Stupid bombs
Posted on | February 4, 2010 | 65 Comments
America, the land which produces the most pornography in the world. The country which is involved in more wars than any other. A land so huge and massive and populated that even when you think there is nothing that can shock you, someone commits a crime of such heinousness you are genuinely taken aback.
So why are Americans so up their own arses about swearing? I saw some website this morning exclaming with shock and horror that Mel Gibson unleashed ‘the A-bomb’ on television. This is not an actual bomb containing AIDS or Anthrax or AntswithAIDSorAnthrax. No. He said the word ‘asshole’. Imagine.
You see it all the time though. “The F-bomb” or heaven forbid, “The C-bomb”. Because you can’t say cunt in America. It’s just not on. Even though there are so many cunts there you can’t call them cunts in polite society. Or even impolite society. One of the good things about Ireland is that we, at least, can call all the cunts we have cunts. Not C-bombs or ‘C U Next Tuesdays”.
Could you legally change your name to Cuntface McCunt over there? That’d be awesome.
“What’s your name?”
“Cuntface”.
“How dare you … you can’t say that to me”.
“But that’s my name”.
It’d probably be really difficult to get a job on TV or in the media “And now over to our New York correspondent, Cuntface McCunt…”, but it’d be fun, wouldn’t it?
I just don’t get why swearing is such a big issue when there are surely dozens of things it’d be better to be uptight about.
*I should note that any Americans I know on a personal level are not representative of this and are quite happy to swear – apart from one woman I used to work with who visibly cringed every time I did. So, naturally I did it more. She was grotesquely fat though and nobody cares what the morbidly obese think about anything. They’re going to die soon so what’s the point in listening to them?
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February 4th, 2010 @ 12:58 pm
Cunts
February 4th, 2010 @ 1:28 pm
sad po faced hypocritical cunts even
February 4th, 2010 @ 1:36 pm
Reminds me of a time I was in a pub in Chicago, an American lady was asking me what I thought of the place, I said “It’s a lovely place, the heat is cuntish though!”. She said “what did you say?” so I assumed she couldn’t hear me, so I shouted in her ear “THE HEAT, IT’S CUNTISH!”. She lost the head and actually said you can’t say that, when I asked what she said “The C-Bomb”. Mother of fuck.
February 4th, 2010 @ 1:38 pm
I read somewhere that this is linked to religion – Protestant societies tend to be more uptight about swearing than Catholic ones. And America still has a protestant ethos. Compare with Brazil, a Catholic Country – they have a city called Cuntiba – how cool is that ?
Where do you come from ?
Cuntiba
Don’t we all ?
February 4th, 2010 @ 1:45 pm
Im extremely suspicious of people who dont use bad language …
February 4th, 2010 @ 1:52 pm
Mind you, the Gibsons, father and son, are total and absolute cunts. Come the revolution brothers.
February 4th, 2010 @ 1:56 pm
Heh cuntface…..
http://tinyurl.com/yb8ge77
February 4th, 2010 @ 1:57 pm
I love that
February 4th, 2010 @ 2:06 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBWAjn2a3rA
February 4th, 2010 @ 2:08 pm
Took me to Derek and Clive – RIP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDFN84kgc5E
February 4th, 2010 @ 2:10 pm
This from the land where ‘Motherfucker’ is so ubiquitous as to be rendered meaningless. When you think about it, accusing someone of riding their own mother is way more serious than comparing them to female genitalia.
Unless they look like Brian Cowen whose mouth does look like particularly flabby labia.
The cunt.
February 4th, 2010 @ 2:13 pm
“gateway to her guts” ? Class!
February 4th, 2010 @ 2:13 pm
Are Brian Cowen and Gerry Ryan related?
Cunt-faced pair of labia-lipped cunts.
February 4th, 2010 @ 2:15 pm
Crank – didn’t papa Paisley get in trouble for saying that about Cowen ?
February 4th, 2010 @ 2:18 pm
Fuckin Hoorin Cuntin Americans, fuckin hoorin cuntin Protestants the lot of them..as they say down here.
February 4th, 2010 @ 2:24 pm
fuckin hoorin cuntin Protestants the lot of them.
except for the Catholics of course
February 4th, 2010 @ 2:29 pm
Definition of a Woman: “Life Support Machine” for a Cunt.
February 4th, 2010 @ 2:30 pm
Definition of a cunt: you
February 4th, 2010 @ 3:02 pm
Well, the American state apparatus who drop all the bombs and intimidate the fuck out of the rest of world are not the average American on the street. Most of them are very polite, generous and friendly. Cursing is a real no no for them.
And I agree because it means when we say fuck, bollocks or cunt, it has more impact.
February 4th, 2010 @ 3:06 pm
Most of them are very polite, generous and friendly.
To your face, sure. Nation of serial killers – only the Aussies are worse.
February 4th, 2010 @ 3:08 pm
I must be deeply suspect FG.
I like people swearing in their natural way of speaking. It sounds so expressive, and it’s good in humour too. But I am completely and utterly rubbish at swearing
February 4th, 2010 @ 3:13 pm
Aussies: No culture, no taste, no intelligence, no charm, no thanks.
February 4th, 2010 @ 3:15 pm
No culture, no taste, no intelligence, no charm, no thanks.
and they eat backpackers.
February 4th, 2010 @ 3:25 pm
And Four ‘n’ Twenty pies.
February 4th, 2010 @ 3:25 pm
“Because you can’t say cunt in America. It’s just not on. Even though there are so many cunts there you can’t call them cunts in polite society.”
Actually, they’re far more widespread than you’d think:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=2341157217
February 4th, 2010 @ 3:27 pm
Four ‘n’ Twenty pies.
Seven of Nine pie would be a different matter entirely.
February 4th, 2010 @ 3:29 pm
“who is a son of Feliciano Kuntz”
Have you ever heard a name that sounded more like oral sex in your life?
February 4th, 2010 @ 3:49 pm
If the Yanks started using Cunt willy-nilly,it would diminish the words power..
Just say No to Yanks using it.. Im starting a Campaign called:
“Hands off My Cunt!”
February 4th, 2010 @ 4:01 pm
Mike Hunt
February 4th, 2010 @ 4:12 pm
http://www.weekinrewind.com/2009/12/kick-ass-movie-trailer-review.html
Swearing a go go and Nic Cage, DAMN how MUCH money can he possibly owe?
February 4th, 2010 @ 4:12 pm
Racehorses – the names are tightly controlled and scrutinised for double entendres etc . However “Norfolk And Chance ” got through !
February 4th, 2010 @ 4:21 pm
” Americans don’t care much for anything,
land and water the least,
they’ll shit in a river,
dump battery acid in a stream,
they’ll then complain when they can’t swim”
Lou Reed
Last Great American Whale
New York
I’m always banging on about Lou and his fucking amazing album, New York.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn6G_EWFMds
Twenty; I’ve noticed you and Ryan Turbridy both have a liking for David Bowie. The last week or so, just before I’ve been able to jam The Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs albums into my stereo in the a.m. I’ve caught the start of his show which invariably starts with a Bowie song 20% of the time. You could become friends on faecesbook or somefink.
February 4th, 2010 @ 4:25 pm
Could this be Twenty’s secret identity ?
Could be BE Ryan Tubridy ?
February 4th, 2010 @ 4:26 pm
We’re pussy whipped in the States. As soon as you get the word cunt out of your mouth,(not the object) you can hear all the fat thighs in the room slapping shut as the”ladies” call you a bigoted motherfucker.
February 4th, 2010 @ 4:38 pm
“Give me your hungry, your tired, your poor I’ll piss on them,
that’s what the statue of bigotry says.
Your poor huddled masses, let’s club ‘em to death and get it over with,
dump them on the boulevard
Lou Reed
Dirty Boulevard
New York
Having spent a month in the us of a recently; New York and Washington, I have the following observations on yanks
1 – They are tight. Ultra tight. The type that if 6 of you go out for dinner they split the bill to the nearest dime while also taking out alcohol they didn’t consume.
2 – They have no knowledge of the world and of how there is a world outside of the usa.
3 – They smell nice.
4 – They just do not curse. I use the phrase motherfuckingcocksucker quite liberally when describing people I detest. They were distinctly unimpressed.
5 – Mid-week pints are a no-no.
6 – They are very good at driving a hard bargain in business.
7 – They have a good work ethic.
8 – They like killing people.
fuck…I sound like that cunt charlie bird. enough.
February 4th, 2010 @ 4:42 pm
Well, Itchy, if you were Charlie Bird IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN ALL CAPS!!!!!!
February 4th, 2010 @ 4:46 pm
Americans seem to think it’s perfectly fine to routinely call ALL women Whores and Bitches, not just the real whores and bitches.
This I do not like.
Cunt is almost a term of endearment in Ireland, but it depends on who is saying it.
Being referred to as a prostitute is surely more offensive to women than being called after a body part which you definitely have, unless you are a ladyboy or something.
Do ladyboys aspire to be called a cunt, I wonder?
February 4th, 2010 @ 4:49 pm
Warwick Hunt
February 4th, 2010 @ 4:54 pm
There’s an American writer named Dean Koontz…need I say more?
February 4th, 2010 @ 5:00 pm
Could this be Twenty’s secret identity ?
Could be BE Ryan Tubridy ?
How many secret identities do you think I have? I’ve been accused of being all sorts of people before but there is a line and Tubridy is it!
February 4th, 2010 @ 5:08 pm
Twenty is far too snide to Tubridy.
If I had to guess, I’d say he’s that culchie cunt Brendan O’Connor,it’s far more likely!
February 4th, 2010 @ 5:09 pm
Oi! That is also over the line.
February 4th, 2010 @ 5:13 pm
RTE is so full of cunts it’s no wonder the word is banned there as well, course they all like to act as if we are all Americans now, don’t ya know!
February 4th, 2010 @ 5:19 pm
Brendan O’Connor is one almighty cunt of a man. Tubridy is just a sheltered twat who has priests as friends.
February 4th, 2010 @ 5:44 pm
Monique Hunt
February 4th, 2010 @ 7:49 pm
I think this is good. Don’t be slagging Australian people. They gave us Skippy too.
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/science_technology/isp+wins+landmark+case+against+hollywood/3525457
I wish they’d come up with a fix for the licence of bbc, comedy central etc so it’s not blocked. It used to be available last year. Can’t watch Smiley’s People and The Jon Stewart Show anymore. It’s VERY FUCKING ANNOYING. …sorry..that was the Charlie fucking Bird in me again Crank.
February 4th, 2010 @ 7:50 pm
Can’t say cunt but you can say fanny as much as you like.
“Whats that you have there?.
Oh, thats my fannybag.Do you like it?”
Here thats a term of mild derision.Or you are a mutilator serial killer.
Strange old planet.
February 4th, 2010 @ 8:06 pm
John Gormley drives a Prius?
“Drivers may experience a slight unresponsiveness of the brakes.”
February 4th, 2010 @ 8:08 pm
I’ve been accused of being all sorts of people before but there is a line and Tubridy is it!
Your own fault for being such a tease – the Irish version of the Scarlet Pimpernel
February 4th, 2010 @ 8:14 pm
VAT may be added to bin charges and road toll fees
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0204/breaking4.htm
That should get up a few noses.
February 4th, 2010 @ 8:58 pm
Good old EU competition laws. In the case of refuse collection, all that will happen is the base price of the service will be reduced and then VAT added to make it the same as the existing price to maintain an edge on private operators. Anyway, VAT shouldn’t be charged on utilities.
February 4th, 2010 @ 9:13 pm
“who is a son of Feliciano Kuntz”
Have you ever heard a name that sounded more like oral sex in your life?
C’mon fellers. Ulick McGee?? I’m sure I’ve seen him comment before…
Lads, I’m not bothered by your cuntbandying ways, but you (as a group of rowdy ranters) do seem unable to get the gist of what’s mysoginist and offensive about the word.
Is that really the case or do you just like shouting at feminists? I mean, at everyone.
February 4th, 2010 @ 9:20 pm
unable to get the gist of what’s mysoginist and offensive about the word.
I think it’s bollix Jo – wimmin CHOOSE to take offence. Their choice. Doesn’t bother me in the least if a woman calls me a prick – happens on a regular basis – and I certainly wouldn’t accuse them of being sexist.
February 4th, 2010 @ 9:24 pm
yes. shout at them all.
joking aside. well, probably.
My excuse for the use of the word, and I don’t like to bandy it about too much, is that Germaine Greer has no problem with it. And I like her. Is it misogynist? I don’t think so. I reckon it’s become a unisexual term of abuse. Bertie Ahern is a cunt. Bertie Ahern is a bollix. Mary Harney is a cunt. Mary Harney is a bollix.
OK Jo; I’m coming around to your way of thinking when I see it in front of me. I shall reflect.It’s been a long hard day and I’m easily swayed when I’m knackered.
February 4th, 2010 @ 10:59 pm
Big brown bag of cunt…ahhhh now I’ve got that one out I can go asleep. True, the yanks in my class get visibly nervous when I start going to war on the language. Bit cuntish of them
February 4th, 2010 @ 11:29 pm
whats brown and hairy and lovely and moist inside, starts with C ends with T and has an n in the middle?
A coconut
February 5th, 2010 @ 12:27 am
Must of the cunts I know are men. Is that misogynist?
February 5th, 2010 @ 12:34 am
Reminds me of the row in the Bodyline series
the Bodyline series of 1932-33, when the English captain, Douglas Jardine, reportedly complained to his opposite number, Bill Woodfull, that an Australian player had called him a bastard.
Scanning the Australian dressing room, Woodfull asked his team: “Which one of you bastards called this bastard a bastard?”
http://tinyurl.com/ygutzvc
February 5th, 2010 @ 12:38 am
Naw, it just means all your friends are cunts.
February 5th, 2010 @ 12:43 am
Yeah, that’s what i thought. So what’s Jo talking about. Women!
February 5th, 2010 @ 12:24 pm
The really shocking part is that anyone is still paying attention to anything that that cunt Mel Gibson says.
February 5th, 2010 @ 2:24 pm
I just nominated you for “Best Use of the Irish Language in a Blog” on the Irish Blog Awards. Because no one else uses “cunt” so well.
February 5th, 2010 @ 2:30 pm
heh, not sure it’ll qualify but thanks all the same.
February 7th, 2010 @ 1:13 am
Because no one else uses “cunt” so well.
Nice apostrophes!
February 7th, 2010 @ 4:47 pm
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Even typing that out felt good. I say there should be more swearing, not less.