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The following is transcript of one of Carlin's program, not the above unfortunately, but it helps to read it.: g ^5 k6 i0 `# N. u- s
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I love words. I thank you for hearing my words.
( y4 L8 f& m' l# J# H) H AI want to tell you something about words that I think is important.
- `4 p; A2 M6 ~They're my work, they're my play, they're my passion.( r$ A" o5 _8 z2 [% A: f& X
Words are all we have, really. We have thoughts but thoughts are fluid./ X& F2 t- w0 D( ?, ?
then we assign a word to a thought and we're stuck with that word for. E( W K% J/ ^6 n9 J( D
that thought, so be careful with words. I like to think that the same
7 A% u6 ?7 C+ P- |8 Z) x( nwords that hurt can heal, it is a matter of how you pick them.
9 E; J+ Q; N4 X' o( H2 B0 IThere are some people that are not into all the words.* R5 \5 g. c: N5 S. a' X
There are some that would have you not use certain words.# L' Y1 ~8 j1 U, R4 y0 }7 ]7 \
There are 400,000 words in the English language and there are 7
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399,993 to 7. They must really be bad. They'd have to be outrageous
* Y' p! b: J8 \& r4 m5 Y( ^to be seperated from a group that large. All of you over here,you 7,+ ^ W* {' V# S+ b. G+ x, L& A
Bad Words. That's what they told us they were, remember?8 G4 a ~4 E I! t
"That's a bad word!" No bad words, bad thoughts, bad intentions,
3 v: `7 Q& [4 j, A7 ~6 m" S# oand words. You know the 7, don't you, that you can't say on television?
* b. L0 T6 W& G# L, O U7 }' @7 z2 _9 E"Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, CockSucker, MotherFucker, and Tits"2 T" Z8 G0 s5 }: t
Those are the heavy seven. Those are the ones that'll infect your soul,
+ _& l! j+ J* q7 k$ C3 m4 _, ^1 xcurve your spine, and keep the country from winning the war.
9 y; R* T9 N2 Z* ]; {" Y& f/ h2 I"Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, CockSucker, MotherFucker, and Tits"
|" n) R$ H2 `; T3 dWow! ...and Tits doesn't even belong on the list. That is such a friendly
( b0 A7 `9 x; _. N+ j% Gsounding word. It sounds like a nickname, right? "Hey, Tits, come here,4 q4 k: l. N: G
man. Hey Tits, meet Toots. Toots, Tits. Tits, Toots." It sounds like a, e2 {1 Q% Q( ^4 O
snack, doesn't it? Yes, I know, it is a snack. I don't mean your sexist
. |, I7 O L, `$ @/ n ~8 X$ q A0 a4 Jsnack. I mean New Nabisco Tits!, and new Cheese Tits, Corn Tits,( H$ W! p4 M; l J* o
Pizza Tits, Sesame Tits, Onion Tits, Tater Tits. "Betcha Can't Eat Just
2 E' J' {2 C% Y# k7 }5 cOne." That's true. I usually switch off. But I mean, that word does
6 E) ~6 p7 y! Q; jnot belong on the list. Actually none of the words belong on the list,+ G/ H; \+ U" n0 |+ r& H* E% ~
but you can understand why some of them are there. I'm not8 M8 `0 z2 \ U8 H5 _
completely insensetive to people's feelings. I can understand why' r3 U. P: X+ D+ s3 I4 B* p* p7 h
some of those words got on the list, like CockSucker and
1 u$ y; s3 Y6 vMotherFucker. Those are heavyweight words. There is a lot going on
z/ {7 W3 A+ C3 _5 p$ }$ ?there. Besides the literal translation and the emotional feeling.
* q: \4 i# @+ r8 e" x* L* yI mean, they're just busy words. There's a lot of syllables to contend+ U. B# r ?$ e; N
with. And those Ks, those are agressive sounds. They just jump out at' `/ z% b' P: |
you like "coCKsuCKer, motherfuCKer. coCKsuCKer, motherfuCKer."
7 ]9 g1 K: M8 N! H6 v4 VIt's like an assualt on you. We mentioned Shit earlier, and 2 of the9 J5 G r E Y, ~3 x4 N: U5 s
other 4-letter Anglo-Saxon words are Piss and Cunt, which go
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Piss and Cunt are on the list is because a long time ago, there were2 u9 M1 F" e* S: H
certain ladies that said "Those are the 2 I am not going to say. I8 ?( S$ C" w i" F
don't mind Fuck and Shit but 'P' and 'C' are out.", which led to such2 w6 y- T: v8 ?5 c M
stupid sentences as "Okay you fuckers, I'm going to tinckle now."
9 w% l) c. y; w3 s- {5 W! lAnd, of course, the word Fuck. I don't really, well that's more4 v+ p: y( I/ D0 l
accedental humor, I don't wanna get into that now because I think! V, b$ G8 Z3 o# U4 }1 |: v
it takes to long. But I do mean that. I think the word Fuck is a very+ C" |5 U) z9 k& ^0 z2 r$ |, t/ c
imprortant word. It is the beginning of life, yet it is a word we use to1 M/ m- K+ q6 D1 ^: l9 n
hurt one another quite often. People much wiser than I am said,! ?# M( }: l2 v. T: @7 H
"I'd rather have my son watch a film with 2 people making love: c. N, M- n7 U( F3 N1 r3 A
than 2 people trying to kill one another. I, of course, can agree. It is
# O' }* ^* D v. ~3 V$ Fa great sentence. I wish I knew who said it first. I agree with that but
) ~4 G- i/ L: _: D) BI like to take it a step further. I'd like to substitute the word Fuck for
* G6 ?- E2 L, y# f9 c9 W) K1 [the word Kill in all of those movie cliches we grew up with. "Okay,
% \$ q' K7 a/ a l% qSherrif, we're gonna Fuck you now, but we're gonna Fuck you slow."" J+ {8 V# J# Z2 T; L5 i% E/ G: Q
So maybe next year I'll have a whole fuckin' ramp on the N word.0 p- P. p4 n& e
I hope so. Those are the 7 you can never say on television, under any! j7 u* s3 c) n' W# x
circumstanses. You just cannot say them ever ever ever. Not even/ b2 h6 O8 H0 }9 i2 _3 v( {4 H( [4 \
clinically. You cannot weave them in on the panel with Doc, and Ed,* T. c$ u W; N+ x; H, S1 _
and Johnny. I mean, it is just impossible. Forget tHose 7. They're out.
: R' J# H# h3 W/ ]; rBut there are some 2-way words, those double-meaning words., {. w' v! y/ n8 ?9 F
Remember the ones you giggled at in sixth grade? "...And the cock
! _+ h1 m1 N/ `* n$ e5 i7 sCROWED 3 times" "Hey, tha cock CROWED 3 times. ha ha ha ha. Hey, it's in
6 a8 V% W; g3 ^) ?1 [the bible. ha ha ha ha. There are some 2-way words, like it is okay for
0 i: n; {% h0 L3 lKirk Youdi to say "Roberto Clametti has 2 balls on him.", but he can't$ s! A3 S" s! T( U
say "I think he hurt his balls on that play, Tony. Don't you? He's holding2 M/ X; Q0 N) ^3 z2 J+ ]; q$ F+ Z
them. He must've hurt them, by God." and the other 2-way word that+ K: ^' h6 Q2 s
goes with that one is Prik. It's okay if it happens to your finger. You3 p/ M0 X/ x, b+ `
can prik your finger but don't finger your prik. No,no. |
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