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.
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
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