Kids say the darnedest things, often reducing a roomful of adults to tears without realizing what they have said that could have been so funny. I remember one particular event through the haze of my years in Goodland, I must have been about 10 and my younger brother Jacob almost 4.
He had a slight speech impediment as many children his age do when they try to pronounce consonant blends such as "st", "th" and "tr." Jake's "tr" was more like a "fff." After Sunday service one morning we were driving to Taco Grande for a taco burger and Jake spied a large cattle hauling semi-trailer from Short and Sons returning home from dropping a load. He proclaimed at the top of his lungs "look mommy, look at the big FF*CK!" After a brief pause my mom turned bright red as she tried hard to contain her laughter. As her eyes welled with tears she just couldn't hold it in any longer. We laughed and laughed all the way to Taco Grande. Jake did too, but had no idea what he was laughing about. That's the great thing about laughter, it's contagious.
Fast forward 30 years, my son Eric was going to the bathroom this morning and suddenly proclaimed out of nowhere "my penis is frozen daddy." I put my hand over my mouth and ran out of sight of the boy to the kitchen where Lisa was shaking her head and let me know in no uncertain terms that I could "handle that one." Not sure I want to handle that one just yet honey, let's give it a couple of years. That and a little bit of fart humor will keep us going for many years to come.
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