uncouth    (n-kth)
adj.

1. Crude; unrefined.
2. Awkward or clumsy; ungraceful.
3. Archaic. Foreign; unfamiliar.

I had an uncanny knack “back in the day” for saying whatever came into my head. My filters had been skewed by all the lovely people I spent my time with growing up. My friends from high school found this crudeness charming, although I think that was because we are all under the influence 90% of the time.

As time has passed I found that discretion really is the better part of valor, and I’ve reigned in the impulse to curse like a sailor and make rude suggestive comments at every turn.

Last night I was reminded by a friend of my earlier tendency toward crudeness and it amused me to no end. Because these days I wouldn’t have given him the satisfaction…