LOL

[conuly]

We were reading a book today that mentioned, briefly, that our heroine's mother gets "more mail than the President". I pointed out again to Ana that Obama isn't the president yet, and does she know who's still the President?

"John Bush?"
"George. George Bush." (I left out the W. without thinking, but why complicate the issue?)
"Oh, George. Hey, George! LIKE THE MONKEY GEORGE!"

Indeed, Ana, indeed.

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I feel like I have to match cute stories, so here's a lesser one from Evangeline. The other day she randomly commented to me that she thought bathrooms were "discusting". So I asked her why, of course. "Because... because... because... because you go to the bathroom in them!"

I think she realized that was a strange way to phrase that answer, but what else could she say?

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[pne.livejournal.com]

I think she realized that was a strange way to phrase that answer, but what else could she say?

"Because you poop and pee in them"?

Different families have different words/euphemisms for processes and products, but that one seems moderately common to me.

Though things such as "She accidentally went to the bathroom in her pants" (i.e., she wet or soiled them) sounds funny to me because of the way it's stretching the metaphor.

[conuly]

Yeah, "go pee-pee and poo-poo" is the only other way of saying that that I'd expect, but she's three. Sometimes she searches for phrases.

"Though things such as "She accidentally went to the bathroom in her pants" (i.e., she wet or soiled them) sounds funny to me because of the way it's stretching the metaphor."

Yeah, I always giggle a little when I hear that. I'd just say she "had an accident" if I have to bring it up, children seem to think that that method of refering to it is discreet.

[pne.livejournal.com]

I think she realized that was a strange way to phrase that answer, but what else could she say?

"Because you poop and pee in them"?

Different families have different words/euphemisms for processes and products, but that one seems moderately common to me.

Though things such as "She accidentally went to the bathroom in her pants" (i.e., she wet or soiled them) sounds funny to me because of the way it's stretching the metaphor.

[conuly]

Yeah, "go pee-pee and poo-poo" is the only other way of saying that that I'd expect, but she's three. Sometimes she searches for phrases.

"Though things such as "She accidentally went to the bathroom in her pants" (i.e., she wet or soiled them) sounds funny to me because of the way it's stretching the metaphor."

Yeah, I always giggle a little when I hear that. I'd just say she "had an accident" if I have to bring it up, children seem to think that that method of refering to it is discreet.