Jacob, Enos, Jarom, Omni, Amaron, Chemish, Abinadom and Amaliki. Lots of dudes, but not much writing. Wanna know why? Too much cussing. Mormon had to take all the swears out.
are you sure it's 8 seconds? i'm listening to it at work now and i'm about 15 minutes in... is a time warp involved? have you tried firefox? how about the itunes subscription?
By the way, I can't do next week, but I can do sometime in May. We will prove that Matt and I are not the same person.
I'm with Pd. If I have to hear Pres. Monson cite "Shenandoah" again, I'm going to throw up. Same topics aren't a problem, but same text and citations and whatnot is.
Swears, vulgarities and obscenities are three different things. Swears are oaths, basically. 'G.D. it', for example. Vulgarities are the s-word and the like. Obscenities are typically sexual in nature. Just to clarify.
Clean humor is much harder to put together than 'working blue' in standup. Just ask Ryan Hamilton or Steve Soelberg or any of the LDS comedians out there.
I agree that people assign 'rightness' or 'wrongness' to words...a lot of vulgarities are cultural and would be bad to some people but not to others. However, if you come from a culture where a certain word is bad, that doesn't mean that using it around people for whom the word isn't bad makes it OK, and vice versa. God looks upon the heart, so if you in your heart know that it is wrong to say something by your standards, that is all that matters.
What is this about 'fanny' referring to female genitalia? I have honestly never heard of it in that context. Is that because I didn't grow up in the Church? I never thought of that word as being vulgar. The 'c' word, though, that's what refers to that area of the female anatomy.
"Sounds like a plan"...oy. One of the gals I work with says that all the time. Is that a Utah thing?
PS I applied for a job with Deseret Book last week. Working for Time Out for Women, actually. Made me chuckle when I thought of the priestcraft in which the company engages.
Pete should be very pleased with his podcasting. He expresses himself very well. This podcast and TW5 are just as good as the heavily produced stuff they put together on This American Life.
It's interesting when you're learning a language that you always manage to learn the bad words pretty quickly.
I still don't generally like it people use substitute words, but it was cool when the BSG writer's came up with frak to get by the TV censors.
You're talk about coffins reminded me of a possible second topic idea: Mormon funerals. Have any of you Rodcasters had the opportunity to dress someone in the Temple Robes for their funeral?
OK...two things from the first part of my comments I wanted to mention:
My heart was warmed to hear that Matt would have quit his job and left early if he had known I was going to be on the last podcast. Self-worth infusion: check!
Also, my suggested second topic coming from this week's discussion is caffeine abuse among Church members, particularly in the form of Diet Coke. This is a major soapbox of mine. Working for a Church entity as I do, you see a lot of people drinking way too much soda pop because they can't drink coffee. Drinking a series of 20-oz. Diet Cokes, or cans of RockStar or vials of 5-Hour Energy throughout the day is flat-out unhealthy. I posted an article on my Facebook page yesterday about a lady who drank about 2 gallons of Coke a day (in New Zealand, Jn.) and it was found to be one of the practices that led to her early death. I'd really like to be on the Rodcast if you choose to discuss this at some point.
Potential Topics (strikethroughs have been brushed on already)
what temple stuff we should talk about
hymns that don't rhyme proper method for passing the sacrament
church attendance Book of Mormon geography amount of meat we should consume why Mormons tend to be Republicans proper church attire EFY
questioning our leaders
paying money for scripture apps responsibility of LDS artists Mormon movies proper method for passing rolls R-rated movies (115)
the Sunday three block schedule
ward choir home teaching
examples of when the scriptures are wrong role of women
phones in sacrament meeting. first day on the mission people we don't want in the Celestial Kingdom(93) caffeine crazy pulpit stories humility fasting favorite Book of Mormon characters
Mormon urban myths Halloween Christmas movies airing of grievances Battlestar Galactica Fast and testimony jokes
rapture -- what's happening? lava-lavas and kilts vacation on Sundays loud laughter
sex seer stones limbo (121) great and spacious building activities(120) outer darkness (112) depression (119) demonic possession(124) life on other worlds (123)
new LDS scriptures
OSC gay stuff
environmentalism
abortion
definition of seeking good things
Dungeons & Dragons
Ward conference
Ghosts
Guys! There's something wrong with the recording! It's only about 8 seconds long. Please fix it if you can.
ReplyDeleteActually SRA, we just decided to keep it short for once.
Deleteare you sure it's 8 seconds? i'm listening to it at work now and i'm about 15 minutes in... is a time warp involved? have you tried firefox? how about the itunes subscription?
DeleteI downloaded 1:28:20 from iTunes. Another great Rodcast.
DeleteGeez, SRA. Why can't you be more like Mark???
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I can't do next week, but I can do sometime in May. We will prove that Matt and I are not the same person.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Pd. If I have to hear Pres. Monson cite "Shenandoah" again, I'm going to throw up. Same topics aren't a problem, but same text and citations and whatnot is.
Swears, vulgarities and obscenities are three different things. Swears are oaths, basically. 'G.D. it', for example. Vulgarities are the s-word and the like. Obscenities are typically sexual in nature. Just to clarify.
Clean humor is much harder to put together than 'working blue' in standup. Just ask Ryan Hamilton or Steve Soelberg or any of the LDS comedians out there.
I agree that people assign 'rightness' or 'wrongness' to words...a lot of vulgarities are cultural and would be bad to some people but not to others. However, if you come from a culture where a certain word is bad, that doesn't mean that using it around people for whom the word isn't bad makes it OK, and vice versa. God looks upon the heart, so if you in your heart know that it is wrong to say something by your standards, that is all that matters.
What is this about 'fanny' referring to female genitalia? I have honestly never heard of it in that context. Is that because I didn't grow up in the Church? I never thought of that word as being vulgar. The 'c' word, though, that's what refers to that area of the female anatomy.
"Sounds like a plan"...oy. One of the gals I work with says that all the time. Is that a Utah thing?
PS I applied for a job with Deseret Book last week. Working for Time Out for Women, actually. Made me chuckle when I thought of the priestcraft in which the company engages.
[End Part 2]
Yeah...I just lost the first part of my comments. Whatever. Not gonna try to reconstitute them. :P
ReplyDeletePete should be very pleased with his podcasting. He expresses himself very well. This podcast and TW5 are just as good as the heavily produced stuff they put together on This American Life.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting when you're learning a language that you always manage to learn the bad words pretty quickly.
I still don't generally like it people use substitute words, but it was cool when the BSG writer's came up with frak to get by the TV censors.
You're talk about coffins reminded me of a possible second topic idea: Mormon funerals. Have any of you Rodcasters had the opportunity to dress someone in the Temple Robes for their funeral?
OK...two things from the first part of my comments I wanted to mention:
ReplyDeleteMy heart was warmed to hear that Matt would have quit his job and left early if he had known I was going to be on the last podcast. Self-worth infusion: check!
Also, my suggested second topic coming from this week's discussion is caffeine abuse among Church members, particularly in the form of Diet Coke. This is a major soapbox of mine. Working for a Church entity as I do, you see a lot of people drinking way too much soda pop because they can't drink coffee. Drinking a series of 20-oz. Diet Cokes, or cans of RockStar or vials of 5-Hour Energy throughout the day is flat-out unhealthy. I posted an article on my Facebook page yesterday about a lady who drank about 2 gallons of Coke a day (in New Zealand, Jn.) and it was found to be one of the practices that led to her early death. I'd really like to be on the Rodcast if you choose to discuss this at some point.