Swearing Makes Pain more Tolerable

[Sam]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

And of course all words which SOUND like words which stand for things that should not be said. Taken to it's logical extreme and using the "6 degree of separation" rule, this would make just about the entire English language dictionary improper to utter.

Except for the word "orange" of course.

Orange you glad you said that in a clean wholesome way?

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

And of course all words which SOUND like words which stand for things that should not be said. Taken to it's logical extreme and using the "6 degree of separation" rule, this would make just about the entire English language dictionary improper to utter.

Except for the word "orange" of course.

That would make some things a lot easier. E.g., they could write a script that automatically reports every post that doesn't consist only of the word "orange".

[KWSS1976]

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[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Neubill

I grew up with "Oh crud!"

BTW, if swearing makes pain more tolerable, that means the streets of Los Angeles are full of people in pain!

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

Next, we'll be saying "Oh excrement!".

[Jermyn Davidson]

Calling on His Name makes pain more bearable than swearing.

I have tried both.

I prefer Jesus.