The last video taken of Madeleine McCann.

[Venturi Swirl]

When my two year old sister uttered the line “piss off raspberries” when encouraged to eat a bowl of said fruit, it cracked us all up and became a family favourite phrase from that moment on.  We’re ever such a nice middle class family too don’t you know, despite my mother’s predilection for somewhat colourful language.

[Sunny]

When my two year old sister uttered the line “piss off raspberries” when encouraged to eat a bowl of said fruit, it cracked us all up and became a family favourite phrase from that moment on.  We’re ever such a nice middle class family too don’t you know, despite my mother’s predilection for somewhat colourful language.

Briliant! 

[G-Unit]

How people get their knickers in a twist over one swear word.  People swear.  It doesn’t mean they are evil, body occulters. Get over it.  FFS.

It's the double standards that interest me. People who swear in front of their kids often wouldn't do it in front of their kid's teachers. People who swear in front of their friends wouldn't do it at work. If swearing is acceptable why not do it all the time regardless of the situation or company?

[Mr Gray]

It's the double standards that interest me. People who swear in front of their kids often wouldn't do it in front of their kid's teachers. People who swear in front of their friends wouldn't do it at work. If swearing is acceptable why not do it all the time regardless of the situation or company?

Because it is acceptable in certain situations but not others to some of us...it's a simple as that.

[G-Unit]

Because it is acceptable in certain situations but not others to some of us...it's a simple as that.

So using swear words is only acceptable in certain situations, you say. In that case it might be sensible not to use the words in front of children who don't understand context and may repeat the words at any time and in any place.

[Mr Gray]

So using swear words is only acceptable in certain situations, you say. In that case it might be sensible not to use the words in front of children who don't understand context and may repeat the words at any time and in any place.

do you have proof gerry swore in front of the children...I havent seen any...cite required

[Sunny]

do you have proof gerry swore in front of the children...I havent seen any...cite required

hahaha Sorry.

[G-Unit]

do you have proof gerry swore in front of the children...I havent seen any...cite required

I never said he did, so no cite required. I was thinking of a friend who's child swore at a stranger in a shop because he was too young to understand context, he just repeated what he had heard.

[Mr Gray]

I never said he did, so no cite required. I was thinking of a friend who's child swore at a stranger in a shop because he was too young to understand context, he just repeated what he had heard.

so there is no confirmation gerry swore...just more speculation

[Venturi Swirl]

It's the double standards that interest me. People who swear in front of their kids often wouldn't do it in front of their kid's teachers. People who swear in front of their friends wouldn't do it at work. If swearing is acceptable why not do it all the time regardless of the situation or company?

There are plenty of things that I might do in front of the kids that I wouldn’t do in front of their teachers or my work colleagues.  I don’t consider it double standards at all.

[Angelo222]

do you have proof gerry swore in front of the children...I havent seen any...cite required

Are you serious?  ... he's Irish 

[Venturi Swirl]

I never said he did, so no cite required. I was thinking of a friend who's child swore at a stranger in a shop because he was too young to understand context, he just repeated what he had heard.

And did the world stopon its axis?  I first became aware of the F word when I saw it written on a swing in the neighbourhood playground and when kids would flick the V sign at each other.  I saw a man do this on TV and announced to my parents that he’d just “done a f..k siign”.  Needless to say this didn’t go down too well with them as I was only 6 or 7 at the time, but at the end of the day no great disaster.

[Robittybob1]

Get real.

[G-Unit]

And did the world stopon its axis?  I first became aware of the F word when I saw it written on a swing in the neighbourhood playground and when kids would flick the V sign at each other.  I saw a man do this on TV and announced to my parents that he’d just “done a f..k siign”.  Needless to say this didn’t go down too well with them as I was only 6 or 7 at the time, but at the end of the day no great disaster.

As you say, most parents correct their children if they pick up bad language outside the home. How do you correct them if they've picked it up inside the home without being hypocritical, I wonder.

[Robittybob1]

As you say, most parents correct their children if they pick up bad language outside the home. How do you correct them if they've picked it up inside the home without being hypocritical, I wonder.

You get them to say "Yes Daddy"  rather than "Yeah".