master baiter

There are a number of things which are funny about this series of outtakes and bloopers from American fisherman and TV presenter Bill Dance's shows, firstly there's really nothing funnier than seeing fully clothed people falling into water (the battery incident at 1:25 or so is priceless), but secondly it's amusing and fascinating to see how a God-fearing Tennessean good ol' boy can avoid swearing at moments of high stress. This is the result of years of indoctrination and practice - it takes iron discipline not to say them nasty cuss words or take the good Lord's name in vain when you slam a pick-up tailgate on several hundred dollars' worth of fishing tackle and snap it in half. Examples of alternative phrases I spotted during this series of clips and the many more available on YouTube (check the sidebar) include:

• MAN ALIVE!
• SONNY JIM!
• GOOD NIGHT!
• DADGUMMIT!
• OH MAN....
• GOL-LY!
• OH GOOD GOSH!
• AW SHOOT....
• WHOA NELLY!
• AIN'T THIS A FINE HOWDY DO!

I don't care what you say, though, it can't be as satisfying as bellowing OH FUCK MY ARSE at the top of your voice. He even manages not to swear when he plants a fish-hook into his own face, though his composure does slip briefly when he gets hit in the face by a camera jib arm.