Veep and

paul johnson paulzjoh at MTNHOME.COM
Tue Apr 24 14:31:57 UTC 2012


paul johnson wrote

I don't know if this even needs an answer, but is there a statistical
analysis between gratuitous  soft core sex scenes and gratuitous
profanity, on TV?

On 4/24/2012 8:45 AM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC wrote:
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> "Pencil-whipped" seems perfectly adequate, and more authentic.  This was
> upgraded to "-fucked" because . . .?  To make it more "edgy"?
> Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
> Caveats: NONE
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