Dropping the F-bomb at work. I can't remember the last time, let alone 37 times in a day. Of course, we're in different lines of work, I imagine.

Wow, that's a lot of F-words... I don't think I even say it once a month anymore.

I couldn't imagine saying such things at work, either. Good luck on the quota, I guess. :P

There is a funny character in A Million Little Pieces who is trying to quit swearing. I think he put himself on a quota also. I wonder if James Frey made him up.

Whoa! 37 times? Strangely enough I never tried counting, even when I was swearing a lot more than I do now. A change in work environment cured me of that in a hurry. Most of the people I work with are at least 10 years older than I am and are fairly conservative, so swearing just isn't acceptable. I still swear when I'm alone but not nearly as much as I used to.

Good luck with your quota...

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Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. - Edgar Allan Poe

When I was a kid, I refused. Of course, I was working the grounds on a golf course, and kids and adults alike would use the f-bomb 37 times in a sentence. But I was going to college and was convinced I'd never get there with language like that. Not because they'd refuse my application for language but because I would be drawn, quartered, further dismembered and buried under the cellar of my own house if even one slipped out. :) Eased up a bit in college and graduate school. Then had kids, though, which clamped down the lid hard. Nowadays, the computer had better not do something typically MicroSoft or *#*#* @$(#&#* &()$&#)( #$$%$$#@!!!

There was a radio ad for a language course that opened with "People judge you on the basis of the words you use". They're right. The ideal would be to have the control to use the appropriate language in the appropriate situation. But once you've acquired the f-bomb habit, it's hard to break ...

Just join advertising and see how your swear words double. At times i feel it relieves a lot of stress to let loose a few expletives.

wear a rubberband and everytime you say it pull the rubberband back real far and let it hit you. maybe that can help condition you. good luck.

I don't use it, really don't like hearing it at all. I worked as a psychiatric nurse for a while and refused to acknowledge the patients who used it to me. They learned. I'm pretty determined on that. I don't like the word and avoid anyone who uses it.

I use to abuse the F-word too! I am sure everyone notices I use friggin' alot... I think it is ok in some situations, I allowed it a few months ago with my youngest teenager...

There was a 13 foot snake out by our pool that was not a family pet... He slid right over her bare foot out of nowhere... "God Mom thats a big f#%@!ing snake!" Well, how can I punish her she was right it was a big f#%@ing snake!!!!

So try this... just when you feel your upper teeth press down on your bottom lip to form the letter "F" stop right there and say friggin' It broke me!

I saw that one too! That was funny...wonder if it works..

I try hard not to use it. I never do at home, and really the only slips are with my boyfriend or friends that also swear. My boyfriend would rival your 37 times NO PROBLEM! He uses it in everything he says practically. I should try pinching him every time he says it or something. It's not like it sound intelligent or anything...