Alternatives to Oh my God

MooseJam

anyone got any good alternatives to Oh my God , for Gods sake, Holy hour , Jesus Christ, for Christ sake etc etc

Doctor DooM

MooseJam wrote: »

anyone got any good alternatives to Oh my God , for Gods sake, Holy hour , Jesus Christ, for Christ sake etc etc

Oh my dog, for dogs sake, by the gods, by thor, by zeus, jeebus's sake, etc.

toiletduck

Oh my Gawd?

Dave!

Science H. Logic

bogwalrus

gee wizz=)

Red Hand

My Cock in a breadbun.

eoin5

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

My Cock in a breadbun.

My hotdog down a hallway.

Zamboni

Heavens above! = Stratosphere above!
For Christs sake = For pitys sake
Oh my god = Oh my word

Keep it clean :-)

Zillah

Zamboni wrote: »

Keep it clean :-)

Pff, I usually just swap "God" for "Fuck".

DublinWriter

Holy Dawkins

Beruthiel

MooseJam wrote: »

anyone got any good alternatives to Oh my God , for Gods sake, Holy hour , Jesus Christ, for Christ sake etc etc

Good question. But after x amount of years of using the above, it's automatic with me and I will probably need to be re-programmed at this stage.

I blame my parents.

Hivemind187

"By Bonaparts balls!" - Thanks to Ben Elton

"By Odin's beard!" - Thanks Marvel comics

Doctor DooM

Hivemind187 wrote: »

"By Bonaparts balls!" - Thanks to Ben Elton

"By Odin's beard!" - Thanks Marvel comics

By the hoary hosts!!! by the eye of agamotto!!

Ah, I miss those crazy psycadelic 60's comics

Dades

Oh your god?

Zombrex

MooseJam wrote: »

anyone got any good alternatives to Oh my God , for Gods sake, Holy hour , Jesus Christ, for Christ sake etc etc

Funny, was thinking about this a few weeks ago in relation to sci-fi.

What will people say in 1,000 years (when presumably modern day religions will be a distant memory)

cavedave

"After I shut the door and started back to the living room, he yelled something at me, but I couldn't exactly hear him. I'm pretty sure he yelled "Good luck!" at me. I hope not. I hope to hell not. I'd never yell "Good luck!" at anybody. It sounds terrible, when you think about it." The Catcher in the Rye

I have stopped wishing people “good luck”. Luck does not exist and claiming it does is irrational. People who are what we think of as lucky are just more observant and open to new things. So instead of "Good luck" you really are just wishing for them "Be observant and open to new experiences".

Dave!

Wicknight wrote: »

What will people say in 1,000 years (when presumably modern day religions will be a distant memory)

Well if the history of Christianity is anything to go by, it'll probably be "In the Name of Xenu" Plus the Crusades were about 1,000 years AD, so.......... should we expect a load of Tom Cruises riding flying around Europe killing heretics?

rowlandbrowner

i dont think we need to replace these sayings, as Kruschev said "We say the name of God, but that is only out of habit."

Sam Kade

The young wan's nowaday's say it like this, ooh! MY God. As in long oh big pause follow by my god said fast and loud.

Akrasia

Wicknight wrote: »

Funny, was thinking about this a few weeks ago in relation to sci-fi.

What will people say in 1,000 years (when presumably modern day religions will be a distant memory)

Holy Sh1t

toiletduck

Wicknight wrote: »

Funny, was thinking about this a few weeks ago in relation to sci-fi.

What will people say in 1,000 years (when presumably modern day religions will be a distant memory)

Frack.

Asiaprod

rowlandbrowner wrote: »

i dont think we need to replace these sayings, as Kruschev said "We say the name of God, but that is only out of habit."

This is a cool thread, after 30 years away from my Christian inheritance I still automatically say "Thank God" or "Oh my God". I guess I am doomed:D

CerebralCortex

For "Thank God" I usually say "Thank the universe"

seamus

I'll often say "Jeebus".

BrianCalgary

cavedave wrote: »

"After I shut the door and started back to the living room, he yelled something at me, but I couldn't exactly hear him. I'm pretty sure he yelled "Good luck!" at me. I hope not. I hope to hell not. I'd never yell "Good luck!" at anybody. It sounds terrible, when you think about it." The Catcher in the Rye

I have stopped wishing people “good luck”. Luck does not exist and claiming it does is irrational. People who are what we think of as lucky are just more observant and open to new things. So instead of "Good luck" you really are just wishing for them "Be observant and open to new experiences".

You should go to BINGO sometime. Luck exists there.

bnt

I sometimes lapse in to Scots venacular: "Jings!" "Crivens!" "Help Ma Boab!"- but these are just polite versions of the J- and C-words, and "help me gawd". So I go South: "Bloody Hell!", and its little brother, "Bloomn' 'Eck!"

8kvscdpglqnyr4

Personally, I have no problem saying "Oh my god", or "Thank god" ... or anything like that. They're just common everyday phrases even if I don't believe in god.

Just like I don't have a problem saying "Thursday" ... it gets it name from an ancient god Thor, and there are countless other examples.

Red Hand

Oliver Dirty Skylight wrote: »

Personally, I have no problem saying "Oh my god", or "Thank god" ... or anything like that. They're just common everyday phrases even if I don't believe in god.

Just like I don't have a problem saying "Thursday" ... it gets it name from an ancient god Thor, and there are countless other examples.

Yup...I agree. But it's fun to speculate.

bnt

We could stop saying "goodbye", which is short for "god be with ye". When you get down to it, though, I think any theist who picks a fight over the use of customary words and phrases really needs to get out more... say, Saudi Arabia. :cool:

Ekancone

Oh my Ford!

Ekancone

cavedave wrote: »

"After I shut the door and started back to the living room, he yelled something at me, but I couldn't exactly hear him. I'm pretty sure he yelled "Good luck!" at me. I hope not. I hope to hell not. I'd never yell "Good luck!" at anybody. It sounds terrible, when you think about it." The Catcher in the Rye

I have stopped wishing people “good luck”. Luck does not exist and claiming it does is irrational. People who are what we think of as lucky are just more observant and open to new things. So instead of "Good luck" you really are just wishing for them "Be observant and open to new experiences".

Hmm, luck exists ex post but not ex ante. Highly improbable events have occured in the past which could be described as luck. But of course what probability we assign to luck is our decision.

Akrasia

CerebralCortex wrote: »

For "Thank God" I usually say "Thank the universe"

How is that any more reasonable?
The universe doesn't do you any favours any more than 'god' does. Whats the point in thanking a non sentient entity?

You might as well thank your tea bag after a nice cuppa

Tigger

Zamboni wrote: »

Keep it clean :-)

Zillah wrote: »

Pff, I usually just swap "God" for "Fuck".

Akrasia wrote: »

Holy Sh1t

fail

Dades

Tigger wrote: »

fail

Fail.

Dave!

Dades wrote: »

Fail.

Fayle.

lostexpectation

jeebus what's that from?

Bottle_of_Smoke

Seriously why do you care? is Atheist heaven going to punish you for saying oh my god?

CerebralCortex

Akrasia wrote: »

How is that any more reasonable?
The universe doesn't do you any favours any more than 'god' does. Whats the point in thanking a non sentient entity?

You might as well thank your tea bag after a nice cuppa

Yes another one for my arsenal. "Oh thank tea bags!!!"

markyedison

bnt wrote: »

"Help Ma Boab!"

hi bnt, what does this one mean? never heard it before.

marky

'Jebus' It's from The Simpsons, "Save me Jebus" - Homer obviously!

bnt

markyedison wrote: »

hi bnt, what does this one mean? never heard it before.

It seems to mean "so help me god", according to this page. I prefer to see it as a call to Bob Dobbs. :pac:

markyedison

I like that cartoon, reminds me of the Jocks and the Geordies back in the day.

bnt wrote: »

I prefer to see it as a call to Bob Dobbs. :pac:

Brilliant, sheer class
first i've heard of him but i love him already

Obni

Just put the word 'arse' in front of anything with a good hard consonant in it.
E.g.; Arse-buckets

Or if you can do impressions (and these only really work with the right voice)
"Gersplunden" (Peter Sellers - German soldier in the Goons)
"Sapristi Nadgers" (Spike Milligan - Moriarty in the Goons)

"What in the name of Bonaparte's balls" (Stephen Fry as Wellington Black Adder III) [Nod to Hivemind187]

Or anything from Anchorman.
My favourite, reserved for my wife when's she on top infuriating form is...
"Go back to your home on Whore Island you stinky pirate-hooker"

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P.S. I've just sat back in my chair and thought "God, I love swearing!", so maybe there's no escape.

Mark Hamill

Well saw Hot Fuzz recently so how about:
"By the Power of Greyskull!"

stereoroid

markyedison wrote: »

Brilliant, sheer class
first i've heard of him but i love him already

You don't know "Bob"? You must be Normal! :eek:

As a High Priest (Apprentice OverMan Class) of the Church of the SubGenius, it is my sworn duty to enlighten all and sundry about the wonders of Slack. However, that sounds like work, and - in the words of our Feckless Leader, J.R. "Bob" Dobbs - "as long as we must work, we can not be free". So I can't be bothered. Praise "Bob", I guess. :cool:

Tzetze

Saints Formaldehyde preserve us!

Hudson 4 ever

Fog in hell, said quickly

ChocolateSauce

Thank god ----> thank ****
Jesus Christ ----> Holy enchiladas!

And so on.

I usually just use the religious expression. It doubles as a handy force of habit, and an insult to religion.

Dades

theozster wrote: »

It doubles as a handy force of habit, and an insult to religion.

Yup. You keep fightin' that fight now.

PDN

I find that "Estebancambias!" makes a fitting expletive. It rolls off the tongue quite easily and gives people the impression that you know how to swear fluently in a foreign language.

Mena

PDN wrote: »

I find that "Estebancambias!" makes a fitting expletive. It rolls off the tongue quite easily and gives people the impression that you know how to swear fluently in a foreign language.

Thanks, I loved that one