[net.nlang] Language Flame

riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle) (02/07/84)

(Guvf qvfphffvba jnf zbirq sebz arg.jbzra.bayl.)

Nevry Funggra (bepn!nevryf) pbzcynvaf nobhg gur hfr bs gur jbeq
"pbpxfhpxre" nf na vafhyg, naq fcrpvsvpnyyl nobhg vgf frkvfg
vzcyvpngvbaf.

V guvax V frr ure cbvag -- sryyngvb vf n avpr npgvivgl, naq vg
pregnvayl vf n funzr gb unir vg qenttrq guebhtu gur zhpx ol yvaxvat n
cebsnar vafhyg jvgu vg -- ohg V qba'g guvax gung gur ceboyrz vf bar bs
frkvfz, naq V pregnvayl qba'g guvax gung vg vf havdhr gb "pbpxfhpxre".
Ybbx, sbe rknzcyr, ng "shpxre", "shpxvat", "cevpx" naq "phag".  Frkhny
vagrepbhefr vf n jbaqreshy guvat, naq cravfrf naq intvanf ner gur irel
avpr betnaf juvpu znxr frkhny vagrepbhefr cbffvoyr, lrg flabalzf sbe
gurz enax evtug hc gurer jvgu "pbpxfhpxre" nf fbzr bs gur ivyrfg jbeqf
jr pna hfr gb ersre gb crbcyr.  Snpr vg -- bhe ynathntr vf, nf sne nf
frk vf pbaprearq, fgvyy fghpx onpx va gur qnex ntrf.

Ohg nf sbe gur punetr bs frkvfz, V guvax gung "pbpxfhpxre" vf zbfg
bsgra hfrq nf n cnegvphyneyl ybngufbzr rcvgurg abg ntnvafg jbzra, ohg
ntnvafg zra, orpnhfr bs vgf nffbpvngvba jvgu ubzbfrkhnyvgl.  Vs lbh
jnag gb pbzcynva nobhg frkvfg phff jbeqf, ybbx ng gur barf juvpu ner
hfrq nyzbfg rkpyhfviryl gb ersre gb jbzra:  "juber", "fyhg", naq gur
yvxr.  Gurer V guvax lbh znl ernyyl svaq n yhexvat qbhoyr fgnaqneq.

--- Ceragvff Evqqyr
--- ("Nceraqvm qr gbqb, znrfgeb qr anqn.")
--- {vuac4,frvfzb,pgink}!hg-fnyyl!evqqyr

sxnahm@bbncca.ARPA (Steve Nahm) (02/08/84)

(Excuse this light-hearted reply to a serious point.)

Last night on David Letterman's show, a female comedian complained
that the censor objected to a sexual curse she was planning on
including in her routine.  She made the same comment that sexual
curses are inappropriate since sex is nice.  

Her suggested, more appropriate curse:

	Audit YOU, buddy!

Steve