Just out of interest, I’m aware that many people use this instead of swearing, but it has always perplexed me about how tiring it must be to use the expletive “dollarasteriskampersandpercentage” instead of simply saying “bloody” or “fucking” or some other traditional expletive.

It’s fine…your idea hasn’t been used before.

I liked this. It was a good idea. And the ampersand expletive thing didn’t take away from anything. I didn’t even really notice it until you said something. Good show!

I use the symbols instead of the words as courtesy. Sometimes people use them in place of decent adjectives, which bothers me. I mean, if you drop your hammer on your foot its one thing, but if you, say, just hate yogurt, you could call it disgusting or slimy or grotesque. No need to dumb things down to smurf level.
and the story, seems the hand had a mind of its own, though after a while, I bet he’ll wish he had it back so he could hang onto the mast with his other arm.
The story went a little fast, but had a nice ending.

Hahaha. What a great idea.

I read censored expletives by just inserting what the word would have been. In this case I can’t figure it out. F’ing would make sense but is too long. Also wasn’t sure if the girlfriend fell in at the end or not.
Very interesting, though!