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I am reminded of a Thanksgiving at our grandfolks' Kansas ranch house, a place of great dignity and family heritage with a very proper grandma and a very harrumphingly stern grandpa, both of very rock-ribbed Missouri Synod Lutheran background bequeathed to us. My little sister, about five, was asked to say the Lord's Prayer as grace. This will not end well, I thought. She intoned: "Our Father, who aren't in Heaven, halibut be thy name..." You could tell it was our family because everyone was afraid to laugh and forced back the mirth with the expected German-American rectitude.
My sister and I were having dinner at a friend's house when we were kids. We're not religious, but they are devout Catholics. The dad gave a nice prayer, albeit a rather serious one, giving thanks for the food and friends. At the end, my little sister added..."And God bless the Colonel!" Guess what we were having for dinner?
Which reminds me of one I have been reluctant to post out of deference to my mother, because she didn't care for a certain word. But, if it gets a laugh now, she'll forgive me. I've loved this saying ever since I was a kid.
"That'll go over like a f^rt in church."
My mom was not religious, and she wasn't a prude, but she absolutely hated two words. Cr^p and F^rt. Out of love and respect for her, we refrained from using these words(in her presence anyway) We had a secret code word for the second one. It can be found on my profile page message board.
In a similar vein, I love the story about how Led Zeppelin came up with their name. When Keith Moon heard about the supergroup Page was forming he said, "...their music would go over like a lead zeppelin." Instead of spelling it Lead like the heaviest metal, they spelled it Led, so the thick Americans wouldn't mispronounce it.
tantalust-The TV quote was great. All great words. And junkwaffle. Hilarious!!!
My church buddies and I used to joke, "Confucious say, 'he who cuts f*rt in church must sit in his own pew'".
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It can be found on my profile page message board.
