Hey Dick:
On last one: all right, all right quit the clapping.....
Before my sales career I worked on a line crew and our language got pretty salty at times...
Years later when I was working in Japan, part of my job was to work with our sales teams calling on the various line crews at Telco and Power Utility companies throughout the Asia Pacific Region...
There were times when I'd get on the phone that I'd revert to my lineman days in terms of language...Each time, because we had an open office, I'd have to look at my secretary and say Gomenasai...In an effort to curb my lack of decorum, I started paying 100 yen/swear word...One Friday, I expressed my shame, to my secretary for my foul mouth, and her reply was..."No Problem Mike san, there are no swear words in the Japanese Language, so all the secretaries in the office are learning a lot of new words, plus the money I'm collecting from you, pays for all the ice cream and treats at our snack times....
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Needless to say, I grew up fast and became a model of PC...Gomenasai for putting you and the other readers through this...
Aloha! Mike