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The following is transcript of one of Carlin's program, not the above unfortunately, but it helps to read it.. H8 M5 X1 [6 D2 t$ N
3 D) b- X7 t7 D! z, |. v; VI love words. I thank you for hearing my words.4 ?% }& `, V4 m5 K- w3 {
I want to tell you something about words that I think is important.
: s, {2 `! `# _( j( p8 v* QThey're my work, they're my play, they're my passion.
. y t) ]8 ` ~- b8 { G4 `1 w3 JWords are all we have, really. We have thoughts but thoughts are fluid.& X0 a& p0 V; O# m! I- q
then we assign a word to a thought and we're stuck with that word for
" Z/ ~8 M2 I( i- S/ Hthat thought, so be careful with words. I like to think that the same
5 k1 l0 U; c$ b. uwords that hurt can heal, it is a matter of how you pick them.
# z" a% G- Q& I. aThere are some people that are not into all the words.
1 }2 S3 f. C2 v! T; BThere are some that would have you not use certain words.5 ^0 F6 {! |8 b: @/ t$ O4 o0 S
There are 400,000 words in the English language and there are 7% t, d% C& ~. p" w6 {3 A6 J w. r) O
of them you can't say on television. What a ratio that is.4 ?- a2 \! N/ F$ P5 i
399,993 to 7. They must really be bad. They'd have to be outrageous( Z, X1 {2 R, x7 _% y" n3 D) l
to be seperated from a group that large. All of you over here,you 7,
2 r$ Y. |4 Z; E* aBad Words. That's what they told us they were, remember?
7 O0 ~, }* D. C/ v"That's a bad word!" No bad words, bad thoughts, bad intentions,, W6 {5 G8 a3 j Z4 U
and words. You know the 7, don't you, that you can't say on television?
- S# P7 @% h* @, C* e"Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, CockSucker, MotherFucker, and Tits"- v0 T7 v) `2 J+ z" G3 c
Those are the heavy seven. Those are the ones that'll infect your soul,
* s" v2 V" h/ v! J' a: R! O P( @curve your spine, and keep the country from winning the war.
+ E. i2 B" r# n0 g/ M2 E9 v H u"Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, CockSucker, MotherFucker, and Tits"" f5 E2 `( Z; ^% _! o
Wow! ...and Tits doesn't even belong on the list. That is such a friendly$ d/ n! H2 }& O
sounding word. It sounds like a nickname, right? "Hey, Tits, come here,3 k) S1 e- j* ^6 W
man. Hey Tits, meet Toots. Toots, Tits. Tits, Toots." It sounds like a8 U# @6 z, K8 v! E# T
snack, doesn't it? Yes, I know, it is a snack. I don't mean your sexist# H& o( t) U0 ^: k- J* ], y
snack. I mean New Nabisco Tits!, and new Cheese Tits, Corn Tits,* ^8 y! I/ A) l5 M+ o3 }4 Q5 z7 t
Pizza Tits, Sesame Tits, Onion Tits, Tater Tits. "Betcha Can't Eat Just+ v0 I2 d o Q
One." That's true. I usually switch off. But I mean, that word does: \0 X- S6 K4 |. A
not belong on the list. Actually none of the words belong on the list,7 U2 p+ s& }/ e2 r( A+ r G! H
but you can understand why some of them are there. I'm not
, u7 E/ K, C: l' O$ a( i- ccompletely insensetive to people's feelings. I can understand why6 a/ }! Y- q4 R
some of those words got on the list, like CockSucker and
0 O( {! Q" y% _' SMotherFucker. Those are heavyweight words. There is a lot going on0 [, G- ]7 r/ u; y# I7 g
there. Besides the literal translation and the emotional feeling., T$ j2 ^+ [) g$ h! v9 L
I mean, they're just busy words. There's a lot of syllables to contend
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you like "coCKsuCKer, motherfuCKer. coCKsuCKer, motherfuCKer."
" K5 T% r- J5 lIt's like an assualt on you. We mentioned Shit earlier, and 2 of the5 R% N$ X I# ~! k9 `8 K: S ^* m
other 4-letter Anglo-Saxon words are Piss and Cunt, which go
4 x+ v G1 e, g6 ~together of course. A little accedental humor there. The reason that
+ h( }; G9 O! G( bPiss and Cunt are on the list is because a long time ago, there were
0 p; w5 F, O7 ncertain ladies that said "Those are the 2 I am not going to say. I
! H, V6 W3 W! q4 Cdon't mind Fuck and Shit but 'P' and 'C' are out.", which led to such
+ t3 G5 M( Z3 f3 Hstupid sentences as "Okay you fuckers, I'm going to tinckle now."5 Q$ Y- N$ u( f' j
And, of course, the word Fuck. I don't really, well that's more' V% P$ I) j: x0 L, _
accedental humor, I don't wanna get into that now because I think- G; X+ D' P0 v7 ]% Q. W
it takes to long. But I do mean that. I think the word Fuck is a very
0 i, _0 P+ Z1 h* P- p6 J8 B O: Timprortant word. It is the beginning of life, yet it is a word we use to
9 {1 `; v7 S7 v4 W5 Hhurt one another quite often. People much wiser than I am said,4 W& y( Y# y" k* m- M: d/ z: z: w
"I'd rather have my son watch a film with 2 people making love) O f/ f' [7 E# S; U9 l2 B" g
than 2 people trying to kill one another. I, of course, can agree. It is' d6 p/ n# j; z0 Z h' z' Z
a great sentence. I wish I knew who said it first. I agree with that but" K4 n/ W/ W% p* ]; C
I like to take it a step further. I'd like to substitute the word Fuck for6 W! P0 q- o& e5 I# \/ }. X5 r
the word Kill in all of those movie cliches we grew up with. "Okay,
4 j8 R/ a" u8 G: A$ ESherrif, we're gonna Fuck you now, but we're gonna Fuck you slow."- W. d% l5 Q1 d
So maybe next year I'll have a whole fuckin' ramp on the N word.$ b ^. M% |% t5 h* X X0 g
I hope so. Those are the 7 you can never say on television, under any
1 X6 ]+ u. r4 B& r+ Scircumstanses. You just cannot say them ever ever ever. Not even4 r# H& f* ?6 P5 r* s) t
clinically. You cannot weave them in on the panel with Doc, and Ed,
3 q1 d7 ^" I# n# g7 p: Fand Johnny. I mean, it is just impossible. Forget tHose 7. They're out.
8 U; y: _* y4 P: p9 I# D; @. YBut there are some 2-way words, those double-meaning words.
5 y% @$ z" v1 K6 l2 ORemember the ones you giggled at in sixth grade? "...And the cock
8 B% r; D/ N" a" @4 @CROWED 3 times" "Hey, tha cock CROWED 3 times. ha ha ha ha. Hey, it's in
7 q. K9 A% o; V: D& |8 `6 n* \. S2 Kthe bible. ha ha ha ha. There are some 2-way words, like it is okay for* v+ ~# ~9 H; E5 \* m
Kirk Youdi to say "Roberto Clametti has 2 balls on him.", but he can't8 Q( t3 \. h9 h9 G
say "I think he hurt his balls on that play, Tony. Don't you? He's holding
* j' V9 C: N% _$ E7 y/ kthem. He must've hurt them, by God." and the other 2-way word that
8 N& e$ [7 S0 h1 n; D* ?. lgoes with that one is Prik. It's okay if it happens to your finger. You4 x) E N3 a) D {9 W: d- O
can prik your finger but don't finger your prik. No,no. |
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