What type of language is not appropriate when found within the pages of your local newspaper?

That's the question raised this past weekend by a Hudson reader, who took offense at our decision to quote a Nashua man using the word "bullshit" in a story in Saturday's Telegraph.

The story, written by reporter Albert McKeon based on interviews with people who attended Friday's visit to Nashua by Bill and Hillary Clinton, contained the following quote attributed to 90-year-old Charles Boghigian:

This certainly won't rank among the biggest leaks in the history of journalism, but then again we are talking about something near and dear to many of our readers' hearts: comic strips. 

Six weeks ago, as some of you may recall, we asked for your assistance in helping to select a new comic strip to replace "B.C." after the death of its creator, Johnny Hart.

During that period, we introduced you to three new strips by publishing them in two-week cycles on our comics pages: "Retail," "Rhymes with Orange" and "Pickles.

In Monday's Telegraph, Sunday/Features Editor Marty Karlon will announce the winning strip, based largely on the response of those readers who took the time to contact us.

But for those of you who can't wait, you can read it here first: