Comments on: Official 1898 baseball document filled with foul language http://boingboing.net/2007/12/04/official-1898-baseba-1.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 06:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: semiotix http://boingboing.net/2007/12/04/official-1898-baseba-1.html#comment-88835 semiotix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-88835 This is going to completely change the way we do things at my Gentlemen's Society for the Re-Enactment of 19th-Century Fisticuffs, Rough-Housing, and Belligerent Disportment. This is going to completely change the way we do things at my Gentlemen’s Society for the Re-Enactment of 19th-Century Fisticuffs, Rough-Housing, and Belligerent Disportment.

]]> By: jplkeekif http://boingboing.net/2007/12/04/official-1898-baseba-1.html#comment-88691 jplkeekif Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-88691 Wow, for some reason I never thought people used such "revolting terms" way back then. This is awesome! Wow, for some reason I never thought people used such “revolting terms” way back then. This is awesome!

]]> By: Bat Guano http://boingboing.net/2007/12/04/official-1898-baseba-1.html#comment-88698 Bat Guano Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-88698 Of course some used profane language back then, but I always thought that "Deadwood" was exaggerating... C@%#-suckers! Of course some used profane language back then, but I always thought that “Deadwood” was exaggerating… C@%#-suckers!

]]> By: Paul Coleman http://boingboing.net/2007/12/04/official-1898-baseba-1.html#comment-88713 Paul Coleman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-88713 I especially like that the document says: [UNMAILABLE. Must be forwarded by express.] Wonder if the postal service was subject to obscenity laws...probably. I especially like that the document says:
[UNMAILABLE. Must be forwarded by express.]

Wonder if the postal service was subject to obscenity laws…probably.

]]> By: Umbriel http://boingboing.net/2007/12/04/official-1898-baseba-1.html#comment-88724 Umbriel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-88724 The Comstock Act apparently came into force in 1873, so it would indeed probably have been illegal to mail such material. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comstock_Law For more 19th Century naughtiness, check out the Barrison Sisters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrison_Sisters The Comstock Act apparently came into force in 1873, so it would indeed probably have been illegal to mail such material.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comstock_Law

For more 19th Century naughtiness, check out the Barrison Sisters:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrison_Sisters

]]> By: Tits McGee http://boingboing.net/2007/12/04/official-1898-baseba-1.html#comment-88727 Tits McGee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-88727 This delights me beyond all reason. This delights me beyond all reason.

]]> By: Registrado http://boingboing.net/2007/12/04/official-1898-baseba-1.html#comment-88732 Registrado Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-88732 The end of the first paragraph reveals that Dick Cheney is quite a fan of old-timey baseball. The end of the first paragraph reveals that Dick Cheney is quite a fan of old-timey baseball.

]]> By: agoodsandwich http://boingboing.net/2007/12/04/official-1898-baseba-1.html#comment-88735 agoodsandwich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-88735 this makes me unreasonably happy. this makes me unreasonably happy.

]]> By: Cazart http://boingboing.net/2007/12/04/official-1898-baseba-1.html#comment-88763 Cazart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-88763 What!? Brian Sabean was alive in 1898? What!? Brian Sabean was alive in 1898?

]]> By: justin http://boingboing.net/2007/12/04/official-1898-baseba-1.html#comment-88771 justin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-88771 This makes me feel like my late-night cuss-laden Halo matches on Xbox Live are part of a grand sporting tradition. Hurrah! This makes me feel like my late-night cuss-laden Halo matches on Xbox Live are part of a grand sporting tradition. Hurrah!

]]> By: Roger Strong http://boingboing.net/2007/12/04/official-1898-baseba-1.html#comment-88776 Roger Strong Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-88776 That sort of language is universal. Q: How do you get eight old ladies to say "Sh*t!"? A: Have a ninth say "Bingo!" That sort of language is universal.

Q: How do you get eight old ladies to say “Sh*t!”?
A: Have a ninth say “Bingo!”

]]> By: klg19 http://boingboing.net/2007/12/04/official-1898-baseba-1.html#comment-88802 klg19 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-88802 I'm reminded of the scene from "Bull Durham," where we learn that the one thing that will definitely get a player ejected from a game is calling the umpire a cocksucker. I’m reminded of the scene from “Bull Durham,” where we learn that the one thing that will definitely get a player ejected from a game is calling the umpire a cocksucker.

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