# Need help reading between the aster\*\*ks **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 4, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-reading-between-the-aster-ks/498751 "2009-06-04T22:27:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-reading-between-the-aster-ks/498751/21 "2009-06-05T18:58:19Z")
Update: He meant arse. It was his new word, apparently. In honor of learning about his new word last night, I decided to use it so much in the course of about 30 minutes that he abandoned it. I guess that makes [me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPnv8UvKFzc)… ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-reading-between-the-aster-ks/498751/22 "2009-06-05T19:07:41Z")
> [@Daylate](#): > > A poem. > > Little Sally donned her skates, > and on the ice did flit. > > Wasn’t she a silly goose, > Her little \*. > Sorry. Slithers back into the weeds, chuckling evilly. I don’t get it. Should I ask? ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-reading-between-the-aster-ks/498751/23 "2009-06-05T19:20:49Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > I don’t get it. Should I ask? “Her little fucking arse.” I d_n’t g_t it either ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-reading-between-the-aster-ks/498751/24 "2009-06-05T19:46:32Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > I don’t get it. Should I ask? Wasn’t she a silly goose Her little ass to risk. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-reading-between-the-aster-ks/498751/25 "2009-06-05T20:13:43Z")
> [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](#): > > The thing that gets me is that you can say ‘god’, and you can say ‘damn’, but putting the two together gets you bleeped… huh? And what they almost always do is just bleep is the ‘god’ part of it, so what you hear is “(bleep)damn”. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-reading-between-the-aster-ks/498751/26 "2009-06-05T20:50:19Z")
> [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](#): > > The thing that gets me is that you can say ‘god’, and you can say ‘damn’, but putting the two together gets you bleeped… huh? > [@LurkMeister](#): > > And what they almost always do is just bleep is the ‘god’ part of it, so what you hear is “(bleep)damn”. To a significant number of people, saying “god” is only mildly offensive, and saying “damn” is only mildly offensive, but saying “goddamn” is a blasphemy, which is extremely offensive. Same reason saying “Jesus Christ” as an interjection often gets bleeped. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-reading-between-the-aster-ks/498751/27 "2009-06-05T21:13:54Z")
And the sentence usually makes more sense with only damn as opposed to God. Frex: Close the (bleep)damn door! vs. Close the god(bleep) door! So God gets bleeped. It is really funny though. ---
**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-reading-between-the-aster-ks/498751/28 "2009-06-05T23:25:53Z")
Horray for GIGI. Nailed it. BTW, that old joke dates from sometime around 1948 from Readers Digest. Saving it all these years JUST FOR THIS!!! ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-reading-between-the-aster-ks/498751/29 "2009-06-06T18:29:26Z")
Your mate is a mother fucking, bastard,arsehole cunt who has just been a bit of a s_lly b_lly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-reading-between-the-aster-ks/498751.md?page=1)