JESUS!!!!

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!

?????

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Permalink Reply by Dennis Leppanen on July 13, 2007 at 1:32am

What the fuck??

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Permalink Reply by Stephen Blackmoore on July 13, 2007 at 4:21am

"I thought I buried you."

I'm having a similar problem. My characters, particularly my protagonist, swear a lot. After a while, it fades away into the same territory that "said" lives in. But I still don't want to use "Christ," all the fucking time. Or even "fuck" all the fucking time.

I'm finding the ads on this thread somewhat disturbing, too.

Jesus Loves You - Do You Love Jesus? Test Your Faith Now!

I'm sorry, but that's pretty fucked up. Why do you need to test your faith? What is it about god that makes him so insecure? Reminds me of a girlfriend I used to have who would constantly do thing to piss me off just to see if I would still like her. "Do you still love me if I do this?"

God needs some serious therapy.

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Permalink Reply by Angie on July 13, 2007 at 3:25pm

Somehow I don't think god's the insecure one...but I haven't heard anything from him/her/it directly, so I could be totally wrong. Or not.

Know what you mean about repetitive profanity, though. I've got a pretty small number of characters, so I'm trying to make sure they each have their own pet expletive expression. Otherwise it does get pretty effin' monotonous. And who the hell says "effin'" anyway? I've never quite understood that one...say it or don't, but don't get all coy about it. Um, unless you're me.

I need a fuckin' nap. or some coffee.

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Permalink Reply by Julie Morrigan on July 13, 2007 at 7:10pm

God, if the big book of buggery bollocks is to be believed, is both insecure and easily conned by the fella with the horns and the tail. Look what the fucker did to Job! What a twat!

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Permalink Reply by Sunnie Gill on July 13, 2007 at 11:04am

Most likely I'd either faint or panic and run away and call the police.
I'm supposing the person who found the head rolling towards their footware is used to this sort of thing happening. Now if I was a person who had encountered discombobulated body parts before I might say something like.

"Christ on a bike!"
Of it you want a bit each way keeping with the quasi-religious theme and an expletive for impact
"F*ckin 'ell"

OH and btw. No it's not PC but gee it's fun.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Frasier on July 13, 2007 at 1:52pm

heh! yeah, a cop gets treated to the rolling head, so he's a bit used to nasty stuff. i really like christ on a bike.

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Permalink Reply by Karen from AustCrime on July 13, 2007 at 2:38pm

Around here the response would probably be "well, bugger me". But for some reasons most of the non-Australians we've tried to explain that the subtitles of "bugger" to, can still make it sound like an invitation... [VBEG]