Item: California Assembly passes resolution for 'Cuss Free Week'/Denis C. Theriault/Mercury News

More Info: Feeling a little salty? Better get it out of your system while you can. Amid the ongoing — and occasionally tense — debate over how to clean up California's budget mess, lawmakers have taken time out to tidy something else almost as unmanageable: our language. This morning, the Assembly approved a ceremonial resolution turning the first week of March into "Cuss Free Week." Once the Senate follows suit, say good-bye to four-letter words, a few choice compound words and probably certain gestures, too. Not that police officers will be waiting with soap.

Question: Could you go a week without cussing?