# Actual call to my radio show... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 30, 2008, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-call-to-my-radio-show/447422 "2008-04-30T01:46:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-call-to-my-radio-show/447422/21 "2008-04-30T13:10:32Z")
I’ve often thought that if I were a disc jockey, I would try to make a weekend out of songs with acceptable cursing in them…that is, songs that are already frequently heard on the radio with bad word intact. Listeners wouldn’t even be aware of the “theme”. The only “fuck” one I’ve come up with is that Who song, though. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-call-to-my-radio-show/447422/22 "2008-04-30T13:22:59Z")
Jeremy – although I’ve heard it bleeped about %50 of the time. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-call-to-my-radio-show/447422/23 "2008-04-30T13:50:22Z")
D’oh! ---
**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-call-to-my-radio-show/447422/24 "2008-04-30T14:18:04Z")
[QUOTE=DoctorJ] Not that they’ve made anything explicit, mind you; as always, the only way to find out where the lines are is to cross them. [/QUOTE] As someone wh volunteered in radio for a brief time, I’m not saying that this makes the situation any less agravating, but they have good reason to avoid saying precisely what is and is not allowed. The FCC believes (due to a fairly clear and well established legal precedent) that to publish a list of verboten, “dirty words” would constitute prior restraint on free speech. So, we have the system we have now where the FCC can only say it was a bad thing after the fact. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-call-to-my-radio-show/447422/25 "2008-04-30T14:44:54Z")
[QUOTE=DoctorJ] Me: Spaceship of Fools! Caller: Hello. I just wanted to say that I just heard the “F” word. Me: Well, sir, I really don’t think you did. Caller: Yeah, it was there. Me: Sir, I check the lyrics of every song I play, and I know the three I’ve played so far very well, so I don’t know what you think you heard, but it wasn’t the “F” word. Caller: What’s this song called? Me: “Think About It” by Flight of the Conchords. Caller: I’m going to look it up, and then I’ll call you back. [/QUOTE] Did you record the conversation? Because this is the kind of thing that would be a hoot to play over the air. Maybe as a promo for your show. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-call-to-my-radio-show/447422/26 "2008-04-30T15:55:26Z")
Should have asked him what damage was done, Then what damage was done the other times he heard the word. Perhaps he could have offered insight on how we are to survive word damage. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-call-to-my-radio-show/447422/27 "2008-04-30T22:07:56Z")
That’s just silly. Don’t venture out into the wild world of alternative radio if all you want to hear is mainstream, pure as the driven snow music. Blech. I don’t know what the Canadian profanity rules are, but we can always tell we’re watching a Canadian channel when we hear uncensored movies later at night and a talk show host saying “shit” just after 6 pm. 😃 (That would be George Snuffleuppagus on “The Hour,” of course.) ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-call-to-my-radio-show/447422/28 "2008-04-30T22:23:32Z")
[QUOTE=TheLoadedDog] In my part of the world, you can use progressively stronger language as the night wears on. I’m not sure if you could just broadcast an hour of somebody saying “fuck fuckitty fucken fucksticks by fuck”, but you can let fly with the word hear and there. “Cunt” even makes a rare appearance. Inadvertent use of the word “shit” during the daytime is usually left alone. [/QUOTE] I _do_ know that you can’t say “cunt” in Canada, because in Canada that’s pretty fuckin’ rude. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-call-to-my-radio-show/447422/29 "2008-04-30T22:44:21Z")
[QUOTE=SHAKES] What part of the lyrics do you think he’s confusing for the F word? Just currious. [/QUOTE] “Forks”. See post #14. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-call-to-my-radio-show/447422/30 "2008-05-01T01:41:55Z")
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya] I _do_ know that you can’t say “cunt” in Canada, because in Canada that’s pretty fuckin’ rude. [/QUOTE] I assume that word has the same sexist baggage in Canada as in the US? It’s a bit different here: “cunt” is generally considered the strongest word, but it doesn’t have the extra dimension of being used to refer to women as an insult. It’s either used for the piece of anatomy, or - perhaps strangely - almost exclusively against _men_ as an insult (equiv. of _asshole_). Maybe that’s why. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-call-to-my-radio-show/447422/31 "2008-05-01T02:10:38Z")
I’d’ve been tempted to lambast Caller for his insensitivity to sufferers of Tourette’s attempting to make a living in radio. Sure, it’d be a lie. But sometimes that’s what stupid needs. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-call-to-my-radio-show/447422/32 "2008-05-02T03:34:35Z")
[QUOTE=TheLoadedDog] I assume that word has the same sexist baggage in Canada as in the US? It’s a bit different here: “cunt” is generally considered the strongest word, but it doesn’t have the extra dimension of being used to refer to women as an insult. It’s either used for the piece of anatomy, or - perhaps strangely - almost exclusively against _men_ as an insult (equiv. of _asshole_). Maybe that’s why. [/QUOTE] I seem to recall Sex and the City having “cunt” uncensored on Australian TV. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-call-to-my-radio-show/447422/33 "2008-05-02T03:51:39Z")
[QUOTE=Rhythmdvl] Why not [I Bet They Won’t Play this Song on the Radio](http://youtube.com/watch?v=rqTjEgj3zcE) (Youtube link) [/QUOTE] I like this one better: [The Assumption Song](http://youtube.com/watch?v=1ozCz3EE9Ds) Lyrics: There was an old farmer who lived on a rock He sat in the meadow just shaking his Fist at some boys who were down by the crick Their feet in the water, their hands on their Marbles and play things at a half passed four There came a young lady who looked like a Pretty, young preacher She sat on the grass, she pulled up her dress And she showed them her Ruffles, and laces and white fluffy duck She said she was learning a new way to Bring up her children, so they would not spit While the boys in the barnyard were shoveling Refuse, and litter from yesterday’s hunt While the girl in the meadow was rubbing her Eyes at the fellow, down by the dock He looked like a man with a sizable Home in the country, with a big fence out front If he asked her politely, she’d show him her Little pet dog, who was subject to fits And maybe she’d let him grab hold of her Small, tender hands with a movement so quick And then she’d bend over and suck on his Candy, so tasty made of butterscotch And then he’d spread whip cream all over her Cookies that she had left out on her shelf If you think this is dirty You can go f\*ck yourself! ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-call-to-my-radio-show/447422/34 "2008-05-02T18:10:50Z")
[QUOTE=TheLoadedDog] I assume that word has the same sexist baggage in Canada as in the US? It’s a bit different here: “cunt” is generally considered the strongest word, but it doesn’t have the extra dimension of being used to refer to women as an insult. It’s either used for the piece of anatomy, or - perhaps strangely - almost exclusively against _men_ as an insult (equiv. of _asshole_). Maybe that’s why. [/QUOTE] I was referring to [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8RPBzYHOm0). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-call-to-my-radio-show/447422.md?page=1)