It is a black and evil day indeed when the letter F comes a-knocking at your door, for an F in postman's clothing will most certainly be delivering a big, fat, steaming dollop of failure.
The ancient Egyptians knew of these scary properties of F, which is why their hieroglyph for this nasty member of the alphabet is a Horned Viper - although it seems to me that some of the priests of Ra could not have been particularly skilled hieroglyphers, since their drawings of horned vipers often look more like your average garden slug.
F's were also regularly confused with S's in Elizabethan calligraphy, and this caused an enormous number of headaches for William fhakespeare. In some folios of The Tempest, for example, the words of Ariel are rendered as: "Where the bee fucks, there fuck I." Lines that always caused a great deal of bardic embarrassment when unwittingly declaimed from the stage.
Which, naturally, brings us to the F word. Here are some examples:
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Next week: G
The lewdness on this blog has been gradually increasing for weeks, and now this. I can remember when the whole family would log on to the internets after dinner to enjoy the wholesome fun of The Stephenesque. No longer.
I assume the shocking language is an attempt to generate higher ratings. Are higher ratings worth destroying the innocence of children? I suppose they are.
Posted by: carter | December 03, 2004 at 23:15
December is the lewdest month, as Chaucer did not tell us. However, I do apologise for the offensive language. I just thought the Shakespearean "s" and "f" calligraphy joke was worth it!
Posted by: stephenesque | December 04, 2004 at 13:06
You are a funny fellow. Has anyone started a wagering pool as to what letter you will give up on?
Posted by: carter | December 05, 2004 at 04:50
Yhanks you
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