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From: jpexg@mit-hermes.ARPA (John Purbrick)
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Subject: Re: f*cking and the *
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Date: Thu, 28-Mar-85 13:30:09 EST
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> To those who substitute '*' for the vowels in words like 'fuck', and even
> 'nigger':
> If you're going to say FUCK, fer chrissakes SAY FUCK!!!
> amanda
[This isn't an original rhyme]

An author owned an asterisk,
And kept it in his den
Where he wrote his stories,
Of erring maids and men.

But when he reached that fatal point,
Where carping censors lurk,
He called upon the asterisk
To do his dirty work!