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August 21, 2006
Kids these days
I tell you, this Little League World Series thing is corrupting. I can see a 5 second delay for supposed family friendly fare like the Super Bowl, but Little League? What kind of world do we live in where 12 year old boys swear?
Player, manager apologize for incident at LLWS
An incident at the Little League World Series on Sunday night involving a player swearing and a coach slapping the player has resulted in reprimands, apologies and a five-second delay for broadcasts of the event.
Little League officials on Monday reprimanded the manager and a player for the Staten Island, N.Y. team after the player was heard using an obscenity and the manager responded by slapping him.
In the middle of the sixth inning, just before a commercial break, a player for Staten Island used an obscenity while telling his teammates in the dugout that they needed just one run to tie the game. The Staten Island manager responded with a quick slap to the player.
Lemont defeated Staten Island, 1-0.
The manager and the player apologized Monday for their actions, and Little League officials have made them aware that a repeat violation could lead to a suspension.
In response to the matter, ESPN has decided to put its Little League World Series telecasts on a five-second delay beginning with Monday's 3 p.m. game on ESPN between Lake Charles, La., and Portsmouth, N.H.
This really has nothing to do with anything, but I would not swear around other people probably until I was about 17. I just wouldn't do it. Even when all my friends were saying fuck this or fuck that, I was like, ain't gonna say it! But then I decided it's not really that bad.
One time, I had this friend who probably wasn't really a friend anyway, who ended up killing himself when we were 18. He introduced me to the word fuck, and I didn't know it was bad until I said it around the parents. Needless to say, they set me straight. Then I think my next public swearing was when I called somebody a pussy, once again not knowing that word was frowned upon.
Anyway, this intrigues me. When did you start swearing regularly, and if so, what were the circumstances of it?
Posted by oz115 at August 21, 2006 06:48 PM
Comments
The first time I got my mouth washed with soap was when I used the phrase "All the girls are jags" in the 3rd grade. I was at a new school and my mom asked me if I talked to any girls in my class...
The word was one of many that I learned from my father at a young age... Somehow I am reminded of the following line from A Christmas Story:
"In the heat of battle, my father wove a tapestry of obscenity which to this day still hovers somewhere over lake michigan"
Good Times.
Posted by: G at August 21, 2006 08:13 PM
I still don't swear regularly. I guess that my swearing began in high school, and was highly encouraged by college.
Posted by: Candi at August 22, 2006 10:39 AM