain Biking, the other half from Snowplanet !
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I love to swear. I often get on trouble for it. I am in awe of any word that can be used so generously, and still make sense. One day on the farm a tractor packed in, and my uncle uttered the immortal phrase.
"Fuck the fucken fucker, the fuckers fucked".
See? Magnificent.
I have a theory that over time words are "classified" by cliques. The young tend to adopt words to be trendy. Others classify them as 'vulgar' as a way of establishing class.
In the UK it is the very upper and lower classes who swear (you can probably guess where I originate). I can picture the emerging middle classes in Victorian times 'banning' words, as a mechanism to distinguish and exclude the not-quite middle classes.
A bit like the person who decided that British English would stop using the letter 'z' in recognize, and the poncy twat who decided that in New Zealand we would put an 'r' in data (date, datum, darta: WTF?).
Splitters.
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My favourite swearing situation not involving George Carlin is the time when Dorothy Parker explained she hadn't been able to make an appointment because she was "too fucking busy, or vice versa".
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It's a GT hybrid
Try not to do what I did the first weekend I got my new MTB Russell
I've tried one of those GTs with the locking suspension, and that one was a good tarmac bike, but it would last about 10m at Woodhill before gracefully folding up into a little pile of tubes and spokes. I'm gathering that's not what it's for.
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(It's looking like there might be twice as many people with some form of influenza this winter, which isn't trivial.)
No its not trivial, having just gone thru a bout of ordinary flu (no animals were named) its nasty.
Coughing so hard it made me throw up, and its gets worse at night. -
No-one swears like Ray Winstone. I forget which movie it was in which he called someone a "f*cking sh*tc*nt", but it changed my life(asterisks for the benefits for those with work filters).
Well, I adored Ray Winstone's (swear-free) reading of Henry VIII as a football hooligan with ADHD and a permanent hard on. Bet he could give that poncy little f***ing c**t-licking a****hole Jonathan Rhys Meyers the kick in the t**t he so richly deserves.
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No-one swears like Ray Winstone. I forget which movie it was in which he called someone a "f*cking sh*tc*nt", but it changed my life(asterisks for the benefits for those with work filters).
Well, I adored Ray Winstone's (swear-free) reading of Henry VIII as a football hooligan with ADHD and a permanent hard on. Bet he could give that poncy little f***ing c**t-licking a****hole Jonathan Rhys Meyers the kick in the t**t he so richly deserves.
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Anyone remember the infamous Neville Purvis episode? Can't find it on YouTube or NZOnScreen yet, probably due to obscenity issues.
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How Many Strawberries Grow in the Deep Sea?
Try not to do what I did the first weekend I got my new MTB Russell.
I suspect anyone thinking the correct environment for an MTB could be found in a forest would surely end up, won't they?
Bloke Wronged
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3410,
Anyone remember the infamous Neville Purvis episode?
Sure. It was on TV last night. Look out for a repeat of C4's Rocked The Nation 2: 100 top pop culture moments (or something like that.)
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I've tried one of those GTs with the locking suspension, and that one was a good tarmac bike, but it would last about 10m at Woodhill before gracefully folding up into a little pile of tubes and spokes. I'm gathering that's not what it's for.
I think so. I looked at proper MTBs, but the better riding posture of the hybrid was the main thing I was looking for.
It should still be okay for playing around the park, or along Oakley Creek.
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My better half went down so fast with the flu that I dragged him along to Shorecare on a Sunday. The doctor who saw him was almost gleeful to see someone with REAL FLU - she practically did a little jig of joy to see someone who hadn't decided that a runny nose equalled a week off work.
The fun bit is that they're not testing for swine flu now; at least, if Joe Average turns up at the GP with a flu bug, you're sent back home with your sick note for work and instructions about paracetamol and water and good luck.
(We've both been stuck at home for a week trying not to cough on anyone. It's pretty terrible.)
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I don't think the majority of flu cases will be diagnosed, this or any other year. Most people I know only visit their doctor in case of illness to get a certificate for missed days at work.
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the better riding posture of the hybrid was the main thing I was looking for.
You should have gotten yourself a recumbent .. ;-)
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Far be it from me to drag this from the street cred of The Wire & Deadwood, but one really shouldn't overlook Richard Curtis' contribution to the genre (gets fucking good from 2:55).
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Just in case anybody has missed the immortal George Carlin that Giovanni referred to earlier.
P.S. Plays NSFW sound recording on loading the page...
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Thanks, Hilary. I'll be our token disability strategist. Hoping to feel less tired and somehow thinner by tomorrow. Looking forward to meeting Sally Wenley who sounds like good value.
Also got an auckland governance select committee submission to present earlier - interesting day. That other Media7 panel sure sounds f$^%king compelling too.
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Loving. That. I am a firm believer in our anglosaxon language. I even like the C word - both male and female versions - and how often do you get to use it in mixed company? Not often enough for my liking.
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c-word?
Cool.
Any & every word comes loaded with speaker/writer preconceptions. Histories.
I personally *hate* the word 'slut' (yes, I do know the derivation/useages.) But I will try to strangle/punch lights out/iof any fucker who calls me a- -
Sacha, please report in re both events. I hope the select committee members pay attention.
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Perhaps the best explanation of why cussing isn't necessarily gratuitous: "Fuck off doesn't mean "go away" it means "FUCK OFF."
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Swearing's over-rated.
More interestingly Daniel Radcliffe sez he's an atheist. -
More interestingly Daniel Radcliffe sez he's an atheist.
Not a f*cking atheist? He's letting the side down.
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