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Farmer Ted Jan 19 2007 02:25 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 21 2007 12:33 PM

One of his closing questions on Inside the Actors Studio, "Your favorite curse word." I have to agree with Jodie Foster, Cock Sucker Mother Fucker.

ScarletKnight41 Jan 19 2007 02:53 PM

Fucktard has become a recent favorite for me.

Edgy DC Jan 19 2007 03:00 PM

I always thought Farmer Ted preferred "buttlick."

KC Jan 19 2007 03:11 PM

I like to say 'cock sucker' mimicking Mr. Wu on Deadwood ... it's fun, try it in the workplace. It gets immediate attention.

SteveJRogers Jan 19 2007 10:05 PM

That was also Jack Lemon's favorite. Lemon then added that "that doesn't describe ALL the directors I've had!"

Elster88 Jan 20 2007 05:01 PM

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patona314 Jan 21 2007 10:33 PM

my favorite is calling every dick on this planet "richard". my apologies if that is actually your name.

Vic Sage Jan 22 2007 12:54 PM

DEADWOOD was the Shang-Ri-La of tv profanity. i miss those folks very much. "Fucktard" is a wonderful Poolian contribution to my current vocabulary. And while i may have initiated the "big hairy moose cock" phrase on this board, the use of "BHMC" abbreviaion is also a Poolian invention. My kids (ages 9 and 6) use the most extreme profanity in order to break themselves up. I laugh, too, but they know those words aren't to be used in public, because others may think them rude and vulgar little hooligans. When they asked why i don't punish them for using those words, i explain my view to them. Language is a poor enough means of communication of expressing the full range of human activitiy without arbitrarily eliminating words. Words are only "good" or "bad" to the extent the ideas and intentions they're expressing are "good" or "bad". When they use "fuck" to make themselves laugh, its not "bad". If they were to use it to hurt someone's feelings, or to publicly express their own anger (because they lack the words that would be more appropriate to the context), then thats a problem. My wife has a lower threshhold of tolerance for this, but she's been pretty good about not overreacting to it. I know other parents have issues with it, and i'm not criticizing anybody with a different attitude... its just one of the ways i feel i can teach my children that not all current cultural attitudes need to be accepted without question, and to use their own minds, but also to be more aware of hurtful expression generally, and to understand "context". They're too young to fully understand it, but on some level i think they're beginning to get it.

ScarletKnight41 Jan 22 2007 02:28 PM

The nice thing about that, Vic, is that when there are words you don't want them to use, you have a bit of credence. For instance, when we had the kids watch the Baseball documentary, I stopped the tape right before the Jackie Robinson segment. I told the kids that Mommy and Daddy sometimes used bad words, but that they would be hearing words that they have never heard us use and that they should NEVER use them, even in experimentation. I think that helped give them some appreciation for what Jackie went through. If these words were worse than what they heard during Mets games circa 2002, they had to be pretty offensive.

Elster88 Jan 23 2007 07:18 AM

Vic Sage wrote: And while i may have initiated the "big hairy moose cock" phrase on this board, the use of "BHMC" abbreviaion is also a Poolian invention. BHMC was around long before this board came along, or even the MOFO preceding it.

MFS62 Jan 24 2007 09:52 PM

I watch the show from time to time and have thought about the questions James and the students in the audience ask the guest at the end of the show and what I would ask/ answer. Two that come to mind: When James asks his question about entering Heaven and what first words the celebrity would like to hear, I'd answer "Mel Gibson won't be getting in here". Then, if a member of the audience, I'd ask a movie star, "What was your first thought when they announced you had lost that Oscar to a lesser performance?" Later