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XPost: alt.agnosticism, alt.athiesm, alt.atheism
XPost: alt.talk.creationism
From: gmail@com.mkbilbo
On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:01:43 -0700, Father Haskell wrote:
> On Jul 19, 4:14 pm, SkyEyes wrote:
>> On Jul 19, 6:05 am, old man joe wrote:
>> >
>> > a respondent such as this one must by nature use foul language to
>> > cover his ignorance and to feel superior over God.
>>
>> Nope. I learned to cuss being around many members of the U.S.
>> military, the majority of which were god-bots, just like *you*, Joe. I
>> don't have to cuss, I just enjoy it.
>
> Cussing is the finest pain killer there is -- I speak from the
> experience of chain cussing while undergoing external reduction of a
> multiple ankle fracture, i.e., the doc yanking on my foot in an attempt
> to get everything lined up properly. In my estimation, ripping loose
> with a string of four letter expletives is every bit as effective an
> analgesic as heroin.
And not just experience, it's been studied. No, no link but, seriously.
People who "cuss" tolerate pain better.
Don't look at me, I thought it was weird. But, there it is..
--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
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"You believe in a book that has talking animals, wizards,
witches, demons, sticks turning into snakes, food falling
from the sky, people walking on water, and all sorts of
magical, absurd and primitive stories, and you say that
*we* are the ones that need help?"
-- Jon Stoll
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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