Carlin made jokes about both, actually. “Cunt” was one of the famous Seven Dirty Words, but he also talked about “prick”:
"Just remember, folks: you can prick your finger, but you can’t finger your prick.
Yeah, its like mind rape or something.
Thanks, CairoCarol–that’s just what I meant. Perhaps the idea is that only vulgarities that don’t have a non-vulgar verb form should be excluded 
Ok. I’ll man up and tell you forcefully to stop hijacking this thread. Stop hijacking this thread. There I did it. I feel manly now.
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The truth is it went to court and even a extremely racist America Granville Woods won. You can look up the case also.
In 1878 Woods became an engineer on the British steamer, Ironsides. He was promoted to Chief Engineer two years later. Even so, in this, and all his pervious jobs, he found that despite his skill and talent, he would only get to some point and would not be allowed to advance further because of racial discrimination.
In 1884, Woods started his own company with his brother Lyates. They called it the Woods Railway Telegraph Co., and it made electrical telephone and telegraph equipment for the railway industry. An improved boiler furnace was one of their first inventions. American Bell Telephone bought another invention called “telegraphony,” which allowed telegraph stations to send both voice messages and ordinary telegraph messages over the same wire.
In 1887 Woods invented the Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph, a major breakthrough which greatly reduced railway accidents by allowing dispatchers to communicate with moving trains. This was the first time train operators had been able to give and receive information about their location that could be immediately passed on to other moving trains. This invention saved countless lives.
Sometimes inventors sue each other, each claiming that they had invented an item first. Thomas Edison sued Granville Woods twice and lost in court both times when Woods proved that his inventions were original and had been created independently of any influence from Edison’s devices. After that the Edison Company made Woods a handsome offer for employment with their company, but Woods declined, preferring to remain independent.
Granville T. Woods went on to make advances in the design of air brakes and to invent an electric incubator that was a direct predecessor to the ones used today to incubate thousands of eggs at a time. He also developed the concept of a “third rail” to provide trains with more electricity with less friction. These third rails are widely used in subway systems today, such as the Bay Area Rapid Transit.
Woods’ inventions were purchased by large corporations such as General Electric and Westinghouse. He had over 60 patents for his inventions by the time he died in 1910. By then, he was a highly respected inventor with a world-wide reputation.
Granville T. Woods overcame many obstacles related to being an African American genius at a time when most African Americans could not even obtain a basic education. He refused to sell out to the big corporations with their race-based discrimination, and instead he lived his dream. His accomplishments helped move America into the modern world
Alexander Graham Bell’s company purchased the rights to Granville T Woods’ telegraphony patent enabling him to become a full-time inventor. Among his other top inventions were a steam boiler furnace and an automatic air brake used to slow or stop trains. Wood’s electric car was powered by overhead wires. It was the third rail system to keep cars running on the right track.
At Odds With Thomas Edison
Success led to law suits filed by Thomas Edison who sued Woods claiming that he was the first inventor of the multiplex telegraph. Woods eventually won, but Edison didn’t give up easily when he wanted something. Trying to win Granville Woods over, and his inventions, Edison offered Woods a prominent position in the engineering department of Edison Electric Light Company in New York. Woods declined preferring his independence.
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