And for the most part, boys and men behaved well around me because I was a girl.
And then I had boys.
Lots of boys. Three if you are keeping track at home.
What I have found is that I have lived my whole life without knowing the secret to comedy.
The laugh sweet spot.
The key to the funny bone.
Through careful observation and extensive male research I have found that boys are born with this knowledge. Some keep it to themselves behind smiles, while others share it freely with belly laughs.
My boys feel the need to share it freely.
Freely as in all the time.
All the time as in even when their loving mother threatens them within an inch of their life.
But the comedy can not stop even for time-outs and spankings.
The show must go on.
What is this funny secret that lies on the Y chromosome?
Any word can be made into a hilarious joke by adding the word butt.*
Go on.
Try it.
*There also seems to be bonus comedy karma points awarded if you can orchestrate the delivery of the side-splitting lines by someone age 3 and under.
Which explains why Rhett(3) runs through the house screaming “butt train!” to the utter delight of his brothers who are literally rolling on the floor with laughter.
Literally.
And as Rhett passes his loving mother on his noisy ministry of comedy all she can do is stifle giggles behind empty threats in the hope that this show stays at home and never goes on the road.I grew up a girl.
Then I was an adult…girl.
And for the most part, boys and men behaved well around me because I was a girl.
And then I had boys.
Lots of boys. Three if you are keeping track at home.
What I have found is that I have lived my whole life without knowing the secret to comedy.
The laugh sweet spot.
The key to the funny bone.
Through careful observation and extensive male research I have found that boys are born with this knowledge. Some keep it to themselves behind smiles, while others share it freely with belly laughs.
My boys feel the need to share it freely.
Freely as in all the time.
All the time as in even when their loving mother threatens them within an inch of their life.
But the comedy can not stop even for time-outs and spankings.
The show must go on.
What is this funny secret that lies on the Y chromosome?
Any word can be made into a hilarious joke by adding the word butt.*
Go on.
Try it.
*There also seems to be bonus comedy karma points awarded if you can orchestrate the delivery of the side-splitting lines by someone age 3 and under.
Which explains why Rhett(3) runs through the house screaming “butt train!” to the utter delight of his brothers who are literally rolling on the floor with laughter.
Literally.
And as Rhett passes his loving mother on his noisy ministry of comedy all she can do is stifle giggles behind empty threats in the hope that this show stays at home and never goes on the road.
And for the most part, boys and men behaved well around me because I was a girl.
And then I had boys.
Lots of boys. Three if you are keeping track at home.
What I have found is that I have lived my whole life without knowing the secret to comedy.
The laugh sweet spot.
The key to the funny bone.
Through careful observation and extensive male research I have found that boys are born with this knowledge. Some keep it to themselves behind smiles, while others share it freely with belly laughs.
My boys feel the need to share it freely.
Freely as in all the time.
All the time as in even when their loving mother threatens them within an inch of their life.
But the comedy can not stop even for time-outs and spankings.
The show must go on.
What is this funny secret that lies on the Y chromosome?
Any word can be made into a hilarious joke by adding the word butt.*
Go on.
Try it.
*There also seems to be bonus comedy karma points awarded if you can orchestrate the delivery of the side-splitting lines by someone age 3 and under.
Which explains why Rhett(3) runs through the house screaming “butt train!” to the utter delight of his brothers who are literally rolling on the floor with laughter.
Literally.
And as Rhett passes his loving mother on his noisy ministry of comedy all she can do is stifle giggles behind empty threats in the hope that this show stays at home and never goes on the road.
OMG. I know. I KNOW.
I hear the word butt every 5 seconds or so around here. Did you see the video of my kids singing Frere Jacques? My 4 year old: “Frere Jacques, frere Jacques, Dormer butt! (pause for laughter while his brother covers his mouth and tries to go on with the song) Sonnez les matina! ding dang butt (followed by enormous belly laugh).” Yes.
My crew has decided to not limit themselves to just one word, it’s poop, butt or fart. All three (note I have two sons so who could the third be?) of them, including the 1 1/2 yo, can fall over laughing at their own hilarity no matter how unimpressed or even disapproving I act.
What the butt? We guys do love a good bit of potty humor. I had an entire post called “The Great Butt Rap-Off” that started with me talking about this poor girl who was a pirates dream, you know, Sunken Booty! The girl had no butt. When the Wheel of Butt was spun up in heaven it landed on BANKRUPT! Say it with me, “Wheel. Of. Butt!” I know it would be a fun game show. If you are bored then you can read some of the butt raps here.
In a moment of poor judgment, I mentioned to my kids how amusing it would be to fill in a Mad Lib with just the word ‘butt.’
FYI, it’s only hilarious the first 38 times. At least to me, a girl.
So, I learned something about you last night I didn’t know…
You are fun.
😉
Woke up thinking that all those people will probably be posting about it today…any urge to throw up a mr linky to collect the posts?
Jay
In my house butt is a huge crowd pleaser as well, but poop, or poopie, well, the crowd does wild!
My mother and 6 yr old son have a running joke for saying good bye to each other. “Fart thee well”.
I highly recommend this article from Wondertime about why kids love poop talk
http://wondertime.go.com/parent-to-parent/article/potty-talk.html
I have a feeling that butt train won’t be as funny when he’s 30 and still living at home 😉
I second the others who have named “poop” as the comedy word. I’m a nanny of a five year old boy who loves to add the word “poop” to everything to make it funny. (To the giggles of the other little people in the house.)
I was seated in the living room with my dad, brother and boyfriend and this came up in conversation. They all thought it was hilarious! Guess it never ends!