Dear MNHQ - Can we have a Swearbox thread with the proceeds going to a jolly good cause?

[VeniVidiVickiQV]

please?

I was thinking a thread with a link to a paypal of an appropriate charity?

fuck
fuck
bugger
bugger
shit
shit
shit
fuck
fuck
poohey pants
bum
shit wee

That'll be £5 dimpled......

why must you inflict your hollow ethics of the rest of us VVQV?

in response to o-fckn-riginal post

My personal (and in no way endorsed by MN Towers)response is and how would that work exactly?
But I will raise it at the next editorial meeting and get back to you.

Can I just pay £50 now and swear freely for the rest of the year?

Ah ladies, I have it - you can only swear in languages other than English.

Merde!

(that's about the only one I know )

Oh! Salut!

It would be a cold day in hell before we could all agree on a charity.

So fuckityfuckitynono.

And I'm also skint enough already.

3rd world debt could be wiped out...

Would "twunt" count?

Hollow ethics suzy? Please explain...

Olivia, I dont know. I'm not suggesting that there should be a ban on swearing or else you pay a fine, or anything as serious as that.

But, I think those who are making a concerted effort not to swear its an incentive, and a bit of fun.

It would obv be a voluntary thing, although I would expect that folk could 'suggest' to others who have posted a swear word, that they ought to stick 50p or £1 in the MN swearbox.

Or, it could be that posters could push the ! button and report a swearing post and MNHQ could email the author to ask if they wish to donate to xxxxx charity.

If anybody suggests I would like to pay a fine because I have sworn I will get extremely cross

it would probably make me swear quite a lot, in fact

Ummmmm, VVVQV. I can't see it working. Really, I struggle enough to make ends meet as it is, and someone clicking an exclamation mark on me because I've said FUCK, and then someone asking me to donate a percentage of my meager income to absolve me, would be the shitty end of the stick.

Ummmmmmmmmmm you could always decline?

Hence my use of the word "voluntary"

So is this right, you want MNHQ to email us if we swear, to ask us if we want to donate to a charity, or you want other posters, who see us swearing, to suggest that we do so? We can then decline because it is voluntary?

No I don't think it is a good idea.

Crikey franny, you make it sound so very complicated

I don't disagree with the basic premise, though. It's just the swear box.

Such a huge network ought to be able to raise tangible funds for charity by means of PayPal (or other). A 'Charity a Week', would be good; certain charities proposed by MN'ers, one decided upon for the week, and thereafter an active drive to donate.

But the thread should be separate from other threads, imo.

Sounds like a slippery slope down to NM tbh.
Someone selfrighteously suggesting that I 'pay' for the occasional "shitdamn" would get right on my tits.Am I allowed to say tits?
Interested to read Custy's opinion on this.

custy would love the idea, im certain of it

LL, I think you have been more than generous

You can say all the fucks you like

Oh please don't, I will have to just set up a dd or something
unless you decide not to count things like wtfkingf

Oh please don't, I will have to just set up a dd or something
unless you decide not to count things like wtfkingf

I think WTF could be excluded, because it is open to artistic interpretation....

But a £1 an expletive is reasonable. 50p a cunt though......

What about having a SWear Count thread once a month, where poeopl can serach their name against verious expletives and then we can decide what suitable "fines" should be?

Just as a bit o' fun