Potty Humor

While I thought about a lot of things when I was pregnant with Liam and it was confirmed that he was a boy, the fact that boys can be (to use Liam’s new word) di-gus-ting wasn’t really on that list.  It should have been (and they start earlier than I would have imagined, unfortunately).

For example:  Liam was watching Sesame Street the other day when Mr. Noodle made a “raspberry” sound with his mouth.  Mr. Noodle called it a raspberry — but I have gone through school with many a boy, and the sound he was making wasn’t one that I’d associate with the word raspberry.  The surprise (at least to me)?  Liam started laughing a low, guttural laugh immediately.  One of those laughs that come straight from the belly.  Mr. Noodle made the noise again, and Liam laughed again.  Apparently this is universal boy behavior…

Cut to today at the lunch table.  Liam lets loose another loud bout of gas.  The following conversation took place:

Liam:  (loudly passes gas…waits for about 1 second…) BOOM!

Shannon:  What did you just say?

Liam:  Boom?

Shannon:  What do you say when you pas gas, Liam?

Liam:  Skoo-me.

Shannon:  That’s right, thank you.

[A few minutes pass.  And then, unfortunately, so does some more gas…]

Liam:  (loudly passes gas, again)  BOOM!

Shannon:  Liam…

Liam:  Skoo-me, BOOM?

Shannon:  Close enough.

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I have a feeling that “Potty Humor” will become a theme in the near future…