ouch!

[winterbadger]

With the news of my new raise, what do I blow my money on this week? A present for my aging parents? An electronic toy for myself? New scratchy boards for the cats? A tempestuous but beautiful Armenian mistress?

No, a new starter motor. $300, ow! But nothing says "Oh, bugger"* like sitting int he parking lot turning the key and getting nothing, as I did for ten minutes last night before it finally caught, so I guess it's worth it.

Can you still get those cranks that people used to start their cars with if the ignition didn't work? No? Oh, well...





* My mother has suddenly started commenting on how often I say this. Hmmm. Didn't think it was *that* rude.

Comments

[schizokitty.livejournal.com]

Didn't think it was *that* rude

Hee hee. I guess it depends on who you are, where you're from, and how you feel about sodomy in general... >;-)

[plutosonium.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Translate it to "Oh, ass sex!". Now how rude does it seem?

[winterbadger]

Given that both my mum and I are Anglophiles and pepper our speech with Anglicisms, and that in UK usage it's about as common and offensive as "damn" is in the US, I'm still not convinced.

[wolfette]

it may be common usage, but it's still rude :-)

so is "damn".

My mother always said "oh beggar!" anyway.

[wolfette]

when I was young, one of my dad's friends used to say "oh for crying out loud into a hankie!" - and Mum found that highly offensive - because she said she knew what he was really saying was "for christ's sake!" - like saying "sugar" for "sh*t".

We won't go into what she did when I came out with "bloody hell".... let's say I know what carbolic soap tastes like!