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The following is transcript of one of Carlin's program, not the above unfortunately, but it helps to read it.8 m* }1 m: {/ r* j! ^ n0 z5 R
$ Z) S4 F8 s8 p9 J% }I love words. I thank you for hearing my words.
2 W! M6 c z6 R$ R0 LI want to tell you something about words that I think is important.( |0 W2 V: q' A) k$ W( V+ C! P
They're my work, they're my play, they're my passion.
. o" M! }2 T9 Z& H$ k2 V$ _# D* aWords are all we have, really. We have thoughts but thoughts are fluid.# J- V2 ]' o" c, t. u
then we assign a word to a thought and we're stuck with that word for
$ s' q$ _. l/ Z$ \. h s4 pthat thought, so be careful with words. I like to think that the same8 D$ P& H8 u8 K- p8 h
words that hurt can heal, it is a matter of how you pick them.
7 i$ I/ ?: C0 _! ^. W$ DThere are some people that are not into all the words.( A6 a: |# ?3 [ g) j
There are some that would have you not use certain words.% v+ W3 w+ ]2 Q X$ d
There are 400,000 words in the English language and there are 72 n# c) _* A( {& }* T( g
of them you can't say on television. What a ratio that is.
3 L) D9 Z6 x+ a1 G399,993 to 7. They must really be bad. They'd have to be outrageous0 ?+ L% w# | @ a; `; x" m
to be seperated from a group that large. All of you over here,you 7,
* L, i& m0 |0 X$ g9 h& pBad Words. That's what they told us they were, remember?+ \, k+ l4 B$ ^$ H4 A
"That's a bad word!" No bad words, bad thoughts, bad intentions,$ |1 {) O* _# z# y+ {6 o
and words. You know the 7, don't you, that you can't say on television?8 D$ v5 q/ u1 J
"Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, CockSucker, MotherFucker, and Tits"
/ O8 s# }3 f: M8 P1 YThose are the heavy seven. Those are the ones that'll infect your soul,
# j& h% _* h- A2 z1 H' acurve your spine, and keep the country from winning the war.# h- i {6 v& d$ ?9 y, l8 [
"Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, CockSucker, MotherFucker, and Tits"* R) t! V" I4 U: I, u* E8 H" w
Wow! ...and Tits doesn't even belong on the list. That is such a friendly
; T" w( V7 [# V8 Ysounding word. It sounds like a nickname, right? "Hey, Tits, come here,! j( _+ _& M2 V d$ d
man. Hey Tits, meet Toots. Toots, Tits. Tits, Toots." It sounds like a% i( d/ t$ U, v3 S
snack, doesn't it? Yes, I know, it is a snack. I don't mean your sexist
( m& g% @$ {1 T/ _8 n& B7 ^- V% msnack. I mean New Nabisco Tits!, and new Cheese Tits, Corn Tits,* B) J/ {2 h2 f6 x5 \
Pizza Tits, Sesame Tits, Onion Tits, Tater Tits. "Betcha Can't Eat Just
* }; `2 U- F, H4 C& k0 vOne." That's true. I usually switch off. But I mean, that word does2 Q. ?6 [. o# X0 G$ T) l7 @
not belong on the list. Actually none of the words belong on the list,
# W, F" ~! L. s! Gbut you can understand why some of them are there. I'm not* J6 |9 V) r7 V$ i$ r4 B; K
completely insensetive to people's feelings. I can understand why* j; I0 H+ ~$ a
some of those words got on the list, like CockSucker and$ a; x% Z) R' |' }
MotherFucker. Those are heavyweight words. There is a lot going on
6 a4 T8 ]( d$ `7 K) Sthere. Besides the literal translation and the emotional feeling.
7 x7 ~6 z( u7 z' J7 l4 @I mean, they're just busy words. There's a lot of syllables to contend" t5 V( r. r: {* H
with. And those Ks, those are agressive sounds. They just jump out at3 L) v* F: L% d7 U% q
you like "coCKsuCKer, motherfuCKer. coCKsuCKer, motherfuCKer."7 P/ k8 c, u6 k" w2 Z6 D6 V
It's like an assualt on you. We mentioned Shit earlier, and 2 of the: |7 K4 v+ U! K4 ]: I' k# a3 c+ Y
other 4-letter Anglo-Saxon words are Piss and Cunt, which go
8 J$ N/ S6 I( Z3 H" Stogether of course. A little accedental humor there. The reason that' T' r: @: D& X8 |/ a+ u
Piss and Cunt are on the list is because a long time ago, there were
, P0 |+ G5 f2 F. Q9 v5 A% Qcertain ladies that said "Those are the 2 I am not going to say. I! ]! w f) m$ Q$ R8 o
don't mind Fuck and Shit but 'P' and 'C' are out.", which led to such
: O4 ?$ c8 N# ^$ a' @stupid sentences as "Okay you fuckers, I'm going to tinckle now."
7 l& C) V* P# {( v+ `And, of course, the word Fuck. I don't really, well that's more1 M7 q. a8 x0 M
accedental humor, I don't wanna get into that now because I think
! |" h2 O& d$ T$ h/ B0 ?$ ^& v! uit takes to long. But I do mean that. I think the word Fuck is a very2 d7 }3 E! l! {
imprortant word. It is the beginning of life, yet it is a word we use to6 [: I8 a2 v. s
hurt one another quite often. People much wiser than I am said,3 D8 `$ N& ^2 ~& I! ~, n
"I'd rather have my son watch a film with 2 people making love2 ?7 @! p* s1 Z; w$ X, D
than 2 people trying to kill one another. I, of course, can agree. It is
! e5 a6 Y! g! `a great sentence. I wish I knew who said it first. I agree with that but
. j) E/ J9 N0 U) D8 ~- C" b3 X- wI like to take it a step further. I'd like to substitute the word Fuck for. c6 {9 r$ @3 b/ O* E
the word Kill in all of those movie cliches we grew up with. "Okay,
( d% p; W- s, x. S0 K$ {6 JSherrif, we're gonna Fuck you now, but we're gonna Fuck you slow."% S; |! U$ F7 {9 K3 l# e
So maybe next year I'll have a whole fuckin' ramp on the N word.
- O& Q |2 u7 CI hope so. Those are the 7 you can never say on television, under any& N9 x ^, Z- w# @3 _# T8 j- _
circumstanses. You just cannot say them ever ever ever. Not even
. z, u2 M4 u0 f |$ oclinically. You cannot weave them in on the panel with Doc, and Ed,
0 M9 y0 s; u, A- f( u3 X, Xand Johnny. I mean, it is just impossible. Forget tHose 7. They're out.
' F" l# i+ O& pBut there are some 2-way words, those double-meaning words.
# r3 Z# k2 Y0 DRemember the ones you giggled at in sixth grade? "...And the cock
' o6 r# v4 U% b% l4 b+ QCROWED 3 times" "Hey, tha cock CROWED 3 times. ha ha ha ha. Hey, it's in
+ a8 ]! z! u7 [the bible. ha ha ha ha. There are some 2-way words, like it is okay for
- }& i1 }- r$ J$ H' pKirk Youdi to say "Roberto Clametti has 2 balls on him.", but he can't
, P" P$ c+ R0 x V* R0 S- gsay "I think he hurt his balls on that play, Tony. Don't you? He's holding" i) U1 T+ ^& i6 Z0 K
them. He must've hurt them, by God." and the other 2-way word that4 T& a$ }0 X: R$ |$ C
goes with that one is Prik. It's okay if it happens to your finger. You
3 f. B- Y' d+ B4 dcan prik your finger but don't finger your prik. No,no. |
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