Those who don't mind watching vids, take a peek at this. It's got this adorable little girl in it, doing an adorable little girl thing. You'll be all "awwww" and you'll laugh until you wet yourself, I'm sure.
Then read my rant below.
So here's my rant: the mom made her repeat it for the camera, then play-acted shock and you could see the confusion on the kid's face. Mixed messages. Mom had already heard this, whipped out the camera and was pretending to be disapproving while laughing. Then Mom, after making the kid perform repeatedly, corrected her. "It's not a nice word."
'Scuze me. But "butt" is no more nice than "ass." When I was growing up, if I said "butt" my mom would've washed out my mouth. We spoke of fannies, behinds, po-pos and derierres if we had to speak of the part of our anatomy upon which we sat. And I'm sure that reaching further back, even some of those words were forbidden.
Look, it's simply a fleshy part of the body that everyone has. Well, everyone except those caught in freak ass-excising accidents, or those poor unfortunates who were born with a sort of ass-free deformity. Oh, and me. I lost my ass. Lost my funbags, too, but that's another story, and I digress. Where was I? Oh. Yes. Ass. Why, some people are nothing but enormous walking asses! Or, at least, the hole part of it. I see no reason for Mom to have confused and corrected her kid.
Just celebrate her maturity, fuck sake. She got it right the first time. If a monster comes in, you kick his ass 'fore he kicks yours. I mean, dur.
ITA100%.
It was funny as hell, though, wasn't it?
I'm not watching it, but yeah. I don't get the freak-out over words. My beautiful daughters cuss like sailors and it's no big deal. Thing is, all their friends do too - just not in front of their moms. At least I KNOW what my angels say. They and their friends talk about everything in front of me. That's why I know what an ice-dragon is. Then again, maybe some things are better unknown...
Sounds like mommy's being a "fleshy part of the body"-hole. Kripes. Too long -- sorry mommies, I just gotta stick with asshole here, even at the expense of crippling your sprogs' moral compass.
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All that kid needs is the shirt the kid in my post is wearing and then EVERYONE will be thoroughly offended.
Oh, and by the way, about this?
"If a monster comes in, you kick his ass 'fore he kicks yours. I mean, dur."
I'm rolling on the floor, laughing my ASS off!
You are so right. Poor kid; with all those mixed messages, she needs to kick Mom's ass.
Huh, I would have thought the whole phrase "kick his ass/butt" would have been off-limits. To talk about "kicking someone's behind" isn't nice at all, and nothing to do with choice of word for tush, IMO.
So now I'm wondering where this mom goes when the explanation of the existence of monsters is required. Seems she did this backwards, and then videotaped her stupidity for the world to see.
Jeff used to swear like a sailor when he was a teenager and it shocked me every time I heard it because fuck if I know where he learned to talk like that.
To talk about "kicking someone's behind" isn't nice at all, and nothing to do with choice of word for tush, IMO.
I dunno 'bout that. She was talking about monsters who were, in her imagination, threatening her.
How ought one deal with threats -- real or imagined?
Ah, too funny. Well, what does mommy expect? That's how she talks, guar-un-teed. My daughter cusses cuz I taught her to. Didn't mean to, but whaddyoo expect?
Caught my six-year-old calling big sis a bitch the other day. That one came from mom.
If I could go back and do it again, I'd have the home a cuss free zone. It's just more pleasant. I'd also try not to act shocked when they started in anyway, but just be a better example.
Oh well...
What the fuck is an ice-dragon?
Looney:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ice+dragon