In honor of George Carlin
To my Mormon friends: Profanity ahead. You’ll probably want to skip over this one.
For some reason, this past week I started been murmuring a little cheer to myself that I learned in my first (and only) year of university marching band some eleven years ago. The band was large, so each section had its own little cheer with varying levels of obscenity.
In my under-appreciated low brass fellowship of baritone and euphonium players, our quietly charismatic section leader was able to convince even the one girl who otherwise didn’t swear to loudly quote George Carlin after every band practice and before every game:
“Rat shit, bat shit, dirty old twat. Sixty-nine assholes tied in a knot. Hooray, lizard shit, fuck!”
We even had this little logo on the front of our bright-ass neon yellow t-shirts (which doesn’t look nearly as hideous in this photo). Now you know what the initials stand for.
So thank you, George Carlin, for all you’ve contributed to the world of comedy, profanity, and freedom of speech. I’m sorry that I was never able to attend one of your comedy shows in person.
(Fast forward this 1984 “Carlin on Campus” YouTube clip to 1:17 to see his bit that includes his famously profane sports cheer.)
