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Kevin Lane Dearinger's avatar

My first matinee with your mother-in-law, we had a brief scene with a drunk, obnoxious, untalented and unprofessional actor who managed to self-indulgently sabotage the scene. Your M-in-Law smiled beatifically at me as we left the stage, but out of the upstage corner of her mouth, she muttered to me, "Coo, Lord love a duck, 'e's bloody fuckin' awful."

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Cassandra Hall's avatar

Love it!!!

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Valerie Cotter's avatar

What a wonderful piece Cassandra. I was quite grown up before I discovered that when my father referred to someone as ‘a bit of a dratsab’ he was getting as close as my mother would ever allow to swearing.

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Valerie Cotter's avatar

Read it backwards! Not all mothers I think but the uptight type like mine were to be found in droves in polite circles.

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Cassandra Hall's avatar

Ohhhhhhh. Got it now, thanks!!

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Cassandra Hall's avatar

Thank you, Valerie! Seems I AM a bit thick though as I can't figure out what a 'dratsab' is. I have to know! Also, is it all mothers, then?

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Tabitha's avatar

VERY good at not getting caught! It’s all true. I once said crap in front of our mother and I’m not convinced I ever fully redeemed myself!

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Cassandra Hall's avatar

*cackles*...

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Eliza Eccles's avatar

My 3 sisters and I were also brought up in the no-swearing world. To such an extent that we made up our own swear word “Fuzz”. Whenever we muttered it, one of our parents would swivel accusingly to us and say “WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?” - we had no idea why, that’s how innocent we were!

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Cassandra Hall's avatar

Love it!

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Kevin Lane Dearinger's avatar

I was in the theatre for years and never picked up swearing. I had only been a school teacher for about a month before I could turn the air blue in the faculty room.

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Cassandra Hall's avatar

I don't think I've ever heard you swear! xx

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Jonathan Hall's avatar

Fuckin' A!

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