[Rumpelteazer]

I don't have a problem with profanities in books but, as others have said, it has to have a function. Same goes for film, tv and stand-up comedy; I have no problem with Billy Connelly, who seems to use three profanities in every sentence he speaks. But many comedians, and some books, film and tv-series try to use profanities to either shock the audience or think it is a way to become popular (unfortunately it often does).

I can't remember any book I've read had an excessive amount of profanty, though I expect Fight Club and a couple of others I've read must have a reasonable number of swear words but not in a context that has bothered me enough to remember it.

Somehow when reading this tread I had to think of the beginning of Four Weddings and a Funeral (no I wasn't bothered by it).