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Yesterday I was watching a movie with my wife and I loudly express my disbelief at something that happened with a loud WTF. I quickly get a punch to my arm from her and she tells me to be quiet because there is a parrot behind us.
Just as she utters those words my 3 year old repeats those words back in almost perfect English. I cant help to laugh which results in him climbing up the sofa and continues to scream wtf.
This is becoming quite a problem for me because I swear quite a bit but I try to reduce the amount. But when my son uses all these colorful expressions I cant help but to laugh which further reinforces it in him.
A few minutes later he was standing over the dog dancing like they do in Gangnam Style but somehow making it look a lot more like he is humping the air and trying to repeat what they sing. Then in the middle of his wonderful lyrics comes a mother F*cker out of his mouth and well, lets say that I laughed and then got a bruise on my arm.
Sadly I don't see how this will ever go away because he is just so cute and funny that I can't help to laugh and dig an ever deeper hole. I just wonder how long its going to be until we get some uncomfortable questions from daycare.
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We had a similar episode with your son when he was young. We put him to bed for the night and then a few minutes later he came out to pronounce he now knows 12 swear words.. And then proceed to rattle them off..
You can only smile..
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:laughs:
Oh the irony of punishing bad language with violence. 
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enhzflep wrote: Oh the irony of punishing bad language with violence.
Irony? Probably the most effective fix for the problem...
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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I swear a lot. My daughter is remarkably selective in what she hears, and has only sworn once, when she couldn't get her seat belt in when she was about 6. 'Oh for f***s sake!' she muttered under her breath...
You cant help but chuckle! 
Now she is 12, and still doesn't swear, ever.
She really has far better standards than me you know.
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Munchies_Matt wrote: still doesn't swear, ever.
That's what you think! : )
Life is too shor
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Reminds me of this very bad movie... Meet The Fockers[^].
Those are his first words and dad isn't very happy about it...
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I truly fear for my second son. I just hope I can curb myself and my elder son before its too late for him too. Otherwise I might as well change last name to focker and get it over with.
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Interesting how people admit they don't want to swear as much but then think it's cute when a kid does it. Swearing is for people who lack vocabulary and class. And no, it's not cute when kids do it. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Nah its cute, and funny but mostly wrong. But I do agree that it's because a lack of vocabulary. Once in my teenage years during a rhetoric class I did a speech about swearing and how it deflates a language and makes it flat.
A swear word is usually something extreme and commonly used to infer that something is extreme in someway. I'm F'cking happy for you instead of i'm overjoyed for you. A person which instead of swearing tries to use the correct words can convey a much wider spectrum of that emotion or just describe something more detailed. Swearing tends to make things rather binary.
As an avid swearer its rather stimulating when making a conscious effort to use a wider width of words. It's a good brain exercise as well as it can help you avoid it, the problem is that once something is made in to a habit its hard to change it.
Whenever I want to change something that's routine in my life I go by something I read once that it takes about 10 weeks to turn an action into a habit. So for example if I wish to make it a habit to take the trash out every morning before work I have to remind myself to do it everyday for 10 weeks before it will stick enough that I can rely on me not forgetting.
If you google "Avoid the word very" you get a neat little list of words which you can use instead of saying something is very and I think that is a good way to also avoid swearing in those situations and also expand your vocabulary.
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RyanDev wrote: Swearing is for people who lack vocabulary and class.
A harsh and far too sweeping judgement. Of course those who use the same 4-letter word a hundred times a minute fall into that category but an armoury of Anglo-Saxon epithets can also expand vocabulary and, used properly, demonstrate true class. Indeed it is often seen as a mark of aristocracy to wield the well-timed profanity eruditely.
I may have told this story before but it's a good example. A certain football (soccer) referee of my acquaintance who was also a parish priest was the target of some pretty fruity language one Saturday afternoon and responded, "Don't you f*ing swear at me, I'm a vicar!" Smiles all round, situation defused, perfect man management. That looks like class to me.
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Member 9082365 wrote: A certain football (soccer) referee of my acquaintance who was also a parish priest was the target of some pretty fruity language one Saturday afternoon and responded, "Don't you f*ing swear at me, I'm a vicar!" Smiles all round, situation defused, perfect man management.
A rare situation. When it's often enough your little child is cussing up a storm, you got serious problems.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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My son has learned all those colorful words from me whilst I'm driving, sadly. On the bright side, he's learning how to use them in the proper context!
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I just got this
Good afternoon,
I am reaching out to you as I am currently working several positions, and we do offer referral bonuses if they complete at least 40 hours with good client feedback!
***If you or anyone in your network is interested, please submit an updated resume and why you are qualified for the position*****
-- Temp to hire Front Desk Coordinator – Pomona
Must have Dental experience, and at least a year of front desk experience $15/hr
-- DIRECT HIRE Customer Service – Corona
Must have Manufacturing experience, SAP software is highly desired $40k+
--Temp to hire Customer Service – Ontario
Must be Bilingual English/Spanish, Manufacturing experience highly desired $18-20/hr
--Temp to hire Executive/Personal Assistant – Rancho Cucamonga
Extensive travel and calendar management, must be willing to work overtime $50K
Thank you!
Emily Klopfenstein
Sr. Staffing Manager
909.945.2282 909.945.2299 fax
Connect with us: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | Google+
OfficeTeam | 3363 Inland Empire Blvd. | Suite 955 | Ontario | CA 91764 USA | officeteam.com
SHE ACTUALLY EXPECTS ME TO FIND HER SOMEONE TO FILL THESE POSITIONS!!!
I replied:
Find your own people. Do you own job!
REMOVE ME FROM YOUR EMAIL LIST IMMEDIATLY!
She the wrote back
OK, thanks Kevin. I hope you have a wonderful week! And if anything changes on your end, please feel free to let us know.
Have a good evening! J
I mean, WTF??? 
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Recruiter. 'Nuff said.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Well, somebody did refer you to her....
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Kevin has probably pissed off someone!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Perhaps she gets paid by the number of mails in her 'Sent' folder.
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Only applical job for me is Executive Personal Assistant, everything else is not good offer XD
(Even the exec job is quite lousy paid for the worktime)
Am i wrong?
BTW, nice p**sing off, she'd never mail again 
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The words "friggin" and "stupid" are redundant in this context. I had a similar run in with a recruiter some years ago and the final message from me was similar to yours, and the reply almost exactly the same.
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That's not lazy, THIS is lazy:
Quote: Hi William,
I hope you are well.
I have multiple positions for you give me a call when you can.
Kind regards,
Mike Whillock
mike.whillock@capita.co.uk
veni bibi saltavi
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On a previous project the system had a very high vacuum pump (~1μm Hg).
The vacuum sensor had a specific calibration device which gave the signal inputs corresponding to the vacuum.
I thought this was quite "zen": a box of simulated nothing.
"Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed."
- G.K. Chesterton
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What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Does the calibration device work on people. There'll be no shortage of test subjects.
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Figuring out which people suck isn't hard, and it usually isn't worth the trouble to calibrate "how much".
"Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed."
- G.K. Chesterton
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