What a wonderful thing to have my two favorite Sun bloggers quoting my hometown newspaper. And the quoted column is terrific. If I'm not mistaken, much of what the Journal Sentinel author wrote is covered under the D@L rules. Fortunately, most of us in the Sandbox are civil. Then again, it isn't too often that the topics of food and restaurants are incendiary and come to virtual blows.

Cross-posted from Mr. McIntyre's blog:

John McIntyre wrote, regarding x sucks: "But it’s not profane or obscene."

Saying x sucks begs the question "Sucks what? If you grew up in a farming environment and were familiar with the life cycle of farm animals, it might be short for "sucks hind teat," not a desirable position for a kitten or piglet. If you were raised in an urban environment the answer to the question might not be so innocent.

You might want to read his previous entry on the subject that prompted my question. EL

People of one generation regard "sucks" as questionable at best, but to the younger set it's tame, I'm afraid.

Ephemizing just draws attention to whatever you are trying to hide.

Seems pretty tame to me, but it isn't my blog. As long as our fearless leader is making the decision and not some souless corporate master, I'm happy.

I know I've used it without even thinking about it because I mean well its been used since at least high school if not earlier. There are other words that I use everyday.. well because I have a mouth like a sailor.

Remember Ancient of Days Sandbox members, as we learned during the Clinton Administration, the slang term 'sucks' may have once been considered a vulgarity for a particular sex act, that particular act is no longer considered a sex act by those generations not considered Ancient of Days, and so, therefore, does not represent a sex act, and is thus no longer vulgar. (Thus does civilisation fall further into decline.)

Now I'm wondering how Lady Elizabeth let me get away with "cr*p" when the subject was crepes. Maybe because I used an execrable French accent?

I confess to having used the s**k work in my post to last week's Shallow Thought Wednesday regarding eating vegetables before the meat, although I did italicize it and include a parenthetical advance apology to EL. Be assured, Messrs. McIntyre and RtSO, that I used the word strictly as an intransitive verb in last week's post.