tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post3268146698631521634..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: Fair play and foul languageUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-34272151798164368872012-10-14T16:58:40.816-07:002012-10-14T16:58:40.816-07:00Certainly, Tom.Certainly, Tom.megan blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04555646904983619596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-57168872827682952022012-10-14T03:54:13.786-07:002012-10-14T03:54:13.786-07:00Well said, Hippo - wise words indeed. 'In vin...Well said, Hippo - wise words indeed. 'In vino, bloody veritas', as they say in Australia. Essex swearers are eclipsed only by Antipodeans, in my experience.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-23036072103723560432012-10-14T03:26:05.316-07:002012-10-14T03:26:05.316-07:00Unfortunatley rules are looked on by most people a...Unfortunatley rules are looked on by most people as a challenge to be worked around. <br /><br />I like the idea of invoking the spirit of the competition but in this case one also has to admire the man's initiative. With a cheap and simple modification, breaking no rules, he has carried the cup. If I had to rule on this case, I would advise against rules as such, rather a simple modification to the competition title, the Unmodified .410 Cup and let this result stand.<br /><br />The alternative is far too ghastly to contemplate, that of shooting him, waiting for him to cool down and then wresting the cup from his hands.<br /><br />Of sporting linguistics, I humbly submit I am a master. Living in a Lusophone country the opportunity for such evilness are too hard for even the stoutest heart to resist. One could lament the world wide exposure given to English profanity by principally US entertainment media but to a sporting chap, it provides an interesting challenge. So to my English students here in Angola I could, for example tell them, 'No, you must NEVER refer to a fat lady as fat, it simply isn't done. You should politely refer to her as a 'Dragarse'. Now, repeat after me...'. When it comes to calling one's employer a 'Bishop Basher' I can console the doubting Thomas' by pointing out that Bishop is a highly respectful ecclesiastical title.<br /><br />A man is deservéd of respect if he has the courage to admit that he can only converse in one or two languages but can order a beer and swear in ten.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-51560486214837319652012-10-13T15:20:03.611-07:002012-10-13T15:20:03.611-07:00Or widening anything else, in any language.Or widening anything else, in any language.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-55776503575451285232012-10-13T13:52:52.360-07:002012-10-13T13:52:52.360-07:00I looked up your rules about the shooting contest....I looked up your rules about the shooting contest. Rule 517, section 38, paragraph IV clearly states:<br /><br />A silver cup shall be rewarded to any brave bar maid (on or off duty) who donates her time contemplating an affair with a 'mature' gentleman while simultaneously widening her vocabulary in said gentleman's language.Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12550611275677498097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-65952764114230222202012-10-13T11:04:21.819-07:002012-10-13T11:04:21.819-07:00That's right, Megan! Can I quote you on that?...That's right, Megan! Can I quote you on that?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-4568697663106150252012-10-13T11:03:32.963-07:002012-10-13T11:03:32.963-07:00That wasn't the quote, John, that was the last...That wasn't the quote, John, that was the last sentence in my post. Heston'e quote was, "You will have to wrest the trophy from my cold, dead hands", or similar. I responded with a quote from Lance Armstrong: "The riskiest thing you can do is get greedy". The shooter has won ALL the trophies this year, and I reminded him that Lance has had to give all his back for cheating...Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-49624589040959465662012-10-13T11:00:24.842-07:002012-10-13T11:00:24.842-07:00And did you chain them to the floor?And did you chain them to the floor?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-25267097584569917482012-10-13T10:59:33.413-07:002012-10-13T10:59:33.413-07:00An Italian lady said just the same thing to me onc...An Italian lady said just the same thing to me once, but I swore in Italian, not Dutch.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-7415490944836750042012-10-13T10:58:04.801-07:002012-10-13T10:58:04.801-07:00I am told it is almost impossible to swear in Swed...I am told it is almost impossible to swear in Sweden without mentioning the 'G' word - God.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-46580390287962229082012-10-13T10:09:28.100-07:002012-10-13T10:09:28.100-07:00I learned a few Spanish swear words when i worked ...I learned a few Spanish swear words when i worked in a restaurant where we had a number of Puerto Rican kitchen workers. One of the cooks, also a Puerto Rican had the night off when i got my "lesson" and asked what words i was taught. He smiled as i tried my best to lose any sort of English or American accent when i said the words, but he frowned quickly when at the one i pronounced best.<br /><br />"Don't say that," he said. "It's a very bad word," and he looked visibly upset, so i made it a point not to say it in his presence again.<br /><br />Its English equivalent isn't nice, either, but it doesn't sound as bad in Spanish to my ear, although i guess it conveys more meaning.<br /><br />I agree with how you handled the gun competition. The whole point is to see how accurate one can be with a small gun, not with a small gun loaded with extra weight to make it easier.megan blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04555646904983619596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-22924294762412975422012-10-13T10:07:18.895-07:002012-10-13T10:07:18.895-07:00I think I like him!
that quote was perfect....
may...I think I like him!<br />that quote was perfect....<br />may the best soak win !John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-87947175283291427252012-10-13T08:02:55.938-07:002012-10-13T08:02:55.938-07:00I was also taught to swear in Dutch, but I've ...I was also taught to swear in Dutch, but I've never tried it in anger.<br /><br />You make me hanker for another .410. I loved my old single barrel bolt-actioned job. I couldn't hit a rabbit with it, even if the creature was chained to the floor.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-29604416634399080552012-10-13T07:47:50.120-07:002012-10-13T07:47:50.120-07:00I am just reminded that my first husband (who died...I am just reminded that my first husband (who died in 1991) had been a prisoner of the Japanese during the war - on the Death Railway - and some of his fellow prisoners were Dutch who had been in Java when it was overrun. He had quite a vocabulary of Dutch swear words learned from them but had no idea what they meant. A lady who was Dutch asked him to repeat a couple of them one day - he did and she visibly paled and said - don't ever, ever repeat those again in polite company!The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-15067658374206856862012-10-13T07:44:59.748-07:002012-10-13T07:44:59.748-07:00You seem to lead an incredibly colourful life down...You seem to lead an incredibly colourful life down there - sometimes wonder whether I am stuck in the backwoods and missing out. But then I don't fancy wasting time learning swear words in a foreign language and I can't shoot for toffee, let alone a cup - so maybe I am better off staying where I am.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-65861310683097539642012-10-13T07:38:41.373-07:002012-10-13T07:38:41.373-07:00I'm reminded of once working with a german guy...I'm reminded of once working with a german guy, who provided me with my entire vocabulary in that language. <br /><br />The only properly constructed sentence I ever learnt I've used before on this blog. (Look back, keep up, time is money etc etc.). <br /><br />But I also acquired a fair sprinkling of german swear words that it's satisfying to use from time to time. In return, he wanted to learn some of ours. <br /><br />Unfortunately, it seems, the F word is not nearly as offensive in the motherland. And so, in frustration one day in the admin dept, he had no hesitation in deploying it at maximum volume. The silence that descended on the assembled ladies could be cut with a knife. <br /><br />I hope your niece is OK, Tom. You too. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com