Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site psivax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!qantel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!psivax!jdk From: jdk@psivax.UUCP (Jeff Konopka) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: versatile word (ROT 13) - offensive to (ROT13) Message-ID: <752@psivax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 24-Sep-85 20:05:11 EDT Article-I.D.: psivax.752 Posted: Tue Sep 24 20:05:11 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Sep-85 05:33:56 EDT References: <1170@vax1.fluke.UUCP> <534@spar.UUCP> Reply-To: jdk@psivax.UUCP (Jeff Konopka) Distribution: net Organization: Pacesetter Systems Inc., Sylmar, CA Lines: 24 Summary: In article <534@spar.UUCP> maciag@max.UUCP (Chris Maciag) writes: >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 > > F ornication > U nder > C arnal > K nowlegde > Yeah, I also heard that in England, after the plague, the King wanted to replenish his supply of taxpayers so he provided for F ornication U nder C onsent of the K ing Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com