{"id":133,"date":"2008-01-31T07:23:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-31T12:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=133"},"modified":"2008-01-31T07:23:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-31T12:23:00","slug":"we-have-to-spell-b-a-d-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=133","title":{"rendered":"We have to spell b-a-d words"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s not like we use a LOT of bad language around here. We cleaned up our act when Ellyn was around 3 or so and she called my brother Kurt a very<\/em> bad name. [in Ellyn’s defense, Kurt was teasing her and the name she called him was fairly accurate, but that is neither here nor there] I will admit that since our girls have flown the nest, and we don’t have to set a good example on a daily basis, our standards may have slipped a bit. But now that Ellyn and Jason have spawned a little tape recorder, with another one coming up through the ranks, they are concerned about the utterances Mark might bring forth in a public setting, say in Sunday School. Therefore, we all have to be on guard about how we express ourselves these days.<\/p>\n

I was a Sunday School teacher for a good many years and I have heard quite a few unexpected and shall we say, unusual<\/em> things come out of kids’ mouths. While it was sometimes disconcerting, I was always a little relieved frankly, because I figured it distracted people from things like Ellyn pulling her dress up over her head while singing in children’s choir [she was 18 when she did this.][not really!][she was 4] or Lauren’s replies to some of Pastor Jim’s questions during the children’s sermon. [Pastor Jim, in an effort to help the kids appreciate their Mom’s efforts asks – “So what does your Mom do around your house?” Lauren: “She likes to take naps.” and just when I thought that would be the worst of it that day, her hand shot up so she could add: “and she likes to drink wine!”]<\/p>\n

Not only did I teach Sunday School, I was the Sunday School Superintendent, and now people were picturing me swilling down wine, apparently in quantities vast enough that I required frequent naps. I expect they figured I probably just quietly slumped over from time to time. We are not necessarily a tee-totaling church, but imbibing to this extent might make some people question your relationship with Jesus, just a little.<\/p>\n

Still, I understand Ellyn and Jason’s concerns, and we want to be allowed to spend time with our grandchildren [though with supervision of course, because of the wine-swilling thing], so we make every effort to comply. We aren’t just talking about your standard 4 letter b-a-d words here of course. We can’t say anyone is s-t-u-p-i-d, even if they are. You can’t tell anyone to stop acting like an a-s-s, even if they are totally<\/em> behaving like one. Same deal for j-e-r-k, i-d-i-o-t and f-o-o-l. Not even while we are watching the news! Do you know how hard it is to watch the news in an election year when you can’t call anyone an i-d-i-o-t?<\/p>\n

Trouble is, though I got straight 100s in spelling from the day I was born, some of us are a little more challenged in this particular skill. Jason told Ellyn to “stop being s-t-u-i-p” the other day. Larry has told me several times to “cut the c-a-r-p”. Not a problem since I don’t like fish<\/a>. It does look as though Mark may have inherited my<\/strong> spelling ability though. And we are all going to have to switch to pig latin before he decides to demonstrate this valuable abilty to his Sunday School teacher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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