MM (reading aloud): "If you want to make your friends laugh, all you have to do is stick your face in their face and say either 'bathroom' or 'underwear.' It works every time."
HRH: Or Uranus...
MM: (Cough, laugh, sputter) True...do you know why?
HRH: No...
MM (Brain screaming 'stop and think!' Mouth, damning the torpedoes, moving full speed ahead): Well, you know that Uranus is a planet but it's also "your anus". Your anus is your bum. The place where the poop comes out.
HRH: Knowing smile as The Phrase That Launched a Thousand Potty Jokes plays through his mind...
MM: Babe, obviously, it's a bathroom word. You cannot to use it at school. Please don't make me sorry I told you.
HRH (mind still fully engaged in the possibilities): Okay...but...can I say it to other boys when we're in the bathroom?
MM: N.O.
It is 9:12 am the following morning. I expect 'the call' by 11:45. Why do I do this to myself?
Boys and their bathroom humor. And you know, I don't think they EVER outgrow it.
ReplyDeleteI am absolutely cracking up over his response! Love it. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteToo funny!!!
ReplyDeleteI hesitated yesterday, and ultimately decided to wait to tell O exactly how he came out of my body. I didn't want the "Gina" call this morning...
But, it's a smart potty joke, so that makes it okay.
ReplyDeleteSeems like your sensors may have broken down for a moment. No harm though. He would have made that joke eventually anyway.
ReplyDeleteSometimes its okay to just say something in your head and not out loud. Filters are your friend.
ReplyDeleteYep. I had the exact same feeling the other day when I taught Diego that girls don't have short penises, they have vaginas. Then he started screaming "VAGINA" all through the house.
ReplyDeleteSo far, no news from school.
I've done something similiar; When my five year old said, "Guess What?" I said, "Chicken Butt". It didn't take long for that to be passed on and on and on. Good luck!
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