Our Asterisk Society

Like many of you, I get a lot of news from the Fox News app on my iPhone. I also get info from the Drudge Report. It’s no secret that the news of the world is at our finger tips.
 
The articles that have swear words or words with a sexual connotation often have part of the word or letters replaced with asterisks. An asterisk is a symbol (*) used to mark printed or written text, typically as a reference to an annotation or to stand for omitted matter.

 Here are some of the article titles in the area of the news that’s information but not news. I inserted the asterisks.

 
“50 shades of *ra* sequel even ho**er.
 
 

“Emily dress: *ulgar or no*?”

 

“Movie goers pass out during canni*bal fil* – ambulance called to Toronto festival.”  I’m into action flicks but eating other people’s flesh is a genre WAY down on my list for fun Friday night dates!

 

Imagine if we could talk asterisk!

 

“Dinah, will *ou pl*ase hand me the *alt and pe**er?”

 

Imagine telling your child a bedtime story if you could talk asterisk!

 

“Once *pon * t*me, the*re w*re t*ree b*ars.”

 

Maybe I’m the only one who sees an asterisk and my mind inserts the letter, but I doubt it.

So for those of you whose mind can see the word or sentence with the asterisks and you don’t see the bad words – you have my admiration!

You should bottle and sell it on E*ay!

 

Mark