Things you wish you could say

[notabitail]

I could be wrong but I think Nobs means young people swearing to sound older.

Correct.

 

[Barnette]

I could be wrong but I think Nobs means young people swearing to sound older.

Ah

 

[tlcmurphy]

Correct.

Then what does it mean when old farts like myself swear (like a sailor)?

 

[sourland]

Then what does it mean when old farts like myself swear (like a sailor)?

We've learned to be expressive?

 

[Raisin_The_Chicken]

lmao

 

[BigBlueHen53]

It takes self-control, maturity and creativity to express oneself without resorting to vulgarity. One of my favorite examples of this was recorded in an old issue of Reader's Digest, if I recall correctly, which claimed to have quoted the following from a classified ad in another publication:

TO the person who stole my boat: May it spring a thousand leaks as you go barrelling down the local rapids and your mother be unable to attract attention from people watching as she runs barking along the shore.

To me, that's just artistry.

 

[FrostRanger]

Swearing doesn't make you cool. It doesn't make you seem like a adult. It makes you seem like a idiot.

Agreed, IMO just makes them sound like a middle schooler or otherwise just plain immature, there are other ways to get the point across

 

[The Moonshiner]

Then what does it mean when old farts like myself swear (like a sailor)?

Sounds like it means someone's gonna get offended. Oh well fu....

 

[Sally PB]

I make up my own swear words. My favorite is "soup line."

Ever eaten the Asian soup called pho? It's pronounced, "Fuh." And a line is a queue.

 

[Raisin_The_Chicken]

wish I could say we didn't just get 6 more inches of snow when all the old snow just melted! lol