# What were you THINKING?

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 13, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532 "2023-10-13T19:36:53Z")\
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> [@Misogynistic language and its defenders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogynistic-language-and-its-defenders/1020162/140):
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> I’ll tell you what I’ve never done, is go in public and scream nasty words and call filthy names to someone. Ever.

> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> Fuck you.

**Beckdawrek** : Bad language or abuse,  
I never, never use, whatever the emergency;  
Though “bother it” I may occasionally say,  
I never use the big, big F —  
**Pit Chorus** : What, never?  
**Beckdawrek** : No, never!  
**Pit Chorus** : What, never?  
**Beckdawrek** : Hardly ever!  
**Pit Chorus** : Hardly ever swears a big, big F —  
Then give three cheers, and one cheer more,  
For the puritan Captain of the Message Board!  
Then give three cheers, and one cheer more,  
For the Captain of the Message Board!

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