All tagged Cursing

S02E189 Curses Ahoy, Part 4, White Man’s Words

Guy Hasson
Age: 7, Told by Grampa Walt

“Now, take in all that you’ve learned, and forget about it. This is a way that people behave. It’s a way to express yourself. It’s not for kids yet. But I think you needed to know about this, Joy. Okay?”

“Those were stupid curses anyway,” Joy says. “What’s the point?”

“I’m not going to do anything that man told me,” Charlie says as we leave the house and walk towards Charlie’s elevator.

“Why not?”

“He said he’s teaching us words because we must not listen to The Man. But my Kwa’a says the White Man always used nice words to tell us how he’s with us, and the White Man always backstabs.”

Justin looks at him. “That’s a good point. That’s very true.”

Charlie shrugs. “I’m not sure. My mom hates everything he says about the White man. But I don’t like Sam anyway. He’s a liar.”

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S02E188 Curses Ahoy, Part 3, Curses

Guy Hasson
Age: 7, Told by Grampa Walt

“Say after me. Say it with anger,” Sam says. “Shit!”

Charlie giggles. Joy says, “Why would I say shit?”

“Because you feel a need to curse. When people don’t like something, they use words that The Man calls dirty and bad. But they’re not dirty, they’re just words.”

“But when I shit, it is dirty. I wouldn’t touch it.”

“Yes, yes, of course,” Sam says. I don’t think he’s ever met a child this direct. “But we use it as a curse word. Just to show anger. Say it with me: Shit!”

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#163: Cursing Like a Pirate, Part 2

Guy Hasson
Age: 3, Told by The Red Dragon

Dragon Father jumped up and down on Bonny’s Revenge’s deck. “Okay, okay! I get it. We won’t do grown-up pirate curses. I’ll teach you age-appropriate curses!” 

Dragon Father’s spirit was unusually uplifted. I must say that I enjoyed it, looking from afar. And 3-year-old Dragon Little did, too, although she probably had no idea what he was talking about. 

“Okay. Ready? Instead of saying...  a-hem… I’ll say ‘You tooshy-faced scumbag!’”

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#162: Cursing Like a Pirate, Part 1

Guy Hasson
Age: 3, Told by The Red Dragon

“Today I’m going to teach you to curse like a pirate, Joy!” 

Dragon Father had recently appeared on the deck of Bonnie’s Revenge, woken Dragon Little from her bed, helped her brush her teeth and eat, and now declared what they were going to do today. 

Three-old-old Dragon Little looked up at Dragon Father. “ ‘Curse?’”

“Yeah. It’s when you feel angry at someone and you… uh… curse.” 

Dragon Little did not seem to get it. “Curse?”

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