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My new favorite word while driving is (Original Post) Niagara Mar 11 OP
My old favorite... 2naSalit Mar 11 #1
I can't share what my old favorite was Niagara Mar 11 #3
LOL! 2naSalit Mar 11 #4
Whatever works. I just try to get out of the way of a'hole/aggressive drivers and think KARMA... hlthe2b Mar 11 #2
"C'mon fuckos...let's go for a ride". LuckyCharms Mar 11 #5
I didn't realize this word was used in Goodfellas. Niagara Mar 11 #6
They learned that word from you. LuckyCharms Mar 11 #7
Hahaha! Sometimes filmmakers need fresh perspectives! Niagara Mar 11 #8
Did you clear the proper usage with Floyd R. Turbo first? True Dough Mar 11 #9
I did not clear any proper usage with Floyd, True Dough Niagara Mar 12 #11
Just curious True Dough Mar 12 #13
There was frequent swearing in my household growing up Niagara Mar 12 #14
I love it when people have a sense of humor, True Dough Mar 12 #15
She was certainly one of my favorite clients... Niagara Mar 13 #18
I still use Al Swearengen's favorite word when I'm in traffic. LudwigPastorius Mar 12 #10
I scored Seasons 1,2 and 3 of Deadwood DVD's last summer for $3 each Niagara Mar 12 #12
I think Richie Cunningham ("Happy Days") used "bucko" as a euphemism. Harker Mar 12 #16
He did. Different Drummer Mar 12 #17
I'm not familiar with Happy Days, Harker Niagara Mar 13 #19
I'm not sure how it would hold up, Niagara. Harker Mar 13 #20
I have awhile yet as I'm currently on season 5 Niagara Mar 13 #21
That's the spirit! Harker Mar 13 #22
I got this, Harker Niagara Mar 13 #23
I'm sure you do! Harker Mar 13 #24

hlthe2b

(109,006 posts)
2. Whatever works. I just try to get out of the way of a'hole/aggressive drivers and think KARMA...
Tue Mar 11, 2025, 03:55 PM
Mar 11

as I try to note make/model/color of vehicle to call police (*277 in Colorado)...

KARMA works for me and (usually) keeps me from escalating...

LuckyCharms

(19,886 posts)
7. They learned that word from you.
Tue Mar 11, 2025, 04:45 PM
Mar 11

Martin Scorsese told me that he consulted with you on the film!

True Dough

(22,551 posts)
9. Did you clear the proper usage with Floyd R. Turbo first?
Tue Mar 11, 2025, 09:17 PM
Mar 11

He seems to be consumed with F-bomb syntax.



P.S. I like numpty as an alternative when virgin ears happen to be nearby.

Niagara

(10,434 posts)
11. I did not clear any proper usage with Floyd, True Dough
Wed Mar 12, 2025, 08:38 AM
Mar 12

My previous word usage was much worse compared to fucko and so I can't repeat it here at all.




My main F-bomb syntax verbal usage just happens to start and continue the entire time when I'm driving. It does happen at other times but not as frequently as with driving.



For example, yesterday I got stuck behind a dump truck which was for awhile. These things have warnings not to get too close and they throw rocks at vehicles. Anyway, I was being tailgated by other drivers because of the dump truck.


On Valentine's Day I received a parking violation on the one way street that my client lives on. This street has a bizarre alternative parking cluster-fuck with dates and times happening as well. I had to write out a note what side of the street to park on for certain days of the week and I keep this reminder in my vehicle.

Yesterday, I went down this street 3 times to get a parking spot on the right hand side of the street to avoid a parking violation. This other car/driver was leaving the left side of the street simultaneously while I was trying to grab a spot on the right hand side. Of course this other driver was right on my ass and they were pissed off that I stopped to see if where I was going to park was safe and not in front of a residential driveway. I could see them in my rear view mirror yelling and flipping me off.

I don't know what wrong with these people. I'm only trying to obtain the correct parking space so I don't end up with another $40 parking violation.

So yeah, F whatevers fly out of my mouth when I'm driving frequently.


P.S. My client lives on a street with spectacular Victorian homes that are built very close together. Not every single home on this one way with alternative parking street has their own driveway, the driveways are a rare commodity so it makes street parking an absolute nightmare.

True Dough

(22,551 posts)
13. Just curious
Wed Mar 12, 2025, 07:00 PM
Mar 12

did you grow up in a household where you heard your folks swear frequently? Or did you pick it up in high school or college?

My dad used to curse a blue streak. His go-to was "Jesus, Mary and Joseph," which he barked loudly, quickly and angrily. As a child, I thought he was saying "Jesus Marion Joseph." I figured that was Jesus's middle name!

Niagara

(10,434 posts)
14. There was frequent swearing in my household growing up
Wed Mar 12, 2025, 07:30 PM
Mar 12

And my dad used all the profanities.


My mom is always horrified when I drop the f bomb so I try not to do that around her.


I don't swear in front of my clients, I do have a filter. My last client that I had asked me one day, "What words can I say in front of you, Niagara?" I let her know whatever she wanted to say was fine with me.

One day she was applying makeup to her face while looking in a mirror and she said, "I look like a fucking whore!". I couldn't help myself and I started laughing because it wasn't what I was expecting from someone who was 93 years young. This comment completely caught me off guard.

True Dough

(22,551 posts)
15. I love it when people have a sense of humor,
Wed Mar 12, 2025, 08:22 PM
Mar 12

especially old people! I think I'd get along with that lady too.

Niagara

(10,434 posts)
18. She was certainly one of my favorite clients...
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 08:55 AM
Mar 13

and I told her family that as well after she was placed in memory care.

LudwigPastorius

(12,069 posts)
10. I still use Al Swearengen's favorite word when I'm in traffic.
Wed Mar 12, 2025, 12:08 AM
Mar 12

Not proud of that, and I'm trying to change.

Niagara

(10,434 posts)
12. I scored Seasons 1,2 and 3 of Deadwood DVD's last summer for $3 each
Wed Mar 12, 2025, 08:44 AM
Mar 12

I still haven't watched the series yet.


Now I'm thinking I shouldn't watch the series so that I don't pick up more profanity laced words.

Niagara

(10,434 posts)
19. I'm not familiar with Happy Days, Harker
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 09:01 AM
Mar 13

I'm currently watching MASH on streaming.

I'll see if Happy Days is available to stream after I complete MASH.


Harker

(15,981 posts)
20. I'm not sure how it would hold up, Niagara.
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 09:11 AM
Mar 13

I graduated high school and didn't see any of its last seven subsequent seasons, thus missing The Fonz jump the shark (the origin of the phrase.)

Niagara

(10,434 posts)
21. I have awhile yet as I'm currently on season 5
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 09:29 AM
Mar 13

I'm enjoying it. I don't think that I would have understood the themes as a child during the time that MASH was airing on television. I wasn't even born when it first aired in 1972.


I'll see what kind of good trouble I get into with Happy Days if it's available.



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