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Did Granny Swear?

posted 12 years ago by mnathan3
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In the early part, when she saw the ramshackle house, it sounded
like she said "S--t Hole"

[–] tesab-1 11 years ago

I thought so, too; but later on she spouts another stream of complaints using a phrase that begins with sh--, which was not "s--t hole." I really doubt the censors would have allowed that phrase into a movie back then.

[–] Scott_Lahti 11 years ago

I've wondered about that for around twenty years, ever since I played a VHS tape of the movie I bought from a mail-order catalog from Barnes and Noble for c. $4.99. Memories ...

[–] gribfritz2 10 years ago

For what it's worth, it sounded like she said "sump hole".

[–] gearhart 10 years ago

In the book, she says "sin hole".

[–] whiskeyTango-06 10 years ago

she says, "sin hole"

[–] mistedshadow 10 years ago

according to the closed captioning she says both sump hole and sin hole...

but we all know she MEANT sh*thole, lol