Some California relatives of Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch have tackled the insidious problem of cussing in Pasadena. (Pasadena? Isn't that California's answer to Bountiful? Who's going to take the #!&@% battle to Compton?)

Brent Hatch, Orrin's cousin and a real estate salesman and motivational speaker (what else?), helped his son, 14-year-old McKay, start an anti-cussing crusade. Members wear really dorky orange T-shirts bearing the words, "Ya wanna hang with us? Don't cuss!"

McKay has signed up 10,000 #!&@*%#s worldwide.

Not surprisingly, McKay caught some #!&@ when he set up a registration table during his high school's club sign-up day. "I got cussed out by about 50 people during club rush. But I had 120 people sign up." Through his club Internet site (www.nocussing.com), McKay regularly receives porno and obscene rants.

Makes you wonder if young McKay is some kind of #!&@%#! masocist who likes being sworn at.

McKay admits that four-letter words have slipped past his own lips.
"I'm not perfect. I've slipped before. I've said the F-word. I used to say, 'Oh fudge!' and the other word would slip out. So I don't say 'fudge' anymore."

Utah state Sen. Chris Buttars, knows how you feel, kid. He's given up the word "baby."