Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site spar.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ucbvax!decvax!decwrl!spar!maciag From: maciag@spar.UUCP (Chris Maciag) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: versatile word (ROT 13) - offensive to (ROT13) Message-ID: <534@spar.UUCP> Date: Sun, 22-Sep-85 17:10:55 EDT Article-I.D.: spar.534 Posted: Sun Sep 22 17:10:55 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 24-Sep-85 03:34:38 EDT References: <1170@vax1.fluke.UUCP> Reply-To: maciag@max.UUCP (Chris Maciag) Distribution: net Organization: Schlumberger Palo Alto Research, CA Lines: 20 In article <1170@vax1.fluke.UUCP> suz@fluke.UUCP (Suzanne Jurgensen) writes: > Perhaps one of the most interesting words in the English language >today is the word "fuck." It is the one magical word that, just by its >sound, can describe pain, pleasure, hate, and love. Fuck, as most words in >the English language takes its name from the german word "fricken" which >means to "stick." ^^^^^^^ It may seem logical that it comes from fricken, but it does not. Believe it or not, the Roman Catholic Church came up with the acronym (actually, they defined it, and someone shortend it to be an acronym). By the way, did you know there was a pope that died while having sex in some bizzare chair (see ``Book of Lists''). Now back to ``fricken''-- it is: F ornication U nder C arnal K nowlegde Ah the things you learn at a catholic school. Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com