Potty mouth

At 19 February, 2006 16:43, Anonymous said...

"Why must young people always use the F word in their Bio. Free speech and all that I know. I used to be that way when I was young too. Now I am middle aged and have teenagers that insist on using the F word. Now I find it disgusting."

This was a comment that was left today on one of my posts from a few weeks back. In all fairness, I agree that I swear too much, both in real life and in my blog. It was something that started out as a bit of a joke then became a bad habit. One that is hard to kick. I don't like hearing swearing much either, but it all depends on the context I suppose. I think here, I write the things I wish I could say to people and that includes all the expletives that I wish on the world on a daily basis.

However, I'd like to point something out to this commenter. Firstly, I ain't that young. Secondly, I can't take credit for the profile text that they are referring to:

They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
  They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
  And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn
  By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
  And half at one another's throats.

Man hands on misery to man.
  It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
  And don't have any kids yourself.

This is actually Philip Larkin's This be the verse, which I'd never heard of because I'm an uncultured yob, but Garfer kindly posted into a comment he left somewhere. I absolutely love it; it sums up my attitude to life and, since many of my gripes relate to my parents and other people's kids, it seems apt for this blog.

For the rest of my blog? Yes, I am foul-fucking-mouthed, but so what? Nearly 2,000 died in a mudslide at the tail end of last week, the muslims are still going potty and wanting us all wiped off the face of the earth, the fundamentalist Christians have got a stranglehold of the American government, we're living in a dictatorship, we pay too much tax and get nothing back for it, and half the world is starving. My use of colourful language seems rather insignificant in comparison.


Shoo!
Well, my heart has been well and truly warmed by the overwhelming response to my plea for help in my epic quest for a pair of shoes that I like. Here are the suggestions from the wonderful Land of Blog.

Bearing in mind I said that I only ever wear "comfortable" shoes or trainers and I never wear anything "girly", I was really pleased with people's suggestions.

First up was that wonderful Irish man, SID


Thanks, SID. I really appreciate the effort you went to in identifying these as something that I might wear.

Jesus help me.







Then we had Indiana Jones's suggestion:




Not bad, but I might have trouble finding my size in some of That Merrill's styles.








Inexplicable Device chose these:


Interesting

And here are some that I quite the look of:


Stuff it, I'll just stick with my trainers I think. It's far too difficult.