Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, Season 2

Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003 - 2010), also known as Penn & Teller: Bullsh*t!, Penn & Teller: Bullsh**!, Penn & Teller: BS!, and informally as Bullshit!, is an American Emmy-nominated television series on the premium cable channel Showtime. It is h… more »

[Penn and Teller return after a segment on anti-profanity advocate Ginny Foster, who suggests saying "Santa vaca!" instead.]

Penn:
"Saint cow". So she is literally saying, "Holy cow!", in Spanish. But "holy cow" is a derogatory reference to the Hindu belief in the sacredness of cows. Ginny certainly doesn't believe in the holiness of cows, so taking that Lord's name in vain is perfectly acceptable. She doesn't buy the holy-cow myth. Therefore, if you didn't actually believe that Jesus is God - and most of the world doesn't - if you were, for example, a Hindu, shouting…

[Teller drops a bowling ball on Penn's foot.]

Penn:
… JESUS CHRIST'S!… name… in a situation where you… or someone you know, somehow, accidentally… dropped a bowling ball on your FOOT… would be, by Ginny's standards… perfectly polite. [Penn looks like he wants to smack Teller.]

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