The 'F' Word

The following report comes from an excellent White House correspondent, Jake Tapper, at ABC News regarding poor ol' Joe Biden. Just seems he can't go a day without stepping in it.

"At an event at Union Station today where Vice President Joe Biden was heralding the $1.3 billion in investments in rebuilding train stations and passenger rails, a microphone picked up one of the former senator's myriad Senate colleagues addressing him, formally, as "Mr. Vice President."
That met with Vice President Biden's standard reply.
"Gimme a f*&$#ing break," he said, apparently unaware that the microphone was on."

Now, don't think just because I attend Mass on a weekly basis and, sometimes more than that, I have the holier than thou approach to the English language. I know the F word quite well. I grew up in the home of a railroad worker. My dad could string together words that flowed like poetry from the mouth of any rapper. By the age of seven I had heard the F word more often than most kids do in a lifetime. Truth be told, I use the F word and I say it quite a bit. Here's when I don't: I do not say it in the presence of my wife, my children or my grand children. I don't say the F word when with females or couple friends and, unless they've said it first, any male who I think I might offend. In other words, I set F word limits.
I do use the F word when I'm by myself and/or do something I consider quite stupid. If I happen to hit any finger with a hammer that's an automatic. Sometimes, if I take a fall or writhe in agony after spraining an ankle that scenario absolutely cries out for the utterance. I use it if I'm solo in my car and get irritated with another driver. I also use the F word a lot on the golf course. The F word, with emphasis, was spoken for the very first time in the late 1500's immediately after the very first golf swing. Bet you didn't know that.
"Mr. Vice-President, my advice to you is that you learn when to turn it on and turn it off". Pretend you're in the presence of the Pope. That'll help a bunch , you dumb f*#%er".