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Arkansas Granny

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5. That reminds me of a Mark Twain quote.

Reply to CurtEastPoint (Reply #4)

Mon Feb 12, 2018, 12:34 PM

Feb 2018

Under certain circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.
- Mark Twain, a Biography

There are some other good quotes by Twain concerning profanity here: http://www.twainquotes.com/Profanity.html

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What to know what Sen. Tom Cotton will say about immigration on the Senate floor? [View all] sinkingfeeling Feb 2018 OP

Tom Cotton hasn't responded to my emails since I asked him which "shithole" country his ancestors Arkansas Granny Feb 2018 #1

BS: You, your family, and our state will remain on my mind and close to my heart in my work. CurtEastPoint Feb 2018 #2

You have a real gift for profanity! dchill Feb 2018 #3

Pshaw. I have a potty mouth. And keyboard. It keeps me sane! CurtEastPoint Feb 2018 #4

That reminds me of a Mark Twain quote. Arkansas Granny Feb 2018 #5

"He didn't utter a word, but he exuded mute blasphemy from every pore." CurtEastPoint Feb 2018 #6