(lygenztia *339) No shoes, no shirt, no problem...

My gosh, we are uptight. Listening to talk radio the other day, the topic being the distress people incurred when some guy took his slippers off in a restaurant. Oh, the horror!

How does this differ from someone wearing open toe shoes, or sandals in a restaurant in the summer? We frequently travel to Mexico. Where, EVERYBODY wears sandals, EVERYDAY. Including in cantina's, grocery stores, restaurants, pharmacy's, etc. etc. etc. And, I fail to see any public health crisis resulting from not wearing closed toed shoes there.

Some people have this deep rooted need to be offended. They thrive off being offended because they feel it heightens their sense of moral superiority. Chill the fuck out, foot watchers.

(lygenztia *338) Where, exactly, is the "off" switch??

I fucking love to swear. I never swear in a professional, or work context. Ever.

In a social context, I swear all the fucking time and you know what? Feels fucking great to lay that shit out there at times. Ah, the release...the freedom and the visceral form of expression.

At work, "Darn" or maybe "gee whiz" and there is the stand by "Oh my Gosh". I'm not sure if "Holy Cow" is appropriate anymore, so I dropped that bad boy.

Well, those words sure the fuck ain't what I use when i'm playing hockey with my buddies. Or, building a Goddam shed. Or fixing some piece of shit thing in the house that needs to be straightened the fuck out. Or having a pint or two at this great little fucking pub I go to.

But this leads me to my topic. How do we shut it off? I'd never swear in a professional context, or in a social context that is not appropriate. For example, at a funeral we are formal and stoic. Yet, we go across the street for a coffee or beer afterwards with old friends and within a few minutes it's "So, Fred..how the fuck have you been?"

It's interesting to me that we can turn it off, then back on and then back off quickly and usually with very few slip ups. Well, fuck me..I sure as Hell don't know. But it sure as fuck is an interesting thought.