Campfire Chat at Tara Camel Races and the F-bomb punctuation mark

Four firepits sat in a row to warm the cockles of campers hearts and keep the wine and conversation flowing beyond usual  bedtime schedules for these over 50’s.    Remnants of the original fifty seven campers were then onto the port and free – or loose – speech.     Yes, grog does untie the tongue and, for some, the uninhibited flow of F-bombs which punctuate slurred speech.     The F-bomb is effective!    But only if used as the right word in the right place for effect – like when some absolute tool in his whopping big 4 x 4 cuts you off and frightens the f……ing daylights out of you.  Or when, through some mishap, injury is almost occasioned to oneself or an important object, dropping an F-bomb makes you feel heaps better.   Yes, for many it is a reflex in extraordinary situations.   When it relentlessly punctuates phrases in polite speech it loses effect and can be offensive.     As my son-outlaw told me (when I occasionally used to punctuate sentences ineffectively), only use this powerful linguistic tool when you mean it – or when you are mean.