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To: Steelfish

The use of profanity is basically the sign of a low IQ. Your brain cannot come up with a better phrase or word fast enough.


65 posted on 01/27/2015 8:23:28 PM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: crusty old prospector
"The use of profanity is basically the sign of a low IQ."

Our military must be populated with complete dumbasses then.

74 posted on 01/27/2015 8:38:15 PM PST by Flag_This (You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
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To: crusty old prospector
I once ran across a sign about 45 years ago in a PX that read:

"Profanity is the crutch of an illiterate cripple".

Today one would consider it a politically incorrect term !

104 posted on 01/27/2015 9:20:07 PM PST by Rabble
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To: crusty old prospector

Indeed. I am the daughter of a steamfitter and have been a OR/Critical care nurse since 1977. I was raised to know better, but am capable of swearing in five languages. I learned more invective from physicians than construction workers.

Listening to the low level of intelligence communicated in both groups, I have reduced my use of swear words to the exceptionally deserving situation usually directed at myself. I would also ban “like” and “you know”.


139 posted on 01/28/2015 4:08:00 AM PST by az wildkitten (7 years 'til I retire)
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To: crusty old prospector

My mother used to say that men who used profanity just had a limited vocabulary. She did not have to say that about women because it was understood that a woman would not use bad language. Well, unless she was trashy.


151 posted on 01/28/2015 5:37:48 AM PST by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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