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C*nt/Neck Punch

Willets Point May 22 2008 09:37 AM

I don't get it. Someone fill me in on this running gag.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 22 2008 09:39 AM

Cunts deserve a punch in the neck. Didn't you know that?

Benjamin Grimm May 22 2008 09:42 AM

It appears to be a running theme in Fman99's posts.

AG/DC May 22 2008 09:51 AM

Profanity It's funnier when used selectively.

Benjamin Grimm May 22 2008 10:02 AM

All of the following are from Fman99: On Dallas Green: ]I think that means he knows how to call Jeromy Burnitz a cunt. On Lonn Trost of the Yankees: ]I don't like to use profanity (well, not true, but sounds right), but that Lonn guy is a cunt. On Steve Phillips: ]He's a big dumb cunt. On Wallace Matthews: ]Wally, you are a cunt. On Buzz Bissinger: ] I'd like to punch that guy in the neck and call his sister a cunt. I don't even know what this one is about: ]Now you're talking! Punch Cohen in the neck and tell Ron Darling that his sister is a cunt. On Hank Steinbrenner: ]Hank's a big dumb cunt. ]Hey it's a profile on Hank "Big Dumb Cunt" Steinbrenner. On Tom Glavine: ]Tom Glavine needs to be punched in the neck. And his wife is a cunt.

AG/DC May 22 2008 10:04 AM

Christine Glavine? No way!

Willets Point May 22 2008 10:24 AM

AG/DC wrote: Profanity It's funnier when used selectively. That was true when playing Mad Libs. I mean you had to use some profanity, but if you used nothing but profanity it sounded kind of stupid.

Centerfield May 22 2008 10:30 AM

"Cunt" is an interesting word. If you were asked to list the baddest bad words, you would probably start with fuck, ass, shit and bitch. But for some reason, cunt seems so much badder than even the baddest of words. What gives? Why is cunt so fuckin' bitchin?

Benjamin Grimm May 22 2008 10:38 AM

From Wikipedia: ] Offensiveness Generally The word "cunt" is generally regarded in English-speaking countries as unusable in normal public discourse and has been described as "the most heavily tabooed word of all English words".[6][7] Nevertheless, its use is documented as the argot of some sections of society.[8] However, in recent years attempts have been made to mitigate connotations of the word by promoting positive uses. Feminist perspectives Some radical feminists of the 1970s sought to eliminate disparaging terms for women, including "bitch" and "cunt".[9] In the context of pornography, Catherine MacKinnon argued that use of the word acts to reinforce a dehumanisation of women by reducing them to mere body parts;[10] and in 1979 Andrea Dworkin described the word as reducing women to "the one essential - 'cunt: our essence ... our offence'".[10] Despite criticisms, there is a movement within feminists that seeks to reclaim cunt not only as acceptable, but as an honorific, in much the same way that queer has been reclaimed by LGBT people[11]. Proponents include Inga Muscio in her book, Cunt: A Declaration of Independence[12] and Eve Ensler in "Reclaiming Cunt" from "The Vagina Monologues". The word was similarly reclaimed by Angela Carter who used it in the title story of "The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories"; a female character describing female genitalia in a pornography book: “her cunt a split fig below the great globes of her buttocks”.[13] Germaine Greer, who had previously published a magazine article entitled Lady, Love Your Cunt[14], discussed the origins, usage and power of the word in the BBC series Balderdash and Piffle. She suggests at the end of the piece that there is something precious about the word, in that it is now one of the few remaining words in English that still retains its power to shock.[15] Much more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunt

TheOldMole May 22 2008 11:00 AM

]However, in recent years attempts have been made to mitigate connotations of the word by promoting positive uses. This doesn't seem hard to me.

Willets Point May 22 2008 11:15 AM

The N-word is the one word I can't say even though I overhear people who should be most offended by the N-word using it all the time.

Benjamin Grimm May 22 2008 11:21 AM

Archie Bunker never said that one either. (I think he once even mentioned that within an episode, that that's a word he never uses.)

soupcan May 22 2008 11:26 AM

]“her cunt a split fig below the great globes of her buttocks” Oh, my.

metirish May 22 2008 11:32 AM

soupcan wrote: ]“her cunt a split fig below the great globes of her buttocks” Oh, my. Fman wrote that about Christine Glavine?

Nymr83 May 22 2008 12:15 PM

i think "nigger" is without doubt more offensive than "cunt."

Frayed Knot May 22 2008 08:22 PM

Jan Fonda said 'cunt' on the Today Show, which, because it's live on the East coast, went out over the air uncensored. NBC cleaned things up for the other time zone feeds.

Nymr83 May 22 2008 08:35 PM

was she speaking of herself? i'd happily apply that word to her.