What is it not saying?

not sure I should ask

What, Shoot a blue bean? I… I just assumed, same as, you know, “oh, shoot,” or “Sheesh!” or “Shut my mouth!” or “Shinola.” Right?

Know what? Trying to be clean in one’s lingo — as if thoughts matter — saying “Oh, Heavens!” instead of the other place, or “Bless it!” instead of condemnation, and, especially, saying the Lord’s name but meaning it… is no easy task when you’ve practiced as hard as um, er, as hard as some folks have practiced cussing.

First of all, you get weird looks because you sound like some Mennonite church lady…

(Happy to hasten to add, some of the nicest, hardest working, most devout people I know are Mennonite. And I’m pretty sure if they swear, it’s damn well appropriate. Oops.)