So I go to pick up the kids from school today and as soon as Joshua gets in the van, he turns to the teacher helping him get loaded and he goes, “Hey! We have to go and get a snake and pee on it.”
The teacher says, “What?”
“We have to go and find a snake and pee on it and put it around our neck. That’s what my Dad told me.”
The teacher looks at me, eyebrow cocked.
“I have no idea what he is talking about,” I say.
“Yeah, right,” she says with a wry smile as she shuts the door.
I turn to Joshua, who is standing there grinning from ear to ear. “What was that all about?”
He continues, “We have to go find a snake and pee on it. Then we put it on our necks. You know, like the man in the desert on TV.”
Then it hit me. The other day, Joshua and I were flipping through the channels while the ball game was on commercial. We came across this show called Man vs. Wild where this guy goes out in the middle of nowhere with a camera crew and basically tries to not die. Anyway, in the 2 minutes of the show we saw, the guy is roaming around in the desert and he skins a snake, ties a knot in the skin, pees inside it and then wraps it around his neck to keep himself from dehydrating or something. It seems this was a formative viewing experience for my young son.
Let this be a lesson to you, folks: Never channel surf during the commercials.
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I think that this is absolutely hilarious, but a little humiliating all at the same time! I guess that Joshua will be the most prepared 4 year old to ever face a desert.
So funny! I always take it for granted how observant kids are. Avery’s really into flags these days. I’m assuming because of the Olympics, but always asks, “What kind of flag is that?” The other day she asked from the back seat her question. I scanned the area, looking for a flag. Seeing none, I wondered what she was asking about. Her request got louder and louder and more demanding each time she said it. Finally, I saw what she was talking about. There were three of the tiniest yellow flags that I have ever seen, sticking out of the ground; probably there to mark a water line or something. Be careful little eyes what you see….
That is halarious! I love the things that kids say…always at the most inopportune times. 🙂 I’m sure Sunny was happy that you got to handle that one in front of the teacher.
Jason, that is so funny. I just laughed out loud. So true, just wait until they start dating and your daughters boyfriend loves ESPN and you know the commercials I am thinking about. It embarrasses me. I hate them. Back in my days of watching TV they never promoted RX prescriptions. This is why our kids are so desensitized.