D'you remember back in high school on the tennis team when 'Cabbages!' supplanted any traditionally used swear word after a missed shot? No, course you don't, you weren't there. Except you. And you. Maybe you remember it. I don't remember though how it began. I think it was a misinterpretation of my yelling 'G'be jeez!,' which was naturally a corruption of the common, 'Good be jeezus!,' itself a follow on from the more sacriligeous by virtue of it's understandability, 'Holy Jesus!,' which itself evolved from the common, if quaint, 'Damn it!' So why do I bring this up? I think I'm getting nostalgic in my old age. Why then, is this a point of nostalgia for me? The short answer is that it's not, 'cause I still use the word 'Cabbages!' as a swear. But nobody gets it anymore.
Oh well, at least I can cut the mustard well enough.
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