07/16/03’s illustrious band:

Sons of Dan Bennett

Brought to you by the Nerf curses people sent me after yesterday’s installment.

Sister-san writes:

Nerf curses, eh? I’ve got at least 3 good ones that we were talking about just this weekend when some friends were here with us:

Shiite Muslims
Shift-F7

Both of those two are valuable if you have already started to make the sh- sounds and then decide to censor yourself at the last instant.

My third curse contribution is one that probably makes sense only to people familiar with my ol’ alma mater, MSUM, and one of its smallest campus buildings: Flora Frick Hall. That oft-overlooked building is really no more than a passageway connecting two other halls, but, lest it be forgotten forever, it is immortalized in frequent exclamations to the effect of “What the Flora Frick...?!?!?”

Editor’s note: In the Microsoft Word word processing program, which both Sister-san and I use frequently in our work, the key combination Shift-F7 is what you hit to access the built-in thesaurus -- the feature you use to find other words to replace the one you’re thinking of.

The Hammer adds:

Sister-in-law Betty's favorite Nerf curse is "O-p-d-q-x" Try it. Saying those 5 letters does blow off a fair amount of steam as they are quite "spittable!"

Let's not forget shitake mushrooms. I’m also reminded of a high school classmate who was fond of exclaiming “Cheese and rice!” when frustrated. And of course there’s a whole list you can get from the 1984 movie Johnny Dangerously, which brings us such near-miss classics as fargin’, bastage and icehole.

Thanks to today’s contributors. Keep on cussin’!

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