April 19, 2006
Terrence and Phillip Come To Orgle Manor
The eight year old Llama-ette seems to have bought a whoopie-cushion recently. She and her sisters were loaded down to the Plimsoll mark with fart jokes for me this evening, complete with prop.
Sigh.
How to go about tactfully suggesting that the subject matter is not appropriate without killing off the sense of spontaneous fun. It's a delicate operation, indeed. Probably why so many parents either let the kids run wild unabated or else drop the hammer.
So what did I do? Well, most importantly, I didn't overreact. I simply gave them a somewhat disapproving look and said, "Oh, girls....."
UPDATE: I dropped the Llama-ettes off at school this morning. As we were waiting in the car for the school to open, they had a loud, hanging-out-the-windows conversation with the little girl in the car next astern to us. Topic? Fart jokes. It's an epidemic, I tell you, an epidemic sweeping our land, poisoning the minds of our young people today!
Personally, I blame Canada.
JUST AS LONG AS YOU KNOW YOU'RE CHICKENSHIT.
OH, THE LORD DOES TOO.
Posted by: DEAN BERRY -- REAL AMERICAN at April 20, 2006 04:17 AMpsssst Dean.
The Caps Lock key is located just to the left of the "A" key. No, your other left.
This of course leads to the question. At what age do most females quit finding bodily functions humorous?
Hm. That's an interesting question - I would venture (at least for myself) to say that they never completely stop being humorous, it's just that it becomes more a matter of exposure frequency. And of course, it's also situation dependent - they do stop being funny no matter where/no matter what - but in just the right situation, with just the right quantity of recent exposure to bodily-function-humor, most women will at least chuckle.
As for some kind of situation or exposure rubric? Well, I think that's just another of the things that makes women the enigma that we are.
Posted by: beth at April 20, 2006 07:58 AMwell, I have boys. and they LOVE whoopie cushions. there is a recent improvement in whoopie technology - a sponge in the balloon, so it self-inflates. very much worth the 75 cent price premium over old-style, have-to-inflate-them-by-mouth whoopies. in fine joke stores everywhere.
Posted by: dave s at April 20, 2006 08:16 AMYeah, what Beth said.
Posted by: jen at April 20, 2006 08:29 AMThose damn Canadians! With their beady little eyes and their flapping heads...!
Posted by: Gary at April 20, 2006 09:26 AMAt least they don't have head lice, another Springtime epidemic.
Posted by: Babs at April 20, 2006 11:39 AM
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