I used to believe that if you said a swear word, God would send a bolt of thunder and strike you dead right where you stood. One day when I was feeling quite reckless and perhaps stupid, I stood in the middle of my bedroom and said the "F" word out loud. And, lo and behold, I'm still here.
A childhood belief about swearing
others believed things like this
- i used to think that the word "stupid" was a curse word, ranging in scale right beside the "f" word.Anon
- i used to think the word "suck" was a swear wordAnon
- I was told that if your ever swore in church, as you walked out God would strike you with a bolt of lightning.— Lou
- i used to believe (because my dad told me so) that AM stood for "awful music" and FM stood for "fine music"— skydvgrl
- I used to believe that bizarre was a swear word.Anon
- I used to believe that “shut up” was a swear word.Anon