Faerie Fuckwit on Swearing

If you have arrived here via the Tilly Ba Lou blog I do hope I haven’t shocked you too much!! … you see swearing makes me laugh … always has done … I think it’s the naughty child in me.

Of course I’m not talking about swearing in an aggressive way or even in general conversation but swearing in comedy and for effect in a comedic manner.

The psychologist in me dates it back to when I was about 5 and was having an asthma attack, while my parents had visitors.  Apparently the doctor had told them that allowing me to say a swear word, which I knew to be naughty, would increase the flow of adrenalin and help the attack subside.

Now I knew plenty of swear words as my parents regularly used them during their fairly frequent fights with one another.  That type of swearing frightened me though, so I sat there actually feeling quite confused and uncomfortable and wondering what to say.

I had 3 younger brothers and so knew that dick was a rude word for willy because I’d heard two of them comparing their manhood with the size of Dad’s, even at that tender age! …

…soooooooooo  … what I eventually said was, “My Dad’s got a big hairy dick”!!! … of course the room fell silent as everybody looked rather awkwardly at one another … I still hate the word “dick” to this day! Needless to say, after that Dad always made sure he put his undies on before venturing between the bedroom and bathroom during the night!

Growing up with 3 brothers sealed my fate as a tom boy, although quite a pretty one (if I do say so myself) with big brown eyes and blond curls … as I reached my mid teen years I realised that if I told a joke that had a swear word in the punch line, it had a fantastic comedic effect (but not with my parents!) … the lads down at the cricket club looked forward to my weekly joke telling sessions which of course only served to encourage me further.

I also think it’s proper hysterical when someone you don’t expect to swear does … like Bri’s mum for instance (who’s nearly 70 and very proper) very occasionally (I mean like once or twice a year) she says “piss off” … when she says it she giggles like a child.  My own personal favourite swear word is “twat” … I think it has a nice delicate ring to it :D …

I married in my early 20’s and our Friday nights were usually spent at home with a few drinks and Eurotrash on the telly.  I also loved Jerry Sadowitz and now Russell Brand  regularly has me in fits of giggles … mind you, don’t tell Bri but I also fancy the pants off him!

This blog is going to take you through some of the darkest times of my adult life in business.  My first experience of Internet Forums was a Debt Help Forum which is where I was given the name Faerie Fuckwit  … that forum and its members saved my life and I mean that quite literally.

Swearing made us laugh, as did completely inane childish humour and behaviour … laughter and friendship is what helped many of us through our darkest hours.  Think Newman and Baddiel in these sketches.

The Admin of that forum was a wonderful, sensetive, caring human being, who was passionate about helping those in debt for no other reason than he could.   I remember the first time I witnessed Debt Collectors hanging around the forum and him ending his ever so polite and reasoned discussion with them with the words… “SO FUCK OFF” … needless to say that was a coffee over laptop moment for me.

So there you have it … part of my real life genuine character is swearing … for no other reason than it makes me laugh and is always only used in humour and with love … so please stay and play and don’t whatever you do be offended by the humour of what is essentially a mischievous child or perhaps even the faerie in me! … I’m sure there’s a joke in there somewhere BTW :D  

Always With Love ….. FaerieF x