One of those silly internet things: Mingle2 rates blogs as if they were movies, and issues a rating like the MPAA ratings. Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub? We’re PG-13 here. Why?
This rating was determined based on the presence of the following words:
- dead (3x)
- dick (2x)
- shoot (1x)
In discussions of casualties in war, a history blog might use the word “dead” a few times. Considering how often I’ve posted about World War I, World War II, the Civil War, atomic bombs, etc., it’s amazing that the word “dead” only shows up three times.
And “shoot?” Well, shoot, it might appear as a mild oath.
I try to police even the comments to keep profanity down, to keep the blog from being banned by bot programs in junior high schools. So, how did the word “dick” sneak in there twice?
Dick Cheney. It’s all his fault. You can search just like I did, in the right column of the main page. The search also turns up a post mentioning Charles Dickens, but that would have been a third mention.
It almost makes one yearn for the last year of the Nixon administration after the firing of special prosecutor Archibald Cox, when bumper stickers quickly appeared urging Congress to “Impeach the Cox Sacker.”
Saying Vice President Cheney’s first name is profanity? Who knew?
Spread the word; friends don't allow friends to repeat history.
Just as a huge black hole can stifle star formation, so can a blog hole stifle post formation.
Posted by Ed Darrell 
Millard Fillmore's Bathtub 