"%&*#," He Said Inscrutably

       The "99 cents only" store advertises a 24 inch Beach Ball.
                                               
                                      “Those %&*# Beach Balls!”

the ad exclaims, you know, because people get both exasperated and intrigued by beach balls sailing near them at baseball games.

       We recognize those typed symbols as signifying swearing.  But what if we really said them aloud--

          "Those percentage ampersand asterisk pound Beach Balls!"

I think they could be almost as expressive as the language they're intended to substitute for, don’t you?