Sorry to see the uproar here about the list, though I happen to agree with most of the posts here -- I object to profanity too, and it is usually the sign of a person with a limited vocabulary...... ....... ........ Anyway, I started all this in a sense: I received the list from a friend and forward the email to John B. Since John left out the funniest ones, here is the full list:
>>Subject: When is "bleep" (the F word) acceptable?
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>>There are only eleven times in history where the "F" word has been
>>considered acceptable for use. They are as follows:
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>>11. "What the @#$% do you mean we are sinking?" -- Capt. E.J. Smith of
>RMS Titanic, 1912
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>>10. "What the @#$% was that?"-- Mayor Of Hiroshima, 1945
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>>9. "Where did all those @#$%ing Indians come from?"-- Custer, 1877
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>>8. "Any @#$%ing idiot could understand that."-- Einstein, 1938
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>>7. "It does so @#$%ing look like her!" -- Picasso, 1926
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>>6. "How the @#$% did you work that out?"-- Pythagoras, 126 BC
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>>5. "You want! WHAT on the @#$%ing ceiling?" -- Michelangelo, 1566
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>>4. "Where the @#$% are we?"-- Amelia Earhart, 1937
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>>3. "Scattered @#$%ing showers, my ass!" -- Noah, 4314 BC
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>>2. "Aw c'mon. Who the @#$% is going to find out?"-- Bill Clinton, 1999
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>>and a drum roll............!
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>>"NUMBER ONE"
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>>"Geez, I didn't think they'd get this @%#*^ing mad."
>>-- Sadaam Hussein, 2003

Robert