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Thread #15026   Message #133489
Posted By: Bill D
08-Nov-99 - 09:23 PM
Thread Name: BS: Asterisk Euphemism
Subject: RE: BS: Asterisk Euphemism
...I remember a story about Mark Twain...(Sam Clemens)...who evidently had an amazing command of the vulgar tongue...much to the chagrin of his long-suffering wife. One day he cut himself shaving, and let loose with a long string of x-rated expletives..

Well, his wife, hoping to shame him, stepped up to the bathroom door and repeated every word she had just heard him use...He stood there, eyes wide, shaving brush paused, until she had finished...the looked at her and shook his head..."Well, my dear," he said, "you have the words fine, but you don't have the tune quite right yet!"