Comments on: Vintage, profanity-laced cable complaint that was hand-to-handed on cassette tape through the Canadian school system [NSFW] http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 20:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: McMe http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html#comment-918531 McMe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918531 That's just a chap from our East Coast,Nova Scotia by the sounds but could be Cape Breton. Nicest folks on our continent but you don't want to piss em off! That’s just a chap from our East Coast,Nova Scotia by the sounds but could be Cape Breton. Nicest folks on our continent but you don’t want to piss em off!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html#comment-918544 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918544 This played on CBC's Brave New Waves sometime in the mid '90s... the archives may still be in a torrent somewhere. This played on CBC’s Brave New Waves sometime in the mid ’90s… the archives may still be in a torrent somewhere.

]]> By: Scuba SM http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html#comment-918806 Scuba SM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918806 Thanks for the tip on the song. I like some of their other stuff too. http://radio3.cbc.ca/play/band/Landscape-Body-Machine/No-Cable Thanks for the tip on the song. I like some of their other stuff too.

http://radio3.cbc.ca/play/band/Landscape-Body-Machine/No-Cable

]]> By: Contrasoma http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html#comment-918298 Contrasoma Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918298 An industrial musician friend of mine who records under Landscape Body Machine released a track built around this tape called "No Cable" way back when. It remains a dancefloor staple at industrial nights here in Vancouver. An industrial musician friend of mine who records under Landscape Body Machine released a track built around this tape called “No Cable” way back when. It remains a dancefloor staple at industrial nights here in Vancouver.

]]> By: Boba Fett Diop http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html#comment-917791 Boba Fett Diop Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917791 They should just hook up Colonel Tigh's cable already. They should just hook up Colonel Tigh’s cable already.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html#comment-917543 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917543 reminds me of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VjJCo8UzRI">german broken vcr classic prank call</a>. .~. reminds me of the german broken vcr classic prank call.

.~.

]]> By: turn_self_off http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html#comment-917799 turn_self_off Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917799 Comparing the two is quite interesting. While the canadian one (that sounds to my foreign ears quite similar to someone further south) is all sexually themed, the norwegian one reference the devil and hell. Comparing the two is quite interesting. While the canadian one (that sounds to my foreign ears quite similar to someone further south) is all sexually themed, the norwegian one reference the devil and hell.

]]> By: freshacconci http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html#comment-917544 freshacconci Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917544 I knew men like this growing up. You just know he was clutchin' a 50 (a stubby of course) the whole time and smokin' Export A's. I knew men like this growing up. You just know he was clutchin’ a 50 (a stubby of course) the whole time and smokin’ Export A’s.

]]> By: Enormo http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html#comment-917547 Enormo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917547 You have to admit, he's very good at what he does. You have to admit, he’s very good at what he does.

]]> By: Nois http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html#comment-917550 Nois Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917550 Heh, funny. Strangely, there actually exists a similar recording from Norway. I first heard it in the late eighties, when a friend of mine brought his cassette tape copy of the recording home from holiday. The recording contains 3-4 minutes of profanities from a father trying to fix a washing machine. At one point the mother of the family comes in and offers her help, to which the father answers "you can go to hell both you and the f***** machine. You're not worth a washing machine, you should have had a washboard" (in norwegian)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdhOkSCBpVY Heh, funny. Strangely, there actually exists a similar recording from Norway. I first heard it in the late eighties, when a friend of mine brought his cassette tape copy of the recording home from holiday. The recording contains 3-4 minutes of profanities from a father trying to fix a washing machine. At one point the mother of the family comes in and offers her help, to which the father answers “you can go to hell both you and the f***** machine. You’re not worth a washing machine, you should have had a washboard”

(in norwegian)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdhOkSCBpVY

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html#comment-918576 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918576 Eh you beat me to it! Someone should remix it with "frak" in place of the f bombs. Eh you beat me to it! Someone should remix it with “frak” in place of the f bombs.

]]> By: boneyard http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html#comment-917553 boneyard Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917553 It's not "dog-faced" but "dogan-faced" Dogan is a derogatory term for someone of the catholic faith. Often used in the 70's and 80's against french-speaking Canadians. Because of this and the caller's accent, I always assumed that the call was from the Eastern part of Ontario. This tape was legendary at my school and the rumour was that it came from an answering machine from the cable company in Kingston. It’s not “dog-faced” but “dogan-faced”
Dogan is a derogatory term for someone of the catholic faith. Often used in the 70′s and 80′s against french-speaking Canadians. Because of this and the caller’s accent, I always assumed that the call was from the Eastern part of Ontario. This tape was legendary at my school and the rumour was that it came from an answering machine from the cable company in Kingston.

]]> By: freshacconci http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html#comment-917556 freshacconci Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917556 I used to hear dogan in the 70s in Hamilton too. I think a lot of the old guys who fought in the war used it. I used to hear dogan in the 70s in Hamilton too. I think a lot of the old guys who fought in the war used it.

]]> By: vytautasmalesh http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html#comment-917562 vytautasmalesh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917562 Sounds a bit like Bubbles from the Trailer Park Boys. Sounds a bit like Bubbles from the Trailer Park Boys.

]]> By: Lester http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html#comment-917567 Lester Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917567 Reminds me of the tapes I used to hear in middle school like the original Jerky Boys tapes and the legendary Red Deutsch and the Tube Bar tapes. Simple pleasure. Reminds me of the tapes I used to hear in middle school like the original Jerky Boys tapes and the legendary Red Deutsch and the Tube Bar tapes. Simple pleasure.

]]> By: Robofink http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html#comment-919616 Robofink Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-919616 I would love to put a few select clips of this on my answering machine. I would love to put a few select clips of this on my answering machine.

]]> By: igpajo http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html#comment-917576 igpajo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917576 I'll bet he had the TV tuned to the wrong channel the whole time. I’ll bet he had the TV tuned to the wrong channel the whole time.

]]> By: cjp http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html#comment-917580 cjp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917580 My late Aunt Muriel sounded exactly like that. She was a farmer near Barrie, (north of Toronto) and a WW2 'WAC' vet who outranked my uncle. Tough as nails, mouth like a sewer and usually drunk as a skunk. I miss her. My late Aunt Muriel sounded exactly like that. She was a farmer near Barrie, (north of Toronto) and a WW2 ‘WAC’ vet who outranked my uncle. Tough as nails, mouth like a sewer and usually drunk as a skunk. I miss her.

]]> By: Nawel http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html#comment-917583 Nawel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917583 ah, cassette tapes with dirty jokes secretly shared among boys. I had forgotten about that kind of, as someone said, simple pleasure. There were some legendary tapes here in Chile. I don't remember something like this call, but there were comedians who made a living off dirty jokes. thanks for bringing back some memories. ah, cassette tapes with dirty jokes secretly shared among boys. I had forgotten about that kind of, as someone said, simple pleasure. There were some legendary tapes here in Chile. I don’t remember something like this call, but there were comedians who made a living off dirty jokes.
thanks for bringing back some memories.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html#comment-957268 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-957268 Yeah, he probably messed around with the remote and got it back on the right channel. Voila! He thought the company fixed it. Yeah, he probably messed around with the remote and got it back on the right channel. Voila! He thought the company fixed it.

]]> By: bjacques http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html#comment-917589 bjacques Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917589 To this Yank, the fact that he's Canadian makes it even funnier! To this Yank, the fact that he’s Canadian makes it even funnier!

]]> By: freshacconci http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html#comment-917595 freshacconci Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917595 Forget the overly-polite Canadian stereotype. This is what real Canadians used to sound like. This guy's a typical, old-school working-class chirper. Forget the overly-polite Canadian stereotype. This is what real Canadians used to sound like. This guy’s a typical, old-school working-class chirper.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html#comment-917597 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917597 Are you sure this isn't this Hunter S. Thompson? Are you sure this isn’t this Hunter S. Thompson?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html#comment-918623 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918623 I know that voice! That was Ted Rogers! I know that voice! That was Ted Rogers!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html#comment-917610 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917610 I wish I had the nerve to say half the stuff he said to alot of f*&#ing companies. I wish I had the nerve to say half the stuff he said to alot of f*&#ing companies.

]]> By: Ferriswheeler http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html#comment-917613 Ferriswheeler Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917613 I like how he pronounces whores. It makes me giggle. I like how he pronounces whores. It makes me giggle.

]]> By: bugmaker http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html#comment-917872 bugmaker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917872 In 1990, we got a copy of this tape, allegedly "off the board" or straight off the original answering machine tape, I forget which, and we sampled it for our industrial noise music project Brainhammer. At the time we believed it was from Toronto, though there was no evidence to support this claim. The version we had was actually of vastly superior clarity than any subsequent copies I've listened to. We played it about a hundred times while selecting gems for our tape. I still say "cock suckin' fuckn' bastards" to this day as a result of my exposure to this recording. In 1990, we got a copy of this tape, allegedly “off the board” or straight off the original answering machine tape, I forget which, and we sampled it for our industrial noise music project Brainhammer. At the time we believed it was from Toronto, though there was no evidence to support this claim. The version we had was actually of vastly superior clarity than any subsequent copies I’ve listened to. We played it about a hundred times while selecting gems for our tape. I still say “cock suckin’ fuckn’ bastards” to this day as a result of my exposure to this recording.

]]> By: Heath http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html#comment-918384 Heath Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918384 Reminds me of the Rheem Hot Water voicemail calls that went around back in the mid-late 90's. Probably one of the first viral emails I recall - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZp7cBOGgyY Reminds me of the Rheem Hot Water voicemail calls that went around back in the mid-late 90′s. Probably one of the first viral emails I recall – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZp7cBOGgyY

]]> By: mercator http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html#comment-917617 mercator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917617 The first few calls sounded just like my father-in-law - lord knows that man likes his cable. But when the phrase 'by the jesus' came up I knew it had to be someone from east of Manitoba. The first few calls sounded just like my father-in-law – lord knows that man likes his cable. But when the phrase ‘by the jesus’ came up I knew it had to be someone from east of Manitoba.

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/vintage-profanity-la.html#comment-918397 Cowicide Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918397 I'd like to hire this guy, send him a transcript and have him call Microsoft for me right about now. Those cock sucking slut motherfuckers. I’d like to hire this guy, send him a transcript and have him call Microsoft for me right about now. Those cock sucking slut motherfuckers.

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