Wait, what did you say?

The audience at a public reading of, "The Riot Act", by DadMadam, let me be frank. Let me be earnest, honest, but most of all, let me be forthright.I have been known, on occasion... to curse.But I understate the issue.For I have been known to wax so lyrically - sometimes, I like to think, almost poetically - in the arena of invective as to rouge the cheeks of the saltiest sailor. It is a not uncommon affliction of my people, who have a tendency to use curses in lieu of punctuation, or in order to imbue individual syllables with the desired emphasis (there are no accent marks, such as the umlaut, in the English language, maybe that's part of the problem).Thus, in the arena of appropriate linguistical expression, my children are instructed not to say as Dad says but to say as Dad says they ought to say. As you correctly surmise, madam, this is not the most rigorous and well-rounded of pedagogical strategerems. In all things, children inevitably look to their parents in order to assess the height of the bar to which they must aspire to reach. In the case of appropriate language, Dad's bar is low. Madam, it is in the basement of common decency.But I understate the issue.In point of fact, the rusted, reeking remnants of said bar are likely to be revealed only by a thorough excavation of the murky and pre-cambrian sediment clinging to the bottom of the sump pump pit of said basement.In summary, my daughter said a very bad word over the weekend, and I feel partly responsible for its...
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