Giac--I almost spit my iced tea out when I read your post. Hilarious!

I have an Irish friend (Tipperary) who constantly says "Christ on a bike!" which is similar to Liz the Squeak's. Hmmm. Maybe just the charm of the rhyme?

Steve, I'm sorry if you're offended. No offense is intended to you by any of us here, I'm sure. But you must also allow us to exchange ideas freely. I am not a Christian and may find how you speak offensive but that is your right and I would never attempt to silence you. I value this forum, the people here and our right to speak freely about any subject.

One more thing: My dad had a couple of really strange expressions when he was upset. One was "Holy Smokes!" or "Holy Smokin' Tobacco!" and the other sounded like "Geez Manodies!" I'm spelling that phonetically because I don't have a CLUE about that one. Anybody ever heard of these? Especially the last one? (He was from rural, coal-mining country in Pennsylvania.)