[jonascord]

It is a given that French is best for cooking and love, Japanese is best for courtesy, and English for profanity and technology.

If someone is going to cannonball into a frozen pool, it's much more satisfying to express dismay at the result in English then say, Chinese.

What they left out is that he promptly went out and voted for Obama...

[ExGeeEye]

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2010/11/fireflys_15_best_uses_of_chinese_profanity.php

[ExGeeEye]

Additionally, I have taken to saying "Mot de Cambronne!" when particularly irritated. It's completely inoffensive, even in French-- unless you know exactly what Cambronne said.