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The following is transcript of one of Carlin's program, not the above unfortunately, but it helps to read it.
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& f0 F2 @5 W% N8 _7 B1 M) Y6 XI love words. I thank you for hearing my words.3 S+ l! }: J& G4 A
I want to tell you something about words that I think is important.
/ Q3 ]- r! Q0 Y. o/ e: N0 N2 \They're my work, they're my play, they're my passion.
- y2 h( J* [" e1 H Z9 kWords are all we have, really. We have thoughts but thoughts are fluid.
! g2 |9 G/ Q8 a; }: l- Fthen we assign a word to a thought and we're stuck with that word for
2 I* T" Y1 Z* l: S4 \that thought, so be careful with words. I like to think that the same
+ Q. I. a& c5 Y1 V$ h4 Q- r; p! Qwords that hurt can heal, it is a matter of how you pick them.
6 h! @# _3 K+ W4 c `0 Q3 I' pThere are some people that are not into all the words.
: {; R; @! N6 vThere are some that would have you not use certain words.
0 \$ C8 w3 w2 E _; |There are 400,000 words in the English language and there are 75 f9 y* {! U: A( r
of them you can't say on television. What a ratio that is.4 [; j; c" v {! C$ l4 d7 h4 a
399,993 to 7. They must really be bad. They'd have to be outrageous
# G- E- j4 _# c. z8 I6 nto be seperated from a group that large. All of you over here,you 7,
2 j: [" [+ F/ |0 I2 dBad Words. That's what they told us they were, remember?, R+ | Y. c4 V# \4 M$ W
"That's a bad word!" No bad words, bad thoughts, bad intentions,+ w4 o% a G9 ?& {& b9 S
and words. You know the 7, don't you, that you can't say on television?9 O( F" W+ m1 N) ~; g V
"Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, CockSucker, MotherFucker, and Tits"5 I+ t# P, t' l n9 a$ |1 Z' s
Those are the heavy seven. Those are the ones that'll infect your soul,2 }% g$ Q0 P3 T8 d6 M
curve your spine, and keep the country from winning the war.5 G! O. X" c9 [
"Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, CockSucker, MotherFucker, and Tits"
: f Q: o2 |8 ~ w1 p' LWow! ...and Tits doesn't even belong on the list. That is such a friendly+ w- U% d B3 ^! ]
sounding word. It sounds like a nickname, right? "Hey, Tits, come here,0 w9 q" n' S L ]
man. Hey Tits, meet Toots. Toots, Tits. Tits, Toots." It sounds like a
4 {7 H! W7 g4 p1 A+ |7 W2 l. msnack, doesn't it? Yes, I know, it is a snack. I don't mean your sexist
! X; Y/ n1 @! w8 msnack. I mean New Nabisco Tits!, and new Cheese Tits, Corn Tits,9 ^! J e, H- ]* z7 f% c' F
Pizza Tits, Sesame Tits, Onion Tits, Tater Tits. "Betcha Can't Eat Just& }8 L( l: t5 z o' [3 f5 X) S. V
One." That's true. I usually switch off. But I mean, that word does2 d0 ?8 V* l V' P
not belong on the list. Actually none of the words belong on the list,
1 c2 A: g% W% I' j Q) g1 Rbut you can understand why some of them are there. I'm not& V7 T0 Q0 s" L% z5 a
completely insensetive to people's feelings. I can understand why
/ O$ i! _2 g: c( O/ W1 Wsome of those words got on the list, like CockSucker and( ~1 n2 L% [( o# h) A% r
MotherFucker. Those are heavyweight words. There is a lot going on
3 ~9 Z) V0 ]& `0 _( _* @. Athere. Besides the literal translation and the emotional feeling.
+ M" O8 ^1 q2 u9 q; sI mean, they're just busy words. There's a lot of syllables to contend$ r [ L- G9 s H9 ]3 k/ ]" R
with. And those Ks, those are agressive sounds. They just jump out at
- Y4 B# B: O; ?% xyou like "coCKsuCKer, motherfuCKer. coCKsuCKer, motherfuCKer.": c2 F1 ]* P v- e; O# M1 a- ^& B
It's like an assualt on you. We mentioned Shit earlier, and 2 of the
# p. i0 K8 H# r8 \% ^' }3 I% G% Oother 4-letter Anglo-Saxon words are Piss and Cunt, which go" R" j. e9 n3 m7 [ |3 D
together of course. A little accedental humor there. The reason that
: I4 S: J, p1 }/ C7 J o7 A& CPiss and Cunt are on the list is because a long time ago, there were
5 }0 w- x+ o) z | d, ~- Kcertain ladies that said "Those are the 2 I am not going to say. I
w0 h. U8 N, B+ X; @( Tdon't mind Fuck and Shit but 'P' and 'C' are out.", which led to such9 y% n I! E* D: j8 |* n3 h
stupid sentences as "Okay you fuckers, I'm going to tinckle now."
; [% w. g* u/ K7 `And, of course, the word Fuck. I don't really, well that's more
" }; e; G4 `' p7 W$ v+ i$ f, t, Yaccedental humor, I don't wanna get into that now because I think
9 l1 P0 n/ }, O) Y7 @ o8 ait takes to long. But I do mean that. I think the word Fuck is a very
5 R% ?6 ]: k% x5 R4 h1 E0 E. e1 fimprortant word. It is the beginning of life, yet it is a word we use to
7 i' p2 X8 s0 y& }, A) F" Yhurt one another quite often. People much wiser than I am said,
+ l8 |7 w( N5 K& Q1 ]"I'd rather have my son watch a film with 2 people making love
3 N5 D" f; R! Y7 b5 vthan 2 people trying to kill one another. I, of course, can agree. It is$ i9 |3 ^1 O: ?7 ^6 Z" E. f
a great sentence. I wish I knew who said it first. I agree with that but
# e+ K! ?& q7 n6 z1 mI like to take it a step further. I'd like to substitute the word Fuck for
; R5 l! @. c6 D# J8 W0 A" x# kthe word Kill in all of those movie cliches we grew up with. "Okay,
( O8 ~4 C; ^- R% USherrif, we're gonna Fuck you now, but we're gonna Fuck you slow."8 U7 ~3 |4 W! K0 {( O# c; k
So maybe next year I'll have a whole fuckin' ramp on the N word.( w" l% |, z% e2 m' o n
I hope so. Those are the 7 you can never say on television, under any% f5 I5 C4 h% X5 H4 r0 l
circumstanses. You just cannot say them ever ever ever. Not even! `" h8 X$ `9 t/ M9 \8 K5 `' v
clinically. You cannot weave them in on the panel with Doc, and Ed,9 |! x5 `( U7 g: Z! P
and Johnny. I mean, it is just impossible. Forget tHose 7. They're out.
( J* n( V/ @5 ~8 @But there are some 2-way words, those double-meaning words.
% ~! `6 Y0 }$ B4 o8 p4 d9 C/ aRemember the ones you giggled at in sixth grade? "...And the cock
/ N* {6 [! y2 z! z7 e+ n9 { wCROWED 3 times" "Hey, tha cock CROWED 3 times. ha ha ha ha. Hey, it's in
1 y' P, j* \: {: Pthe bible. ha ha ha ha. There are some 2-way words, like it is okay for
- e2 R4 W" t7 EKirk Youdi to say "Roberto Clametti has 2 balls on him.", but he can't+ r: p7 E" V; g x6 l
say "I think he hurt his balls on that play, Tony. Don't you? He's holding- P+ t( t8 y0 W- L# `3 K* {
them. He must've hurt them, by God." and the other 2-way word that7 L3 ]2 C( O) J0 w9 z
goes with that one is Prik. It's okay if it happens to your finger. You& C% r7 N/ _6 [6 R+ k9 S$ {
can prik your finger but don't finger your prik. No,no. |
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