JESUS!!!!

[Anne Frasier]

so a severed head rolls across the floor and hits your foot. you look down and say, "Jesus!"

or not.

i'm editing page proofs, and i noticed that three of my characters use the same Jesus exclamation in different dramatic situations. this must stop. what would you say if a severed head rolled across the floor in front of you?


holy shit!

holy crap!


?????

[Anne Frasier]

i've compiled a list of all the suggestions and it's a big one.

i'm thinking i should laminate it and make a big refrigerator magnet.

[David Terrenoire]

I know I'm late, and I don't have time to read all the comments, although the ones I have read are brilliant.

But if it's not too late to contribute, here's mine:

"Oh, this can't be good."

[Anne Frasier]

margot, i haven't read it, and didn't see the movie. i love the use of tupperware! haha! it reminds me of an episode of a failed TV show where the perfect moms slept in tupperware containers under the bed.

[Karyn J. Powers]

Imagine "burping" that container!

[Anne Frasier]

OMFG!

[Mat Coward]

Hello, there - I just joined Crimespace today, after reading about it in Mystery Scene, and couldn’t resist posting on this topic ... I was raised without religion, in a secular society, I am militantly atheist, and I really enjoy swearing. But the thing I say when I am startled (as by a severed head, eg) is so incredibly filthy (it involves, in this order, sex, Christianity, genitalia and shit) that it actually offends me! Which, I suppose, is the whole point. I don’t think I’d ever put it in a book, though, and I am horrified whenever someone else hears it. Especially when they’re nuns. Which has actually happened.

[Anne Frasier]

hi mat! glad you found this place. so i'm guessing your rating would be XXX.

nuns. they can be such buzzkills.

[Karyn J. Powers]

A little frustrated righteousness goes a long way.

[Jeannie Holmes]

Clean up on Aisle 7.

[Anne Frasier]

hehe!

[Jeremy Lynch]

This is not what I meant when I said I wanted head.

Sorry, that was awful, but I swear that was the first thing that came to mind.

[Anne Frasier]

As Granny used to always say, "A little head never hurt nobody."