Speaking of blasphemy, I think the most startling expression I ever heard was back in 1963 when I was doing reconnaisance geology around the wilds of Moose Head Lake in Maine. We'd had a hard day running survey lines through the "slash" that the timber crews had left behind and it started to rain, soon turning into a downpour. One of our crewmembers from Virginia split the heavens with "By the quivering **** of the ******ed ****** of Jesus!" I save that one for very special occasions.