Posted on 10/05/2005 12:23:07 PM PDT by raccoonradio
MEDWAY (MA) – For parents of elementary school students here, a slogan for a nearby business stinks.
A Medway man's septic-system service boasts about his work with the words ``(Expletive) happens'' on trucks.
``It's not something I'd want my granddaughter to see,'' said Beverly Rechle, the grandmother of a McGovern Elementary School student.
But they do see it all day long as the trucks pull in and out across from the entrance to the school.
``I don't think it's a good thing for my son to read,'' said Debbie Lawton, mom to a first-grader. ``If he saw it, I'm sure he'd say, `How come I can't say that word, but the truck can?' ''
The school's principal, Wendy Rocha, said the foul language on the trucks had not been brought to her attention until now.
The owner of the business, Paul Trufant, said he's not cleaning up his potty talk, as one parent called it.
``This is America, not Iraq . . . it's freedom of speech,'' Trufant said ``There are so many pedophiles out there, why aren't (parents) more worried about pedophiles?''
You could say, criticism happens.
I find it funny.
But that's my South Park Republican side talking.
You know, I see their point. But, I have heard children that age say worse than that at a public school.
>>`How come I can't say that word, but the truck can?' ''
A talking truck? :)
"I bet you they won't play this song on the radio
I bet you they won't play this new (BLEEP) song
It's not that it's (blank) or (blank) controversial
It's just that the (bleep)ing words are awfully strong.
You can't see (Bleep!) on the radio
Or (Bleep!) or (Blank) or (Bleeeggggufg!)
You can't even say I'd like to (sound effect) you
someday
Unless you're a doctor with a very large (sound effect)
So I bet you they won't play this song on the radio
I bet you they won't (ching!)-ing well program it.\
I'll bet you their (bleep!)-ing old Program Directors
Will think it's a load of horse(flop)"--Monty Python
can't SAY that should say
There's a septic tank service company here in San Diego that has the slogan "Your crap is our bread and butter" painted on the back of every truck. It gets a laugh out of me every time.
>>also there is consequences
for Stern to having to resign your Senate Post
(Lott's words of praise for Thurmond), etc.
His truck says "When Doody Calls."
Oh I do too! But it's still funny!!
Oh man! That made me laugh!
Kind of like when National Lampoon's True Facts (funny
real-life photos) had a "missing letters" bit that included the following (no, the letter wasn't really missing, but...)
FU KING CHINESE RESTAURANT
ROFL...is that real??
oops--"yes, there are consequences, from Stern having to pay an FCC fine to Lott resigning his post over the Thurmond
comments--shouldn't have hit that post button before
fully checking out. You know what happens.
I think it is funny. But, I am more tolerant than most when it comes to that sort of thing.
According to this:
http://www.smartpages.com/sp/smartpage/?id=115947522&_requestid=656681
there really is a Fu King Chinese Restaurant in Lake City, FL!!
Ping.
To be honest, not sure but it looks real.
It's one more step to desensitizing people to rude behaviour. And it IS rude. But then I've noticed we've become a rude impolite society which is reflected by our kids. What's the saying "What's condoned by one generation is practiced by the next"?
I'm Sofa King Nuts, as they say...
One of my friends at the Texas Renaissance Festival is in the pirate group - the Pride of Bedlam - and the character he plays is the ship's Mongolian cook, Fu King.
He has done some amazingly funny work with that name (and Fu's family, like his mother Sue and his father Lee).
Like my neighbor, Ben Dover, and his wife Eileen...
Taoism : Shit Happens.
Hare Krishna : Shit Happens Rama Rama Ding Ding.
Hinduism : This Shit Happened Before.
Islam : If Shit Happens, Take a Hostage.
Zen : What Is The Sound of Shit Happening?
Buddhism : When Shit Happens, Is It Really Shit?
Confucuanism : Confucius Say, "Shit Happens."
7th Day Adventist : Shit Happens on Saturdays.
Protestantism : Shit Won't Happen if I Work Harder.
Catholicism : If Shit Happens, I Derserve It.
Jehovah's Witness : Knock, Knock, "Shit Happens."
Unitarian : What is This Shit?
Mormon : Shit Happens Again & Again & Again.
Judaism : Why Does This Shit Always Happen To Me?
Rastafarianism : Let's Smoke This Shit.
Because I said so.
Close. Let me correct it.
Islam : If Shit Happens, Put a Turban on It's Head and call it Bin Laden.
Oh yikes, not sure my opinion is going to be shared...
I think that theres LOTS of funny slogans out there..They could probably come up with something very witty without using that language.. God knows, Im not a prude, but its not really needed! :o)
MM
That's probably it...it was reproduced in a National Lampoon True Facts book from back in the early 90s. (Similar to stuff on Jay Leno's Headlines...) Other missing letter examples:
COLON_ CLEANERS
G_EEK VILLAGE
PAIN_ 10 to 50 per cent off
_ANAL MUSEUM
I agree with you, but also feel that the slogan is funny.
Like JRBC, I am also more tolerant of that kind of stuff but really it's probably not appropriate.
Well the consequences are (In this case) alienating a large portion of his customer base and having them bad mouth him. Any time you think freedom of speech has no consequences just walk into your local biker bar and start yelling that they are all fags, or maybe a black bar (if you are white) and yell out the "N" word.
There will be consequences
I don't swear so I'm sensitive to it. My best friend was shocked to hear her 5 yr old use the word "at" his Dad. I told her it was every other word out of her mouth (and Dads). She made an effort to stop. It's gotten better. Sort of.
In this area, there is a guy that has "We're #1 in the #2 business!" painted on the back of his truck....
Oh I don't know, depends on what type of biker bar it is i guess :)
Im not saying that its not funny, I think the question is, is it appropriate? And its not. Both my boys, when they were learning to read, would read whatever we passed on the road.. Not sure I would have liked it if they started reading that stuff!! LOL
To each his own! :o)
MM
Well if it were the Blue Oyster from the Police Academy movies...
I agree if the parents use the language the kids will pick it up. I do not have children and I am not planning to, but I do watch what I say in the presence of other people's kids.
I'm in agreement!! I wouldn't want my kids reading it either.
LOL
Geesh youre easy!
MM
They're human tape recorders. If you don't want it repeated, don't say it in their hearing. A lot of parents don't understand that concept. I guess we're conservatives because we tend to think more. :)
and I've heard of radiator repair places that say "WE'RE THE BEST PLACE TO TAKE A LEAK" on their trucks.
I share your opinion. What's appropriate or funny in one venue doesn't make it appropriate in public. I for one am so tired of the enshrinement of Junior High locker room humor. It seems every movie has to have a toilet scene, every comedian has to have his or her dirty routine displayed in places like awards ceremonies, every celebrity has to toss in a profanity or two in interviews to be cool. I get tired of seeing profanity everywhere on bumper stickers, shirts, tattoos, signs. It seems there is no longer any sense of decorum. Sorry but profanity and crudeness in inappropriate venues is not nearly as funny as a lot of people think it is. It's a sign of arrested development.
That kind of humor has its place but not on company trucks or other public places. I side with the parents' POV although I wouldn't try to use the government to change it. I would use economic pressure.
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Yea I kept thinkin something wasn't right about that place.
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