I couldn't agree more Sammy. I was politely asked not to say crap over the PA at the FTW tour when announcing there :) My announcing is much cleaner over the PA than it is with the mic off that's for sure :)
I used to and still have heard my dad swear since I was a little kid. And ya know what happens when you repeat those words once....a gentle scolding.......the second time......WHACK!!!! A good swift smack will remove a word from your vocabulary pretty quickly for 15 years. I can vouch for that LOL Some parents should try it :) It's worked for ages.... :)
01 FS Z28: Andy Hollis:
Quote of the day from Mr Lehman while announcing, just after entering the anounce vehicle and trying to remove his raingear with the assistance of someone else in the vehicle.
"My assistant has his hands in my lap and is working my zipper"
Nice.
Especially since FJr was in impound with a remote announce PA speaker right there.
TMI, David.
--Andy "banned from announcing for insulting T&S"
First: I think Lehman has done a great job announcing and actually find myself being entertained which few others can do. The list of really good announcers is pretty slim, and I think he's on it.
Second: There is plenty of cursing, swearing and otherwise adults having fun behavior at these events. If we're worried about scaring the kids, maybe the kids shouldn't be there. And this has NOTHING to do with karts. It has to do with the fact that I like to have fun. We've had some great talent show acts axed because of "the children". If you don't think your kids should hear anything "bad" (and I don't think that was), then it's the parent's job to insulate them from the debautchery... it's not my charge or the charge of 200+ others to babysit.
I'm not going to walk up and teach your kid every bad word there is. It's not like anyone was on the mic doing George Carlin's (R.I.P) 7 dirty words routine....
David Hedderick
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