tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33559037.post6791649305165084324..comments2023-10-20T04:45:50.849-05:00Comments on O Mighty Crisis: Jocelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03227519811818290510noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33559037.post-55236279312182633822009-07-30T14:17:10.382-05:002009-07-30T14:17:10.382-05:00I have just remembered that my father used to enco...I have just remembered that my father used to encourage us to use the expression "pass a motion" for defecating. It has had a lifelong effect on my opinion of politicians.<br /><br />As for passing wind might I suggest that you use the polite and impersonal passive voice to express your feelings on the matter. The rest I will leave in your capable hands.cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075735967153709260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33559037.post-86627333745385133212009-07-27T01:08:38.978-05:002009-07-27T01:08:38.978-05:00I also come from a house in which "fart"...I also come from a house in which "fart" was verboten. Also "sucks", "crap", and on down the line towards The Gutter. This made conversations with friends in elementary school pretty awkward, until I realized that my parents weren't at school.<br /><br />For whatever reason, though, I still can't usually bring myself to say "fart", and instead struggle for words. We always said "gas" but very often other people, for some reason, had no idea what I was talking about whenever I'd bring that one out.<br /><br />I need help.LiteralDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16704368269389527451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33559037.post-13312873195025476072009-07-25T23:00:00.120-05:002009-07-25T23:00:00.120-05:00The saying around our house -- I have been outnumb...The saying around our house -- I have been outnumbered by a husband and two boys, so couthness is pretty rare -- was "the fish are singing." I believe this came about when one of the malefolk farted loudly when he was standing next to the aquarium. So singing fish have been our alibi for the past 15 years or so...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33559037.post-37049565542264927292009-07-25T09:10:38.850-05:002009-07-25T09:10:38.850-05:00did you toot or did something crawl into your rect...did you toot or did something crawl into your rectum and expire?limehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259558876349307173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33559037.post-61913777398016250312009-07-25T01:00:06.930-05:002009-07-25T01:00:06.930-05:00To Lisa:
I have a sense of humor, it just doesn&...To Lisa:<br /> I have a sense of humor, it just doesn't extend to bodily functions. In all honesty, my husband has never made any smells in my presence in 14 years. If it happened, I might ask, "Are you okay?" but I probably wouldn't say anything. I just seriously wondered why Jocelyn wants to say something at all. It's no big deal, I was honestly curious. Part of the fun of blogging is spying into the lives of people that are not exactly like you, don't you think?geewitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11590044820333720010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33559037.post-79842532235606773012009-07-24T21:54:37.759-05:002009-07-24T21:54:37.759-05:00Hey, who removed Geewits sense of humor gland? Dan...Hey, who removed Geewits sense of humor gland? Dang, girl. :-)Lisa @ Boondock Ramblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11430994283914399581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33559037.post-5990666129538451492009-07-24T21:52:56.151-05:002009-07-24T21:52:56.151-05:00We weren't allowed to say "fart" or ...We weren't allowed to say "fart" or "crap" in our house. Not even "snot" was allowed...which is why one time at dinner when Mom said: "Now, whose tissue is this?" And my dad said "Snot mine," we all burst into laughter, only to be hushed by: "Ronnie, what kind of word is that to teach our children?"<br /><br />Imagine my horror the day my brother (after attending a Christian college) said to my mother: "I don't talk to those kids because they are all assholes," and she shot back, "well, maybe they are all assholes because you are an asshole."<br /><br />I'm pretty sure that is the first time my mother ever uttered that word because she burst into tears and locked herself in the bathroom. <br /><br />(By the way, in my family the terms are "passed gas", as if it has passed away somehow, bm'ed for bowel movement, and urinated, not peed. Thank you, very much.)Lisa @ Boondock Ramblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11430994283914399581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33559037.post-77780193914822576132009-07-24T17:13:23.454-05:002009-07-24T17:13:23.454-05:00Great post and comments! When I was teaching littl...Great post and comments! When I was teaching little children,I turned the page of a book I was reading to them, and a picture of two Oriental warriors appeared."Do they fart?" asked one little boy.Trying to appear non-plussed and world-weary, I answered this perplexing question with"Probably - everyone does - you, me, everyone in our families". The little boy earnestly continued "Do they fart with their hands or weapons? It would be fierce farting, farting with sharp swords...". Oh dear.I'm obviously used to the good old Australian intonation of "foighting" when describing battle....oh, and how good is that Grandpa description of not paying the rent, so had to let it go!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33559037.post-18645590363475653812009-07-24T14:25:07.368-05:002009-07-24T14:25:07.368-05:00LMAO! You guys are so funny. You need to put a mic...LMAO! You guys are so funny. You need to put a microphone in your bathroom and create a special prepare for bed podcast! hehehehechellehttp://soodz.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33559037.post-28188302902766887542009-07-24T12:25:34.272-05:002009-07-24T12:25:34.272-05:00Why do you feel compelled to mark the occasion at ...Why do you feel compelled to mark the occasion at all? Just curious.geewitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11590044820333720010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33559037.post-71022658032548657552009-07-24T00:37:03.394-05:002009-07-24T00:37:03.394-05:00STANK!STANK!flutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828689769747130419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33559037.post-13913965799714648342009-07-23T23:34:22.595-05:002009-07-23T23:34:22.595-05:00As my hubs likes to ask, "A little cheesy?&qu...As my hubs likes to ask, "A little cheesy?"shrink on the couchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13271891110211081990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33559037.post-49596532212653984722009-07-23T23:07:40.990-05:002009-07-23T23:07:40.990-05:00holy CROW, this cracked me up. i didn't want ...holy CROW, this cracked me up. i didn't want to get out of bed this morning (is it a day that ends in Y?), kept hitting the snooze button. so i rolled over and checked my blogs through my phone.<br /><br />you GIGGLED me awake.<br /><br />FART FART FART!!<br /><br />compost heap in your pants?!!<br /><br />skunk nuggets??!! <br /><br />who SAYS that?<br /><br />i love you.Yohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14515522021380382847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33559037.post-42714945126097050722009-07-23T21:14:01.598-05:002009-07-23T21:14:01.598-05:00This post brings up unpleasant memories. When I wa...This post brings up unpleasant memories. When I was 11, I attended my first slumber party one week after my appendectomy. The other girls engaged in a rousing game of Fart in which they tried to outdo each other with loudness and smelliness. Little priss that I was, I was offended and refused to play, for which I was thrown in a cold shower. I had actually never heard the word before and didn't know there was one for that particular bodily function. (It could be argued that my mother's cooking was not interesting enough to produce any gas.) <br /><br />The next day, she asked how the party was and I related the farting game to her. She slapped me for using uncouth language and led me to my father, who spanked me without disturbing my stitches. <br /><br />It was a vocabulary lesson I'll never forget.heartinsanfranciscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33559037.post-37286344330926853842009-07-23T16:34:18.239-05:002009-07-23T16:34:18.239-05:00I don't think my dad ever yelled at me. Inste...I don't think my dad ever yelled at me. Instead he would lecture me. For hours. until I wanted to die.<br /><br />Yelling would have been much less affective.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982777325225735283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33559037.post-39860825286765240052009-07-23T14:01:33.382-05:002009-07-23T14:01:33.382-05:00Fart is an uncouth word? Really? Here I was being ...Fart is an uncouth word? Really? Here I was being uncouth and not even realizing it.<br /><br />Reminds me of a period of time in my childhood when my mother decided that my brother and I would not use the word "snot." We were to use "mucous" instead. Heh.<br /><br />(snot snot snot)Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927671598473871081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33559037.post-84168565527244798702009-07-23T13:59:02.181-05:002009-07-23T13:59:02.181-05:00Good lessons need never be forgotten.Good lessons need never be forgotten.Liamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09519085240108038732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33559037.post-2655015790835665682009-07-23T12:24:40.454-05:002009-07-23T12:24:40.454-05:00I'm gonna use Pearl's grandfather's! T...I'm gonna use Pearl's grandfather's! That's a classic! Oh my.Becky C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09519528423210466606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33559037.post-65983951778369652732009-07-23T12:13:27.150-05:002009-07-23T12:13:27.150-05:00I like Shania's ideaI like Shania's ideajesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00967156307632862683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33559037.post-69059019414653282532009-07-23T12:13:07.471-05:002009-07-23T12:13:07.471-05:00Ha ha!!! We were a tooting family too. The F-word ...Ha ha!!! We were a tooting family too. The F-word was highly frowned upon. In fact, my loving parents nicknamed me Little Toots when, as an infant, I became famous for my, um, gaseous emissions (my father still loves to mime a baby shooting out of his arms as he stands there with a shocked look on his face. Har dee har har, Dad.) <br /><br />When I was 9 or 10, he painted "Little Toots" on the wall in the midst of a re-papering job to torment me and I still live in fear that the current owners had a good laugh at my expense when they stripped the wallpaper off.jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00967156307632862683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33559037.post-19734481891716551452009-07-23T11:04:01.601-05:002009-07-23T11:04:01.601-05:00One of my kids always does the silent but deadly k...One of my kids always does the silent but deadly kind - in church or in the car when all the windows are up. <br /><br />My mom and dad tell a story of how they came to agree to "fart" in front of each other. After six months of marriage, my dad had gone outstide to check the tires on the car perhaps 150 times--winter weather included. Finally, they agreed it was okay to fart away.Midlife Roadtripperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700277803842883251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33559037.post-33894158538001529112009-07-23T10:43:01.690-05:002009-07-23T10:43:01.690-05:00in my house, there is no need to even ask. unfort...in my house, there is no need to even ask. unfortunately, we all know the difference between flatus and other malodorous sources.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13690660290319444722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33559037.post-66052162526161635912009-07-23T10:17:48.449-05:002009-07-23T10:17:48.449-05:00We actually were not allowed to say "shut up&...We actually were not allowed to say "shut up".<br /><br />As for the farting business, all I can think of is my grandpa's old line, sure to follow any "toot": "Humph. Had to kick him out. Wouldn't pay the rent."<br /><br />PearlPearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05261369905176088917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33559037.post-40624076008392455432009-07-23T10:11:38.846-05:002009-07-23T10:11:38.846-05:00You had me at the "household crisis" tha...You had me at the "household crisis" that "reared up"! But the rest was funny, too.Becky C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09519528423210466606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33559037.post-56659178199743637372009-07-23T09:35:07.315-05:002009-07-23T09:35:07.315-05:00I got nothing for you. I'm uncouth and use far...I got nothing for you. I'm uncouth and use fart (sorry for making you read that).<br /><br />However, Shania's offering seems to fit the bill quite nicely.Jazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14644896022880634803noreply@blogger.com