Episode 12
Morning 6-Pack - The 'Potty Mouth' Edition!
Buckle up, friends, because we’re diving headfirst into the wild world of swearing! Haystack kicks things off with a bang, chatting about how tossing around some colorful language can actually reduce pain. Yep, you heard that right! Studies say swearing can help numb your boo-boos by a whole third. So next time you stub your toe, don’t just hop around – let out a good ol’ expletive and feel the relief. Haystack shares some mind-blowing stats, like how almost 40% of us can’t make it through a day without dropping a curse word. And hey, if you’re part of that 12% who says they never swear? You might want to listen in. It’s all in good fun, and Haystack's got some hilarious tales coming your way, including the top five places you should definitely NOT let those bad words fly! Spoiler alert: church and kids are on that list. Get ready to giggle and maybe rethink your vocabulary!
Takeaways:
- Studies show swearing can cut pain by a third—swear away, pain relief!
- 39% of folks can't get through a day without swearing. It's a daily ritual!
- Top five places NOT to swear? Church and in front of kids, duh!
- Believe it or not, 'gosh' is the least offensive swear word—who knew?
- 'Roll Tide' is apparently a dirty word—watch out, Alabama Bama!
- We learned that 'shuttlecock' can be a great alternative to real curse words!
Transcript
Good morning.
Speaker A:It's Haystack.
Speaker A:I hope your day is off to a great start.
Speaker A:Hey, just one more day to get through after today and we'll be to the weekend.
Speaker A:I've seen a lot of statistics, a lot of studies the last few days about swearing.
Speaker A:I don't, I don't know why, but that's what's been in my headline feeds.
Speaker A:A study finds that swearing reduces your pain that you take when you swear by about a third.
Speaker A:And another study says that 39% of Americans cannot get through an average day without swearing at least once.
Speaker A:25% of us, and I'll say it that way, swear every single day.
Speaker A:I'm guilty.
Speaker A:I've got a potty mouth.
Speaker A:12%, or roughly 1 in 8Americans, claim that they never swear.
Speaker A:This poll looked at the settings and the scenarios where people think that swearing is acceptable or not and which words they find the most offensive and the top five places.
Speaker A:It's okay to swear.
Speaker A:Number one, of course, when you're alone, when you've hurt yourself, when you're hanging out with friends, when you're at a sporting event.
Speaker A:And swearing on social media comes in fifth.
Speaker A:I kind of was surprised by that.
Speaker A:The top five times, it's absolutely not okay.
Speaker A:Number one, of course, at church, rounding out the top five, in front of children, in front of a client at work, swearing at an employee in a store.
Speaker A:I've got a story about that coming up in the 9 o' clock hour.
Speaker A:And swearing in front of your boss.
Speaker A:They've looked at 40 different swear words.
Speaker A:I'm impressed.
Speaker A:I didn't realize there were that many.
Speaker A:But there are a lot of words.
Speaker A:They're calling swear words that I would have never thought.
Speaker A:And they asked how offensive are they, which are the most offensive?
Speaker A:And number one is of course a heavy hitter.
Speaker A:And I can't say the words, but I can let you know which ones we're talking about.
Speaker A:81% of people in this survey offended by the C word.
Speaker A:The four letter C word that has to do with a lady part.
Speaker A:Number two is MF er.
Speaker A:Number three, the B word.
Speaker A:And I'm not talking about my female dog.
Speaker A:And that's 2/3 of people, 66% offended by that.
Speaker A:Which is 1% higher.
Speaker A:I was a little bit surprised.
Speaker A:The B word 1% higher, coming at 65%, the F word.
Speaker A:And 62% of people are offended by the P word.
Speaker A:That has a couple of S's in the middle and is another term for a lady part.
Speaker A:The least offensive swear word is gosh and 5% of you just found that word offensive.
Speaker A:Gosh, I can't believe that.
Speaker A:Six percent think oh, heck is offensive.
Speaker A:And 8% are offended if they hear you say darn it.
Speaker A:Ah, darn it.
Speaker A:I just offended 8% of my audience.
Speaker A:The most used, the most commonly used swear words according to this poll are.
Speaker A:And I'm going to actually say this one because I think it's okay because a beaver can build a dam.
Speaker A:But the other sounds like that word.
Speaker A:That's number one, most used.
Speaker A:Number two is the S word.
Speaker A:Number three is the F word.
Speaker A:And so there you go, all about swearing.
Speaker A:But you know, you feel, you feel less pain when you swear.
Speaker A:When you're hurt, sometimes you just gotta let it out.
Speaker A:Sometimes you just need to be able to swear.
Speaker B:Best way to start your day.
Speaker B:These six jokes.
Speaker B:He's about to say, listen up for old Haystack.
Speaker B:Crack open the morning six pack.
Speaker A:Yeah, that's right.
Speaker A:We are doing a morning six pack that is all about swearing.
Speaker A:And these are gonna be the top six words or phrases that sound enough like curse words that you're still gonna feel better when you scream them in public.
Speaker A:Number six, kumquat.
Speaker A:Real word.
Speaker A:These are almost all.
Speaker A:I think they're all real words.
Speaker A:Yeah, these are all real words.
Speaker A:The last one's a phrase.
Speaker A:These are words that sound enough like a curse word that you feel better screaming them in public.
Speaker A:Say you, you hurt yourself and you go titty coca.
Speaker A:I'm thinking about that.
Speaker A:What was the movie, the 40 Year Old Virgin where Steve Carell screams while he's having his chair?
Speaker A:Number four is shuttlecock.
Speaker A:Athletes know what that's all about.
Speaker A:Let's go play some bad mitten.
Speaker A:Right?
Speaker A:That's right.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:Number three, horchata.
Speaker A:Number two, glockenspiel.
Speaker A:And to me, this is the dirtiest of dirty words of all.
Speaker A:And I don't know that you feel better screaming it in public, but again, this is the dirtiest of the dirty words.
Speaker A:Roll Tide.
