By JAYNE MOLONEY
It’s a well-known fact about me that I will laugh at words that sound even remotely rude. I’ll even invent a double meaning to make something sound rude that actually isn’t (it’s all in the delivery).
I have been like this as long as I can remember. I figured that I’d grow out of it, and that when I grew up, I would… well…grow up, but here’s what no one tells you about getting older – you stay exactly the same (with the small exception of your skin, boobs, arse and your hair). Things that you liked as a kid, you still like (Jimmy Barnes, you complete me), and things that you thought were funny, stay funny.
I have to admit that I often find myself repeating a mantra in my head “I’m a grown up” in an attempt to remind myself that I’m mature, and to stop myself laughing at something inappropriate when in the wrong environment, usually a meeting at work, a social function where I don’t know anyone, or a public toilet.
Words that are my Kryptonite….
1. “Discharge”
There used to be a department at the bank that I worked at called “Discharges”! A whole department of people “discharging”?! I could NOT talk about it enough, I’d find any excuse to use it in a sentence. For my own entertainment, I’d even ring the internal extension just to hear someone answer the phone and say “Discharges”. 8 years I worked there, and it never got old. Ever.
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Organism. We used to have to read chapter sections out loud in biology in high school and lived in terror of accidentally saying, "orgasm", instead of "organism". It only happened once and the class was in absolute hysterics.The face of the nun teaching us was priceless. The girl who said it was trying so hard to remember, "don't say orgasm" that of course it was the word that came out of her mouth!!
I giggled my way through the whole article.
Anything "69" or "going off half-cocked" among others get me going!