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The following is transcript of one of Carlin's program, not the above unfortunately, but it helps to read it.6 k- N* v4 ]9 L9 j% o9 B z1 c
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I love words. I thank you for hearing my words.
3 \0 s) V7 U# R4 o. ^# V/ \) cI want to tell you something about words that I think is important.
5 \; x t, N9 E8 j! [" zThey're my work, they're my play, they're my passion. F l5 V1 o) U% U3 h+ x
Words are all we have, really. We have thoughts but thoughts are fluid.( m; g8 `# @5 [% ]# [3 S9 o+ l S
then we assign a word to a thought and we're stuck with that word for" F6 D6 H, W) M& M
that thought, so be careful with words. I like to think that the same% E2 r' ^+ d6 F& p$ I/ E7 Y
words that hurt can heal, it is a matter of how you pick them.# K, \1 r9 t. ~% G* z
There are some people that are not into all the words.' O2 u. q# M3 g+ W, o) Q
There are some that would have you not use certain words.' a6 I2 A5 Q- h! M0 n0 T. m: P6 k7 l
There are 400,000 words in the English language and there are 7- h5 g- f9 F% R. r
of them you can't say on television. What a ratio that is.& N& A8 G) u7 Z0 z! q& O
399,993 to 7. They must really be bad. They'd have to be outrageous
; r( y& q. x+ @- o+ b0 z# fto be seperated from a group that large. All of you over here,you 7,
G# L4 [3 x, z- I, wBad Words. That's what they told us they were, remember?
) S- ]0 M0 X: b, z% ?5 Q: Q( U"That's a bad word!" No bad words, bad thoughts, bad intentions,4 o& ]0 V: w1 `- d' d. T3 l0 [
and words. You know the 7, don't you, that you can't say on television?0 b+ n2 \& x. Y
"Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, CockSucker, MotherFucker, and Tits"4 M" V' [$ \6 n7 r( F& m- k; b
Those are the heavy seven. Those are the ones that'll infect your soul,8 k2 L g6 ^7 f3 R; {# x1 f
curve your spine, and keep the country from winning the war.
& x: e# G+ C! \1 e5 D"Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, CockSucker, MotherFucker, and Tits"
1 K5 A$ p8 a: l2 |Wow! ...and Tits doesn't even belong on the list. That is such a friendly
% c" \& D# e. H8 [( q2 M4 c& p! B/ zsounding word. It sounds like a nickname, right? "Hey, Tits, come here,8 D* i% `; X, X2 n
man. Hey Tits, meet Toots. Toots, Tits. Tits, Toots." It sounds like a4 q6 b8 H; c! d. s: F i! i
snack, doesn't it? Yes, I know, it is a snack. I don't mean your sexist
: a5 F8 d/ m4 e+ h- psnack. I mean New Nabisco Tits!, and new Cheese Tits, Corn Tits,! J7 ^. V" Y7 w: {1 u8 S
Pizza Tits, Sesame Tits, Onion Tits, Tater Tits. "Betcha Can't Eat Just& d7 ] [" N2 E# c
One." That's true. I usually switch off. But I mean, that word does& X# k# C- p$ e* f
not belong on the list. Actually none of the words belong on the list,
9 J* G% T+ m7 d. l; j/ obut you can understand why some of them are there. I'm not
6 ]' C* Q. [$ U9 y; q$ Q+ Lcompletely insensetive to people's feelings. I can understand why. F6 S. a% P) h
some of those words got on the list, like CockSucker and5 e/ b9 q/ B9 |) t% I. A3 y
MotherFucker. Those are heavyweight words. There is a lot going on+ G. @% {9 M2 U% W
there. Besides the literal translation and the emotional feeling.
" B5 T/ a) _( z7 Y" yI mean, they're just busy words. There's a lot of syllables to contend! @4 f: E5 M- `' D! N, y
with. And those Ks, those are agressive sounds. They just jump out at3 j8 c, l/ v6 I
you like "coCKsuCKer, motherfuCKer. coCKsuCKer, motherfuCKer."
9 q2 M) s$ i/ b) s/ d2 v8 iIt's like an assualt on you. We mentioned Shit earlier, and 2 of the
+ R9 C9 e& Y6 V$ C7 F/ ^/ W$ lother 4-letter Anglo-Saxon words are Piss and Cunt, which go
" s0 G( g' \9 f% P! `5 H: Ltogether of course. A little accedental humor there. The reason that- A' s. Q9 g# e. K4 g2 x
Piss and Cunt are on the list is because a long time ago, there were0 E! N. p I0 u- a
certain ladies that said "Those are the 2 I am not going to say. I
4 B7 S8 H5 p3 m* \" odon't mind Fuck and Shit but 'P' and 'C' are out.", which led to such4 V' G* J% H; ^7 b9 j+ h
stupid sentences as "Okay you fuckers, I'm going to tinckle now."
1 ]! s1 U6 A/ H$ N* r7 dAnd, of course, the word Fuck. I don't really, well that's more
/ M2 b/ c/ j7 |' V5 y+ ^accedental humor, I don't wanna get into that now because I think; Q' \) S% m' x
it takes to long. But I do mean that. I think the word Fuck is a very& s% T' ~/ J. F! b) I
imprortant word. It is the beginning of life, yet it is a word we use to9 o& k9 M( P s# r( v
hurt one another quite often. People much wiser than I am said,$ W0 {( H% A% Q' Y1 j
"I'd rather have my son watch a film with 2 people making love
+ P: D, w) n# B9 U0 [8 u, |than 2 people trying to kill one another. I, of course, can agree. It is1 L3 c; [0 w; f8 Y5 W
a great sentence. I wish I knew who said it first. I agree with that but" I+ d$ o" u: a& |9 `& M
I like to take it a step further. I'd like to substitute the word Fuck for# q+ ]! _: y7 E: x7 n
the word Kill in all of those movie cliches we grew up with. "Okay,
7 P' o8 B+ K/ dSherrif, we're gonna Fuck you now, but we're gonna Fuck you slow."
) j3 j; x0 N# l& m& Y* DSo maybe next year I'll have a whole fuckin' ramp on the N word.
3 V0 S, q' x s0 P3 }) V" H4 { jI hope so. Those are the 7 you can never say on television, under any
& Z7 j9 x5 [6 a1 g* G* x2 V# ucircumstanses. You just cannot say them ever ever ever. Not even! L2 E5 }3 k+ \0 i: u/ u
clinically. You cannot weave them in on the panel with Doc, and Ed,
- R r E9 E3 Oand Johnny. I mean, it is just impossible. Forget tHose 7. They're out.3 T& z6 _# s. w5 }/ K+ I+ i
But there are some 2-way words, those double-meaning words.
) t' z k! R. [8 URemember the ones you giggled at in sixth grade? "...And the cock5 b8 R5 a* ]6 k3 Y, U
CROWED 3 times" "Hey, tha cock CROWED 3 times. ha ha ha ha. Hey, it's in
. M3 ?5 Q: n( Z/ ]the bible. ha ha ha ha. There are some 2-way words, like it is okay for( _, N: p2 [/ R2 w
Kirk Youdi to say "Roberto Clametti has 2 balls on him.", but he can't8 L- h: @4 _) M) K: ]- j. X
say "I think he hurt his balls on that play, Tony. Don't you? He's holding/ l6 `! f* l! {% Y2 |
them. He must've hurt them, by God." and the other 2-way word that
' n, A% S4 N9 Pgoes with that one is Prik. It's okay if it happens to your finger. You
; C- a% }. z! n7 xcan prik your finger but don't finger your prik. No,no. |
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