Stock Research According to George Carlin

Like the rest of the country, we were saddened to hear about the news of George Carlin’s passing, and felt that we should honor him in some way. ...

Like the rest of the country, we were saddened to hear about the news of George Carlin’s passing, and felt that we should honor him in some way. We thought and thought, and then came upon an idea; why not research stock repositories for Carlin’s “seven words you can never say on television”? Researchers, you know you like to type outrageous words into the search field when you’re bored. This time we do it for you. To fairly represent the breadth of the industry, we searched both PhotoShelter and Getty.

The only rule: I had to choose an image from the first page of results. If you don’t trust my findings, search for yourself! Some results make sense, some clearly do not. Number 5 is just amazing.

Ok! Here we go:

1. Sh&t

Hunting cabin outhouse.

Businessman holding construction plan, showing thumbs up sign, portrait, close-up.

2. P*ss

Three boys show bottles of urine samples during a Saturday morning session run by the LA
County sheriff’s department.

Person in bull costume using urinal, rear view.

3. F%ck

Ling Ling and Hsing Hsing, Panda bears in Washington, DC National Zoo, in act of mating.

Gay couple flirting while washing a car together.

4. C#nt (only 1 result each)

A man in shirt and tie stood in front of a garage door with an obscene insult.

ISTANBUL, TURKEY: Besiktas Istanbul`s player Federico Cunti (R) fights
for the control of the ball with Galatasaray Istanbul`s player Ayhan
Akman.

5. C@cks*cker

Anildo the steelworker smokes a cigar.

A fighting-cock breeder sucks the
blood out of his bird’s head after it received several wounds during a
fight 26 February at a Mexico City cockfight arena.