I agree with you so much on the first one.
It's especially sad when it makes it into real media by people who should know better.

The second one is more to do with Americans being culturally very polite. They say 'darn' instead of 'damn', etc. When my brother and I were in Texas and he told me his wallet had been stolen (it got returned to the lost property of the venue we were in, minus $70), I exclaimed 'bugger!' and four people turned around in shock. Americans are just like that.
( Bob Todd whee, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 16:06, 3 replies)

When in San Francisco, one of my friends said "...and then he dropped the f-bomb" and everyone was really shocked
I said, "You mean he said fuck?" and there was much intake of breath. Thinking quickly, I followed up with "It's lucky he didn't say cunt, then."
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 16:08, closed)

Hahahahaha
I want to make sex with you and love your babies.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 16:11, closed)

:D

( Bob Todd whee, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 16:15, closed)

extra good job you werent in Canada then.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBWAjn2a3rA
(Matty73, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 4:50, closed)

I think I managed to embarrass my friend from the other side of the Atlantic in that respect
It was an early live recording of the jazz band we used to play in, and she had it on a CD or some sort of mp3 player when she went over to visit her relatives in the States.

"Oh, is that your band? Well, put it on, let's hear it."
So the recording started playing and everyone sat down to dinner, with my friend unaware that, after one distinctly shaky-sounding number, the microphones had picked up me talking to the audience between songs and announcing
"Sorry, we kind of buggered that one up..."
The Irish side of the family thought it was hilarious. The Americans...less so.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 17:39, closed)

Don't know where you were when this happened
But where I live in America people use words like 'damn', 'goddamn', 'fuck' and 'son of a bitch' quite often.
(louveciennes , Volvospotter, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 18:50, closed)